When she was a girl, Lisa See spent summers in the cool, dark recesses of her family's antiques store in Los Angeles's Chinatown. There, her grand-mother and great-aunt told her intriguing, colorful stories about their family's past - stori
Charles Wheelan 10 ½ Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said-10 ½ 事情没有毕业典礼演讲者说过
A book filled with so much wisdom that I have no choice but to recommend it.”—Craig Wilson, USA Today
The antidote to those cotton-candy platitudes that are all too familiar to anyone who’s ever worn a mortarboard, Wheelan’s 10½ head-turning aphorisms—
The antidote to those cotton-candy platitudes that are all too familiar to anyone who’s ever worn a mortarboard, Wheelan’s 10½ head-turning aphorisms—
We Came, We Saw, We Left: A Family Gap Year
What would happen if you quit your life for a year? In a pre–COVID-19 world, the Wheelan family decided to find out; leaving behind work, school, and even the family dogs to travel the world on a modest budget. Equal parts "how-to" and "how
Dave Grohl The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music-说书人
作者:Dave Grohl
书名:The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music《说书人》
简介:Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportuni
书名:The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music《说书人》
简介:Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportuni
Leslie Marmon Silko The Turquoise Ledge: A Memoir-绿松石壁架:回忆录
A highly original and poetic self-portrait from one of America's most acclaimed writers.
Leslie Marmon Silko's new book, her first in ten years, combines memoir with family history and reflections on the creatures and beings that command her
Leslie Marmon Silko's new book, her first in ten years, combines memoir with family history and reflections on the creatures and beings that command her
Six Days in Leningrad: The best romance you will read this year
The never-before-told story of the journey behind THE BRONZE HORSEMAN, now in print for the first time.
From the author of the celebrated, internationally bestselling BRONZE HORSEMAN saga comes a glimpse into the private life of its much loved creator,
From the author of the celebrated, internationally bestselling BRONZE HORSEMAN saga comes a glimpse into the private life of its much loved creator,
The Wisdom Journal: The Companion to The Wisdom of Sundays
Featuring an original introduction by Oprah Winfrey, this beautiful journal is a wonderful gift that's destined to become a trusted companion as you reflect on your own life’s journey.
“The most valuable gift you can give yourself is the time to n
“The most valuable gift you can give yourself is the time to n
Oprah Winfrey What I Know For Sure-我能肯定的
As a creative force, student of the human heart and soul, and champion of living the life you want, Oprah Winfrey stands alone. Over the years, she has made history with a legendary talk show - the highest-rated program of its kind, launched her own telev
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, makes her literary debut. Jenny Lawson realized that the most mortifying moments of our lives—the ones we’d like to pretend never happened—are in fact the ones that define us. Lawson takes readers on a hilario
Jenny Lawson Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things-疯狂的快乐:一本关于恐怖事物的有趣的书
#1 New York Times Bestseller
In Furiously Happy, a humor memoir tinged with just enough tragedy and pathos to make it worthwhile, Jenny Lawson examines her own experience with severe depression and a host of other conditions, and explains how it has le
In Furiously Happy, a humor memoir tinged with just enough tragedy and pathos to make it worthwhile, Jenny Lawson examines her own experience with severe depression and a host of other conditions, and explains how it has le
Emily Ratajkowski My Body-我的身体
A deeply honest investigation of what it means to be a woman and a commodity from Emily Ratajkowski, the archetypal, multi-hyphenate celebrity of our time
Emily Ratajkowski is an acclaimed model and actress, an engaged political progressive, a formidab
Emily Ratajkowski is an acclaimed model and actress, an engaged political progressive, a formidab
A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living
Celebrated scholar Joseph Campbell shares his intimate and inspiring reflections on the art of living in this beautifully packaged book, part of a new series to be based on his unpublished writings.
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounde
Sigrid Undset Happy Times in Norway-挪威的快乐时光
Happy Timesin Norway is a moving and delicately humorous picture of Undset’s own blissful home life before her nation fell to the Nazi occupation. Captured here is the excitement of a Norwegian Christmas, the Seventeenth of May, and summer in the idyllic
When Truth Is All You Have: A Memoir of Faith, Justice, and Freedom for the Wrongly Convicted
"Jim McCloskey and Centurion are pioneers in the struggle to expose the tragedy of innocent people wrongly convicted and sent to prison in America...No one has illuminated this problem more thoughtfully and persistently." --Bryan Stevenson, auth
Hermann Hesse Soul of the Age: Selected Letters, 1891-1962-时代的灵魂:书信选集,1891-1962
Throughout his life, Herman Hesse was a devoted letter writer. He corresponded, not just with friends and family, but also with his readers. From his letters home from the seminary at age fourteen, to his last letters, written days before his death at eig
Pablo Neruda Memoirs-回忆录
Pablo Neruda has been hailed as the greatest poet of the 20th century & was a Nobel laureat. In these memoirs he also recounts his distinguished career as a diplomat & politician, during which he came to know iconic figures including Gandhi, Che Guevara,
Heinrich Böll Irish Journal-爱尔兰期刊
In 'IRISH JOURNAL', Heinrich Böll the celebrated novelist becomes Heinrich Böll the relatively obscure traveler, touring Ireland in the mid-1950s with his wife and children. While time may stand still in Irish pubs, Böll does not, and his descri
Czesław Miłosz Native Realm: A Search for Self-Definition-原生领域:寻找自我定义
The autobiography of the Nobel laureate
Before he emigrated to the United States, Czeslaw Milosz lived through many of the social upheavals that defined the first half of the twentieth century. Here, in this compelling account of his early life, the au
Before he emigrated to the United States, Czeslaw Milosz lived through many of the social upheavals that defined the first half of the twentieth century. Here, in this compelling account of his early life, the au
Elias Canetti The Memoirs of Elias Canetti-埃利亚斯·卡内蒂回忆录
A compelling account of the development of a great artist, and a portrait of the tragic character of an entire eraThe uncompromising achievement of Elias Canetti has been matched by few writers this century. Canetti worked brilliantly in many forms, but t
Gabriel García Márquez Living to Tell the Tale-为小说而生
He is perhaps the most acclaimed, revered and widely read writer of our time, and in this first volume of a planned trilogy, Gabriel Garcia Marquez begins to tell the story of his life. Living to Tell the Tale spans Marquez's life from his birth in 1
Fabrice Midal Recalling Chogyam Trungpa-回顾Chogyam Trungpa
In wide-ranging essays and interviews, contributors from the fields of Buddhist practice and scholarship, philosophy, the arts, and literature examine the work of a modern genius—the Tibetan Buddhist meditation master Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (1939–1987).
Solomon Northup Twelve Years a Slave-为奴12年
作者:Solomon Northup
简介:Twelve Years a Slave, sub-title: Narrative of Solomon Northup, citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued i
简介:Twelve Years a Slave, sub-title: Narrative of Solomon Northup, citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued i
Wole Soyinka Ake: The Years of Childhood-艾克:童年的岁月
A dazzling memoir of an African childhood from Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian novelist, playwright, and poet Wole Soyinka.
"Aké: The Years of Childhood" gives us the story of Soyinka's boyhood before and during World War II in a Yoruba vil
"Aké: The Years of Childhood" gives us the story of Soyinka's boyhood before and during World War II in a Yoruba vil
Joseph Brodsky Watermark: An Essay on Venice-水印:威尼斯随笔
This collection of forty-eight short pieces on Venice showcase Joseph Brodsky at his very best: witty, intelligent, moving and elegant. Looking at every aspect of Venice, from its waterways, streets and architecture to its food, politics and people, Brods
Octavio Paz In Light of India-鉴于印度
“One of the most brilliant and original essayists in any language” (Washington Post Book World) reflects on the six years he spent in India as Mexican ambassador-and reveals how the people and culture of that extraordinary land changed his life. Translate
Kenzaburō Ōe Hiroshima Notes-广岛笔记
Hiroshima Notes is a powerful statement on the Hiroshima bombing and its terrible legacy by the 1994 Nobel laureate for literature. Oe’s account of the lives of the many victims of Hiroshima and the valiant efforts of those who cared for them, both immedi
Patricia Brennan Demuth Who Is Bill Gates?-谁是比尔·盖茨?
Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955, is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. In this Who Was...? biography, children will learn of Gates' childhood passion for computer technology, which led him to revoluti
Roberta Edwards Who Is Barack Obama-谁是巴拉克·奥巴马
As the world now knows, Barack Obama has made history as our first African-American president.
With black-and-white illustrations throughout, this biography is perfect for primary graders looking for a longer, fuller life story than is found in the aut
With black-and-white illustrations throughout, this biography is perfect for primary graders looking for a longer, fuller life story than is found in the aut
Julian Barnes Nothing to Be Frightened Of-没什么可怕的
Two years after the best-selling Arthur & George, Julian Barnes gives us a memoir on mortality that touches on faith and science and family as well as a rich array of exemplary figures who over the centuries have confronted the same questions he now poses
Julian Barnes Levels of Life-生活水平
Julian Barnes's new book is about ballooning, photography, love and grief; about putting two things, and two people, together, and about tearing them apart.
"You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is
"You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is
Julian Barnes In the land of pain-在痛苦之地
As Julian Barnes writes in the introduction to his superb translation of Alphonse Daudet’s La Doulou, the mostly forgotten writer nowadays “ate at the top literary table” during his lifetime (1840–1897). Henry James described him as “the happiest novelist
Alan Lightman Screening room : family pictures-放映室:家庭照
From the acclaimed author of the international best seller Einstein’s Dreams, here is a lyrical memoir of Memphis from the 1930s through the 1960s: the music and the racism, the early days of the movies, and a powerful grandfather whose ghost continues to
Alan Lightman Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine-在缅因州的一个岛上寻找星星
From the acclaimed author of Einstein's Dreams, an inspired, lyrical meditation on religion and science, with an exploration of the tension between our yearning for permanence and certainty versus modern scientific discoveries pointing to the imperma
Tell me how it ends: an essay in 40 questions-告诉我它是如何结束的
Structured around the forty questions Luiselli translates and asks undocumented Latin-American children facing deportation, Tell Me How It Ends (an expansion of her 2016 Freeman's essay of the same name) humanizes these young migrants and highlights
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Notes on Grief-悲伤日记
Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's beloved father’s death in the summer of 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic raged around the world, and kept Adichie and her family
Karen Tei Yamashita Letters to Memory-致记忆的信件
Praise for Karen Tei Yamashita:
"It's a stylistically wild ride, but it's smart, funny and entrancing." —NPR
"Fluid and poetic as well as terrifying." —New York Times Book Review
With delightful plays of voice and st
"It's a stylistically wild ride, but it's smart, funny and entrancing." —NPR
"Fluid and poetic as well as terrifying." —New York Times Book Review
With delightful plays of voice and st
Dario Fo My first seven years (plus a few more): a memoir-我的前七年(再加上几年):回忆录
An extraordinary coming-of-age memoir by the Nobel-Prize-winning playwright
My First Seven Years is Dario Fo's fantastic, enchanting memoir of his youth spent in Northern Italy on the shores of Lago Maggiore. As a child, Fo grew up in a picturesqu
My First Seven Years is Dario Fo's fantastic, enchanting memoir of his youth spent in Northern Italy on the shores of Lago Maggiore. As a child, Fo grew up in a picturesqu
Imre Kertész Dossier K-K档案
The first and only memoir from the Nobel Prize–winning author, in the form of an illuminating, often funny, and often combative interview—with himself
Dossier K. is Imre Kertész’s response to the hasty biographies and profiles that followed his 2002 No
Dossier K. is Imre Kertész’s response to the hasty biographies and profiles that followed his 2002 No
Orhan Pamuk Istanbul: Memories and the City-伊斯坦布尔:记忆与城市
A shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world’s great cities, by its foremost writer. Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul and still lives in the family apartment building where his mother first held him in her arms. His portrai