A ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Play It as It Lays captures the mood of an entire generation, the ennui of contemporary society reflected in spare prose that blisters and haunts the reader. Set in a place beyond good and evil-literally in Hollywood, Las Vegas, and the barren wastes of the Mojave Desert, but figuratively in the landscape of an arid soul...(展开全部)

A ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Play It as It Lays captures the mood of an entire generation, the ennui of contemporary society reflected in spare prose that blisters and haunts the reader. Set in a place beyond good and evil-literally in Hollywood, Las Vegas, and the barren wastes of the Mojave Desert, but figuratively in the landscape of an arid soul...(展开全部)

作者 彼得·西斯（Peter Sis），美国著名艺术家，身兼画家、作家、插画家、设计师、电影导演；曾荣获麦克阿瑟荣誉奖章、柏林电影节金熊奖、凯迪克奖、纽伯瑞奖、美国插画家协会金奖、《纽约时报》书评周刊年度最佳儿童图书奖……加诸彼得·西斯身上的荣誉，难以计数。仅以《纽约时报》书 评周刊年度最佳图画书而论，二十年中他竟“霸占”了三分之一强，《玛德琳卡》《玛德琳卡的狗》《生命之树》《飞行员与小王子》四次为他带来 “年度最佳儿童图书”的荣誉。2012年，彼得·西斯荣获得国际安徒生插画奖。 译者 柳漾，新浪微博“柳树在说话”，儿童文学工作者。本职编辑，业余时间喜欢与书打交道，写书评、做翻译，翻译的作品有图画书《和朋友一起想办法》《爱打嗝的斑马》《不会唱歌的小鸟》《青蛙王子变形记》《走开，大黑兔！》《罗丝的花园》《北极星》《不来梅的音乐家》《玛德琳过圣诞》《动物...(展开全部)

"Listen." A little boy named Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is playing the piano. "Look." He is playing backward He is playing blindfolded "Imagine." What must his life be like? " Play, Mozart, play " Acclaimed artist Peter Sis introduces very young children to the child genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in this picture book tribute to the beauty of listening, looking, imagini...(展开全部)

Informal, friendly, and humorous, this little book has inspired thousands since its 1925 publication. Its practical examples show how positive attitudes can make you a "winner" in life. Self-improvement expert Norman Vincent Peale endorsed it as an essential guide, helping readers to "find prosperity, solve problems, have better health."

Informal, friendly, and humorous, this little book has inspired thousands since its 1925 publication. Its practical examples show how positive attitudes can make you a "winner" in life. Self-improvement expert Norman Vincent Peale endorsed it as an essential guide, helping readers to "find prosperity, solve problems, have better health."

Rip It Up and Start Again is the first book-length exploration of the wildly adventurous music created in the years after punk. Renowned music journalist Simon Reynolds celebrates the futurist spirit of such bands as Joy Division, Gang of Four, Talking Heads, and Devo, which resulted in endless innovations in music, lyrics, performance, and style and continued into the earl...(展开全部)

Rip It Up and Start Again is the first book-length exploration of the wildly adventurous music created in the years after punk. Renowned music journalist Simon Reynolds celebrates the futurist spirit of such bands as Joy Division, Gang of Four, Talking Heads, and Devo, which resulted in endless innovations in music, lyrics, performance, and style and continued into the earl...(展开全部)

Faber Social Greatest Hits In this, the first book to take a big-picture view of the entire post punk period, acclaimed author and music journalist Simon Reynolds recreates a time of tremendous urgency and idealism in pop music. Full of anecdote and insight, and featuring the likes of Joy Division, The Fall, Pere Ubu, PiL and Talking Heads, Rip It Up And Start Again stands as o...(展开全部)

#1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout continues the life of her beloved Olive Kitteridge, a character who has captured the imaginations of millions of readers. Prickly, wry, resistant to change yet ruthlessly honest and deeply empathetic, Olive Kitteridge is “a compelling life force” (San Francisco Chronicle). The New Yorker has said th...(展开全部)