A spare yet eloquent, bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future. In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of Kent Haruf's inimitable fiction, Addie Moore pays an unexpected visit to a neighbor, Louis Waters. Her husband died years ago, a...(展开全部)

Elderly widow Addie Moore pays a visit to her aging widower neighbor, Louis Waters. They were never close, just knew each other peripherally, which makes the reason for this social call all the more intriguing. Addie would like to know if Louis is interested in sleeping with her. Now, now, this scenario was conceived by the late, great Kent Haruf—Our Souls at Night is no 50 Sha...(展开全部)

Elderly widow Addie Moore pays a visit to her aging widower neighbor, Louis Waters. They were never close, just knew each other peripherally, which makes the reason for this social call all the more intriguing. Addie would like to know if Louis is interested in sleeping with her. Now, now, this scenario was conceived by the late, great Kent Haruf—Our Souls at Night is no 50 Sha...(展开全部)

A spare yet eloquent, bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future. In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of Kent Haruf's inimitable fiction, Addie Moore pays an unexpected visit to a neighbor, Louis Waters. Her husband died years ago, a...(展开全部)

Winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize, David Mamet’s scalding comedy is about small-time, cutthroat real estate salesmen trying to grind out a living by pushing plots of land on reluctant buyers in a never-ending scramble for their fair share of the American dream. Here is Mamet at his very best, writing with brutal power about the tough life of tough characters who cajole, connive...(展开全部)

Robert M. Sapolsky 羅伯．薩波斯基 羅伯．薩伯斯基是位神經生物學家（研究大腦的人）加上靈長類對物學家（研究猴子和猩猩的人），從小喜歡閱讀，花長時間閱讀和想像與銀背大猩猩一起生活的樣貌。他出生於紐約布魯克林，父親是來自蘇聯的猶太移民。 1978年，薩伯斯基在哈佛大學以優異成績獲得生物人類學學位，之後前往肯尼研究野外猩猩的社會行為。之後回到紐約並在洛克菲勒大學學習，獲得了博士學位。他目前是史丹福大學生物學暨神經學教授，麥克阿瑟基金會授予研究資助，也是好幾本書的作者。著有數本非虛構作品，包括《一隻靈長類動物的回憶錄》（A Primate’s Memoir）、《睪固酮的麻煩》（The Trouble with Testosteron）和《為什麼斑馬不會得胃潰瘍？》（Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers）。他與妻子、兩個孩子...(展开全部)

From the celebrated neurobiologist and primatologist, a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior, both good and bad, and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do? Sapolsky’s storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic: he starts by looking at the factors that bear on a person’s reaction in the precise moment a beha...(展开全部)

Robert M. Sapolsky 羅伯．薩波斯基 羅伯．薩伯斯基是位神經生物學家（研究大腦的人）加上靈長類對物學家（研究猴子和猩猩的人），從小喜歡閱讀，花長時間閱讀和想像與銀背大猩猩一起生活的樣貌。他出生於紐約布魯克林，父親是來自蘇聯的猶太移民。 1978年，薩伯斯基在哈佛大學以優異成績獲得生物人類學學位，之後前往肯尼研究野外猩猩的社會行為。之後回到紐約並在洛克菲勒大學學習，獲得了博士學位。他目前是史丹福大學生物學暨神經學教授，麥克阿瑟基金會授予研究資助，也是好幾本書的作者。著有數本非虛構作品，包括《一隻靈長類動物的回憶錄》（A Primate’s Memoir）、《睪固酮的麻煩》（The Trouble with Testosteron）和《為什麼斑馬不會得胃潰瘍？》（Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers）。他與妻子、兩個孩子...(展开全部)

From the celebrated neurobiologist and primatologist, a landmark, genre-defining examination of human behavior, both good and bad, and an answer to the question: Why do we do the things we do? Sapolsky’s storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic: he starts by looking at the factors that bear on a person’s reaction in the precise moment a beha...(展开全部)