A ghost has no substance, but it has power - and presence - and it can appear in alternative forms. In the metaverse, we are all alternative forms. The Dead will join us. The genre-bending and dazzling new collection of ghost stories from the Sunday Times bestselling Jeanette Winterson 'Always passionate and provocative' NEW STATESMAN 'One of the wittiest writers around today' ...(展开全部)

A ghost has no substance, but it has power - and presence - and it can appear in alternative forms. In the metaverse, we are all alternative forms. The Dead will join us. The genre-bending and dazzling new collection of ghost stories from the Sunday Times bestselling Jeanette Winterson 'Always passionate and provocative' NEW STATESMAN 'One of the wittiest writers around today' ...(展开全部)

A captivating collection of ghost stories from “one of the most gifted writers working today” (New York Times), The Night Side of the River is as ingeniously provocative as it is downright spooky. In this delightfully chilling collection, the iconic Jeanette Winterson turns her fearless gaze to the realm of ghosts, interspersing her own encounters with the supernatural alongsid...(展开全部)

A captivating collection of ghost stories from “one of the most gifted writers working today” (New York Times), The Night Side of the River is as ingeniously provocative as it is downright spooky. In this delightfully chilling collection, the iconic Jeanette Winterson turns her fearless gaze to the realm of ghosts, interspersing her own encounters with the supernatural alongsid...(展开全部)

爱德加·斯诺，美国著名记者和作家。1928年来到中国。九一八事变后，他亲赴前线采访，写下了一批颇有影响的有关中日战争的报道。特别是他撰写了轰动世界舆论的《红星照耀中国》——不带任何政治偏见和党派色彩，通过亲自采访所得的第一手资料，得到了中国人民和世界人民的信任。抗战期间 ，斯诺作为中国人民的朋友，把中国的事业当作自己的事业，组织、发起、宣传“工合”运动，支持中国的战时经济；如实报道中国抗战实况；开展大量的国际宣传，极大地支持了中国的反侵略战争。他把一生最宝贵的年华献给了中国人民的解放事业，他以自己的行动，在中美两国人民之间架起了一座友谊的桥梁。 1937年7月7日，七七事变爆发，斯诺在北平南苑目睹了中日战争的开端。他在参加日军召开的一次记者招待会上，大声质问：“为什么要在中国领土上进行军事演习？为什么借口士兵失踪动用大兵？为什么侵略者不撤兵回营，反叫...(展开全部)

A reissue of Barbara Shelby Merello's 1968 English translation of João Guimarães Rosa's 'Primeiras Estórias,' with the short stories restored to Rosa's original order.

若昂·吉马良斯·罗萨（João Guimarães Rosa，1908—1967） 巴西作家、外交官、医生。生于巴西米纳斯吉拉斯州，早年曾在小镇行医，并在立宪革命中以志愿者医生的身份参军，其后在德国、哥伦比亚和法国担任外交官数年。1963年当选巴西文学院院士，但直到1967年，他才最终决定接受该职位，并在就职演讲中说“我们死去，是为了证明曾经活过”。三天后，他在里约热内卢因心脏病发作去世。当时他正处于文学和外交生涯的巅峰时期，多国机构拟提名他为诺贝尔文学奖候选人。 罗萨通晓20多门语言，同时受流行语和方言的影响，在写作中博学地创造了大量新词和语法。其长篇代表作《广阔的腹地：条条水廊》被誉为“巴西版《尤利西斯》”“几乎不可译的天书”，他被公认为20世纪拉美最伟大的作家之一。

In his previous books, Oliver Sacks had addressed questions of the brain and mind through the lens of case histories of individuals with neurological disorders. Recently, however, he had been reflecting on his experiences with such patients in the context of a lifetime of medical practice, and in light of recent neuroscientific evidence and theories. The River of Consciousness ...(展开全部)

◎著者 奥利弗・萨克斯，1933年出生于英国伦敦，2015年病逝于纽约。医学博士，英国皇家内科医师学会会员（FRCP），曾经是纽约大学医学院的神经内科学教授，被《纽约时报》誉为“医学界的桂冠诗人”。他仔细收集过多种神经系统异常案例，以丰富的临床经验为基础，著有《错把妻子当 帽子》《脑袋里装了2000出歌剧的人》《火星上的人类学家》等畅销书籍。其中，描述了20世纪初嗜睡性脑炎患者的《苏醒》一书启发了电影《无语问苍天》，该片曾获奥斯卡最佳影片提名。萨克斯博士曾长期为《纽约客》和《纽约书评》撰稿。 ◎译者 陈晓菲，人类学硕士，文学和精神分析爱好者。

The River of Consciousness is one of two books Sacks was working on up to his death, and it reveals his ability to make unexpected connections, his sheer joy in knowledge, and his unceasing, timeless project to understand what makes us human. (From Amazon)