In 2010, Chef René Redzepi published Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine, hailed by The Wall Street Journal as "the most important cookbook of the year." Since then, Redzepi has become one of the world's most influential chefs, with his famed restaurant Noma claiming the number one spot at the World's 50 Best Restaurants awards three years in a row. Now Rezepi has created a ...(展开全部)

Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door memorable travel literature threatens to break out. His previous excursion up, down, and over the Appalachian Trail (well, most of it) resulted in the sublime national bestseller A Walk in the Woods. Now he has traveled across the world and all the way Down Under to Australia, a shockingly under-discovered country with the friendliest i...(展开全部)

Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door memorable travel literature threatens to break out. His previous excursion up, down, and over the Appalachian Trail (well, most of it) resulted in the sublime national bestseller A Walk in the Woods. Now he has traveled across the world and all the way Down Under to Australia, a shockingly under-discovered country with the friendliest i...(展开全部)

In the summer of 1984, the war in Vietnam came home to Sam Hughes, whose father was killed there before she was born. The soldier-boy in the picture never changed. In a way that made him dependable. But he seemed so innocent. "Astronauts have been to the moon," she blurted out to the picture. "You missed Watergate. I was in the second grade." She stared at the picture, squinti...(展开全部)

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

博比•安•梅森（Bobbie Ann Mason），1940年5月1日出生于肯塔基州，是美国当代著名的小说家、文学批评家。她与四个兄弟姐妹一起在肯塔基梅菲尔德城外的一个奶牛农场长大，高中毕业后进入肯塔基大学学习英语文学。然后来到纽约，先后在几家电影杂志供职撰写文章。1966年她在纽约州立大学获得硕士学位，1972年于康涅狄格大学取得文学博士学位。 梅森在近四十岁时才开始小说创作。她的第一篇作品1980年发表在《纽约客》，此后便在1982年出版了第一本小说集《夏伊洛公园》。1985年出版的长篇《在乡村》（In Country）被改编为同名电影。 梅森的写作推动了美国80年代“地方小说”的复兴，并开创了一种全新的、被评论家称为“超市现实主义”的风格。她在1983年凭《夏伊洛公园》获得美国笔会海明威奖，同年获得美国艺术基金奖（NEA），2000年凭回忆录《...(展开全部)

In the summer of 1984, the war in Vietnam comes home to Sam Hughes, whose father was killed there before she was born: The soldier-boy in the picture never changed. In a way that made him depeno 1- ble, But he seemed so innocent. "Astronauts have been to the moon," she blurted out to the picture. "You missed Watergate. I was in the second grade" She...(展开全部)

Journalist Patricia Evangelista came of age in the aftermath of a street revolution that forged a new future for the Philippines. Three decades later, in the face of mounting inequality, the nation discovered the fragility of its democratic institutions under the regime of strongman Rodrigo Duterte. Some People Need Killing is Evangelista’s meticulously reported and deeply huma...(展开全部)

A revolution is under way. In recent years, Google’s autonomous cars have logged thousands of miles on American highways and IBM’s Watson trounced the best human Jeopardy! players. Digital technologies—with hardware, software, and networks at their core—will in the near future diagnose diseases more accurately than doctors can, apply enormous data sets to transform retailing, a...(展开全部)