It passes for an unassailable truth that the slave past provides an explanatory prism for understanding the black political present. In None Like Us Stephen Best reappraises what he calls “melancholy historicism”—a kind of crime scene investigation in which the forensic imagination is directed toward the recovery of a “we” at the point of “our” violent origin. Best argues that ...(展开全部)

From Publishers Weekly: If you thought McDonald's and strip malls were the ugliest of America's cultural exports, think again. Western ideas about mental illness-from anorexia to post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, general anxiety and clinical depression-as well as Western treatments have been sweeping the globe with alarming speed, argues journalist Watters (Urban T...(展开全部)

贺循失明后，执意回老家旧宅生活。　　春光明媚，爬藤月季探出别墅大门，贺循深居简出，短短几个月，赶走了三个保姆。　　最后招进来的那个女保姆，工作不负责，爱占小便宜，满嘴谎话，举止轻浮。　　她说自己年龄三十八，小眼歪嘴满脸雀斑，丧夫守寡，孤苦无依，求他不要解雇她。　 贺循心里越觉越蹊跷。　　后来他试图拼凑出这个女人的形象——二十八岁，单亲妈妈，染头发穿舞裙，坑蒙拐骗的小太妹长大了。 # 美丽的梦和美丽的诗一样/都是可遇而不可求的/常常在最没能料到的时刻里出现 我喜欢那样的梦/在梦里 一切都可以重新开始/一切都可以慢慢解释/心里甚至还能感觉到所有被浪费的时光 竟然都能重回时的狂喜和感激 # （席慕蓉）阅读指南：1.女主有娃（孩子不是男主的）2.雷点很多，有任意雷点者慎入3.不定时更新

简介：乖乖女惹上小混混 所以他们直接又能擦出怎样的火花呢？

简介：乖乖女惹上小混混 所以他们直接又能擦出怎样的火花呢？

Rhett Butler’s People fulfills the dreams of those whose imaginations have been indelibly marked by America’s greatest novel , Gone With The Wind . Here you’ll meet Rhett as a boy, a free spirit who loved the marshes and tidewaters of the Low Country, and learn of the ruthlessness of Rhett’s father, whose desire for control resulted in unspeakable. Through Rhett’s eyes, you’l...(展开全部)

A cult read among designers for more than half a century, the famous manifesto of America's greatest industrial designer is finally back in print! From the first answering machine ("the electronic brain") and the Hoover vacuum cleaner to the SS Independence and the Bell telephone, the creations of Henry S. Dreyfuss have shaped the cultural landscape of the 20th century. Writt...(展开全部)

They love nothing better than sipping free-trade gourmet coffee, leafing through the Sunday New York Times, and listening to David Sedaris on NPR (ideally all at the same time). Apple products, indie music, food co-ops, and vintage T-shirts make them weak in the knees. They believe they’re unique, yet somehow they’re all exactly the same, talking about how they “get” Sarah Silv...(展开全部)

"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Bra...(展开全部)

"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Bra...(展开全部)