This cultural study of public space examines the cityscape of Taipei, Taiwan, in rich descriptive prose. Contemplating a series of seemingly banal subjects--maps, public art, parks--Joseph Allen peels back layers of obscured history to reveal forces that caused cultural objects to be celebrated, despised, destroyed, or transformed as Taipei experienced successive regime changes...(展开全部)

This cultural study of public space examines the cityscape of Taipei, Taiwan, in rich descriptive prose. Contemplating a series of seemingly banal subjects--maps, public art, parks--Joseph Allen peels back layers of obscured history to reveal forces that caused cultural objects to be celebrated, despised, destroyed, or transformed as Taipei experienced successive regime changes...(展开全部)

美籍台裔新銳作家林韜（Tao Lin）繼《咿咿咿》後，備受文壇矚目新作！ 以寫實的手法，銳利呈現現代都市青年尋找自我的困頓。 跟著主角Paul從曼哈頓的藝文觀察一路來到他原生家庭的根──台灣台北。讀者將在此地見證一段關係的幻滅，而另一段透過網路開花的戀情，則會意外地在拉斯維加斯修成正果。 在這段漫長旅程中，無論是整夜行駛於東岸、到南方行竊、去西岸閱讀或是在俄亥俄州進入一家不怎麼樣的雜貨店，過程皆有攝影記錄。影片中也可見到大量毒品，以及一對年輕愛侶學習著如何分享彼此的生活。 這部彷彿在謳歌或是感嘆我們現在生活方式的一部小說，雖然不確定是否能為愛、生存、青春或身處在社會邊緣的人們提供任何確切的解答，但可以肯定的是，帶有半自傳色彩的《Taipei》將為讀者帶來最直接利索的閱讀體驗。（文／博客來編譯） From one of this generation’...(展开全部)

美籍台裔新銳作家林韜（Tao Lin）繼《咿咿咿》後，備受文壇矚目新作！ 以寫實的手法，銳利呈現現代都市青年尋找自我的困頓。 跟著主角Paul從曼哈頓的藝文觀察一路來到他原生家庭的根──台灣台北。讀者將在此地見證一段關係的幻滅，而另一段透過網路開花的戀情，則會意外地在拉斯維加斯修成正果。 在這段漫長旅程中，無論是整夜行駛於東岸、到南方行竊、去西岸閱讀或是在俄亥俄州進入一家不怎麼樣的雜貨店，過程皆有攝影記錄。影片中也可見到大量毒品，以及一對年輕愛侶學習著如何分享彼此的生活。 這部彷彿在謳歌或是感嘆我們現在生活方式的一部小說，雖然不確定是否能為愛、生存、青春或身處在社會邊緣的人們提供任何確切的解答，但可以肯定的是，帶有半自傳色彩的《Taipei》將為讀者帶來最直接利索的閱讀體驗。（文／博客來編譯） From one of this generation’...(展开全部)

For much of its extraordinary life, Baghdad, known for centuries as the "City of Peace," enjoyed both cultural and commercial preeminence. For five centuries it was the seat of the Abbasid Empire, a marvel of glittering palaces, exquisite parks, magnificent mosques, and Islamic colleges. It was a city boasting the most accomplished astronomers, mathematicians, doctors, musician...(展开全部)

Over thirteen centuries, Baghdad has enjoyed both cultural and commercial pre-eminence, boasting artistic and intellectual sophistication and an economy once the envy of the world. It was here, in the time of the Caliphs, that the Thousand and One Nights were set. Yet it has also been a city of great hardships, beset by epidemics, famines, floods, and numerous foreign invasions...(展开全部)

Over thirteen centuries, Baghdad has enjoyed both cultural and commercial pre-eminence, boasting artistic and intellectual sophistication and an economy once the envy of the world. It was here, in the time of the Caliphs, that the Thousand and One Nights were set. Yet it has also been a city of great hardships, beset by epidemics, famines, floods, and numerous foreign invasions...(展开全部)

Chu T'ien-hsin's The Old Capital is a brilliant evocation of Taiwan's literature of nostalgia and remembrance. The novel is centered on the question, "Is it possible that none of your memories count?" and explores the reliability of remembrances and the thin line that separates fact from fantasy. Comprised of four thematically linked stories and a novella, The Old Capital fo...(展开全部)

St Augustine, bishop of Hippo, was one of the central figures in the history of Christianity, and "City of God" is one of his greatest theological works. Written as an eloquent defence of the faith at a time when the Roman Empire was on the brink of collapse, it examines the ancient pagan religions of Rome, the arguments of the Greek philosophers and the revelations of the Bibl...(展开全部)

"Life is both fleeting and dangerous, and there is no point in denying yourself pleasure, or being anything other than what you are." Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world during the 1940s. Told from the perspective of an older woman as she looks back on her youth with both pleasure and regret (but mo...(展开全部)