Are we able to do everything we ought to do? According to the important but controversial Ought Implies Can principle, the answer is yes. In this book Alex King sheds some much-needed light on this principle. She argues that it is flawed because we are obligated to perform some actions that we cannot perform, and goes on to present a suggested theory for anyone who would deny t...(展开全部)

In We Are What We Eat, Alice Waters urges us to take up the mantle of slow food culture, the philosophy at the core of her life’s work. When Waters first opened Chez Panisse in 1971, she did so with the intention of feeding people good food during a time of political turmoil. Customers responded to the locally sourced organic ingredients, to the dishes made by hand, and to the ...(展开全部)

A San Francisco Chronicle and Kirkus Best Book of the Year A gorgeously unique, fully illustrated exploration into the phenomenology of reading—how we visualize images from reading works of literature, from one of our very best book jacket designers, himself a passionate reader. What do we see when we read? Did Tolstoy really describe Anna Karenina? Did Melville ever really tel...(展开全部)

2014: A great poem is read aloud and never heard again. For generations, people speculate about its message, but no copy has yet been found. 2119: The lowlands of the UK have been submerged by rising seas. Those who survive are haunted by the richness of the world that has been lost. Tom Metcalfe, an academic at the University of the South Downs, part of Britain’s remaining isl...(展开全部)

2014: A great poem is read aloud and never heard again. For generations, people speculate about its message, but no copy has yet been found. 2119: The lowlands of the UK have been submerged by rising seas. Those who survive are haunted by the richness of the world that has been lost. Tom Metcalfe, an academic at the University of the South Downs, part of Britain’s remaining isl...(展开全部)

《我们所能知道的》是一部探索、一部文学惊悚片和一段爱情故事，它跨越过去、现在和未来，提出了关于我们是谁以及我们将去往哪里的深刻问题。 2014年：一首伟大的诗歌被大声朗诵，却再也听不到。几代人以来，人们一直在猜测它所蕴含的信息，但至今仍未找到任何抄本。 2119年：英国的低地被不断上升的海平面淹没。幸存下来的人们被失落的世界的丰富多彩所困扰。 汤姆·梅特卡夫是南唐斯大学的学者，南唐斯大学是英国仅存的群岛之一。他深入研究了21世纪初的档案，被人类生活时期的自由与可能性深深吸引。 当他偶然发现一条可能指向这失传巨作的线索时，纠缠不清的爱情和残酷的犯罪真相浮现，打破了他对一个他自认为非常了解的故事的假设。 《我们能知道什么》是一部杰作，它将我们眼前的现实从迫在眉睫的灾难感中解放出来，并描绘了一个并非一切都已消失的未来世界。 A quest, a liter...(展开全部)

It's the story "They" don't want you to listen to. Though, to be fair, "They" are probably right about this one. To quote the Bible, "Learning the truth can be like loosening a necktie, only to realize it was the only thing keeping your head attached". No, don't put the book back on the shelf - it is now your duty to purchase it to prevent others from listening to it. Yes, it w...(展开全部)

From Boy Scouts to soldiers, nurses to UPS workers, chefs to nuns, Paul Fussell describes, in sharp and telling anecdotes, the history and meanings of various uniforms. He reveals their secret language and unfolds their cultural significance. Focusing on the American scene, he holds up a mirror to the folks who head off to work each morning in regulated clothing and charts the ...(展开全部)