Here's the collection of columns that inspired the addictive and multiple award-winning HBO series! Sex and the City offers a tantalizing glimpse of the openings, launch parties, and celebrity affairs that keep society amused.

在线阅读本书 'Bushnell's beat is that demi-monde of nightclubs, bars, restaurants and parties where the rich come into contact with the infamous, the famous with the wannabes and the publicity-hungry with the gossip-peddlers' EVENING STANDARD Wildly funny, unexpectedly poignant, wickedly observant, SEX AND THE CITY blazes a glorious, drunken cocktail trail through New York, as Can...(展开全部)

Tie in to the new season of the hit series SEX AND THE CITY with Candace Bushnells witty, incisive, dishy, and fascinating columns on the mating rituals of Manhattans cultural elite.Heres the collection of columns that inspired the addictive and multiple award-winning HBO series! SEX AND THE CITY offers a tantalizing glimpse of the openings, launch parties, and celebrity affair...(展开全部)

'Bushnell's beat is that demi-monde of nightclubs, bars, restaurants and parties where the rich come into contact with the infamous, the famous with the wannabes and the publicity-hungry with the gossip-peddlers' EVENING STANDARD Wildly funny, unexpectedly poignant, wickedly observant, SEX AND THE CITY blazes a glorious, drunken cocktail trail through New York, as Candace Bushn...(展开全部)

New York Times bestselling author China Miéville delivers his most accomplished novel yet, an existential thriller set in a city unlike any other-real or imagined. When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he investigates, the evidence points ...(展开全部)

In Tokyo—one of the world's largest megacities—a stray cat is wending her way through the back alleys. And, with each detour, she brushes up against the seemingly disparate lives of the city-dwellers, connecting them in unexpected ways. But the city is changing. As it does, it pushes her to the margins where she chances upon a series of apparent strangers—from a homeless man sq...(展开全部)

雷蒙•威廉斯 （1921—1988） 20世纪中叶英语世界最重要的马克思主义文化批评家，文化研究的重要奠基人之一，被誉为“战后英国最重要的社会主义思想家、知识分子和文化行动主义者”。 出生于威尔士乡间的工人阶级家庭，毕业于剑桥的三一学院。战后至1961年，曾任教于牛津 大学的成人教育班；1974年起，在剑桥大学耶稣学院担任戏剧讲座教授，直至去世。 雷蒙•威廉斯著作宏富，主要有：《文化与社会：1780—1950》、《漫长的革命、《乡村与城市》、《电视：科技与文化形式》、《关键词》、《马克思主义与文学》等。

Taking inspiration from classic authors from Jane Austen to Thomas Hardy, Williams shines a light on our society’s changing views of the rural and industrial landscapes in which we work and live. Our collective notion of the city and country is irresistibly powerful. The city as the seat of enlightenment, sophistication, power and greed is in profound contrast with an innocent,...(展开全部)

雷蒙•威廉斯 （1921—1988） 20世纪中叶英语世界最重要的马克思主义文化批评家，文化研究的重要奠基人之一，被誉为“战后英国最重要的社会主义思想家、知识分子和文化行动主义者”。 出生于威尔士乡间的工人阶级家庭，毕业于剑桥的三一学院。战后至1961年，曾任教于牛津 大学的成人教育班；1974年起，在剑桥大学耶稣学院担任戏剧讲座教授，直至去世。 雷蒙•威廉斯著作宏富，主要有：《文化与社会：1780—1950》、《漫长的革命、《乡村与城市》、《电视：科技与文化形式》、《关键词》、《马克思主义与文学》等。

As a brilliant survey of English literature in terms of changing attitudes towards country and city, Williams' highly-acclaimed study reveals the shifting images and associations between these two traditional poles of life throughout the major developmental periods of English culture.