Wisdom and musings on creativity and life from one of the world’s most beloved musicians, producers, and mentors—the legendary multi-award-winner Quincy Jones

12 Notes is a self-development guide that will affirm that creativity is a calling that can and should be answered, no matter your age or experience. Drawing from his own life, and those of his many creative collaborators past and present, Quincy Jones presents readers with lessons that are hardworking and accessible yet speak to the passion of self-expression. He includes sections as deep as how to transform grief into power, and as practical as how to set goals and articulate intentions through daily affirmations.

Weaving his story throughout, Jones lets readers in on his own creative process, as well as the importance of letting honesty, hard work, and good relationships drive your career.

In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-changing decision to stop running forever.

This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding my purpose but also my voice in a world that didn't always see me.

As I wrote Finding Me , my eyes were open to the truth of how our stories are often not given close examination. We are forced to reinvent them to fit into a crazy, competitive, judgmental world. So I wrote this for anyone running through life untethered, desperate and clawing their way through murky memories, trying to get to some form of self-love. For anyone who needs reminding that a life worth living can only be born from radical honesty and the courage to shed facades and be . . . you.

Finding Me is a deep reflection, a promise, and a love letter of sorts to self. My hope is that my story will inspire you to light up your own life with creative expression and rediscover who you were before the world put a label on you.

An inclusive and landmark history, emphasizing how essential Asian American experiences are to any understanding of US history


Original and expansive, Asian American Histories of the United States is a nearly 200-year history of Asian migration, labor, and community formation in the US. Reckoning with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the surge in anti-Asian hate and violence, award-winning historian Catherine Ceniza Choy presents an urgent social history of the fastest growing group of Americans. The book features the lived experiences and diverse voices of immigrants, refugees, US-born Asian Americans, multiracial Americans, and workers from industries spanning agriculture to healthcare.

Despite significant Asian American breakthroughs in American politics, arts, and popular culture in the 21st century, a profound lack of understanding of Asian American history permeates American culture. Choy traces how anti-Asian violence and its intersection with misogyny and other forms of hatred, the erasure of Asian American experiences and contributions, and Asian American resistance to what has been omitted are prominent themes in Asian American history. This ambitious book is fundamental to understanding the American experience and its existential crises of the early 21st century.

After being unjustly committed to a mental institution, Connie Ramos is contacted by an envoy from the year 2137, who shows her a utopian future of sexual and racial equality and environmental harmony.

But Connie also bears witness to another potential outcome: a dystopian society of grotesque exploitation. One will become our world. And Connie herself may strike the decisive blow...

Her marriage over, her life unraveling, writer Leila Landsman turns to work and finds herself drawn to the sensational story of Becky Burgess, a young woman accused of killing her husband with the help of her teenage lover. Becky thought she'd escaped the grim poverty of her childhood when she married up, but her husband was soon planning to trade her in for a newer model. And that's just what happened to Mary Burke, whose middle-class life ended with her divorce. Now Leila's housecleaner, Mary has a secret: she is homeless.

They are three very different women who share the same longings: to be seen for who they are, to be valued and loved, but most of all, to have a physical and emotional home that can't be taken away....

Elantris was the capital of Arelon: gigantic, beautiful, literally radiant, filled with benevolent beings who used their powerful magical abilities for the benefit of all. Yet each of these demigods was once an ordinary person until touched by the mysterious transforming power of the Shaod. Ten years ago, without warning, the magic failed. Elantrians became wizened, leper-like, powerless creatures, and Elantris itself dark, filthy, and crumbling.

Arelon's new capital, Kae, crouches in the shadow of Elantris. Princess Sarene of Teod arrives for a marriage of state with Crown Prince Raoden, hoping—based on their correspondence—to also find love. She finds instead that Raoden has died and she is considered his widow. Both Teod and Arelon are under threat as the last remaining holdouts against the imperial ambitions of the ruthless religious fanatics of Fjordell. So Sarene decides to use her new status to counter the machinations of Hrathen, a Fjordell high priest who has come to Kae to convert Arelon and claim it for his emperor and his god.

But neither Sarene nor Hrathen suspect the truth about Prince Raoden. Stricken by the same curse that ruined Elantris, Raoden was secretly exiled by his father to the dark city. His struggle to help the wretches trapped there begins a series of events that will bring hope to Arelon, and perhaps reveal the secret of Elantris itself.

A rare epic fantasy that doesn't recycle the classics and that is a complete and satisfying story in one volume, Elantris is fleet and fun, full of surprises and characters to care about. It's also the wonderful debut of a welcome new star in the constellation of fantasy.

Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren’t free to dream; they are bound by rules and force.

Amidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu in a country governed by isolation and fear, Cristian is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer. He’s left with only two choices: betray everyone and everything he loves—or use his position to creatively undermine the most notoriously evil dictator in Eastern Europe.

Cristian risks everything to unmask the truth behind the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. He eagerly joins the revolution to fight for change when the time arrives. But what is the cost of freedom?

A gut-wrenching, startling window into communist Romania and the citizen spy network that devastated a nation, from the number one New York Times best-selling, award-winning author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray .

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Set against the backdrop of New York City in the months surrounding the most devastating hurricane in Puerto Rico's history, Olga Dies Dreaming is a story that examines political corruption, familial strife and the very notion of the American dream--all while asking what it really means to weather a storm.

研究日本思想史的中國學者孫歌
如何看待研究中國思想史的日本學者溝口雄三
本書重點：
上篇：溝口雄三思想史研究的基本認識論
下篇：中國長時段歷史演進中的「基體」
溝口雄三：
我認為「全世界的歷史學家全都應該要研究中國」：研究中國不是目的，而是通過去觀察中國，你可以重新考慮人類歷史的那個結構性的問題。因為中國這個文明圈持續了四千年，它一直沒有被破壞……在這個沒有解體的文明圈裡積累了龐大的資料，這些資料從來沒有被正確地閱讀過，這是一個最基本的知識狀況。
孫歌：
作為日本思想史研究者，當我帶著自己研究中的困惑閱讀溝口著作的時候，我跨過了不熟悉的史料和溝口的對話語境，被溝口獨特的「結構意識」深深吸引。那是一種幾乎接近於本能的、以經驗研究的方式呈現的理論洞察力。

這是一本理解戰後韓國進步運動與批判思想的重要著作
白樂晴的知識實踐，是韓國的、也是亞洲的、更是全地球的，是基於第三世界知識分子立場所進行的探索與批判。
理解白樂晴的分斷體制概念，不只是理解韓半島的民族分斷危機，更是理解世界體系全球運行的邏輯。
1960年代起白樂晴即力倡以民眾為基礎的民族文學，在分斷體制的論述下，他所主張的民族文學，既是現實主義的文學，也是向全人類開放的文學。

為趙剛喝采
呂正惠
2009年10月中旬，我為了撰寫陳映真的一篇論文苦惱不已，我始終在兩、三個模糊的主題間徘徊、動搖，無法敲定一個中心點，這時候距離11月21日預定於交通大學召開的陳映真研討會只剩一個月的期限了，突然我收到趙剛發來的一篇文章，分析陳映真第一篇小說〈麵攤〉。
這一篇文章讓我大吃一驚。我對〈麵攤〉一直抱著成見，認為不是好小說，因為裡面似乎同時存在兩個情感重心，模糊了小說的主題。趙剛也意識到這個問題，並且對此有極精采的分析，他讓我終於了解，陳映真為什麼會寫成這個樣子。同時，他對小說中一個隱微的意象作了出人意表的詮釋，我認為完全切合陳映真的用心。〈麵攤〉是不是好小說姑且不論，至少趙剛解開了我長期的迷惑。我立刻給趙剛回了一封信，熱烈的讚揚一番。
隔了幾天，趙剛寄來一篇五、六萬字的長稿，說，這才是他要在研討會發表的論文(此文刪削、修改後成為本書第一篇)。我在電腦上速讀了一遍，又印下來細讀了一遍，真是嘆服不已。我回了一封長信，其中這樣說：
你的文章對陳映真某些小說的解讀極讓人激賞，特別是〈永恆的大地〉關於台灣妓女的部份(我不能肯定你的解釋是否過度詮釋，但仍然極有價值)，以及〈祖父與傘〉的寓意。〈祖父與傘〉我一直很喜歡，但沒想過陳映真為什麼要寫這一篇，你講的很有道理。我認為，你對這一篇和〈麵攤〉的解讀是你的陳映真評論最有貢獻的部份。〈獵人之死〉、〈哦！蘇珊娜〉、〈蘋果樹〉也很好，這三篇(還有〈永恆的大地〉)我讀過好幾遍，有一些地方我沒看出來。……你的陳映真評論幾乎是火山噴發式的，真是讓人驚嘆。向你致敬。
趙剛對早期陳映真幾篇小說的細讀，我只能用「真了不起」這樣的字眼來形容。像〈祖父與傘〉那樣的詮釋，恐怕任何人都不會想到的。像〈永恆的大地〉那樣的「破譯」，讓自以為猜對了一半的我恍然大悟，那才是「正解」。我跟趙剛戲稱，他天才地創造了陳映真三大詮釋(還包括〈麵攤〉)。後來趙剛又陸續寄來幾篇，其中他對〈一綠色之候鳥〉、〈兀自照耀著的太陽〉、〈最後的夏日〉和〈雲〉的解讀，雖然都跟我原來的想法不一樣，但我也立刻完全認同。
我可以十分有把握的說，關於陳映真許多具體作品的「破解」，趙剛遠遠超過所有以往的陳映真評論。
我寫過一些小說分析，知道要這樣細評小說，又不流於胡猜，非把小說讀個五、六遍不可，而且，凡遇到疑惑處，非反覆思索不可，現在許許多多的文學論文，說實在的，根本沒有好好讀一次作品，就按照某種理論編出來了。我自認為是肯努力讀小說的，但要跟趙剛比，只能說差得遠了。趙剛在〈自序〉第三節談到他如何苦心閱讀陳映真，其實那才是研究文學的基本方法，值得台灣自以為研究文學的人好好讀一遍。
不過，細讀陳映真的每一篇小說，只是趙剛研究陳映真的出發點，趙剛的主要目標，是要勾勒出陳映真思想的發展歷程，並且思索陳映真思想對當代台灣知識分子所可能具有的啟示作用。就我目前所閱讀到的文章而言(還包括本書之外的許多單篇)，我認為，趙剛對陳映真的整體研究，為我們作了一個作家研究的示範，讓我們知道：在戰後這一個極端扭曲的台灣社會裡，像陳映真這樣一個知識分子，如何在青春的烏托邦幻想與政治整肅的巨大恐懼下，曲折地發展出他的小說寫作的獨特方式，以及藉由小說所折射出來的思想的軌跡；隨後，在越戰之後，他又如何發展出一套第三世界想像，並藉著另一種小說，思考台灣知識分子的位置及其潛在問題。雖然趙剛對陳映真的研究，還伴隨著他個人作為一個知識分子的自我反省，但把趙剛的主觀成分加以過濾，我們仍然可以看到陳映真五十年來的創作與思考的完整的歷程。在戰後台灣文學的研究中，我以為趙剛所作的工作是獨一無二的，因為只有對陳映真的完整了解、只有在這了解的對照下，我們才能真正領悟戰後台灣文學(甚至台灣社會) 的根本問題。就此而言，趙剛的研究應該得到所有台灣文學研究者的重視。
以上談的是，我對趙剛文章內容的看法。但我的感想並不只限於這些。我一面讀這些文章，一面想起陳映真。二十年前我寫過兩篇陳映真的評論，那時我還沒認識陳映真。1992年我加入中國統一聯盟，跟陳映真才有比較多的交往，曾經有幾次跟著他辦事。我跟他的關係，接近於左派意義上的「同志」，雖然我對他懷有濃厚的感情，但我們的氣質並不相投。那個時候他非常的孤獨，這是任何人都看得出來的，而我也非常的孤獨，但我們卻無法相濡以沫。那時候我常常覺得，作為台灣統派的領袖，陳映真可以做得更好。在一篇篇讀著趙剛的評論時，我有時候會很想念在北京養病的陳映真。我曾跟趙剛說，如果陳映真現在能讀你的文章，那該多好。如果趙剛這些評論寫在90年代，我相信陳映真會受到很大的感染，也許他的作為會是另一個樣子。但歷史就只能是目前這個樣子，這才是真正的歷史。
那一陣子我也常常想起趙剛這一、兩年來這種沉迷讀陳映真、執著想陳映真、熱衷寫陳映真的「非理性」行為。我相信我了解這種行為，這叫做「造次必於是，顛沛必於是」，這是一種十足的投入。這種投入是一種精神需求。我很了解，趙剛藉由閱讀陳映真所想探求的、所企圖建立的、那一種模糊的說不出的東西，和我心中所嚮往、所寄託的，並不一致；但那種「路漫漫其修遠兮，吾將上下而求索」的契而不捨，我也很了解。一個人意識到認識上有了困境，不惜以拼搏的精神去尋求，似乎模模糊糊看到了答案，但也不敢肯定是一條康莊大道，這樣的人是非常勇敢的。世上多的是自以為智珠在握的人，究其實，不過人云亦云而已。趙剛在自序中坦然承認，昨非而今是，這也是勇敢的。我以為，不論趙剛在陳映真評論上得到了多少睿見，事實上還因為他背後的這種精神引發了我熱切閱讀的情緒。
這篇序是我主動要求的，很感謝趙剛給我這個機會。
2010年9月19日
補記：趙剛的陳映真評論還要出第二本，我想提請讀者記得，一定要繼續讀第二本，不然只算讀了一半。
道上同志
陳光興
英文有一個詞，fellow traveler，用在知識上是說，一些人或許因為時代吧，有著共同的志趣，研究也好，寫作也好，運動也好，起承轉合的路徑都很相似，一起走了蠻長的路，這個字譯成同路人不好，同好也不對，在這個序特定的脈絡中，姑且譯為道上同志。
趙剛跟我該是道上同志的關係。我們是同一代人，小時候大概都是混混(不同的是他從小不知道從哪兒打了很好的中文根底，啟蒙也比較早，出國前還讀過《中華雜誌》跟《夏潮》)，後來糊裡糊塗地去美國唸書，從來都沒想要變成學院裡的體制中人，但是回到台灣卻也不小心混到學校裡教書。因為思想上都有點左傾，就在1990年代初被拉去《台灣社會研究季刊》社(以下簡稱《台社》)，於是變成了戰友，當然也替《台社》得罪了不少人。
趙剛 80年代末的博士論文跟工人運動有關，記錄了當時台灣第一波的自主工運遠東化纖罷工，是重要的歷史分析文獻。因為那時候政治與社會運動風起雲湧，我這個剛剛回家、那時還不敢出櫃的左翼分子，很自然的也就被捲入其中，寫過文章，開過課，大都環繞著支持社運的人民民主論來展開。趙剛對工運持續的思索，展現在1996年的〈工運與民主：對遠化工會組織過程的反思〉(《台社》24期，1996年11月)與1998年的〈跳出妒恨的認同政治，進入解放的培力政治─串聯尼采和工運( 或社運) 的嘗試思考〉(《台社》30期，1998年6月)，這兩篇論文成為90年代反思工運的傑作，後面這篇出版後，妒恨與培力都成為圈子裡常用的關鍵字。
隨著政治社會的變化，到了90年代中期左右，台灣民族主義高漲，族群政治隨之被挑動起來，趙剛跟我很自然的又被捲入論戰；我們那兩篇出了名讓人討厭的文章，〈帝國之眼〉(《台社》17期，1994年7月)，〈新的民族主義， 還是舊的？〉(《台社》21期，1996年1月)，是同一個脈絡下的產物。除此之外，趙剛在媒體陸續寫了好些文章，批判族群民族主義，這些後來都收錄在《告別妒恨─民主危機與出路的探索》（趙剛，《告別妒恨：民主危機與出路的探索》(《台灣社會研究叢刊》 )(台北：台灣社會研究雜誌社 ）。
得停下來說一句的是：趙剛在學院裡的處境比我艱難，文化研究本來就不是什麼正規的學科，頭上帶了那頂帽子在 90年代學院專業化還沒完全成形的時代還有些空間，但是社會學不同，早已門禁森嚴，要在社會學界討生活，得行禮如儀，結果趙剛犯了忌，不顧情面的對同行進行批評，當然就被扣上違反學術規範進行點名批判的惡名，從此日子難過了。其實，直到今天，社會學界還沒面對的事實是：趙剛的存在大大幫了社會學的忙，除了他在90年代開始幾乎參與了思想界大大小小的論爭，還有哪幾位社會學家進行過如此積極有質量的思想介入？社會學作為一個學術傳統，在世界各地都不斷地發揮它的批判力與自我反思的力量，但是在台灣卻大量被體制收編，那個學科中該有的批判力道幾乎喪失殆盡，不是死在專業化手裡，就是死在跟著政權移轉隨波逐流，成為積極介入社會的思想力量微乎其微。有了極少數趙剛們的存在，台灣的社會學至少外表看起來還沒有完全沉淪！
與台灣民族主義交叉重疊的省籍問題，趙剛很早就已經觸及，並且進行了田野研究，〈認同政治的代罪羔羊：父權體制及論述下的眷村女性〉(《台社》21期，1995年6月)，就是他在這方面的力作，我自己是到了2001年才直接處理了這個問題，而他則又走入台東，花了很長的時間訪問寫成了《頭目哈古》(聯經，2005)。透過老頭目的眼界，既進一步打開族群問題的思考視野，同時也進一步思索如何能更在地、更積極的開展新的思想方式。
隨著台灣與中國大陸重啟互動關係，兩岸的學術界也都不免捲入其中。趙剛和我也在1990年代後期一起去大陸開會，後來也陸續在北京清華大學訪問。過去十年間，我們在大陸結交了一些氣味相通的朋友，也通過《讀書》雜誌發表了一些讓很多人不舒服的文章，跟大陸思想界保持了持續的互動關係。
除了《台社》的長期合作，趙剛跟我也是街頭上的同路人，在街頭走在一起，常在工運的秋鬥遊行中碰面。記憶猶新的是2006年的紅衫軍運動，《台社》的同仁集體出場了好幾次；趙剛在9月初調動了他社會學的專業方法，進行了一週參與觀察，留下了至為重要的歷史文獻〈希望之苗〉的倒扁運動觀察報告(《台社》64期，2006年12月)。
除了在思想上貼近政治社會的變動外，我們也慢慢發現我們90年代初期開始慣用的知識方式面臨了瓶頸，必須在原有歐美的學院訓練外尋找其他的知識方式與出路(我們目前暫時稱之為「歷史轉向」)。這樣改變知識方式的迫切感，部份與我們不斷試圖深化思考的台灣現實有關，部份與中國大陸的接觸加速有關。面對經過社會主義歷史進程的複雜的大陸現實，需要把歷史的縱深拉長，才能貼近地理解大陸，乃至於與台灣的關連。據我所知，趙剛近十年花了很多的時間閱讀不同的思想資源，包括重讀古書，也包括徐復觀等等 。
沿著以上的軌跡，我們重疊的路途向前推進。 2008年為了準備《台社》二十週年會議，提出面對兩岸關係的思想方向，我們一起參加了半年多的讀書會，共同閱讀了以韓國思想家白樂晴為中心的分斷體制論，最後趙剛完成具有高度爭議性的長篇論文〈以「方法論中國人」超克分斷體制〉(《台社》74期，2009年6月)。
也是在尋找貼近歷史現實的另類思想資源的路途中，我們發現過去捨近求遠，沒有認真挖掘、整理台灣戰後批判的思想界以陳映真為代表的寶藏。為了準備2009年的陳映真思想與文學會議，我們再一次一同走了一段目前還沒走完的知識旅途。有趣的是，我們都對陳先生的文學特別感興趣，還分別在學校開了課，跟學生一起讀他所有的小說。結果，我才寫完一篇，趙剛已經一發不可收拾，除了其他許多單篇的短文分別處理閱讀不同的小說外，就生下了大家手上這本研究陳映真早期思想的專書。
趙剛跟我都不是念文學的，也沒學過文學研究的方法。他是以社會理論的訓練根底，分析文學中所承載的思想，妳如果把它當文學批評來讀，可能就誤會了，趙剛的興趣終究在思想。他把小說放回它所由之產生的原有時代的政治社會中，去體會一個左翼分子如何面對自己身存的歷史環境與課題，包括解讀出中間因為時代的政治限制所表現出那些非常隱諱、曖昧的面向，以充分釋放出其中深刻的思想含量，使之成為今天重建台灣左翼文化的潤土。幾位對陳映真文學有深度認識的前輩學者，共同認為未來的陳映真研究一定得參考這本書所開啟的討論方向。所以，看來趙剛又替社會學界加了分，他的社會學理解，他分析能力的深度與厚度，他令人讚嘆的敏銳和胸懷，他令人羨慕的文筆，使得他成為社會學界中少數能跨出自己專業而在思想界產生影響力的社會學家。
回頭來看，趙剛跟我一路走來，二十年間幾乎是未經規劃的持續重疊。但是別搞錯了，這中間沒有組織命令。我們的差異其實很大。趙剛有很濃厚中國文人的色彩，文筆特好，下筆辛辣，刀刀見血，文風刁鑽，這些都是我做不到的。特別學不來的，當然是他的博士論文時期養成的社會科學田野調查的能力。雖然惺惺相惜，但是也從來不全然同意，很多看法上都有差別。趙剛對西方自由主義思想有內在的、同情的理解，我的養成錯過了這段，後來的亞洲、第三世界轉向，更堵住了這個可能。趙剛欣賞尼采，但是我沒找到路口與尼采相遇。無論差異多大，能有這麼一個道上同志，內心十分感念。
未來的路往哪走，怎麼走，都不可知。但是，我認為趙剛走出了自己的風格，自己的風采，自己的路。
這本陳映真研究就是難得的成就，我以台灣思想界能生出這本書為傲。
是為序。
2010 年秋天於寶山

《赖世雄美语音标》为赖世雄“美语从头学”系列丛书之一。赖老师在编写《赖世雄美语音标》时参考了国外一些同类发音书籍的编排，整个内容也是老师个人几十年来学习发音的心得，尽量用浅显的用语，希望读者全凭自修就可看的懂。《赖世雄美语音标》详细的讲解了26个英语字母的发音规则，对24个美语元音音标、26个辅音音标的发音技巧以及美语中各种连音的发音规则也进行了透彻入理的讲解。全书采用美式KK音标，每个音标讲解都配有详细的文字说明、口型示意图并配有MP3示范朗读和语音讲解。除此之外，每个节均有对相似音标进行详细的辨音解读。

No punches are pulled in Henry Miller's most famous work. Still pretty rough going for even our jaded sensibilities, but Tropic of Cancer is an unforgettable novel of self-confession. Maybe the most honest book ever written, this autobiographical fiction about Miller's life as an expatriate American in Paris was deemed obscene and banned from publication in this country for years. When you read this, you see immediately how much modern writers owe Miller.

Starred Review. Millers once controversial story that ended up altering United States censorship laws tells of a young writer and his pals in Paris during the Great Depression. Part memoir, part fictional tale, Millers prose is a complex mix that demands the readers utmost attention. Campbell Scott reads with a gentle, steady voice that captures the more personal side of Millers writing. Scott is in conversation with himself, posing questions and offering up answers apparently on a whim. His reading is incredibly rich and layered, filled with emotions and ideologies. The result is a stunning, intimate listen that will lure listeners in with its straightforward approach and keep them rapt with its raw honesty. (Sept.)
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'A ranting, randy book carried along by a deep, sensual enjoyment of living.' Sunday Times 'Tropic of Cancer is a great prophetic book, a warning of what deadens life, an affirmation that it can yet be lived in an age whose sterile non-cultures seek to thwart all mainsprings of fertility. Miller reveals himself as a battered faun, a crafty innocent, a lonely, lazy, sometimes fearful, always steadfast, worshipper of life' Spectator --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Inspired by the long-standing affair between Frieda, Lawrence’s German wife, and an Italian peasant who eventually became her third husband, Lady Chatterley’s Lover is the story of Constance Chatterley, who, while trapped in an unhappy marriage to an aristocratic mine owner whose war wounds have left him paralyzed and impotent, has an affair with Mellors, the gamekeeper. Frank Kermode calls the book Lawrence’s "great achievement" and Anaïs Nin describes it as "artistically . . . his best novel."
This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition includes the transcript of the judge's decision in the famous 1959 obscenity trial that allowed the novel to be published in the United States.

Although mammals and birds are widely regarded as the smartest creatures on earth, it has lately become clear that a very distant branch of the tree of life has also sprouted higher intelligence: the cephalopods, consisting of the squid, the cuttlefish, and above all the octopus. In captivity, octopuses have been known to identify individual human keepers, raid neighboring tanks for food, turn off lightbulbs by spouting jets of water, plug drains, and make daring escapes. How is it that a creature with such gifts evolved through an evolutionary lineage so radically distant from our own? What does it mean that evolution built minds not once but at least twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter?

In Other Minds , Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science and a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how subjective experience crept into being—how nature became aware of itself. As Godfrey-Smith stresses, it is a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared. Tracking the mind’s fitful development, Godfrey-Smith shows how unruly clumps of seaborne cells began living together and became capable of sensing, acting, and signaling. As these primitive organisms became more entangled with others, they grew more complicated. The first nervous systems evolved, probably in ancient relatives of jellyfish; later on, the cephalopods, which began as inconspicuous mollusks, abandoned their shells and rose above the ocean floor, searching for prey and acquiring the greater intelligence needed to do so. Taking an independent route, mammals and birds later began their own evolutionary journeys.

But what kind of intelligence do cephalopods possess? Drawing on the latest scientific research and his own scuba-diving adventures, Godfrey-Smith probes the many mysteries that surround the lineage. How did the octopus, a solitary creature with little social life, become so smart? What is it like to have eight tentacles that are so packed with neurons that they virtually “think for themselves”? What happens when some octopuses abandon their hermit-like ways and congregate, as they do in a unique location off the coast of Australia?

By tracing the question of inner life back to its roots and comparing human beings with our most remarkable animal relatives, Godfrey-Smith casts crucial new light on the octopus mind—and on our own.

From one of the most influential women in the country and bestselling author of Revolution from Within comes a collection of provocative, entertaining, mind-changing essays. The six pieces, three of which have never been published before, explode common assumptions and propose radical new ways of looking at human possibilities.

二战期间，希特勒政府将国家变成了史无前例的掠夺机器。大多数德国人因为享受到良好的社会福利、不间断的物质供给和一定程度的税收优惠而保持沉默。这种贿赂的代价由千百万欧洲人所承担，他们的财产甚至生命为了德意志民族的利益而被剥夺。本书揭示了全欧洲范围内的犹太人财产是怎样被征收、被变卖并进入纳粹德国国库以及普通士兵的腰包的。

《美国的政治腐败与反腐败》是对美国反腐败机制的全面研究。它从理论上探讨了腐败的定义、腐败的特点、腐败的根源和腐败的弊端；追溯了美国反腐败机制的形成历史，揭示了在反腐败机制形成之前，美国历史上也曾经存在过一个腐败肆虐的时期。《美国的政治腐败与反腐败》把美国反腐败机制概括为有关政府道德的规章和法律以及执行这些规章和法律的政府机构。并详细阐述了这些法律和规章的制定与修正以及执行这些法律和规章的政府机构的建立与完善介绍了美国地方政府反腐败措施的发展，并分析了媒体在反腐败中的重要作用。此外，《美国的政治腐败与反腐败》列举了大量有关政府官员和国会议员的腐败行为以及对其惩处的案例，以说明美国政治腐败的特征和反腐败机制的运作方式。

This succinct, interdisciplinary introduction to critical thinking successfully dares students to question their own assumptions and to enlarge their thinking through the analysis of the most common problems associated with everyday reasoning. The text offers a unique and effective organization: Part I explains the fundamental concepts; Part II describes the most common barriers to critical thinking; Part III offers strategies for overcoming those barriers.