In this unusual memoir of the life of the mind, the founding editor of The Threepenny Review reflects upon the choices she has made in pursuit of her vocation as a self-described "eighteenth-century man of letters." Wendy Lesser, one of our shrewdest cultural observers, describes how her education, her experiences, and the works of her favorite writers, artists, and performers ...(展开全部)

Being an amateur astronomer is great fun, with many different and interesting areas to get involved in. This complete reference provides a wealth of practical information covering all aspects of amateur astronomy. Organised thematically for ease of use, it covers observing techniques, telescopes and observatories, Internet resources, and the objects that can be studied. Those n...(展开全部)

From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage—and its consequences, spanning three generations. They seemed like the perfect couple—young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment Pauline, a stranger to the Polish Eastern Avenue neighborhood of Baltimore (though she lived only twenty minutes away), walked into his mother’s grocery ...(展开全部)

From the incomparable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel, spanning three generations, about a mismatched marriage - and its consequences.-Michael and Pauline seemed like the perfect couple - young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment she walked into his mother's grocery store in Baltimore, he was smitten, and in the heat of World War II fervour, they marry in ha...(展开全部)

【作者介绍】 丽贝卡·特雷斯特（Rebecca Traister），新闻记者，时尚杂志ELLE特约编辑，擅长分析女性在政治、经济和社会生活中的表现，为《纽约时报》、《华盛顿邮报》、Vogue等多家杂志撰稿，著有《女孩别哭》（Big Girls Don’t Cry），即将出版《重塑美国 的女性愤怒》（Good and Mad: How Women’s Anger is Reshaping America）。 【译者介绍】 管燕红，1971年出生，华东师范大学外语学院英语系硕士研究生毕业。曾参与《朗文高级英汉双解词典》和《朗文进阶英汉双解词典》多个版本以及其它多种词典的翻译工作。此外还译有与英语学习相关的一些图书。 贺梦菲，河北石家庄人，华中师范大学汉语言文学专业与英语专业双学位学士，西南大学比较文学与世界文学专业硕士在读。热爱翻译与阅读，是世界文学作品...(展开全部)

A nuanced investigation into the sexual, economic, and emotional lives of women in America. In a provocative, groundbreaking work, National Magazine Award finalist Rebecca Traister, “the most brilliant voice on feminism in the country” (Anne Lamott), traces the history of unmarried and late-married women in America who, through social, political, and economic means, have radica...(展开全部)

http://www.timharford.com/logicoflife/ “Life often seems to defy logic. When a prostitute agrees to unprotected sex, or a teenage criminal embarks on a burglary, or a smoker lights another cigarette, we seem to be a million miles from what we would call rational behaviour. None of this makes sense – or does it? Tim Harford thinks it does. And by weaving stories from locations a...(展开全部)

Life sometimes seems illogical. Individuals do strange things: take drugs, have unprotected sex, mug each other. Love seems irrational, and so does divorce. On a larger scale, life seems no fairer or easier to fathom: Why do some neighborhoods thrive and others become ghettos? Why is racism so persistent? Why is your idiot boss paid a fortune for sitting behind a mahogany altar...(展开全部)

The "world of letters" has always seemed a matter more of metaphor than of global reality. Rejecting facile talk of globalization, with its suggestion of a happy literary "melting pot," Pascale Casanova exposes an emerging regime of inequality in the world of letters, where minor languages and literatures are subject to the invisible but implacable violence of their dominant co...(展开全部)