A History of the Cuban Revolution presents a concise socio-historical account of the Cuban Revolution of 1959, an event that continues to spark debate 50 years later. Balances a comprehensive overview of the political and economic events of the revolution with a look at the revolution’s social impact Provides a lively, on-the-ground look at the lives of ordinary people Features both U.S. and Cuban perspectives to provide a complete and well-rounded look at the revolution and its repercussions Encourages students to understand history through the viewpoint of individuals living it

Geoff Dyer has earned the devotion of passionate fans on both sides of the Atlantic through his wildly inventive, romantic novels as well as several brilliant, uncategorizable works of nonfiction. All the while he has been writing some of the wittiest, most incisive criticism we have on an astonishing array of subjects—music, literature, photography, and travel journalism—that, in Dyer’s expert hands, becomes a kind of irresistible self-reportage.
Otherwise Known as the Human Condition collects twenty-five years of essays, reviews, and misadventures. Here he is pursuing the shadow of Camus in Algeria and remembering life on the dole in Brixton in the 1980s; reflecting on Richard Avedon and Ruth Orkin, on the status of jazz and the wonderous Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, on the sculptor ZadKine and the saxophonist David Murray (in the same essay), on his heroes Rebecca West and Ryszard Kapus´cin´ski, on haute couture and sex in hotels. Whatever he writes about, his responses never fail to surprise. For Dyer there is no division between the reflective work of the critic and the novelist’s commitment to lived experience: they are mutually illuminating ways to sharpen our perceptions. His is the rare body of work that manages to both frame our world and enlarge it.

《2666》分为五个部分，分别讲述了五个独立又彼此呼应的故事。第一部分，文学评论家。四位（三男一女）当代欧洲文学评论家，他们的命运因一位名叫本诺·冯·阿琴波尔迪的德国作家而联系在一起。这四位学者在各自的国家翻译、研究阿琴波尔迪，最终在国际文学研讨会上相识并成为好友，随后，一种罗曼蒂克的感情在这一女三男之间渐渐萌发……一个偶然得来的小道消息让人相信阿琴波尔迪最近忽然在墨西哥现身。于是，这四位评论家中的三位飞往墨西哥，来到一座名叫圣特莱莎的破败城市……
第二部分，阿玛尔菲塔诺。一位住在圣特莱莎的哲学教授，阿玛尔菲塔诺，正在一天天地接近神经错乱的边缘。他的妻子劳拉因为迷恋一位住在精神病院里的诗人离他而去，如今他独自和十七岁的女儿住在这个墨西哥边境的荒凉小城。有一天，他决定把一本在整理书箱时偶然发现的几何学著作悬挂在院子里的晾衣绳上，为的是看一看这本抽象的数学著作“如何抵御大自然的攻击”、“如何战胜沙漠天气”，“这样风可以在书页间游走，选择它感兴趣的问题，翻动并撕下那些书页”。
第三部分，法特。一位笔名叫奥斯卡·法特的美国黑人记者出场，他就职于一家纽约的杂志，因为一场在墨西哥举行的拳击比赛被派到圣特莱莎进行采访。在这里他邂逅了一群当地的媒体人，还结识了阿玛尔菲塔诺的女儿。法特得知，这座边境城市正在受到连环谋杀案的威胁，不断有当地妇女遭到杀害、强奸，然后被弃尸野外。法特试图采访、报道这些骇人的命案，却发现困难重重……
第四部分，罪行。整部小说篇幅最长，也是最为黑暗的部分。作者将圣特莱莎接连发生的杀人案血淋淋地呈现在读者面前，让人不寒而栗。作者记录了从1993年1月至1997年12月，超过100位女性在圣特莱莎遭到谋杀的案例，警方一直未能破获这些命案，也无法阻止这些案件的继续发生……
第五部分，阿琴波尔迪。阿琴波尔迪终于现身。而他的故事要从童年讲起。这里讲述了一个出生于海边农村的孩子如何迷恋一本名叫《欧洲沿海地区的动植物》的书、如何成为一个日趋败落的庄园里的少年仆人、如何开始读小说、如何入伍走向“二战”战场、如何在战争中经历种种奇遇、如何在战后成为一名作家、如何让自己落入不得不隐姓埋名的境地、如何与发生在墨西哥的谋杀案发生联系、如何决定前往圣特莱莎……

这是一本关于拉丁美洲的经典作品。包括两大部分，第一部分题为“地球的富有造成人类的贫困”，讲述了旧殖民主义围绕拉丁美洲金银、农作物和其他矿产进行的掠夺史；第二部分题为“发展是遇难者多于航行者的航行”，叙述了新殖民主义如何通过自由贸易、贷款、铁路、阴谋和暴力将拉丁美洲的民族工业发展扼杀在襁褓之中，解析了投资、技术、经济援助、合资企业、金融机构、国际组织等现代文明手段如何不文明地参与了古老的掠夺战。

An unlikely political star tells the inspiring story of the two-decade journey that taught her how Washington really works—and really doesn’t
As a child in small-town Oklahoma, Elizabeth Warren yearned to go to college and then become an elementary school teacher—an ambitious goal, given her family’s modest means. Early marriage and motherhood seemed to put even that dream out of reach, but fifteen years later she was a distinguished law professor with a deep understanding of why people go bankrupt. Then came the phone call that changed her life: could she come to Washington DC to help advise Congress on rewriting the bankruptcy laws?
Thus began an impolite education into the bare-knuckled, often dysfunctional ways of Washington. She fought for better bankruptcy laws for ten years and lost. She tried to hold the federal government accountable during the financial crisis but became a target of the big banks. She came up with the idea for a new agency designed to protect consumers from predatory bankers and was denied the opportunity to run it. Finally, at age 62, she decided to run for elective office and won the most competitive—and watched—Senate race in the country.
In this passionate, funny, rabble-rousing book, Warren shows why she has chosen to fight tooth and nail for the middle class—and why she has become a hero to all those who believe that America’s government can and must do better for working families.

A “fascinating” ( The Economist ) dive into the world of linguistics that is “part travelogue, part science lesson, part intellectual investigation…an entertaining, informative survey of some of the most fascinating polyglots of our time” ( The New York Times Book Review ). We all learn at least one language as children. But what does it take to learn six languages…or seventy? In Babel No More , Michael Erard, “a monolingual with benefits,” sets out on a quest to meet language superlearners and make sense of their mental powers. On the way he uncovers the secrets of historical figures like Italian cardinal Giuseppe Mezzofanti, who was said to speak seventy-two languages; Emil Krebs, a pugnacious German diplomat, who spoke sixty-eight languages; and Lomb KatÓ, a Hungarian who taught herself Russian by reading Russian romance novels. On his way to tracking down the man who could be called the most linguistically talented person in the world, Erard meets modern language-superlearners. Among them is Alexander, who shows Erard the tricks of the trade and gives him a dark glimpse into the life of obsessive language acquisition. “Others do yoga,” writes Erard. “Alexander does grammatical exercises.” With his ambitious examination of what language is, where it lives in the brain, and the cultural implications of polyglots’ pursuits, Erard explores the upper limits of our ability to learn and to use languages, illuminating the intellectual potential in everyone. How do some people escape the curse of Babel—and what might the gods have demanded of them in return?

《蒙元入侵前夜的中国日常生活(插图本)》是法国著名汉学大师，法兰西学院院士谢和耐的名作。细致描述了中国历史上的一个特殊时期的下层社会民众生活。《蒙元入侵前夜的中国日常生活》(插图本)这个书名，虽只以寥寥几个单词，却已把直至两宋才臻于化境的中国日常生活艺术的舞台摆到了草原游牧民族不断进犯的黑暗布景之下，从而在读者心目中构成了一种巨大的悬念和反讽。

For a quarter century, more than a million readers—scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities—have been inspired by Anne Lamott’s hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne’s father—also a writer—in the iconic passage that gives the book its title:
“Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he’d had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother’s shoulder, and said, ‘Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.’”
An essential volume for generations of writers young and old, Bird by Bird is a modern classic. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition will continue to spark creative minds for years to come.

史景迁是美国著名汉学家，他的特长是以细腻的笔触描写中国历史上的动人片段。这种“讲故事”型的历史学家，与专事考证的史家走的是完全不同的道路。
《王氏之死》篇幅不大，再现的是清初山东剡城、淄川农村人民的贫苦生活。主角之一王氏不堪生活的重压，与人私奔，最后却惨死在情夫手下。其实，史景迁的汉学功夫不算深，史料运用不算广，文字技巧也不算突出，但我始终觉得，与其关心他怎么讲述一个故事，不如多留心他为何要讲述这么一个故事，是什么东西最初打动了他。拿《王氏之死》来说，也许是王氏那种在动乱年代里显得模糊混沌的生活状态才是真正值得玩味的。

Adults tend to take language for granted - until they have to learn a new one. Then they realize how difficult it is to get the pronunciation right, to acquire the meaning of thousands of new words, and to learn how those words are put together to form sentences. Children, however, have mastered language before they can tie their shoes. In this engaging and accessible book, William O'Grady explains how this happens, discussing how children learn to produce and distinguish among sounds, their acquisition of words and meanings, and their mastery of the rules for building sentences. How Children Learn Language provides readers with a highly readable overview not only of the language acquisition process itself, but also of the ingenious experiments and techniques that researchers use to investigate his mysterious phenomenon. It will be of great interest to anyone - parent or student - wishing to find out how children acquire language.

Habla espanola? In just 15 minutes a day you can speak and understand Spanish with confidence, with this revolutionary new system for learning a language. The unique visual approach makes learning quick, easy and fun. No writing or homework - just use the cover to hide the answers and test yourself as you learn. Real-life examples cover every holiday and business situation. Whether starting from scratch or just in need of a refresher, there is no easier way to learn Spanish - fast.

Benny Lewis, who speaks ten languages and counting—all self-taught—runs the largest language-learning blog in the world, Fluent In 3 Months. Lewis is a full-time "language hacker," someone who devotes all of his time to finding better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World is a new blueprint for fast language learning. His approach is different from other language programs as he encourages readers to avoid studying, ignore grammar, and start speaking from day one. Lewis argues that you don't need a great memory or "the language gene" to learn a language quickly, and debunks a number of long-held beliefs, such as children are better language learners.

The highly successful intermediate Spanish three volume program provides instructors with a wealth of materials unified in content and offering a variety of teaching and learning options for successful outcomes. Students benefit from the abundant grammar and conversation practice in all three volumes, and learn to approach a topic or issue from multiple viewpoints. "Conversacion Y Repaso" is the grammar and conversational text designed to be used with one or both of the accompanying readers, "Civilizacion Y Cultura" and "Literatura Y Arte". The purpose of the text is to review and expand upon the essential points of grammar covered in the first year and to provide the student with ample opportunity for developing communication skills through the application of these concepts in real life situations.

On 25 September 1513, a force of weary Spanish explorers cut through the forests of Panama and were confronted by an ocean: the Mar del Sur, or the Pacific Ocean. Six years later the Spaniards had established the town of Panama as a base from which to explore and exploit this unknown sea. It was the threshold of a vast expansion.

The Conquest of the Incas , John Hemming's masterly and highly acclaimed account of one of the most exciting conquests known to history, has never been surpassed. From the first small band of Spanish adventurers to enter the mighty Inca empire to the execution of the last Inca forty years later, it is the story of bloodshed, infamy, rebellion and extermination, told as convincingly as if it happened yesterday.

Was it fate that put Krakauer—at once a crack climber, a seasoned journalist, and a sensitive conscience—on the world's highest mountain during that notorious 1996 season? Unpredictable weather, human folly, and a mind-set committed to client satisfaction killed 12 people on Everest that year, while the whole world watched. Krakauer showed us what it really meant: the traffic jams on the summit ridge; guides bending their own rules to get exhausted clients to the top. He showed us the consequences of disrespect for this formidable goddess, Chomolungma, as the Sherpas call her. And Krakauer is as hard on himself as he is on the rest. Whereas Annapurna is the record of a triumph, Into Thin Air is the postmortem of a debacle—less inspiring, but no less powerful. As the most widely read mountaineering work in recent history, it has profoundly shaped our idea of extreme adventure and who and what it is for.

他们年纪轻，有教养，在这个属于他们的新婚夜，都是处子身，而且，他们生活在一个根本不可能对性事困扰说长道短的年代。话说回来，这个坎儿向来都不好过。
他不知道，或者说他不想知道，当她从他身边跑开时，在即将失去他的痛楚中，她对他的爱一定比以往更强烈，或者更难以自拔，此时如果能听到他的嗓音，她会得到某种解脱，她会回过头来。然而，夏日黄昏中，他只是冷冰冰地站着，理直气壮，一言不发，看着她沿着海滩匆匆离去，她举步维艰的声音淹没在飞溅的细浪中，一直看到宽阔而笔直的、在黯淡的灯光下隐隐闪烁的砂石道上，她成了一个模糊的、渐行渐远的点。

Some appreciate fine art; others appreciate fine wines. Stanley Fish appreciates fine sentences. The New York Times columnist and world-class professor has long been an aficionado of language. Like a seasoned sportscaster, Fish marvels at the adeptness of finely crafted sentences and breaks them down into digestible morsels, giving readers an instant play-by-play. In this entertaining and erudite gem, Fish offers both sentence craft and sentence pleasure, skills invaluable to any writer (or reader). How to Write a Sentence is both a spirited love letter to the written word and a key to understanding how great writing works; it is a book that will stand the test of time.

李娜，武汉人，亚洲首位大满贯冠军、第一个走出体制并取得成功、备受关注的网球运动员，中国CCTV2011年度最佳女运动员。从武汉到北京、从北京到悉尼、巴黎、伦敦、纽约……
大满贯冠军一路走来不易。荣耀的背后是超乎常人的努力和付出。
本书讲述李娜30年的人生故事。与众不同的成才之路、跌宕起伏的赛场传奇、不离不弃的爱情誓言、以及那些不为人知的酸甜苦辣。当然，还有李娜站在巅峰之上的人生感悟。
你看到过赛场上奋力争抢的李娜
你看到过采访时谈笑自如的李娜
你看到过广告里笑颜如花的李娜
……
但是，你还是觉得没有真正的了解她。
本书，将为你还原一个最真实最血肉鲜活的李娜。
李娜的经纪公司国际管理集团（IMG）负责李娜的经纪人麦克斯•埃森巴德（Max Eisenbud），说：“李娜是中国历史上最成功的网球运动员，激励着数百万中国人。她的书将会告诉大家她是如何做到的。”
而姜山则说：“希望广大读者通过这本书可以更加接近李娜，读懂一个真实的李娜，穿过赛场和媒体去了解李娜的世界各地巡回赛生活，以及她更为朴实和勤奋的那一面。”