** SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2020 ** A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman in Edo - now known as Tokyo - and a portrait of a great city on the brink of momentous change The daughter of a Buddhist priest, Tsuneno was born in 1804 in a rural Japanese village and was expected to live a life much like her mother...(展开全部)

Born in Cuba in 1902, Loynaz established her reputation as a poet in the first half of the 20th century. After the Cuban Revolution in 1959, she retreated to her house, vowing to never write poetry again and refusing to leave the island of her birth. Like a Cuban Emily Dickinson, she lived out the -remainder of her life in seclusion. In 1992, she received the Cervantes Prize,...(展开全部)

A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo--the city that would become Tokyo--and a portrait of a great city on the brink of a momentous encounter with the West. The daughter of a Buddhist priest, Tsuneno was born in a rural Japanese village and was expected to live a traditional ...(展开全部)

A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo--the city that would become Tokyo--and a portrait of a great city on the brink of a momentous encounter with the West. The daughter of a Buddhist priest, Tsuneno was born in a rural Japanese village and was expected to live a traditional ...(展开全部)

[美]玛乔丽•肖斯塔克，美国女人类学家。自1963年起，美国哈佛大学的人类学家理查德• 李和Irven DeVore等人对博茨瓦纳西北部Dobe地区的昆—桑人开始了一项长期的调研计划。1969年，该项计划已近尾声，结婚不久的肖斯塔克与她的研究生丈夫参加该计划的研究同往Dobe，丈夫研究母婴关系和婴幼儿身心成长，而肖斯塔克则关注妇女生活史。肖斯塔克是妮萨生活故事的访问者、记录者、转译者和整理呈现者。

[美]玛乔丽•肖斯塔克，美国女人类学家。自1963年起，美国哈佛大学的人类学家理查德• 李和Irven DeVore等人对博茨瓦纳西北部Dobe地区的昆—桑人开始了一项长期的调研计划。1969年，该项计划已近尾声，结婚不久的肖斯塔克与她的研究生丈夫参加该计划的研究同往Dobe，丈夫研究母婴关系和婴幼儿身心成长，而肖斯塔克则关注妇女生活史。肖斯塔克是妮萨生活故事的访问者、记录者、转译者和整理呈现者。

The French bestseller The Diary of a Nose is the story behind the creation of a perfume, from the head perfumer at Hermès. Perfume creation is an exclusive and secretive endeavour. What is day to day life like for a perfume-maker? How does the creation of a new scent begin? How do you capture the essence of a smell on the skin? For one year, Jean-Claude Ellena kept a diary of h...(展开全部)

An intimate exploration of inspiration and creativity, from the "parfumeur exclusif" of the house of Hermès. A scent has incantatory powers, capable of transporting you to your past, of kindling fantasies, of creating a vivid mise en scène—literally out of thin air. In the hands of the truly great, perfume creation is a kind of alchemy. Where does inspiration for this visceral...(展开全部)

克里斯蒂安·里特（Christiane Ritter） 奥地利艺术家、作家，一八九七年出生。一九三四年，里特与丈夫赫尔曼、探险家卡尔一起，在挪威位于北极圈内的斯瓦尔巴群岛，进行了为期一年的极地探险之旅。回到奥地利后，里特根据其经历写就《一个女人，在北极》。其德文版出版于一九三八年，而后有英、法等多语种版本。后定居维也纳，于二〇〇〇年去世。 译者简介： 赖雅静 专业译者，译有《隐页书城》《资本的世界史》等作品。

“There, in the middle of the broad, bright high-road—there, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth or dropped from the heaven—stood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in white garments.” Thus young Walter Hartright first meets the mysterious woman in white in what soon became one of the most popular novels of the nineteenth century. Secrets, mi...(展开全部)