Shot Ready is a powerful distillation of Stephen Curry’s transformative philosophy of success—centered on preparation, constant improvement, creativity, connection, mindfulness, and joy—delivered in his incomparable voice and style. Stunningly designed and illustrated with more than 100 gorgeous photographs, Shot Ready is an intimate narrative and a practical blueprint for any ...(展开全部)

A meditation on the big-box superstore, from 2022 Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux. “A dryly charming look at the way the French live now, through the sharp eyes of its most acclaimed chronicler.”—Kirkus Reviews For half a century, French writer Annie Ernaux has restlessly explored stories and subjects often considered unworthy of artistic reflection. In this exquisite meditation,...(展开全部)

How are human actions shaped by the materiality of media? Contemporary media leads us more than ever to an ‘acting at a distance,’ an acting entangled with the materiality of communication and the mediality of transmission. This book explores this crucial phenomenon thereby introducing urgent questions of human interaction, the binding and breaking of time and space, and the en...(展开全部)

Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry. Jack Currer is a resurrection man who’s just trying to survive in a city where it’s too easy to die. When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist’s Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham’s lectures f...(展开全部)

Dr. Gary Chapman has spent his life helping people communicate love more effectively and in turn build more satisfying and lasting relationships. His book The Five Love Languages is a regular on the N

Hazel Sinnett is alone and half-convinced the events of the year before―the immortality, Beecham’s vial―were a figment of her imagination. She doesn’t even know if Jack is alive or dead. All she can really do now is treat patients and maintain Hawthornden Castle as it starts to decay around her. When saving a life leads to her arrest, Hazel seems doomed to rot in prison until a...(展开全部)

艾萨克·巴什维斯·辛格（Isaac Bashevis Singer，1904—1991） 美国籍波兰裔犹太作家。1904年出生于波兰莱昂辛小镇里的一个犹太拉比世家。1925年发表第一篇短篇小说《在晚年》。1935年在哥哥约书亚的帮助下移居美国纽约，从事记者与专栏作家的工作。1953年，辛格的小说《傻瓜吉姆佩尔》由索尔·贝娄译成英文发表于《党派评论》（Partisan Review），引起批评界和读者的广泛关注和重视。1970年凭借儿童文学《快活的一天：一个在华沙长大的孩子的故事》、1974年凭借短篇小说集《羽冠》两次获得美国国家图书奖。1978年获得诺贝尔文学奖。 辛格在20世纪被称为“短篇小说大师”“当代最会讲故事的小说大师”，终生用意第绪语写作，作品通过英译本而广为人知。辛格擅写魔鬼、精灵、恶魔、巫师的故事，总是能以极小的篇幅、简洁的形式表现深刻...(展开全部)