创始于1842 年的英国《伦敦新闻画报》是世界上第一份以图画为内容主体的周刊。其以细腻生动的密线木刻版画和石印画，以那个时代的技术条件所能达到的最快速度，再现世界各地的重大事件。画报初始就对中华帝国表示密切关注，派驻大量画家兼记者，1857 至1901 年就向英国发回了上千张关于中国的速写和几十万字的文字报道。
它们大多是关于现场的目击报道，属于第一手的原始料；它们对于历史事件的观点和看法往往跟中文史料相左，这就为我们研究历史提供了一个客观的参照物；它们所报道的一些事件
和中国社会生活的细节往往是中文史料中的盲点；它们的系统性和连续性也是其他中西文历史资料所不能企及的。

The story of a man's obsession with whales, which takes him on a personal, historical and biographical journey -- from his childhood to his fascination with Moby-Dick and his excursions whale-watching. All his life, Philip Hoare has been obsessed by whales, from the gigantic skeletons in London's Natural History Museum to adult encounters with the wild animals themselves. Whales have a mythical quality -- they seem to elide with dark fantasies of sea-serpents and antediluvian monsters that swim in our collective unconscious. In 'Leviathan', Philip Hoare seeks to locate and identify this obsession. What impelled Melville to write 'Moby-Dick'? After his book in 1851, no one saw whales in quite the same way again. This book is an investigation into what we know little about -- dark, shadowy creatures who swim below the depths, only to surface in a spray of spume. More than the story of the whale, it is also the story of our own obsessions.

面對「媒介黨國化」和「媒介商業化」排山倒海之勢，中國報刊的「文人論政」有何時代意義？
本書以「結繩記事」的方法，選取中國新聞史上的關鍵人物、關鍵事件、關鍵節點，串起一部曲折而複雜的中國新聞史。以這樣的方式進入歷史，既觸碰了交錯生動的人與事，深入探究其間的文化肌理，又提供了新聞史脈絡的整體圖景。本書兼收史學、傳播學與社會科學的研究方法，試圖打破學科壁壘；同時涵括學界新銳及中堅，博採各家所長，為中國新聞史，乃至近現代史提供另一種讀法。
「新聞史的研究不能抱殘守缺，必須從人文和社會科學吸取理論和方法的資源，同時從新聞史迴向給人文與社會科學，保持一個開放互動的態度。
歷史真相是曲折、複雜、具體而矛盾的，更不可能「一語定乾坤」，唯有多視角多維度探索，切磋琢磨，才能慢慢地還原歷史場景，逼近歷史「真相」，配合時代的呼喚以獲致更真切而有意義的瞭解。我們願意在這個平台上對話下去，有志者盍興乎來！」
——李金銓

~From dailies, to specialized monthlies and quarterlies, to online journals, there are now more venues for disseminating information than ever beforeùall of them in need of qualified reporters. Writte

这是一部地域小说，人物的行走，可找到“有形”地图的对应。这也是一部记忆小说，六十年代的少年旧梦，辐射广泛，处处人间烟火的斑斓记忆，九十年代的声色犬马，是一场接一场的流水席，叙事在两个时空里频繁交替，传奇迭生，延伸了关于上海的“不一致”和错综复杂的局面，小心翼翼的嘲讽，咄咄逼人的漫画，暗藏上海的时尚与流行；昨日的遗漏，或是明天的启示……即使繁花零落，死神到来，一曲终了，人犹未散。
《繁花》让人为之一震，小说的好处自有高人评说----程永新
优雅之野心，当今几乎不可能出现的文体----张辛欣
近年来最有看头的小说---吴亮

《巴黎伦敦落魄记》是英国作家乔治·奥威尔的首部长篇力作。全书分为两部分，上半部叙述了一位英国文人在巴黎靠打零工度日，挣扎在生活最底层的潦倒生活；下半部描述了这位文人从巴黎流落回伦敦，生活状况进一步恶化，沦为无业游民并到处颠沛流离的种种经历。书中穿插了主人公的感想和评论，对贫困的真实含义做了做了深入剖析。
本书写于1931年，屡次遭遇退稿。1933年终于被一家英国出版商慧眼看中，予以出版。随着英文版获得如潮好评，法文版也被法国著名出版社重磅推出。至此，奥威尔的才华初见端倪，并在文坛崭露头角。随着奥威尔的地位得以肯定，此书被介绍到各国，长销不衰。
奥威尔是那种你永远无法真正摆脱的作家……似乎无可避免受到其影响，以至于对任何一个知识分子而言，如果他能拟出一个自己心目中的英雄的名单……很可能都会把他放在前两名或前三名。——金斯利·艾米斯
英国历史上最富想象力的人，（因为）他是向着新方向行进。——V.S.奈保尔
他的《巴黎伦敦落魂记》让我喜欢得要命，我认为它是一部经典著作。在我看来，这仍是他的最佳作品。——亨利·米勒

“言语有如微小剂量的砷，一段时间以后就会发生作用。”犹太人、语文学者克莱普勒在可怖的生存环境中、在德累斯顿的犹太人居所里记下了他的观察——第三帝国时期，语言是如何走向堕落的。作为一部诞生于恐怖年代的经历之书，本书以骇人而真实的方式呈现出纳粹统治残忍的日常性。
这本“世纪之作”既是历史书写的杰作，也是一流的历史文献。它记录了一位语言和文学家在无望的纳粹时代实施的自我拯救，令所有的历史书籍在它面前相形见绌。
“在我的日记本里，LTI这个符号最初是个语言游戏，带有模仿戏谑的意味，然后很快就成为一种仓促的记忆的紧急救助了，作为在手帕上系的一种结扣，没过多久，它又成为那全部苦难岁月里的一种正当防卫，成为一种向我自己发出的SOS呼叫。”
——维克多﹒克莱普勒

The story of Oxford University Press spans five centuries of printing and publishing. Beginning with the first presses set up in Oxford in the fifteenth century and the later establishment of a university printing house, it leads through the publication of bibles, scholarly works, and the Oxford English Dictionary , to a twentieth-century expansion that created the largest university press in the world, playing a part in research, education, and language learning in more than 50 countries. With access to extensive archives, The History of OUP traces the impact of long-term changes in printing technology and the business of publishing. It also considers the effects of wider trends in education, reading, and scholarship, in international trade and the spreading influence of the English language, and in cultural and social history-both in Oxford and through its presence around the world.

This first volume begins with the successive attempts to establish printing at Oxford from 1478 onwards. Ian Gadd and sixteen expert contributors chart the activities of individual university printers, the eventual establishment of a university printing house, its relationship with the University, and influential developments in printing under Archbishop Laud, John Fell, and William Blackstone. They explore the range of scholarly and religious works produced, together with the growing influence of the University Press on the city of Oxford, and its place in the book trade in general.

现代社会中，最能称得上“甲之甘露，乙之砒霜”者，大概非香烟莫属。在如今日益高涨的禁烟呼声中，香烟的形象蒙上了阴影，虽然它在公共场所中渐渐销声匿迹，却并未远离公众的视线。
吸烟习惯最早见于美洲的印第安部落，后由西方殖民者传遍欧洲。尽管盛行吸鼻烟的法国曾一度表示抗拒，但经拿破仑一世到三世，吸食热烟的风尚最终以风卷残云之势征服了整个法兰西大地：无论高贵的君王、时髦的绅士，还是平凡人家乃至风尘女子，似乎大家指间都夹着一支雪茄。随着时间的推移，香烟制造从最初的作坊加工演变为工业化生产，香烟外形也逐渐变为尺寸一致的圆柱体。二战时期的美国大兵们将扁平烟盒包装引入了欧洲，彩色缎带捆扎的传统包装形式由此退出了历史的舞台……

只有巴黎会产生这样一本书。
这是安妮•弗朗索瓦五十年读书时光的回忆录。从记事起，安妮就生活在一群为书痴狂、将阅读视为主要生存方式的巴黎人中间。一年夏天，弗朗索瓦家所在的公寓失火，母亲是最后撤离火场的人：穿着睡衣，腋下还夹着一本书。后来，作为一家著名出版社的编辑，安妮在阅读中度过了 自己大部分职业生涯 ，与书发生了许多奇妙的际遇，也积累了形形色色的故事和话题。
只要读书，就有怪癖。在一个热情、调皮、温柔的书痴笔下，与书有关的每件事都很有趣，也都无可避免地产生令人抓狂的问题。而读书不仅是智力的、并且是感官的经历，有色彩和声响，气味和触感，肌肉和神经，记忆与遗忘，是关于心灵、时空和生命的热情诗。
安妮•弗朗索瓦不是藏书家，只是一个纯粹的爱书人。她来自一个儿童以读书作为主要娱乐的年代，阅读对她来说是最无害的游戏，而她也始终保持着业余爱好者的精神，对书的热爱如孩童喜欢糖果般纯真自然。
★编辑推荐
告诉我你读了什么，我就告诉你，你是谁。
书会入侵读者的房间，卷入他的爱情、家庭、友谊、职业交往……而一个人的藏书，在某种意义上就是他的自传，关于他归属的部落，他围绕着书构建的整个生活。
本书是一个巴黎书痴所有与书有关的幸福回忆。最亲爱的朋友在这里遇见彼此。
安妮•弗朗索瓦的笔触是轻盈的、有趣的、敏感的，无论触碰、抓挠或抚摸都具有同样的精度。在她笔下，中年的沧桑与孩童的热情富于魅力地融为一体。
★本书获得2014年傅雷翻译奖最佳新人奖。

1937-1945年的上海，正经历着由孤岛转为全面沦陷的最黑暗时期。乱世求生与民族大义，成为每个中国人必须面对的道德困境与政治抉择。本书以王统照、李健吾和《古今》作者群为代表，通过大量翔实的史料和精彩的文本分析，记录了身处“灰色上海”的中国文人或隐退、或反抗、或合作的相互纠结的生存形态，细致逼真地还原出他们所经历的残酷精神拷问和无情的道德审判。本书的杰出之处不仅在于为我们记录了这段讳莫如深的民族精神史，更在于它向正统的历史叙述发出了挑战：究竟谁是汉奸？汉奸该怎样认定？谁能做出最终的判决？究竟该如何理解这段沉默的历史？本书带来全新的阐释。

In an age unhealthily obsessed with substance, this is a book on the importance of pure style. From classic poetry to pop lyrics and from the King James Bible to advertising slogans, Mark Forsyth explains the secrets that make a phrase - such as 'Tiger, Tiger, burning bright', or 'To be or not to be' - memorable. In his inimitably entertaining and witty style he takes apart famous lines and shows how you too can write like Shakespeare or Oscar Wilde. Whether you're aiming for literary immortality or just an unforgettable one-liner, The Elements of Eloquence proves that you don't need to have anything to say - you simply need to say it well.

A marvelous global history of the pivotal year 1945 as a new world emerged from the ruins of World War II
Year Zero is a landmark reckoning with the great drama that ensued after war came to an end in 1945. One world had ended and a new, uncertain one was beginning. Regime change had come on a global scale: across Asia (including China, Korea, Indochina, and the Philippines, and of course Japan) and all of continental Europe. Out of the often vicious power struggles that ensued emerged the modern world as we know it.
In human terms, the scale of transformation is almost impossible to imagine. Great cities around the world lay in ruins, their populations decimated, displaced, starving. Harsh revenge was meted out on a wide scale, and the ground was laid for much horror to come. At the same time, in the wake of unspeakable loss, the euphoria of the liberated was extraordinary, and the revelry unprecedented. The postwar years gave rise to the European welfare state, the United Nations, decolonization, Japanese pacifism, and the European Union. Social, cultural, and political “reeducation” was imposed on vanquished by victors on a scale that also had no historical precedent. Much that was done was ill advised, but in hindsight, as Ian Buruma shows us, these efforts were in fact relatively enlightened, humane, and effective.
A poignant grace note throughout this history is Buruma’s own father’s story. Seized by the Nazis during the occupation of Holland, he spent much of the war in Berlin as a laborer, and by war’s end was literally hiding in the rubble of a flattened city, having barely managed to survive starvation rations, Allied bombing, and Soviet shock troops when the end came. His journey home and attempted reentry into “normalcy” stand in many ways for his generation’s experience.
A work of enormous range and stirring human drama, conjuring both the Asian and European theaters with equal fluency, Year Zero is a book that Ian Buruma is perhaps uniquely positioned to write. It is surely his masterpiece

闲话日本文坛众生相，用中文写作的日本女作家
沈昌文 查建英 陈冠中 李欧梵 联合推荐！
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《我和阅读谈恋爱》是日本著名专栏作家新井一二三的阅读私记录，描写了日本文坛众生相。《我和阅读谈恋爱》讲述了30多位日本作者及他们的书写故事，涉及各类书籍70多本书。国际上名气最大的两位（大江健三郎和村上春树）在国内文坛却被排挤，“国民作者”夏目漱石的作品折射出幼年时期的精神创伤，溺于酒色并引以为荣的女性“无赖派”飞扬跋扈，以奔放私生活闻名的濑户内寂听五十一岁剃发出家轰动文坛……无论这些作者你熟悉或不熟悉，这些作品你读过或没读过，你都可以跟着新井一二三进入日本文化生活，推开阅读世界的门，与阅读谈一场恋爱。
每当有人问我喜欢看什么样的书，
我都觉得稍微尴尬，因为对我来说阅读如恋爱。
跟一个作家打得火热的时候，
好像全世界只有他（她）能理解我似的。
然而，过些日子总会遇到别的、更新鲜的对象，
这个时候前任情人非受冷落不可。
好在对方并不知道我曾经热爱过他（她），
也不知道如今我变了心……
——新井一二三

一个企业的发展与崛起，绝非只是空有领导强人即可达成。任何的决策、同期的商业环境，都在都影响着企业的兴衰。《浪潮之巅》不只是一本历史书，除了讲述科技顶尖企业的发展规律，对于华尔街如何左右科技公司，以及金融风暴对科技产业的冲击，也多有着墨。此外，这本书也着力讲述很多尚在普及或将要发生的，比如微博和云计算，以及对下一代互联网科技产业浪潮的判断和预测。因为在极度商业化的今天，科技的进步和商机是分不开的。
诚如作者所言：“人的商业知识和眼光不是天生的，需要不断地、有心地学习。经过多年的学习、思考和实践，我认定这样一个规律，就是：科技的发展不是均匀的，而是以浪潮的形式出现。每一个人都应该看清楚浪潮，赶上浪潮，如此，便不枉此生。”

《民主德国的秘密读者》介绍和还原了秘密阅读这一主题。这是一段有趣而惊险的东德社会史和文学史。
《民主德国的秘密读者》一书不仅仅是给图书收藏者的一份礼物，更是一份对民主德国社会史的贡献。……该书的独特魅力在于，时代见证者们发言分享自己曾经缄口不言的许多内容。（阅读时）人们有时会觉得，自己在俯瞰一个超现实主义的世界。
——《德国档案》
该书不仅仅涉及文学，也描写了东德的反对派公众、反抗行为和媒体发展史。阅读后会觉得自己经历了一次探险之旅。
——《新莱茵报》
这本书中谈论了前海关官员、前国家安全部邮局审查员、反对者和书籍走私者，叙述了一个几乎不敢让人相信的德国－德语的文学关系。
——《文学世界》杂志（德国）

This second edition of Sidney I. Landau's landmark work offers a comprehensive and completely up-to-date description of how dictionaries are researched and written, with particular attention to the ways in which computer technology has changed modern lexicography. A completely new chapter has been added and every chapter has been updated and reorganized to reflect the changes. Landau has an insider's practical knowledge of making dictionaries and every feature of the dictionary is examined and explained, with frequent examples given from the latest dictionaries of the US and Britain. A history of English lexicography is also included. The book is both practically grounded and soundly based on current lexicographic scholarship. Written in a readable style, free of jargon and unnecessary technical language, it will appeal to readers who are simply interested in dictionaries, with no specialist knowledge of the field, as well as to professional lexicographers.