This is a study of Leviticus from an anthropological perspective, which presents the biblical work as a literary masterpiece. Seen from this perspective Leviticus has a literary structure that plots it into three parts corresponding to the three parts of the desert tabernacle, which in turn correspond to the parts of Mount Sinai. This completely new reading transforms the interpretation of the purity laws. The pig and other forbidden animals are not abhorrent; they command the same respect that is due to all God’s creatures. Boldly challenging several traditions of Bible criticism, Mary Douglas claims that Leviticus is not the narrow doctrine of a crabbed professional priesthood, but a powerful theological statement about a religion that emphasizes God’s justice and compassion.

Called "the best literary gift to travelers since the Baedeker and Henry James" (Financial Times), City Secrets guides are charming travelers’ companions to the world’s most fascinating cities. In New York, London, Rome, Florence, and Venice, City Secrets offers reflections and discoveries from the authors, artists, and historians who know each city best. Movies takes this intimate, insider’s approach to the arts, featuring brief essays and recommendations by esteemed figures in the film industry—including actors, directors, producers, and critics—and other writers and figures in the arts. Some have written on a film, or an aspect of a film (a performance, style, or theme) that they feel is overlooked or underappreciated. Others have chosen a well-known film for which they can offer personal insights or behind-the-scenes observations. Contributors include Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson, Ken Auletta, Milos Forman, Anjelica Huston, Barbara Kopple, Sidney Lumet, Simon Schama, and many others. A portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to The Film Foundation, an organization founded by Martin Scorsese that raises funds for film restoration and conversation, and promotes awareness about motion picture history.

《塑神秘谱:保护民族民间文化珍贵遗产之一》主要内容：雕塑在中国画史上曾被称作“雕銮”、“装銮”或“塑作”，民间俗称“拨塑”、“捏塑”，近称“彩塑”。这些名词都是指敷彩帖金的佛道神像泥塑而言。中国捏塑艺术历史悠久，是在公元前战国时代，已有雕塑技艺的秘诀出现。

Nonsense verse in England is generally thought to have its origins in Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll. Noel Malcolm's work discusses the extent of the genre a full two hundred and fifty years earlier, with the work of such now nearly forgotten nonsense poets as Sir John Hoskyns and John Taylor. It presents an anthology of their work, much of it published here for the first time since the 17th century, and in a long introduction discusses the origins and development of the genre in England, and the history of medieval and Renaissance nonsense poetry in Europe.

A very funny collection of 100 X-ray images showing foreign objects ingested or inserted into human bodies, accidentally or on purpose.The human imagination truly knows no limits. Without it, there would be no great art, no advances in science and technology, and no extreme sports. Without it, we'd also be deprived of the many insights into human nature that we get out of witnessing other people do shockingly imprudent things and then try to rationalize them. "Stuck Up " capitalizes on this human capability of coming up with creative applications for everyday (and not-so everyday) items way beyond their designated uses, and features 100 X-ray images of foreign objects inserted into human bodies, accidentally or on purpose.
"It was a million-to-one shot, Doc."
"My hands were full."
"I fell."
These and many other ludicrous excuses are what emergency room doctors hear every day from patients who check in with various items inserted where the sun don't shine, stuck in various orifices, or ingested in other ways.
How exactly "did "that cell phone end up there? Was it on vibrate? And is the rectum truly the best place to store your bronzed baby shoes? It is at least somewhat understandable to find a rectal thermometer in its intended place, but how about your six-year-old daughter's Barbie doll?
Start browsing this hilarious collection of images - you'll be surprised at the patients' creativity and the medical information provided. And: Don't try this at home....

《法律之门》(第8版)是美国各大学法学院比较通用的一本法律教科书。也可以看作是一部英美法的微型百科全书。《法律之门》(第8版)旨在展示美国的法律过程，不只通过描述，而且通过让读者置身于你来我往的争辩之中，而强调法律讲论的重要意义，则只在部分意义上是规则的一种功能。《法律之门》(第8版)的资料安排意在让每一观点都能与其他观点相比对。每一文章和案例都提供了探索人的紧张关系的机会。正是以这种教学法，《法律之门》(第8版)模拟了美国法律过程的实际运作，打开了进入法律和社会的大门。《法律之门》(第8版)所提供的法律规则、原则和案例，都是社会科学、历史和文学等知识语境中的论辩和讨论素材。

In this deep and engaging meditation on the usefulness and uselessness of reading in the digital age, Harvard English professor Marjorie Garber aims to reclaim “literature” from the periphery of our personal, educational, and professional lives and restore it to the center, as a radical way of thinking.
But what is literature anyway, how has it been understood over time, and what is its relevance for us today? Who gets to decide what the word means? Why has literature been on the defensive since Plato? Does it have any use at all, other than serving as bourgeois or aristocratic accoutrements attesting to one’s worldly sophistication and refinement of spirit? What are the boundaries that separate it from its “commercial” instance and from other more mundane kinds of writing? Is it, as most of us assume, good to read, much less study—and what would that mean?

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2666的五部分讲述了五个独立又彼此呼应的故事。第一部分《文学评论家》讲述四个来自欧洲不同地区（英法西意）的文学评论家，因为共同喜欢及研究一位德国作家阿琴波尔迪而成为朋友进而成为情人的故事。几人得知阿琴波尔迪曾在墨西哥现身时，便共同前往。这个部分的基调很平静，甚至有轻喜 剧般的轻松可人。但进入尾声时，气氛开始诡异起来，有很强的梦幻色彩。
第二部分《阿玛尔菲塔诺》是举家迁居到墨西哥的智利教授的故事。在第一部分里他曾是几位评论家的向导，因为他宣称曾与阿琴波尔迪有一面之缘。这一部分里，几位评论家已不见踪影，只留下这位日渐迷幻的教授，他不只能听到死人对自己说话，更是在某天效法杜尚，把一本偶然发现的几何学著作挂在自家的晾衣绳上，看风吹动书页。这部分也交待了教授的妻子迷恋上一位疯诗人抛家弃女的情节。这部分的情绪相对来说超现实，很迷幻。气氛压抑诡谲。甚至配有一些另人费解的图示。
第三部分《法特》，一位纽约《黑色黎明》杂志的黑人记者，因同刊的拳击口记者遇害身亡，接替那人来到墨西哥报道一场拳击赛。在这里，他结识了一批各地媒体同僚，还遇到阿玛尔菲塔诺的女儿。他逐渐地了解到在这个墨西哥北方城市圣特莱莎发生了多起杀害妇女的案件，手段残忍，抛尸荒野，他想进行报道，但困难重重。这部分写法上非常写实，叙述简洁有力。特别之处在于（也贯穿于2666全书），线性叙事之间，穿插有非常多的“离题”之言，比如法特乘飞机时听乘客讲的一段海上求生故事，寻访某人时在教堂听到的大段个人独白，某个美国导演的八卦等等。再如前文那晒书的杜尚，也特书了一段。这部分的结尾交待法特在某人帮助下到监狱找一个这些连环杀人案的嫌犯采访，可在见到那人时，却不知道该问些什么了。
第四部分《罪行》可说是全书的高潮部分。这部分看似警方档案，因为按时间顺序记录了自1993年1月到1997年12月，每月甚至每周发生的一起或多起杀害妇女案件，简明扼要，某时某地某人被谁谁发现，死状如何，衣物怎样，周遭环境，死者有否确认身份，法医学检测死因是何，有否嫌犯，警方又是怎样处理的。当然其间穿插了警方故事，贩毒集团背景，政治人物干预，来自FBI的侦探，亵渎教堂的“忏悔者”，能预言未来的女巫师，监狱中呼风唤雨的嫌犯（此嫌犯与第三部分结尾那位巨人嫌犯联系起来），等等。这部分“警方报告”的罗列，让人震惊愤怒，继而失望无奈，直到只能接受这现实的残酷。对读者而言，阅读这部分将会是一次极为震撼的心理过程。
第五部分《阿琴波尔迪》回归开篇引入的悬念人物，他出场了。这个部分甚至可作为独立的历史小说阅读，讲述了阿琴波尔迪的一生，他的出生，成长，贵族家的用人生活，参军，二战，与家人失散，目睹酷刑，成为战俘，耳闻屠犹亲历，开始写作，一家汉堡出版社社长的高度认可关注甚至是资助，传闻其极有可能得到诺贝尔文学奖，隐姓埋名混迹于欧洲各地，再到遇见家人，直到决定去圣特莱莎那个充满死亡的墨西哥北方小城。这部分的情绪悠然回荡着一首哀伤的歌曲，尽管一些细节的震撼力并不比第四部分弱，然而这更是一种尽在不言中让人既恐惧又哀伤无奈的调子。

本套丛书涵盖音乐、神话、符号等多领域的内容。其中《象征符号插图百科》一书系统地介绍了世界各国来自不同种族的重要文字和图形符号，客观简明地以图文对照的形式解释出它们背后的文化意义；《纹章插图百科》一书中，作者梳理和追溯了始于中世纪的各类纹章，读者在阅读中可以发现符号用外在形式承载着或来自历史或内涵深刻的内容；《旗帜插图百科》则讲述了旗帜和人类历史的故事。本套丛书立足人类学、文化学的角度，内容专业而详实。

在这本书中，奥格威坦诚地介绍他本人和奥美广告公司的宝贵经验，包括怎样经营广告公司、怎样争取客户、怎样维系客户，怎样当一个好客户，怎样撰写有效的文案、怎样制作上乘的电视广告等等。

有温度的历史，有态度的观察，纪录片镜头一样的素描，为我们展示了一个外国学者眼里的七十年代中国。
1974年春天，正处“批林批孔”运动中的中国大地，迎来了一个包括学者罗兰•巴尔特、克里斯蒂娃和作家索莱尔斯在内的五人代表团。他们在20多天中访问了北京、上海、南京、洛阳和西安 等城市，参观了各地的重点景物、历史古迹以及学校、医院、人民公社、工厂。
在这段充满神秘色彩的旅程中，罗兰•巴尔特写了三本日记，详细地记录了他在中国所见到的人和事，并加入了较为个人化的评价。

本书是房龙著作《Adventures and Escapes of Gustavus Vasa》在国内首次翻译出版。该书讲述了瑞典人民在瓦萨王朝的建立者——古斯塔夫•瓦萨的带领下，建立起独立国家的历史过程。房龙在这段历史中，注入了源远流长的欧洲文化，以及瑞典人民不愿沦为臣虏的、争取独立的顽强精神。这不仅是一部激荡人心之作，更是一部富有内涵的厚重之作。

"Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised, In Brief" was first published in 2005 to meet the need for a simple and short book on parliamentary procedure. This second edition of "In Brief" is now updated and revised to match the new full edition of "Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised," also published this year. Written by the same authorship team behind the officially sanctioned "Robert's Rules of Order," this concise, user-friendly edition takes readers through the rules most often needed at meetings--from debates to amendments to nominations. With sample dialogues and a guide to using the complete edition, Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised, In Brief is the essential handbook for parliamentary proceedings.

With innovative listening guides (both print and electronic), a rich visual program, and a strong support package, the text gives students a comprehensive and engaging introduction to rock history.

This book represents an ambitious attempt to remove the stumbling blocks that stand in the way of a dialogue between Chinese and world philosophy. Hansen's main goal is to present a unified theory of Classical Chinese thought. What makes his attempt very different from innumerable previous efforts is that he uses Daoism, not Confucianism, as the central and unifying principle.