The extraordinary first novel from the author of the prizewinning An Account of the Decline of the Great Auk, According to One Who Saw It. It seemed, at times, an act of profound selfishness, to have a child so that I might become a parent; but selfish, too, to have a child and stay the same, or not to have one - unless the only honest choice would have been to try to become th...(展开全部)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 LONGLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2019 'A stunning debut' Guardian In Jessie Greengrass' superb debut novel, our unnamed narrator recounts her progress to motherhood, while remembering the death of her own mother ten years before, and the childhood summers she spent with her psychoanalyst grandmother. Woven among these per...(展开全部)

First impressions count. As that first perception is the most important one in real life, in the competitive world of commerce it has the potential to make or break a brand. Visual identity turns the idea, concept and attitude of brands into visceral visual surroundings that act as primary cues that communicate with the intended audience and consumers — from logos to the manufa...(展开全部)

First impressions count. As that first perception is the most important one in real life, in the competitive world of commerce it has the potential to make or break a brand. Visual identity turns the idea, concept and attitude of brands into visceral visual surroundings that act as primary cues that communicate with the intended audience and consumers — from logos to the manufa...(展开全部)

Most dream dictionaries only give brief, generic meanings of the universal symbols in dreams. "Dream Sight" offers the best of both worlds: classic meanings with a personal twist. This is the only book on the market that teaches an innovative and empowering technique for personalized dream interpretation, along with classic meanings for over three hundred dream scenarios and im...(展开全部)

Tales of love and loneliness in which the author blends reality and illusion. "The quirkiness and grace of the writing, the originality of the imagination at work, ...and a certain lovable nuttiness make this collection well worth reading" (Margaret Atwood). Translated by William Weaver, Peggy Wright, and Archibald Colquhoun. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

From amazon.com Abe Ravitz, Cleveland Plain Dealer "An intellectual heavyweight and a pure literary virtuoso, Milan Kundera takes some of Freud's most cherished complexes and irreverently whirls them about in acts of legerdemain that capture our darkest, deepest human passionsThe tales in Laughable Loves surprise and illuminateKundera's world is complex, full of mockeries a...(展开全部)

From amazon.com Abe Ravitz, Cleveland Plain Dealer "An intellectual heavyweight and a pure literary virtuoso, Milan Kundera takes some of Freud's most cherished complexes and irreverently whirls them about in acts of legerdemain that capture our darkest, deepest human passionsThe tales in Laughable Loves surprise and illuminateKundera's world is complex, full of mockeries a...(展开全部)

In Difficult Loves, Italy’s master storyteller weaves tales in which cherished deceptions and illusions of love—including self-love—are swept away in magical instants of recognition. A soldier is reduced to quivering fear by the presence of a full-figured woman in his train compartment; a young clerk leaves a lady’s bed at dawn; a young woman is isolated from bathers on a beach...(展开全部)

In Difficult Loves, Italy’s master storyteller weaves tales in which cherished deceptions and illusions of love—including self-love—are swept away in magical instants of recognition. A soldier is reduced to quivering fear by the presence of a full-figured woman in his train compartment; a young clerk leaves a lady’s bed at dawn; a young woman is isolated from bathers on a beach...(展开全部)