A dangerous, homeless drifter who grew up picking cotton in virtual slavery. An upscale art dealer accustomed to the world of Armani and Chanel. A gutsy woman with a stubborn dream. A story so incredible no novelist would dare dream it. It begins outside a burning plantation hut in Louisiana . . . and an East Texas honky-tonk . . . and, without a doubt, in the heart...(展开全部)

From the former prime minister of New Zealand, then the world’s youngest female head of government and just the second to give birth in office, comes a deeply personal memoir chronicling her extraordinary rise and offering inspiration to a new generation of leaders. “A clear and compelling case for compassion . . . an implicit repudiation of the strongman style of leadership th...(展开全部)

Positioned at the crossroads of the physical and biological sciences, chemistry deals with neither the infinitely small, nor the infinitely large, nor directly with life. So it is sometimes thought of as dull, the way things in the middle often are. But this middle ground is precisely where human beings exist. As Hoffmann shows in his inspired prose, the world observed at its m...(展开全部)

Nobel laureate Roald Hoffman confronts some of the major ethical controversies in chemistry today. Expertly weaving together examples from the worlds of art, literature, and philosophy, Hoffmann illustrates his uniquely accessible dialectic about the creative activity of chemists.</P>

Dorothy Parker, Rebecca West, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, Pauline Kael, Joan Didion, Nora Ephron, Renata Adler, and Janet Malcolm—these brilliant women are the central figures of Sharp. Their lives intertwine as they cut through the cultural and intellectual history of America in the twentieth century, arguing as fervently with each other as they did with the se...(展开全部)

[加]米歇尔·迪安（Michelle Dean），记者、评论家，曾荣获美国国家书评人协会颁发的2016年诺娜·巴拉希扬精彩评论奖（Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing）。迪安是《新共和》的特约编辑，她也在《纽约客》《国家》《纽约时报杂志》《抨击杂志》《纽约杂志》《她》《哈泼斯杂志》上发表文章。迪安还与他人一起监制和创作了电视剧《恶行》（The Act）。该剧是根据迪安的文章《迪迪希望女儿总生病，吉普赛希望妈妈被谋杀》（Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom Murdered）改编的，已于2019年3月在Hulu流媒体平台上播出。迪安现居于美国洛杉矶。 冯璇，自由译者，已翻译出版了《美第奇家族的兴衰》《印加帝...(展开全部)

[加]米歇尔·迪安（Michelle Dean），记者、评论家，曾荣获美国国家书评人协会颁发的2016年诺娜·巴拉希扬精彩评论奖（Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing）。迪安是《新共和》的特约编辑，她也在《纽约客》《国家》《纽约时报杂志》《抨击杂志》《纽约杂志》《她》《哈泼斯杂志》上发表文章。迪安还与他人一起监制和创作了电视剧《恶行》（The Act）。该剧是根据迪安的文章《迪迪希望女儿总生病，吉普赛希望妈妈被谋杀》（Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom Murdered）改编的，已于2019年3月在Hulu流媒体平台上播出。迪安现居于美国洛杉矶。 冯璇，自由译者，已翻译出版了《美第奇家族的兴衰》《印加帝...(展开全部)

Dorothy Parker, Rebecca West, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, Pauline Kael, Joan Didion, Nora Ephron, Renata Adler, and Janet Malcolm—these brilliant women are the central figures of Sharp. Their lives intertwine as they cut through the cultural and intellectual history of America in the twentieth century, arguing as fervently with each other as they did with the se...(展开全部)

In the early twenty-first century, China occupies a place on center stage in the international art world. But what does it mean to be a Chinese artist in the modern age? This first comprehensive study of modern Chinese art history traces its evolution chronologically and thematically from the Age of Imperialism to the present day. Julia Andrews and Kuiyi Shen pay particular att...(展开全部)

约翰·拉塞尔(John Russell)，美国当代著名艺术批评家。早年求学于牛津大学。1950年以来，长期任伦敦《星期日时报》和美国《纽约时报》专栏艺术批评家。拉塞尔一生撰写了大量的艺术著作，除了《现代艺术的意义》外，还有《亨利·摩尔》、《马克斯·恩斯特》、《弗兰西斯·培根》、《马蒂斯父子》和《波普艺术再界定》等。 拉塞尔还先后组织策划过亨利·摩尔、巴尔蒂斯和波普艺术等大型展览。1978年，拉塞尔荣获美国学院艺术协会评审颁发的弗兰克·朱伊特·马瑟艺术批评奖。