Published in 1975, Ragtime changed our very concept of what a novel could be. An extraordinary tapestry, Ragtime captures the spirit of America in the era between the turn of the century and the First World War.    The story opens in 1906 in New Rochelle, New York, at the home of an affluent American family. One lazy Sunday afternoon, the famous escape artist Harry Houdini sw...(展开全部)

In Jet Lag, Magnum photographer Chien-Chi Chang weaves together a visual summation documenting the mundane moments and ultimate disconnection during life on the road. Chien-Chi uniquely signs the title page of each book differently using a variety of stamps to show his appreciate and thanks to readers. “It’s kind of what comes to my mind. I don’t really have a preconceived idea...(展开全部)

What is advertising if not a window on the world? When a leader of one of the world’s most acknowledged advertising agencies, Jean-Marie Dru, talks ads, the tale he tells is his own. It is the story of brands such as Absolut, Adidas, Apple, Danone, Michelin, Nissan, Procter & Gamble, and many others with which he has been intimately connected over years. Jet Lag is a journ...(展开全部)

What is advertising if not a window on the world? When a leader of one of the world’s most acknowledged advertising agencies, Jean-Marie Dru, talks ads, the tale he tells is his own. It is the story of brands such as Absolut, Adidas, Apple, Danone, Michelin, Nissan, Procter & Gamble, and many others with which he has been intimately connected over years. Jet Lag is a journ...(展开全部)

Early birds and night owls are born, not made. Sleep patterns may be the most obvious manifestation of the highly individualized biological clocks we inherit, but these clocks also regulate bodily functions from digestion to hormone levels to cognition. Living at odds with our internal timepieces, Till Roenneberg shows, can make us chronically sleep deprived and more likely to ...(展开全部)