What Is love? Great minds have been grappling with this question throughout the ages, and in the modern era, they have come up with many different answers. According to Western philosopher Pat Benatar, love is a battlefield. Her paisan Frank Sinatra would add the corollary that love is a tender trap. Love hurts. Love stinks. Love bites, love bleeds, love is the drug. The trouba...(展开全部)

Mix tapes: We all have our favorites. Stick one into a deck, press play, and you’re instantly transported to another time in your life. For Rob Sheffield, that time was one of miraculous love and unbearable grief. A time that spanned seven years, it started when he met the girl of his dreams, and ended when he watched her die in his arms. Using the listings of fifteen of his f...(展开全部)

This powerful memoir by New York Times bestselling author Amy Bloom is an illuminating story of two people whose love leads them to find a courageous way to part—and of a woman’s struggle to go forward in the face of loss. “What a book this is—full of everything that matters . . . gripping, moving, and beautifully told.”—Meg Wolitzer, author of The Female Persuasion ONE OF THE ...(展开全部)

This powerful memoir by New York Times bestselling author Amy Bloom is an illuminating story of two people whose love leads them to find a courageous way to part—and of a woman’s struggle to go forward in the face of loss. “What a book this is—full of everything that matters . . . gripping, moving, and beautifully told.”—Meg Wolitzer, author of The Female Persuasion ONE OF THE ...(展开全部)

After two years at the Russian front, Ernst Graeber finally receives three weeks' leave. But since leaves have been canceled before, he decides not to write his parents, fearing he would just raise their hopes. Then, when Graeber arrives home, he finds his house bombed to ruin and his parents nowhere in sight. Nobody knows if they are dead or alive. As his leave draws to a clo...(展开全部)

"Come hear a song about a baby, a very special baby.Come hear a song about you."This affectionate tribute to the all-encompassing love of a child will touch parents' and grandparents' hearts at the same time that it satisfies children's requests to tell them about when they were little. Best-selling author Marion Dane Bauer's lyrical text and award-winning illustrator Dan Andre...(展开全部)

In this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of his mother's death, embodying the paradox of sitting within grief while being determined to survive beyond it. Shifting through memory, and in concert with the themes of his novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Vuong contends with personal loss, the meaning of family, and ...(展开全部)

In this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of his mother's death, embodying the paradox of sitting within grief while being determined to survive beyond it. Shifting through memory, and in concert with the themes of his novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Vuong contends with personal loss, the meaning of family, and ...(展开全部)

[加]朱莉·莫斯塔德（Julie Morstad） 朱莉·莫斯塔德是一位来自加拿大的优秀绘本作家，她创作了《绽放》《美妙的一天》等一系列美丽的绘本，并获得过阿尔昆图书设计奖、玛丽莲·贝利图画书奖等大奖，还曾入围加拿大总督文学奖。 《时间是一朵花》为朱莉赢得了2021《纽约时报》/纽约公共图书馆最佳儿童绘本奖。

安德森·库珀（Anderson Cooper）：美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）《安德森·库珀360度观点》（Anderson Cooper 360˚）节目主持人，哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）《一小时访谈》（60 Minutes）节目通讯员。曾荣获新闻奖项，并摘得九项艾美奖。作品《边缘信使》（Dispatches from the Edge）和《彩虹来了又走了》曾登上《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜榜首。现居纽约市。 葛洛莉娅·范德比尔特（Gloria Vanderbilt）：美国艺术家、作家和设计师。已出版八本图书，并定期为《纽约时报》《名利场》和《她》撰稿。个人艺术作品网站：gloriavanderbiltfineart.com。现居纽约市。