Observing that love exists in many forms, Stendhal begins his 'study' by classifying the different types - romantic, passionate, courtly - whilst musing on love's birth. He identifies the seven stages of falling in love, proffering wise advice for the ardent lover, not least how to 'crystallise' the object of one's desire. Yet beneath these clever philosophical musings can be s...(展开全部)

世界著名的佛教大师、宗教界精神领袖、伟大的心灵导师、当今社会最具宗教影响力的僧人之一，以禅师、诗人、人道主义者闻名。 1926年出生于越南，16岁出家，后创立青年社会服务学派、梵汉佛教大学和Tiep Hanh团体。1966年在法国南部建立“梅村”（Plum Village）禅修道场，推广正念的禅修并帮助来自世界各地的难民及儿童，毕生宣扬非暴力的和平理念与正念生活之道。1967年，被美国民权领袖马丁•路德•金提名角逐诺贝尔和平奖。 一行禅师通晓越、英、法及中文，著作有一百多种，身兼诗人、作家与学者，除了佛学论述外，还有诗集、小说、戏剧、传记等。他对佛法的独特领悟和诗意表达，使人们得以了解佛法，掌握净化身体和解脱心灵的艺术。 他的书关注人类的存在状况，关注人类心灵的苦难与疗救，加之他对佛法的深刻体验和深入浅出的诗意表达，其著作被翻译成30多个国家的文字，...(展开全部)

In 1950 Krishnamurti said: "It is only when the mind is not escaping in any form that it is possible to be in direct communion with that thing we call lonliness, the alone, and to have communion with that thing, there must be affection, there must be love." On Love and Lonliness is a compelling investigation of our intimate relationships with ourselves, others, and society. K...(展开全部)

Set in a frozen world that is gradually being devastated by ever-encroaching ice, Anna Kavan's masterwork follows one man's pursuit of a mysterious silver-haired girl to the ends of the earth; to the end of everything.

In this haunting and surreal novel, the narrator and a man known as "the warden" search for an elusive girl in a frozen, post-nuclear, apocalyptic landscape. The country has been invaded and is being governed by a secret organization. There is destruction everywhere: great walls of ice overrun the world in this hallucinatory quest-novel. Acclaimed by Brian Aldiss on its publica...(展开全部)

Set in a frozen world that is gradually being devastated by ever-encroaching ice, Anna Kavan's masterwork follows one man's pursuit of a mysterious silver-haired girl to the ends of the earth; to the end of everything.

"No-one can make us love love as much as Shakespeare, and no-one can make us despair of it as effectively as he does". William Shakespeare is the only classical author to remain widely popular - not only in America but throughout the world - and Allan Bloom argues that this is because no other writer holds up a truer mirror to human nature. Unlike the Romantics and other modern...(展开全部)

A facsimile edition of one of the "classic" photography books. Elsken focuses on the Left Bank of Paris in the 1950s-a time when it was recognised as a centre of creative ferment which would determine the cultural agenda of a generation. With its unconventional, gritty, snapshot-like technique the work has been acclaimed as expanding the boundaries of documentary photography....(展开全部)