Facsimile edition of a beloved, long out-of-print children's classic. Let the rumbling cable car tell you the story And what a story: From the crookedest street in the world to the Peking ducks in Chinatown, San Francisco is easily one of the world's most enchanting cities. Illustrator Miroslav Sasek captures both the breathtaking landscape and the cosmopolitan flavor of the C...(展开全部)

The Silent Traveller Returns! Distinguished author, artist, calligrapher, and poet Chiang Yee wrote and illustrated a dozen “Silent Traveller” books, from 1937-1972. The last to focus on an American city was The Silent Traveller in San Francisco, originally published in 1964. Long out-of-print, the book reveals Mr. Chiang’s special affection for a city whose fog-draped hills an...(展开全部)

Anna Wiener is a contributing writer to The New Yorker online, where she writes about Silicon Valley, startup culture, and technology. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, New York, The New Republic, and n+1, as well as in Best American Nonrequired Reading 2017. She lives in San Francisco. Uncanny Valley is her first book.

Anna Wiener is a contributing writer to The New Yorker online, where she writes about Silicon Valley, startup culture, and technology. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, New York, The New Republic, and n+1, as well as in Best American Nonrequired Reading 2017. She lives in San Francisco. Uncanny Valley is her first book.

娼婦に肛門性交を強いて国を追い出された作家マルキ・ド・サド、被虐趣味に溢れた小説を書き一躍有名になったザッヘル・マゾッホ。彼らの嗜好を基に命名された「サディスム」「マゾヒスム」が浸透したのは十九世紀だが、そもそも精神的・肉体的な苦痛を介して人が神に近づくキリスト教に、SM文化の源流はあったのだ。鞭とイエスはどんな関係があるのか?そして、SMが輸入されることもなく日本で独自の発展を遂げたのはなぜか?縦横無尽に欲望を比較する画期的な文明論。

A contemporary version of the Cain and Abel story, this novel was greeted with widespread praise when it was first published in Iran in 1989. Set in the northern town of Ardabil in the aftermath of the Second World War, the story begins as Urhan Urkhani, a prominent citizen of the town, sets out to find his brother in a midwinter snowstorm. Over the course of that day-long sear...(展开全部)

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Perfect for quarantine reading with your children! Before there were DJs, rock stars, pop groups, and jazz trios, there was the orchestra. Whether it takes center stage or brings performances and movies to life, the orchestra is the magnificent original voice of the western world. Learn about all of the ingenious instruments that make up the orchestra and the luminary composers...(展开全部)