Written in Paris after the heady days of student revolt in May 1968 and before the devastation of the AIDS epidemic, History of Shit is emblematic of a wild and adventurous strain of 1970s' theoretical writing that attempted to marry theory, politics, sexuality, pleasure, experimentation, and humor. Radically redefining dialectical thought and post-Marxist politics, it takes an...(展开全部)

Written in Paris after the heady days of student revolt in May 1968 and before the devastation of the AIDS epidemic, History of Shit is emblematic of a wild and adventurous strain of 1970s' theoretical writing that attempted to marry theory, politics, sexuality, pleasure, experimentation, and humor. Radically redefining dialectical thought and post-Marxist politics, it takes an...(展开全部)

'At 28 years old, I found myself living at home, with my 73-year-old father. As a child, my father never minced words, and when I screwed up, he had a way of cutting right through the bullshit and pointing out exactly why I was being an idiot. When I moved back in I was still, for the most part, an idiot. But this time, I was smart enough to write down all the things he said to...(展开全部)

In this beginner's guide to amateur gardening, Geoffrey Newsome-the highly acclaimed translator of Capek's witty Letters from England-has captured the grace and irony of the original Czech to produce a volume that will be treasured equally by those who love gardening as a relaxation, those who loathe it as a chore, and those who have no interest in it whatsoever. For behind the...(展开全部)

李欧·李奥尼（Leo Lionni） 绘本作家、画家、艺术家。1910年5月出生于荷兰阿姆斯特丹，父亲是一位会计师，母亲是一位歌剧演员，两位叔叔都是艺术品收藏家。 浸润在这样浓郁的艺术氛围之中，李奥尼很早就对绘画萌生了兴趣，立志成为一名艺术家，他常常去家附近的博物馆、美术馆欣赏大师的作品。 14岁，李奥尼随父母定居意大利热那亚，在那里度过了少年和青年时代。1935年，李奥尼获得热那亚大学经济学博士学位，几年之后，他举家 搬到了美国费城，正式投身广告设计行业并取得了辉煌的成就。 1960年，处于事业巔峰期的他回到了意大利。他原本打算全身心投入绘画和雕塑创作，结果却走上了绘本作家的道路。尽管李奥尼49岁才开始 创作绘本，却开创了一个绘本的新时代。《纽约时报》曾这样评价他“如果绘本是我们这个时代一种新的视觉艺术，李欧·李奥尼则是这种风格的大家。” 李奥尼一...(展开全部)

A charming exploration of the seasons with some of Caldecott-winner Leo Lionni's beloved mice. In January, two mice, Willie and Winnie, make a new friend: a tree. The tree tells them her name is Woody, and the mice promise to visit her all year round. As the months tick by, Willie and Winnie watch Woody soak up the rain, bloom buds into flowers and leaves, and bear fruit. By th...(展开全部)

This is the year you change your life. If you’re in a pivot period—if you’re still bridging the space between where you are and where you want to be—remember that the person you’re becoming is already within you. The journey is convincing your mind to act consistently on what your heart already knows it wants to do. The Pivot Year is a book of 365 daily meditations on finding t...(展开全部)