In the tradition of Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief, and Mark Kurlansky’s Cod —a renowned culinary adventurer goes into the woods with the iconoclasts and outlaws who seek the world’s most coveted ingredient . . . and one of nature’s last truly wild foods: the uncultivated, uncontrollable mushroom. Within the dark corners of Ameri...(展开全部)

Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by walking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. The AT offers an astonishing landscape of silent forests and sparkling lakes--and to a writer with the comic genius of Bill Bryson, it also provides endless opportunities to witness t...(展开全部)

Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by walking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. The AT offers an astonishing landscape of silent forests and sparkling lakes--and to a writer with the comic genius of Bill Bryson, it also provides endless opportunities to witness t...(展开全部)

Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world – and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere. Through its ability to nurture trees, matsutake helps forests to grow in daunting places. It is also an edible delicacy in Japan, where it sometimes commands astronomical prices. In all its contradictions, matsutake offers insights into areas f...(展开全部)

乔治·帕克，美国作家，记者。 1960年生，毕业于耶鲁大学。自2003年起连续十五年担任《纽约客》专职作者，两获海外记者俱乐部奖。现为《大西洋月刊》专职作者。 作为长期观察员和一线写作者，乔治·帕克深谙美国的历史变迁、经济发展和社会结构，深入从华盛顿到绣带工厂的生命世界 ，被视为最了解当代美国的作家之一。其作品《刺客之门》《我们的人》先后入围普利策奖，《下沉年代》于2013年因“撕开美国的破碎裂痕”获美国国家图书奖。 2019年，乔治·帕克获希钦斯奖，该奖旨在表彰“为自由表达和追求真理而不顾个人或职业后果”的作家。 ———— 刘冉，香港中文大学社会学学士、硕士，宾夕法尼亚大学社会学博士，曾任职于硅谷某科技公司，现为威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校教育政策研究系助理教授，译有《文凭社会》《暴力：一种微观社会学理论》等书。

American democracy is beset by a sense of crisis. Seismic shifts during a single generation have created a country of winners and loser s, allowing unprecedented freedom while rending the social contract, driving the political system to the verge of breakdown, and setting citizens adrift to find new paths forward. In The Unwinding, George Packer, author of The Assassins’ Gate: ...(展开全部)

乔治·帕克，美国作家，记者。 1960年生，毕业于耶鲁大学。自2003年起连续十五年担任《纽约客》专职作者，两获海外记者俱乐部奖。现为《大西洋月刊》专职作者。 作为长期观察员和一线写作者，乔治·帕克深谙美国的历史变迁、经济发展和社会结构，深入从华盛顿到绣带工厂的生命世界 ，被视为最了解当代美国的作家之一。其作品《刺客之门》《我们的人》先后入围普利策奖，《下沉年代》于2013年因“撕开美国的破碎裂痕”获美国国家图书奖。 2019年，乔治·帕克获希钦斯奖，该奖旨在表彰“为自由表达和追求真理而不顾个人或职业后果”的作家。 ———— 刘冉，香港中文大学社会学学士、硕士，宾夕法尼亚大学社会学博士，曾任职于硅谷某科技公司，现为威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校教育政策研究系助理教授，译有《文凭社会》《暴力：一种微观社会学理论》等书。

American democracy is beset by a sense of crisis. Seismic shifts during a single generation have created a country of winners and loser s, allowing unprecedented freedom while rending the social contract, driving the political system to the verge of breakdown, and setting citizens adrift to find new paths forward. In The Unwinding, George Packer, author of The Assassins’ Gate: ...(展开全部)

The preeminent historian of the American Revolution explains why it remains the most significant event in our history. More than almost any other nation in the world, the United States began as an idea. For this reason, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood believes that the American Revolution is the most important event in our history, bar none. Since American ...(展开全部)

林语堂(1895-l976)福建龙溪人。原名和乐，后改玉堂，又改语堂。19l2年入上海圣约翰大学，毕业后在清华大学任教。1919年秋赴美哈佛大学文学系。1922年获义学硕士学位。同年转赴德国入莱比锡大学，专攻语言学。l923年获博士学位后回国，任北京大学教授、北京女子师范大学教务长和英文系主任。1924年后为《语丝》主要撰稿人之一。l926午到厦门大学任文学院长。l927年任外交部秘书。l932年主编《论语》半月刊。1934年创办《人间世》，1935年刨办《宇宙风》，提倡“以自我为中心，以闲适为格调”的小品文。1935年后，在美国用英文写《吾国与吾民》、《京华烟云》、《风声鹤唳》等文化著作和长篇小说。l944年曾一度回国到重庆讲学。l945年赴新加坡筹建南洋火学，任校长。l952年在美国与人创办“天风》杂志。1966年定居台湾。l967年受聘为香港中...(展开全部)