【作者简介】 普里莫•莱维(Primo Levi，1919—1987)，意大利最重要的作家之一，亦是化学家和奥斯维辛174517号囚犯——这两种身份与经历建立了他写作的基础。 莱维1919年出生于意大利都灵，1943年因参与反法西斯运动被捕，后被遣送至奥斯维辛集中营。战争结束后，他回到故乡都灵生活。1987年自杀身亡。同样是奥斯维辛幸存者的作家埃利·威塞尔说：“早在四十年前的奥斯维辛时代，莱维已死。”莱维的作品涉及诗歌、小说、回忆录等各个领域。主要作品有《活在奥斯维辛》（Survival in Auschwitz）、《再度觉醒》(The Reawakening)、《缓刑时刻》(Moments of Reprieve)、《元素周期表》(The Periodic Table)、《若非此时，何时？》(If Not Now, When?)、《猴子的扳手》(T...(展开全部)

Gli ebrei che combatterono contro il nazifascismo in tutta Europa furono centinaia di migliaia. In questo romanzo Primo Levi racconta le avventure drammatiche e vere di quei partigiani ebrei polacchi e russi che resero colpo su colpo a chi tentò di sterminarli. Dalle foreste della Russia Bianca attraverso incontri, separazioni, battaglie, stretti da vincoli fraterni e da passio...(展开全部)

"As nearly perfect as any American fiction I know," is how Reynolds Price ("The New York Times") described this classic that has been a favorite of readers, both here and in Europe, for almost forty years. Set in provincial France in the 1960s, it is the intensely carnal story--part shocking reality, part feverish dream --of a love affair between a footloose Yale dropout and a ...(展开全部)

In the late fifteenth century, clocks acquired minute hands. A century later, second hands appeared. But it wasn’t until the 1850s that instruments could recognize a tenth of a second, and, once they did, the impact on modern science and society was profound. Revealing the history behind this infinitesimal interval, A Tenth of a Second sheds new light on modernity and illuminat...(展开全部)

Why is mystery so compelling? What draws us to the unknown? Jonah Lehrer sets out to answer these questions in a vividly entertaining and surprisingly profound journey through the science of suspense. He finds that nothing can capture a person’s attention as strongly as mystery, and that mystery is the key principle in how humans view and understand the world. Whenever patterns...(展开全部)

In the late fifteenth century, clocks acquired minute hands. A century later, second hands appeared. But it wasn't until the 1850s that instruments could recognize a tenth of a second, and, once they did, their impact on modern science and society was profound. Tracing debates about the nature of time, causality, and free will, as well as the introduction of modern technologies...(展开全部)

Winner of the Caldecott Medal Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them. This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.

Why is mystery so compelling? What draws us to the unknown? Jonah Lehrer sets out to answer these questions in a vividly entertaining and surprisingly profound journey through the science of suspense. He finds that nothing can capture a person’s attention as strongly as mystery, and that mystery is the key principle in how humans view and understand the world. Whenever patterns...(展开全部)

"As nearly perfect as any American fiction I know," is how Reynolds Price ("The New York Times") described this classic that has been a favorite of readers, both here and in Europe, for almost forty years. Set in provincial France in the 1960s, it is the intensely carnal story--part shocking reality, part feverish dream --of a love affair between a footloose Yale dropout and a ...(展开全部)

In the late fifteenth century, clocks acquired minute hands. A century later, second hands appeared. But it wasn’t until the 1850s that instruments could recognize a tenth of a second, and, once they did, the impact on modern science and society was profound. Revealing the history behind this infinitesimal interval, A Tenth of a Second sheds new light on modernity and illuminat...(展开全部)