In these troubled times, even the most pessimistic diagnosis of our future ends with an uplifting hint that things might not be as bad as all that, that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Yet, argues Slavoj Žižek, it is only when we have admit to ourselves that our situation is completely hopeless - that the light at the end of the tunnel is in fact the headlight of a tra...(展开全部)

Julie Powell recounts how, in a desperate search for escape, she conquers all 524 recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking and saves her soul. length: (cm)20.8 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)13.8

Julie & Julia , the bestselling memoir that's "irresistible....A kind of Bridget Jones meets The French Chef " ( Philadelphia Inquirer ), is now a major motion picture. Julie Powell, nearing thirty and trapped in a dead-end secretarial job, resolves to reclaim her life by cooking in the span of a single year, every one of the 524 recipes in Julia Child's legendary Masterin...(展开全部)

Bestselling author Carlos Castaneda introduces readers to the worlds that exist within their dreams.

Bestselling author Carlos Castaneda introduces readers to the worlds that exist within their dreams.

卡罗斯•卡斯塔尼达（Carlos Castaneda，1925—1998)， 美国作家，秘鲁人，以唐望故事系列而著名。他出生在南美洲，年幼时随父母移居美国，后就读于加州大学洛杉矶分校(UCLA)人类学系，以“印第安人使用的药用植物”作为其人类学研究重点。1960年，在为论文收集资料时，他结识了一位雅基族印第安老人唐望，之后被唐望收为巫术门徒。 卡斯塔尼达刚开始不信巫术，但以理性的态度巨细无遗地记录下了唐望教授巫术的过程。1968年，他出版第一本著作《唐望的教诲——雅基文化的知识系统》。该书在当时的美国文化界造成轰动，唤醒了美国文化对印第安传统智慧的兴趣，成为意想不到的畅销书。《时代周刊》曾于1973年3月以封面专题的形式报道卡斯塔尼达的故事，将其当成一种文化现象来讨论。之后的三十多年，卡斯塔尼达陆续出版了一系列的唐望故事，对当代美国的灵性思潮影响巨大...(展开全部)

The author of 13 1and#8260; 2 Lives of Captain Bluebear transports us to a magical world. Optimus Yarnspinner, finds himself marooned in the subterranean world of Bookholm, the City of Dreaming Books, where reading can be dangerous, where ruthless Bookhunters fight to the death. "From the Hardcover edition."

The author of 13 1and#8260; 2 Lives of Captain Bluebear transports us to a magical world. Optimus Yarnspinner, finds himself marooned in the subterranean world of Bookholm, the City of Dreaming Books, where reading can be dangerous, where ruthless Bookhunters fight to the death. "From the Hardcover edition."