Quiet Places brings together Peter Handke’s forays into the border regions of life and story, upending the distinction between literature and the literary essay. Proceeding from the specificity of place (the mountains of Carinthia and Spain, the hinterlands of Paris) to specific objects (the jukebox, the boletus mushroom) to the irreducible particularity of our moods and mental...(展开全部)

Wim Wenders (born 1945) started taking photographs at the age of 7. By the age of 12 he had equipped himself with his own darkroom, and by 17 he had acquired his first Leica. A few years later he was to emerge as a leading light in the New German Cinema movement of the late 1960s, making his feature-length directorial debut with Summer in the City (1970). Throughout his subsequ...(展开全部)

There are many kinds of quiet: Quiet can be delicate. Quiet can be thundering! Quiet can be sweet, and cozy, and can most definitely help you fall asleep. With kid-centric descriptions and irresistible artwork, this gentle picture book explores all the different quiets that can fill a child's days from morning to night.

“An eloquent (and compulsively readable) reminder that, though weÂ’re laying waste the world, nature still holds sway over much of the earthÂ’s surface.” —Bill McKibben Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? That is the question that Robert Macfarlane poses to himself as he embarks on a series of breathtaking journeys through some of the archip...(展开全部)

“An eloquent (and compulsively readable) reminder that, though weÂ’re laying waste the world, nature still holds sway over much of the earthÂ’s surface.” —Bill McKibben Are there any genuinely wild places left in Britain and Ireland? That is the question that Robert Macfarlane poses to himself as he embarks on a series of breathtaking journeys through some of the archip...(展开全部)

John Urry has been discussing and writing on these and similar questions for the past fifteen years. In Consuming Places , he gathers together his most significant contributions. Urry begins with an extensive review of the connections between society, time and space. The concept of 'society', the nature of 'locality', the significance of 'economic restructuring', and the concep...(展开全部)

John Urry has been discussing and writing on these and similar questions for the past fifteen years. In Consuming Places , he gathers together his most significant contributions. Urry begins with an extensive review of the connections between society, time and space. The concept of society', the nature of locality', the significance of economic restructuring', and the concept o...(展开全部)

凯芮•妮•道欷缇生于北爱尔兰的德里，当时是北爱问题的高峰期，她在一幢斑驳破旧的老房子里长大，房子处在城镇最混乱的地带。但对她和其他许多家庭而言，那里并没有什么平静的地带。她父母中的一方是天主教徒，另一方则是新教徒。在一年中他们两次被赶出家门，而在她11岁的时候一枚自制的汽油炸弹从她卧室的窗口被扔了进来。恐怖主义者充斥着城市的每一个角落，而对像凯芮家这样身处那身份裂缝中的家庭而言，更是无处可逃。 在《稀薄之地》这部揉合回忆录、历史及自然的作品中，凯芮将带读者探索大自然是如何让她保持神智清晰、帮助她从伤痛中痊愈，我们也可以在她的故事里看见兼具暴力与贫穷、希望与美的环境中，也能看见有时人们试图建立并稳住自己的城墙，却又允许恐惧和暴力在里头再次肆虐。凯芮让我们通过语言和学习重新构建了我们所生活其中的图景，并让我们记住我们不断斗争的土地不仅仅是地图上的线条和住...(展开全部)

The first of the hilarious novels in the campus trilogy, Changing Places is a funny and wise tale of academic ill-manners - David Lodge at his comic best. When Philip Swallow and Professor Morris Zapp participate in their universities' Anglo-American exchange scheme, the Fates play a hand, and each academic finds himself enmeshed in the life of his counterpart on the opposite s...(展开全部)

While his crew is resting at the pool, pilot and photographer Henk Van Rensbergen leaves for an expedition to abandoned hotels, overgrown factories, or desolate, green places. Van Rensbergen always manages to see the beauty in decay, and the (international) press quickly gave him credit for it. 'Haunting photographs' was the headline in The Wall Street Journal.