An illuminating debut memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime friendship; and a stunningly fresh look at plants that will forever change how you see the natural world
Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she’s studied trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Her first book is a revelatory treatise on plant life—but it is also so much more.
Lab Girl is a book about work, love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren’s remarkable stories: about her childhood in rural Minnesota with an uncompromising mother and a father who encouraged hours of play in his classroom’s labs; about how she found a sanctuary in science, and learned to perform lab work done “with both the heart and the hands”; and about the inevitable disappointments, but also the triumphs and exhilarating discoveries, of scientific work.
Yet at the core of this book is the story of a relationship Jahren forged with a brilliant, wounded man named Bill, who becomes her lab partner and best friend. Their sometimes rogue adventures in science take them from the Midwest across the United States and back again, over the Atlantic to the ever-light skies of the North Pole and to tropical Hawaii, where she and her lab currently make their home.
Jahren’s probing look at plants, her astonishing tenacity of spirit, and her acute insights on nature enliven every page of this extraordinary book. Lab Girl opens your eyes to the beautiful, sophisticated mechanisms within every leaf, blade of grass, and flower petal. Here is an eloquent demonstration of what can happen when you find the stamina, passion, and sense of sacrifice needed to make a life out of what you truly love, as you discover along the way the person you were meant to be.

Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV.
She has seen both these dreams come true.
At last, Tina Fey's story can be told. From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live ; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon -- from the beginning of this paragraph to this final sentence.
Tina Fey reveals all, and proves what we've all suspected: you're no one until someone calls you bossy.
( Includes Special, Never-Before-Solicited Opinions on Breastfeeding, Princesses, Photoshop, the Electoral Process, and Italian Rum Cake!)

Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering.
Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished view of the passions, perfectionism, obsessions, artistry, devilry, and compulsion for control that shaped his approach to business and the innovative products that resulted.
Driven by demons, Jobs could drive those around him to fury and despair. But his personality and products were interrelated, just as Apple’s hardware and software tended to be, as if part of an integrated system. His tale is instructive and cautionary, filled with lessons about innovation, character, leadership, and values.

日本民间流传着这样一个故事：在深山里，有一种特别的蛤蟆，它和同类相比，不仅外表更丑，而且还多长了几条腿。人们抓到它后，将其放在镜前或玻璃箱内，蛤蟆一看到自己丑陋不堪的外表，不禁吓出一身油。这种油，也是民间用来治疗烧伤烫伤的珍贵药材。晚年回首往事，黑泽明自喻是只站在镜前的蛤蟆，发现自己从前的种种不堪，吓出一身油——这油的结晶就是这部《蛤蟆的油》。
从孩提时代一个孱弱的“夜哭郎”，如何痴迷于绘画和电影，如何幸得启蒙而踏入电影界，最后如何执导《罗生门》等影片而成为世界级的导演黑泽明坦然直面过往的一切，人生的甘苦，艺术的感悟，流露于字里行间。

玛丽·瑞瑙特在《天堂之火》中讲述了亚历山大20岁继位以前的人生，而《波斯少年》则以第一人称回忆录的动人之笔，续写大帝最后的七年。故事叙述者是一位真实的波斯人——亚历山大青春俊美的伴侣巴勾鄂斯。
这少年幼时被卖为奴隶，辗转成了波斯国王大流士的男宠，他起初只从宫闱传闻里听说亚历山大震动朝野的胜利。后来在高伽米拉战场上，亚历山大再次击败大流士，将他赶上逃亡之路。大流士故后，巴勾鄂斯被作为求和礼物献入亚历山大的内廷。
亚历山大对声色享受体验尚浅，但对感情向来需求很深；巴勾鄂斯善于悦人，却一直无处实现少年的恋梦。他们的相遇恰似命中注定。征途漫漫，爱情给了亚历山大无限安慰，历经刺杀阴谋、异族联姻与军心浮动，他对巴勾鄂斯始终未减眷恋。
瑞瑙特不但以大师手笔再现了一代军事天才的光荣与梦想，而且一反亚历山大故事从希腊人出发的传统视角，借波斯人眼光写出胜利者与臣服民族难以弥合的鸿沟。作为历史小说，《波斯少年》不仅大气磅礴，细节精确，考据严谨，而且全书洋溢着一种罕见的深情与人性之光，与现代读者无有阻隔。
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有一阵子，（肯尼迪）总统偶尔会大看特看写实风格的历史小说，他尤其喜欢玛丽·瑞瑙特关于古希腊的作品。——<总统的阅读>，美国《生活》杂志1961-3-17
她[张爱玲]看过Mary Renault的《The King Must Die》，看得津津有味。——水晶《蝉：夜访张爱玲》，1971年
玛丽•瑞瑙特代表了历史小说的最高理想——使读者获得对过去的新洞见。……她在作品中真实自然地展示希腊世界的生活与道德，而且把双性爱、同性爱和异性爱都视为常态，予以从容的表现。——《纽约时报》
玛丽•瑞瑙特属于极少数长年创作而精品迭出的作家，她写到的每一个题材都予人新鲜的惊奇感。——《华尔街日报》
玛丽•瑞瑙特的亚历山大三部曲是20世纪原创性最令人意外的艺术品之一。——戈尔•维达尔，著名美国作家
刻画深爱着战士（亚历山大）的半是男子的这位宫廷宠臣，需要娴熟的技法，瑞瑙特女士成就斐然。——《大西洋月刊》

作者以饱满真挚的感情、平实顺畅的文宇叙述了他所认识的特定时期的各种人物，他亲身经历的社会政治事件，他对那个动荡不安的时代的感受，记录了当时欧洲从一战前夜到二战欧洲危局的社会现实，批露了世界文化名人鲜为人知的生活轶事，同时穿插了作者各种细腻的心迹。...

萧红原名张乃莹，是中国现代文学史上最负盛名，且至今影响巨大的女作家之一。其命途多舛的短促一生大部分时间在战争的驱遣下辗转流徙，从异乡奔向异乡；而在不到十年的创作中，她留下了《生死场》、《马伯乐》、《呼兰河传》等传世名著。本书叙述了她那令人叹惋、带有传奇色彩的一生，文字细腻、精致，对传主不同时期心理的体察精到、入微。同时，本书作者在全面占有大量而翔实的史料以及最新研究成果的基础上，基于良好的学术训练，以独到的眼光予以观照，澄清了此前萧红研究中的诸多讹误。

当我揣摩福尔摩斯这个错综复杂的角色时，偶尔会觉得自己是在轻轻地弯曲一根柳条，却从不真正折断它。
——杰里米•布莱特
在许多人眼中，他是福尔摩斯的化身。
他在格兰纳达的剧集里扮演了整整十年的福尔摩斯，共出演四十一部剧集和电视电影，直到去世。
他是史上最成功的福尔摩斯扮演者，极其忠于原著，又带着危险的锋芒。
福尔摩斯不仅是他最著名的角色，也成为他的一部分，令他着迷、深陷、恐慌、挣扎；有时合二为一，有时避之不及。福尔摩斯构成了他整个后半生。

An awe-inspiring, often hilarious, and unerringly honest story of one mother's exercise in extreme parenting, revealing the rewards-and the costs-of raising her children the Chinese way.
All decent parents want to do what's best for their children. What Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother reveals is that the Chinese just have a totally different idea of how to do that. Western parents try to respect their children's individuality, encouraging them to pursue their true passions and providing a nurturing environment. The Chinese believe that the best way to protect your children is by preparing them for the future and arming them with skills, strong work habits, and inner confidence. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother chronicles Chua's iron-willed decision to raise her daughters, Sophia and Lulu, her way-the Chinese way-and the remarkable results her choice inspires.
Here are some things Amy Chua would never allow her daughters to do:
have a playdate
be in a school play
complain about not being in a school play
not be the #1 student in every subject except gym and drama
play any instrument other than the piano or violin
not play the piano or violin
The truth is Lulu and Sophia would never have had time for a playdate. They were too busy practicing their instruments (two to three hours a day and double sessions on the weekend) and perfecting their Mandarin.
Of course no one is perfect, including Chua herself. Witness this scene:
"According to Sophia, here are three things I actually said to her at the piano as I supervised her practicing:
1. Oh my God, you're just getting worse and worse.
2. I'm going to count to three, then I want musicality.
3. If the next time's not PERFECT, I'm going to take all your stuffed animals and burn them!"
But Chua demands as much of herself as she does of her daughters. And in her sacrifices-the exacting attention spent studying her daughters' performances, the office hours lost shuttling the girls to lessons-the depth of her love for her children becomes clear. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is an eye-opening exploration of the differences in Eastern and Western parenting- and the lessons parents and children everywhere teach one another.
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我在美国做妈妈:耶鲁法学院教授的育儿经

《我的抑郁症》以独特个性的语言和极富感染力的素描，讲述了一个抑郁症患者如何与这种最常见的疾病作斗争的经历。全书真情流露，又不失幽默风趣，在美国出版后引起轰动，被誉为“一部让人摆脱抑郁的杰作”。

该书由杨绛以及钱瑗的继子、继女、师长学生、同事好友等合著。
在《我们仨》中，小名“圆圆”的钱瑗出场不多，但一个为人真诚、治学严谨、孝顺谦和、富有情趣的钱瑗已经浮现在众人眼前，但杨绛的落笔点更多在于一家三口的亲情。因为不断有读者来信要求了解钱瑗更多的事情，于是，有了现在这本书。据悉，书中收有大量的钱瑗照片，每幅照片都有杨绛先生亲笔写下的说明文字，杨绛先生甚至称钱瑗为她“平生惟一杰作”。
除了对钱瑗先生生平的补记外，这本书还对她的婚姻生活作了澄清。因为《我们仨》中没有提及钱瑗夫婿，引发读者诸多猜测，而网络报章也有一些文章谈及其婚姻，但因各种原因有诸多不尽不实之处。《我们的钱瑗》中杨绛先生和钱瑗前夫王德一生前同窗好友分别撰文讲述钱瑗这段婚姻始末，读者从中可以看到这个家庭一段温暖而又辛酸的经历。另外，钱瑗的继子继女也在书中撰写回忆钱瑗与第二任丈夫杨伟成的家庭生活。