The first accessible guide to the key artists and uses of photography in contemporary art since the mid-1980s.
An ideal introduction to this popular subject in contemporary culture, this highly readable book surveys work by more than 150 artist-photographers: Andreas Gursky, Nan Goldin, Philip-Lorca di Corcia, Richard Billingham, Jurgen Teller, Thomas Demand, Yinka Shonibare, Thomas Ruff, Jeff Wall, Wolfgang Tillmans, and many more.
More than 200 examples of the most important works are illustrated. Themed chapters consider subjects such as narrative and storytelling in art photography, photographing the everyday and the insignificant, the use of photography in conceptual art, and the cool, detached, objective aesthetic prevalent in current art photography. 210 illustrations, 100 in color.

In 1994, Chinese artist Liu Zheng conceived of an ambitious photographic project called The Chinese, which occupied him for seven years and carried him throughout China. Inspired by the examples of August Sander and Diane Arbus, he has captured a people and country in a unique time of great flux, providing a startling vision of the deep-rooted historical forces and cultural attitudes that continue to shape China and its people. Liu seeks out moments in which archetypal Chinese characters are encountered in extreme and unexpected situations. His photographs are divided among a number of topics which betray a dark vision, albeit one that is laced with mordant humor. His main subjects to date have included street eccentrics, homeless children, transvestite performers, provincial drug traffickers, coal miners, Buddhist monks, prison inmates, Taoist priests, waxwork figures in historical museums, and the dead and dying. This is the first monograph of his work to appear outside of China and will accompany Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China, a major exhibition at the International Center of Photography, New York.

小說是現代中國文學最重要的一種文類，過去一個世紀以來，小說記錄中國現代化歷程中種種可涕可笑的現象，而其本身的質變，也成為中國現代化的表徵之一。本書討論晚清至當代的小說作品，涵蓋文類則包括了狎邪與政治、科幻與歷史、鄉土與怪誕等多種。藉此，作者不僅探勘現代中國小說的複雜脈絡，也強調「小說」虛構中國的必要。

《在天使手中》是法兰西学院院士费尔南德兹最重要的小说之一，1982年发表后即获得法国文学最高奖——“龚古尔奖”。作者诠释了在成为名人之前，更纯真、更真实、更自然的帕索里尼同性恋的一生。他的童年，决定了他一生的性格；他的爱情，充斥着永恒的争议；他的死亡，则是那么的悲壮！
是基督，还是恶魔？是圣人，还是强盗？他是一个人。一个以一敌众的人，卓越的对抗者，绝对的叛逆者。他不断地否定自身，超越自身，抛弃自身，直至死亡，他永远是矛盾和争议之源。这部哥特式巨著中有许多真实人物出现，如托斯卡尼尼、莫拉维亚、费里尼或玛丽娅•卡拉斯等!

”I don’t have two lives,” Annie Leibovitz writes in the Introduction to this collection of her work from 1990-2005. ”This is one life, and the personal pictures and the assignment work are all part of it.” Portraits of well-known figures-Johnny Cash, Nicole Kidman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Keith Richards, Michael Jordan, Joan Didion, R2-D2, Patti Smith, Nelson Mandela, Jack Nicholson, William Burroughs, George W. Bush with members of his Cabinet-appear alongside pictures of Leibovitz’s family and friends, reportage from the siege of Sarajevo in the early Nineties, and landscapes made even more indelible through Leibovitz’s discerning eye. The images form a narrative rich in contrasts and continuities: The photographer has a long relationship that ends with illness and death. She chronicles the celebrations and heartbreaks of her large and robust family. She has children of her own. All the while she is working, and the public work resonates with the themes of her life.

“The first thing I did with my very first camera was climb Mt. Fuji. Climbing Mt. Fuji is a lesson in determination and moderation. It would be fair to ask if I took the moderation part to heart. But it certainly was a lesson in respecting your camera. If I was going to live with this thing, I was going to have to think about what that meant. There were not going to be any pictures without it."
—Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz describes how her pictures were made, starting with Richard Nixon's resignation, a story she covered with Hunter S. Thompson, and ending with Barack Obama's campaign. In between are a Rolling Stones Tour, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, The Blues Brothers, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Keith Haring, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Patti Smith, George W. Bush, William S. Burroughs, Kate Moss and Queen Elizabeth. The most celebrated photographer of our time discusses portraiture, reportage, fashion photography, lighting, and digital cameras.

小泉八云搜集日本民间故事所创作的《怪谈》是日本灵异文学的代表作，是他在竭力领悟日本文化的精髓后，创作出的最著名的作品。
全书透过鬼眼看人生，描划了一个个在黑暗中或孤独或寂寞的故事，深得日本文学之三昧。其间的故事大多带有浓厚的扶桑乡土气息，还有一部分则源于中国的古典小说，有的将日本山海的雄浑瑰丽形诸文字，有的把自然描写和神话传说糅于一体，试看此中多少篇章，摊开来竟是满目萧索，幽雅而凄迷。那种阴阳两界间的对话、逾越、互换，是那么精彩奇妙、奇诡可怖，令读者在神秘、幽玄中感慨世态炎凉，叹息人间的诸多无奈。
从某种意义上说，《怪谈》就是日本历史的间接体现，同时也承载着东方共有的文化美感。全书所呈现出的东西方文明交融的美学境界，具有极高的欣赏价值和认识价值。
此译本辑录了小泉八云所有的50篇日本怪谈故事，未作任何删节。翻译以日文版《小泉八云全集》为底本，同时参校其他多种日文版、英文版，认真勘证，逐句逐段细致翻译，务求精益求精，使译文既古雅又不失畅晓。书中疑难之处，详加了注释。
精选数十幅与怪谈内容相关的浮世绘、屏风绘、书影、剧照等彩图，图文并茂，结合小泉八云典雅奇异的笔触，令读者恍若身临其境。

70年代因提出“超前卫”理论而享誉国际的意大利批评家奥利瓦，80年代末又出版《超级艺术》，剖析当时欧美新崛起的一种物性艺术。它呈现后工业时代欧美艺术一致再现客体的走向，不过由于两地历史、社会及政治现实不同，而有语言上的差异。本书除阐述艺术生产与消费的关系外，更强调出今日艺术的附加值是整个艺术体系所共同创造的。

本书不是一本博客集，出自松鼠会网站的文章只占了1/3。全书54篇文章，精选自百位松鼠近三年创作的上千篇文章，从口腔溃疡到国际空间站，从玫瑰花到数学思想实验，内容天马行空，文字灵动活泼，一改传统科普的严肃面孔。梁文道称赞说“他们的科普小品简直有点像是带甜的凉茶”；罗永浩说，“为了跟愚昧和迷信争夺市场，科普作品在应有的理性和严谨之外，最好还能做到生动有趣，‘科学松鼠会’显然就做到了这一点。他们的科普文章大多数情况下都很有趣，有时候甚至很酷”。
作者30人，其中17人为理工科博士或博士生，连文中的插图也出自理科博士之手。

In This Is Not It, Lynne Tillman's collection of 20 years' worth of important and compelling short stories and novellas, the protagonists seduce you into their lives and thoughts. Engaging, funny, elegant, and ironic, Tillman takes the reader to new heights of wit and meaning through staccato phrases, grammatical twists, and sensuous language. Familiar worlds of honesty, deceit, dark humor, pleasure, pain, confusion, dependence, love, and lust each play decisive roles in her believable fictions. In "Come and Go, " three characters and an author collide. In "Pleasure Isn't A Pretty Picture, " the reader is treated to a he/she meditation on the one-night stand. And "Dead Sleep" is truly an insomniac's worst nightmare.A twin act on a double bill, This Is Not It is a collection of innovative and stand-alone writing that also engages and matches wits with the some of the best contemporary art: work by Kiki Smith, Jane Dickson, Jessica Stockholder, Diller and Scofidio, Laura Letinsky, Peter Dreher, Roni Horn, Stephen Ellis, Juan Munoz, Vik Muniz, Silvia Kolbowski, Jeff Koons, James Welling, Aura Rosenberg, Barbara Ess, Barbara Kruger, Dolores Marat, Haim Steinbach, Gary Schneider, Marco Breuer, Stephen Prina, and Linder Sterling. Since 1982, acclaimed novelist Tillman has created these unique narratives that are a parallel universe to the contemporary art world. Maybe they're analogues or dialogues, maybe fictions inspired by art, maybe reflections, or meditations -- but whatever they're called, like Borges's fictions, they are their own worlds, too. Tillman has marked out terrain of her own, which this collection celebrates. Full of life and art, This Is Not It is illuminating, bold, subtle,and riotous.

他以文字名满全球。
他的“蓝调”令万千人神迷忧伤。
文字是他的符号，“跑者蓝调”何尝不是？
不再是浮华迷茫，不再是旖旎感伤，不再羚羊挂角无迹可寻——写了几十年“别人”的文字，他第一次只写自己：小说之外、故事之外、文字之外，均是不施雕琢娓娓道来，清淡如云，宁静如水……

社会是一个由多种多样的关系构成的巨大网络。如何研究关系？视角当然多种多样，既可以像林语堂的小说中描述的那样对关系进行细致的刻画，又可以像黄光国等社会心理学家那样对人情、面子和关系网进行质的描述，更可以用社会网络分析法对关系进行量化的表征，从而揭示关系的结构，解释一定的社会现象。社会网络分析的意义在于，它可以对各种关系进行精确的量化分析，从而为某种中层理论的构建和实证命题的检验提供量化的工具，甚至可以建立“宏观和微观”之间的桥梁。
本书就像一本手册，引导读者进入社会网络分析的研究领域。它既适用于社会网络分析的初学者，也适用于对社会网络分析有所了解的人士。

为什么是欧亚大陆人征服、赶走或大批杀死印第安人、澳大利亚人和非洲人，而不是相反？为什么么小麦和玉米、牛和猪以及现代世界的其他一些“不了起的”作物和牲畜出现在这些特定地区，而不是其他地区？在这部开创性的著作中，演化生物学家贾雷德.戴蒙德揭示了事实上有助于形成历史最广泛模式的环境因素，从而以震撼人心的力量摧毁了以种族主义为基础的人类史理论，因其突出价值和重要性，本书荣获1998年美国普利策奖和英国科普书奖，并为《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜作品。
本书是理解人类社会发展史方面的一个重大进展，它记录了现代世界及其诸多不平等所以形成的原因，也是一部真正关于全世界各民族的历史，是对人类生活的完整一贯的叙述，娓娓道来，具有很强的可读性。

《机器新娘:工业人的民俗》是最早研究广告的学术专著，初版于1951年。有了这本《机器新娘:工业人的民俗》，麦克卢汉的现代大众传播最杰出、最风趣批评家的地位，就确立下来了。马歇尔·麦克卢汉是20世纪最富有原创性的媒介理论家之一。他那独特的人格魅力、非凡的感知能力将他推上了国际舞台，使他成为信息时代的先知。

《娱乐至死》是对20世纪后半叶美国文化中最重大变化的探究和哀悼：印刷术时代步入没落，而电视时代蒸蒸日上；电视改变了公众话语的内容和意义；政治、宗教、教育和任何其他公共事务领域的内容，都不可避免的被电视的表达方式重新定义。电视的一般表达方式是娱乐。一切公众话语都日渐以娱乐的方式出现，并成为一种文化精神。一切文化内容都心甘情愿地成为娱乐的附庸，而且毫无怨言，甚至无声无息，“其结果是我们成了一个娱乐至死的物种”。