在《书》一书中，基思·休斯顿揭示了书籍的纸张、墨水、线、胶水和纸板，它们如同书页上的文字一样，蕴含着丰富的故事。休斯顿以引人入胜的方式，追溯了这一拥有2000年历史的媒介的历史，追溯了书写、印刷、插图艺术和装订艺术的发展，展现了我们如何从楔形文字板和纸莎草卷轴发展到如今的精装书和平装书。 In The Book, Keith Houston reveals that the paper, ink, thread, glue, and board from which a book is made tell as rich a story as the words on its pages. In an invitingly tactile history of this 2,000-year-old medium, Houston follows t...(展开全部)

“Everybody who has ever read a book will benefit from the way Keith Houston explores the most powerful object of our time. And everybody who has read it will agree that reports of the book’s death have been greatly exaggerated.”―Erik Spiekermann, typographer We may love books, but do we know what lies behind them? In The Book, Keith Houston reveals that the paper, ink, thread, ...(展开全部)

* A best-selling anthology of over 400 covers from one of the most acclaimed record labels of all time. * Complete compliation of the original Blue Note volumes * A timeless collector's piece for all music fans The Cover Art of Blue Note Records is Graham Marsh and Glyn Callingham's classic collection of the finest record sleeves produced by the celebrated Blue Note record l...(展开全部)

Under the Cover follows the life trajectory of a single work of fiction from its initial inspiration to its reception by reviewers and readers. The subject is Jarrettsville, a historical novel by Cornelia Nixon, which was published in 2009 and based on an actual murder committed by an ancestor of Nixon's in the postbellum South. Clayton Childress takes you behind the scenes to ...(展开全部)

彼得·门德尔桑德（Peter Mendelsund） 世界知名书籍装帧设计师、作家、古典钢琴演奏家。毕业于美国哥伦比亚大学文学与哲学专业，是《大西洋月刊》的创意总监，曾担任美国克诺夫出版社艺术副总监、万神殿书局艺术总监。他操刀的封面有《情人》、卡夫卡作品系列、卡尔维诺作品系列等。 《纽约时报》称他为“如今活跃着的最顶尖的设计师”。《华尔街日报》称他的作品为“当代小说封面中最具辨识度与代表性的设计”。

关于作者： 乔纳生·威诺，普利策文学奖获得者。他因这本书而获得普利策文学奖、洛杉矶时报图书奖。 === 关于东西文库： 东西文库致力于「第三种文化」（TTC）的思考、传播与交流；注重在互联网、科技、 商业、媒体、电子阅读等领域的互动；包括但不限于：纸质、电子出版，版权引进、策 划，文化论坛。 已出版《失控》《技术元素》《比特素养》《掘金黑客》《数字乌托邦》《字体故事》等图书。

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

Her topics range from the neurotic need for affection, to guilt feelings and the quest for power, prestige and possession.

在线阅读本书 The first example of the psychological novel in Russia, A Hero of Our Time influenced Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Chekhov, and other great nineteenth-century masters that followed. Its hero, Pechorin, is Byronic in his wasted gifts, his cynicism, and his desire for any kind of action-good or ill-that will stave off boredom. Outraging many critics when it was first pub...(展开全部)