Wislawa Szymborska's poems are admired around the world, and her unsparing vision, tireless wit, and deep sense of humanity are cherished by countless readers. Unknown to most of them, however, Szymborska also worked for several decades as a columnist, reviewing a wide variety of books under the unassuming title "Nonrequired Reading."As readers of her poems would expect, the sh...(展开全部)

Wislawa Szymborska's poems are admired around the world, and her unsparing vision, tireless wit, and deep sense of humanity are cherished by countless readers. Unknown to most of them, however, Szymborska also worked for several decades as a columnist, reviewing a wide variety of books under the unassuming title "Nonrequired Reading."As readers of her poems would expect, the sh...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Following the Nazi occupation of Poland, from the mud of a buried city, Jakob Beer, an orphaned Jewish boy, finds himself rescued by an unlikely saviour, the geologist and humanist Athos Roussos. Athos takes Jakob to his Greek-island home, where Jakob becomes his student. But the trauma of Jakob's early life refuses to leave him. Living forever in the shadow of the Holocaust, h...(展开全部)

FICTION Fugitive Pieces 1996 POETRY Miner's Pond 1991 ; The Weight of Oranges 1986

《纽约时报》将罗素·谢尔曼称为“这个国家，乃至任何国家中最棒的钢琴家之一”，但他的职业钢琴家生涯却在上世纪50年代戛然而止——他离开主流音乐圈，脱离那些巨大名声，去音乐学院当了一名教授。 媒体在说起罗素·谢尔曼时，总是连带着“哲学家、教师、作家、棒球爱好者”等等称谓。宁静的学院生活，让他有足够的时间探索钢琴艺术，有时间玩棒球、打高尔夫，也有时间花几年时间写出他的《Piano Pieces》（钢琴小品）——1996年，他的《Piano Pieces》在美国出版时，业内一片惊叹，这本带有哲学思考和批评、具有散文性质的音乐随笔，让音乐爱好者们忽然意识到谢尔曼的存在。美国媒体赞誉这本书“显示了他是我们这个年代最具思想性的钢琴家……而他的演奏比他的书更有思想性”。谢尔曼自己，则把这本书看作“一个顽固不化的老家伙的日记”。

This anthology teaches writing by demonstrating the techniques and literary styles of established authors.

Andre Kertesz (1894-1985) was one of the most inventive, influential and prolific photographers in the medium's history. This small volume, first published in 1971, became one of his signature works. Taken between 1920 and 1970, these photographs capture people reading in many parts of the world. Readers in every conceivable place - on rooftops, in public parks, on crowded stre...(展开全部)

Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher is a publishing first. This set couples a book containing the six easiest chapters from Richard P. Feynman’s landmark work, Lectures on Physics specifically designed for the general, non-scientist readerwith the actual recordings of the late, great physicist delivering the lectures on which the cha...(展开全部)