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)

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)

Computers have changed not just the way we work but the way we love. Falling in and out of love, flirting, cheating, even having sex online have all become part of the modern way of living and loving. Yet we know very little about these new types of relationship. How is an online affair where the two people involved may never see or meet each other different from an affair in t...(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)

1949年出生于英国，国际畅销小说家，他写的故事感动了世界不同角落里的人，多次获得儿童文学大奖，被联合国教科文组织推荐给全球的家长和孩子们，代表作品有《天蓝色的彼岸》《黑暗的速度》《神秘的易拉罐》《躲藏的人》等。 艾利克斯•希尔在电视剧、电影、舞台剧和广播节目方面也颇有成就，剧本《神秘的巧克力》曾获得英国电影和电视艺术学院奖（BAFTA）。

Forty years in, the War on Drugs has done almost nothing to prevent drugs from being sold or used, but it has nonetheless created a little-known surveillance state in America’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods. Arrest quotas and high-tech surveillance techniques criminalize entire blocks, and transform the very associations that should stabilize young lives—family, relationship...(展开全部)

作者简介： 爱丽丝•戈夫曼，美国著名社会学家欧文•戈夫曼的女儿，毕业于宾夕法尼亚大学社会学专业，目前是威斯康星大学社会学系助理教授及波莫纳学院的客座助理教授。 译者简介： 赵旭东，著名社会学家、人类学家，中国人民大学人类学研究所所长，社会与人口学院教授，博士生导师。中国人民大学社会学理论与方法研究中心特聘研究员，中央民族大学兼职教授，重庆文理学院非物质文化遗产研究中心客座教授，师从费孝通教授。

Forty years in, the War on Drugs has done almost nothing to prevent drugs from being sold or used, but it has nonetheless created a little-known surveillance state in America’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods. Arrest quotas and high-tech surveillance techniques criminalize entire blocks, and transform the very associations that should stabilize young lives—family, relationship...(展开全部)

作者简介： 爱丽丝•戈夫曼，美国著名社会学家欧文•戈夫曼的女儿，毕业于宾夕法尼亚大学社会学专业，目前是威斯康星大学社会学系助理教授及波莫纳学院的客座助理教授。 译者简介： 赵旭东，著名社会学家、人类学家，中国人民大学人类学研究所所长，社会与人口学院教授，博士生导师。中国人民大学社会学理论与方法研究中心特聘研究员，中央民族大学兼职教授，重庆文理学院非物质文化遗产研究中心客座教授，师从费孝通教授。