The appearance of Philip Larkin's second prose collection - reviews and critical assessments of writers and writing; pieces on jazz, mostly uncollected; some long, revealing and often highly entertaining interviews given on various occasions - was a considerable literary event. Stamped by wit, originality and intelligence, it was vintage Larkin throughout: 'Deprivation is for m...(展开全部)

The reappearance of Philip Larkin's "Required Writing" will be welcomed by the late poet's many readers and admirers. The book's first two parts, "Recollections" and "Interviews," provide autobiographical glimpses of the very private Larkin's childhood, his youth at Oxford, the genesis of his forty-year career as a librarian, and the influences that initially steered his poetry...(展开全部)

菲利普•拉金（Philip Larkin，1922-1985），英国诗人。1922年生于考文垂。1943年毕业于牛津大学圣约翰学院。曾先后工作于威灵顿公共图书馆，以及莱斯特、贝尔法斯特、赫尔等大学图书馆。拉金为诗集学会主席、大英文艺促进会文学委员会委员、美国文理科学院名誉院士。1985年逝世于赫尔。著有诗集《向北之船》、《受骗较轻者》、《降灵节婚礼》和《高窗》，随笔集《爵士乐笔记》、《应邀之作》和《续应邀之作》。曾获女王诗歌金质奖章、美国艺术和文学学术院洛安尼斯奖、德国FVS基金会莎士比亚奖等。拉金被公认为是继T.S.艾略特之后二十世纪最有影响力的英国诗人。 李晖，安徽宣城人。北京大学英语系博士。治学方向为小说理论与翻译研究、现代主义以来中国古典文学的外译传播、中西寓意叙事比较。主要译作有《应邀之作：拉金随笔》《绝对恐惧：致杜卞卡》、《美学》、《浪漫...(展开全部)

The “work from home” phenomenon is thoroughly explored in this illuminating new book from bestselling 37signals founders Fried and Hansson, who point to the surging trend of employees working from home (and anywhere else) and explain the challenges and unexpected benefits. Most important, they show why – with a few controversial exceptions such as Yahoo -- more businesses will ...(展开全部)

The “work from home” phenomenon is thoroughly explored in this illuminating new book from bestselling 37signals founders Fried and Hansson, who point to the surging trend of employees working from home (and anywhere else) and explain the challenges and unexpected benefits. Most important, they show why – with a few controversial exceptions such as Yahoo -- more businesses will ...(展开全部)

[美]威廉·凯莱赫·斯托里（William Kelleher Storey），曾任哈佛大学写作教师，现任美国米尔萨普斯学院历史学教授兼文理学院桑德森讲席教授，曾被美国教育促进与支持委员会和卡内基教学促进基金会联合授予“全州年度教授”荣誉。

Economics is not a field that is known for good writing. Charts, yes. Sparkling prose, no. Except, that is, when it comes to Deirdre Nansen McCloskey. Her conversational and witty yet always clear style is a hallmark of her classic works of economic history, enlivening the dismal science and engaging readers well beyond the discipline. And now she’s here to share the secrets o...(展开全部)

The popular, brief rhetoric that treats writing as thinking, "Writing Analytically, International Edition", offers a sequence of specific prompts that teach students across the curriculum how the process of analysis and synthesis is a vehicle for original and well-developed ideas. This book's governing premise is that learning to write well means learning to use writing in orde...(展开全部)