A deep dive into Scandinavian crime fiction and Scandinavian culture at largeFor forty years, Wendy Lesser’s primary source of information for three Scandinavian countries—Sweden, Norway, and Denmark—
A lively and inspired biography celebrating the centennial of this master choreographer, dancer, and stage director Jerome Robbins (1918–1998) was born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz and grew up in We
"Wendy Lesser's You Say to Brick is easily the most complete narrative of Kahn's life and career, magnificently researched and gracefully written." —Inga Saffron, New York Times Book ReviewBorn in Est
The first biography of the iconic American architect that delves fully into his life and workBorn to a Jewish family in Estonia in 1901 and brought to America in 1906, the architect Louis Kahn grew up
“Wendy Lesser’s extraordinary alertness, intelligence, and curiosity have made her one of America’s most significant cultural critics,” writes Stephen Greenblatt. In Why I Read, she draws on a lifetim
An exhilarating volume that will ratchet up the joy for all reading groups“Wendy Lesser’s extraordinary alertness, intelligence, and curiosity have made her one of America’s most significant cultural
Most previous books about Dmitri Shostakovich have focused on either his symphonies and operas, or his relationship to the regime under which he lived, or both, since these large-scale works were the
Most previous books about Dmitri Shostakovich have focused on either his symphonies and operas, or his relationship to the regime under which he lived, or both, since these large-scale works were the
A cultural critic raised as an atheist reflects on the meaning of her Jewish heritage and her "difficult friendship" with the writer Leonard Michaels, who continues to influence her life, even after h
Writings on the author's favorite works of literature include discussions on such works as Anna Karenina, The Portrait of a Lady, Huckleberry Finn, Don Quixote, The Idiot, the young adult tale I Captu
In this unusual memoir of the life of the mind, the founding editor of The Threepenny Review reflects upon the choices she has made in pursuit of her vocation as a self-described "eighteenth-century m
Fifteen outstanding writers answered editor Wendy Lesser’s call for original essays on the subject of language–the one they grew up with, and the English in which they write.Despite American assumptio
Looks at the portrayal of women in art, photographs, motion pictures, and literature, and argues that male artists do not inevitably misrepresent women
Table Talk is a portable dinner party and a book to read alone while laughing out loud. Table Talk is a salon attended by your smartest friends and by all of the wittiest people they know. Table Talk
One of the most charming and memorable romantic comedies in American literature, William Dean Howells's Indian Summer tells of a season in the life of Theodore Colville. Colville, just turned forty,
This original, intellectually ambitious, beautifully written meditation on 20th-century German history is viewed through the prism of one family's story. The story begins after World War I with Andrea
Introduces readers to the history of books in Britain—their significance, influence, and current and future status In a clear, up-to-date narrative, The Book in Britain: A Historical Introduction expl
"An assured, powerful novel that blends suspense and rich family drama...it is, in a word, unforgettable." --William Landay, author of DEFENDING JACOBIt begins in the small, affluent town of Fairview
本書累積十多年於不同學科與教授學者如何發表文章，在美國加州大學洛杉磯分校已協助數以萬計的學者在審查期刊中成功發表文章。作者Wendy Laura Belcher博士是普林斯頓大學的比較文學系及非裔美國人研究中心的非洲文學教授，他曾經在北美、歐洲和非洲教授過期刊文章寫作的研習論壇，而本書三位翻譯者皆有發表過至國際學術期刊與SSCI期刊的經驗。此工具書的主要目的是為了幫助您修訂課堂報告、會議論文、尚未
Cognitive neuropsychology is already radically influencing the clinical practice of aphasia assessment and therapy. It has made it possible to analyse individuals' language disorders through a psychol
