《被选中的》是迄今为止最具经典性的社会与文化史扛鼎之作，它清晰地阐述了美国顶尖大学三巨头——哈佛、耶鲁和普林斯顿——的入学标准，生动地揭示了过去一个世纪美国权力与精英特权的变迁。书中描绘了各色人物（包括伍德罗•威尔逊、富兰克林•德拉诺•罗斯福、詹姆斯•布莱恩特•科南特和金曼•布鲁斯特等），解释了围绕哈佛、耶鲁和普林斯顿的招生竞争如何塑造了美国精英，并且形成了今日美国所拥有的奇特的大学入学制度。
学校是社会的一个缩影，精英的价值取向决定了哈佛、耶鲁和普林斯顿这些顶尖大学的取舍标准。本书详细讲述了三大名校不为人知的历史，呈现的不仅仅是它们的入学标准的变迁史，更主要的是反映出美国精英观念一百多年来的演化，是美国社会文化史上一个里程碑式的作品。

Social scientists, whether earnest graduate students or tenured faculty members, clearly know the rules that govern good writing. But for some reason they choose to ignore those guidelines and churn out turgid, pompous, and obscure prose. Distinguished sociologist Howard S. Becker, true to his calling, looks for an explanation for this bizarre behavior not in the psyches of his colleagues but in the structure of his profession. In this highly personal and inspirational volume he considers academic writing as a social activity.
Both the means and the reasons for writing a thesis or article or book are socially structured by the organization of graduate study, the requirements for publication, and the conditions for promotion, and the pressures arising from these situations create the writing style so often lampooned and lamented. Drawing on his thirty-five years' experience as a researcher, writer, and teacher, Becker exposes the foibles of the academic profession to the light of sociological analysis and gentle humor. He also offers eminently useful suggestions for ways to make social scientists better and more productive writers. Among the topics discussed are how to overcome the paralyzing fears of chaos and ridicule that lead to writer's block; how to rewrite and revise, again and again; how to adopt a persona compatible with lucid prose; how to deal with that academic bugaboo, "the literature." There is also a chapter by Pamela Richards on the personal and professional risks involved in scholarly writing.
In recounting his own trials and errors Becker offers his readers not a model to be slavishly imitated but an example to inspire. Throughout, his focus is on the elusive work habits that contribute to good writing, not the more easily learned rules of grammar and punctuation. Although his examples are drawn from sociological literature, his conclusions apply to all fields of social science, and indeed to all areas of scholarly endeavor. The message is clear: you don't have to write like a social scientist to be one.

卡佛诗全集《我们所有人》自1996年起在英国，美国，加拿大相继出版后，引起了英美文学界的关注和评价。美国当代著名诗人，普利策诗歌奖得主，前美国诗人学会主席卡罗琳•基泽尔就曾说，“假如卡佛不写小说，他会被公认为极好的诗人，正如事实本身。
卡佛最好的诗就像他短篇小说的缩影： 卡佛诗歌形式自由不拘，诗歌与散文或小说文本叠加，与他的小说有异曲同工之妙。卡佛的诗有一种“蓝调音乐般打磨过的朴素”，除了这种哀而不伤的布鲁斯调子外，卡佛有些诗在节奏感上更有一种说唱乐风格。此外，卡佛多数诗歌采用一种美国式会话口语体诗歌语言写作。
【此诗歌全集含300余首诗作，涵盖其一生创作的所有诗歌作品，文学价值尤为珍贵。】
卡佛诗歌具有其小说所有的美德：对于物质世界的深切关注，将广阔情感压缩在朴素瞬间的非凡能力，以及谈话式的亲切的诗歌声音。同时，他亦创造了一种奇妙的卡佛式的诗歌语调：柔软而克制，朴素而深邃，微妙地掌握着语言的尺度与抒情的适度。这种迷人的气息，像一层薄雾，淡淡地笼罩在卡佛的每一行文字中。卡佛的爱和感伤都隐藏在这种柔软的冷叙述里。

近些年来，相对主义与建构主义的知识观与真理观甚嚣尘上，甚至成为了学术界的正统观点。保罗•博格西昂在本书中检验了这些观点，指出它们的根本缺陷，表明哲学仍然为常识提供坚若磐石的根基，即我们能够对事物达成客观理性的信念，而这种信念与认识者的社会和文化视角没有关联。

《革命之路》系美国被忽视的文学大师理查德·耶茨的处女作，也是他最广为人知的作品，出版于1961年，当年即获得美国国家图书奖提名，与《第22条军规》、《看电影的人》一同入围；2005年又被《时代》周刊评为百大英语小说经典之一。2009年1月，根据原著改编的同名电影一举摘得金球奖剧情片最佳女主角桂冠，并获得奥斯卡奖提名。
20世纪50年代，弗兰克和爱波夫妇生活在郊外革命路上的革命山庄。弗兰克是个上班族，爱波在家养育一对儿女，兼做业余演员。天长日久，两人厌倦了这种无聊的生活，争吵不休。爱波建议他们抛弃革命山庄的一切，迁往巴黎寻找激情与梦想。弗兰克知道后很是兴奋，但别人并不以为然。恰在此时，他得到难得的晋升机会，爱波也再次怀孕。
大好前途当前，弗兰克背叛了自己当初的想法，并设法要妻子留下。但他的计划被戳穿，爱波与其大吵一番后，决定流产，意外发生了……深受打击的弗兰克搬到城里，但新的住户源源不断地来到革命山庄，那里的生活依然继续……

本书以历史上一些著名的性审判案件为引导，向读者展现了整个西方文明发展过程中最为真实的一面，同时亦清晰地呈现了西方法律的发展轨迹。
那些看似难以理解的审判结果，实则与当时的政治、文化乃至人的意识形态紧密相连，反映着西方各个国家在各个不同时期中的真实社会形态和人民生活现状，甚至对当今牵涉到性案件的审判，都起着极为关键的影响和借鉴作用。

Full of unforgettable figures and an unrelenting spirit of adventure, Strange Stones is a far-ranging, thought-provoking collection of Peter Hessler’s best reportage—a dazzling display of the powerful storytelling, shrewd cultural insight, and warm sense of humor that are the trademarks of his work.
Over the last decade, as a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of three books, Peter Hessler has lived in Asia and the United States, writing as both native and knowledgeable outsider in these two very different regions. This unusual perspective distinguishes Strange Stones, which showcases Hessler’s unmatched range as a storyteller. “Wild Flavor” invites readers along on a taste test between two rat restaurants in South China. One story profiles Yao Ming, basketball star and China’s most beloved export, another David Spindler, an obsessive and passionate historian of the Great Wall. In “Dr. Don,” Hessler writes movingly about a small-town pharmacist and his relationship with the people he serves.
While Hessler’s subjects and locations vary, subtle but deeply important thematic links bind these pieces—the strength of local traditions, the surprising overlap between apparently opposing cultures, and the powerful lessons drawn from individuals who straddle different worlds.

这是一本由学术界公认的大师和睿智的教师介绍现代社会科学研究方法的一流教材。Treiman使复杂的问题变得简单，并提供了许多实用的建议和最优的方法。本书没有复杂的数学推导，通过大量的实例领会社会科学研究的基本逻辑和设计思想，图文并茂，浅显易懂，把握前沿最新社会科学成果。《量化数据分析：通过社会研究检验想法》不只是讲授统计学——它讲授如何用统计学回答社会问题,它教会学生如何运用统计学开展一流的量化研究。

弗吉尼亚•伍尔夫，受严重的精神衰弱症影响，正在构思她的新作《达洛维夫人》；
克拉丽莎，二十世纪九十年代纽约的出版编辑，被诗人好友托马斯称为“达洛维夫人”，她为托马斯举办了一场晚会，当晚却目睹了托马斯跳楼自杀；
布朗太太，二战后住在加州的家庭主妇，《达洛维夫人》的读者，渴 望摆脱索然寡味的生活。
三个女人的一天，构织成一部关于人的失落、绝望、恐惧、憧憬和爱的作品。坎宁安凭借三人之间的微妙联系，将三个时代的并置于同一时间维度里，通过平行叙述来思考女性的价值、生活的本质。
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一位美国作家展现美国生活的杰作。——普利策奖颁奖词
丰富、优美的场景相互连接……这是一部精湛的成功之作。这本书另一个巨大的成功还在于，他让读者相信，深刻共享伟大的文学作品的思想是可能的，文学能向人们展示如何生活，以及应该向生活要求些什么。——《出版人周刊》
《时时刻刻》是一本能提升境界的书，坎宁安的写作精彩绝伦。——《星期日独立报》
引人入胜，充满想象力和人性的关怀。——《观察者》

《精准拉伸：疼痛消除和损伤预防的针对性练习》这是一本适合所有人的拉伸书。本书作者是欧洲运动健身领域知名拉伸专家，本书结合了作者曾身为职业体操运动员的运动经验和身为专业理疗师的治疗经验，总结了40种针对全身各个部位不同肌肉的拉伸方法，每个拉伸动作都精准地预防、修复或治疗某一块肌肉。除此以外，《精准拉伸：疼痛消除和损伤预防的针对性练习》还提供了一系列针对普通人常见疼痛，例如头疼、落枕、颈部结节、手臂发麻等的针对性解决方案。不需专业设备，不需他人辅助，使用日常可见的便利，如墙壁、毛巾、桌椅等就可以进行专业到位的拉伸。无论是大众运动健身爱好者还是职业运动员，无论是长期不运动还是要参加世界大赛，《精准拉伸：疼痛消除和损伤预防的针对性练习》一书中所教授的拉伸动作都对您有所助益。

本书是美国著名作家伊森·沃特斯享誉心理学界的非虚构著作。他以一个心理学记者的独特视角, 通过采访四个国家和地区的心理疾病案例，生动展现了关于厌食症、创伤后应激障碍、精神分裂和抑郁症在不同文化中的“地貌”，强有力地说明了美国的心理学范式是如何在其医药商业利益驱动下输出全世界，潜移默化地改变本土心理疾病的现象。
作者认为，在过去的几十年中,美国已经在源源不断地以全球工业化的方式输出他们自己的心理疾病定义和治疗方法。由此, 美国的心理学在不知不觉中将全世界如何"疯狂"的方式变得越来越相似, 越来越同质化。

From Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of scholarship and reportage that will forever change the way we look at poverty in America
In this brilliant, heartbreaking book, Matthew Desmond takes us into the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee to tell the story of eight families on the edge. Arleen is a single mother trying to raise her two sons on the $20 a month she has left after paying for their rundown apartment. Scott is a gentle nurse consumed by a heroin addiction. Lamar, a man with no legs and a neighborhood full of boys to look after, tries to work his way out of debt. Vanetta participates in a botched stickup after her hours are cut. All are spending almost everything they have on rent, and all have fallen behind.
The fates of these families are in the hands of two landlords: Sherrena Tarver, a former schoolteacher turned inner-city entrepreneur, and Tobin Charney, who runs one of the worst trailer parks in Milwaukee. They loathe some of their tenants and are fond of others, but as Sherrena puts it, “Love don’t pay the bills.” She moves to evict Arleen and her boys a few days before Christmas.
Even in the most desolate areas of American cities, evictions used to be rare. But today, most poor renting families are spending more than half of their income on housing, and eviction has become ordinary, especially for single mothers. In vivid, intimate prose, Desmond provides a ground-level view of one of the most urgent issues facing America today. As we see families forced into shelters, squalid apartments, or more dangerous neighborhoods, we bear witness to the human cost of America’s vast inequality—and to people’s determination and intelligence in the face of hardship.
Based on years of embedded fieldwork and painstakingly gathered data, this masterful book transforms our understanding of extreme poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving a devastating, uniquely American problem. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible.

Homosexuality is a taboo subject in Arab countries. Clerics denounce it as a heinous sin, while newspapers write cryptically of "shameful acts." Although many parts of the world now accept sexual diversity, the Middle East is moving in the opposite direction. In this absorbing account, journalist Brian Whitaker calls attention to the voices of men and women who are struggling with gay identities in societies where they are marginalized and persecuted by the authorities. He paints a disturbing picture of people who live secretive, fearful lives and who are often jailed, beaten, and ostracized by their families, or sent to be "cured" by psychiatrists.
Whitaker's exploration of changing sexual behavior in the Arab world reveals that—while deeply repressive prejudices and stereotypes still govern much thinking about homosexuality—there are pockets of change and tolerance. The author combines personal accounts from individuals in the region with a look at recent Arab films and novels featuring gay characters and conducts a sensitive comparative reading of Christian, Jewish, and Islamic strictures around sexuality. Deeply informed and engagingly written, Unspeakable Love draws long overdue attention to a crucial subject.

Organized along the same lines as Three Sociological Traditions, Four Sociological Traditions is Randall Collins' updated guide to the development of modern sociology. Explaining in a brief, readable format the 4 main schools of sociological thought, this book represents a concise intellectual history of the development of sociology. Widely adopted as either a main or supplemental text, Four Sociological Traditions presents clearly the conflict tradition of Marx and Weber, the ritual solidarity tradition of Durkheim, and the microinteractionist tradition of Mead, Blumer, and Garfinkel, and - new in this edition - the rational choice/utilitarian tradition. One of the most lively and exciting writers in sociology, Randall Collins introduces students to the roots of social theory, indicating areas where progress has been made in our understanding, as well as those areas where controversy still exists. Students will find Four Sociological Traditions a fresh, thorough, and thought-provoking examination.

Professor Jones gives a succinct and critical analysis of the sociological theories and methodology of Emile Durkheim. He focuses on four of Durkheim's books -- The Division Of Labour In Society (1893), The Rules Of Sociological Method (1895) and The Elementary Forms Of Religious Life (1912). With an illuminating chapter analysis of each work, this text is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students.

This book chronicles my six years of working towards a Ph.D. in Computer Science at Stanford University from 2006 to 2012. A diverse variety of people can benefit from reading it, including:
undergraduates who might be interested in pursuing a Ph.D.,
current Ph.D. students who are seeking guidance or inspiration,
professors who want to better understand Ph.D. students,
employers who hire and manage people with Ph.D. degrees,
professionals working in any creative or competitive field where self-driven initiative is crucial,
and educated adults (or precocious kids) who are curious about how academic research is produced.

How I became an American sociologist, and later an Asian Americanist, is rather accidental. I was born and raised in Zhongshan, a city in south China. Like many children in the turbulent China of the 1960s, I grew up too fast, bypassing a normal childhood to become the head of my household at age 10....
Min Zhou unpacks stereotypes and offers new thinking on contemporary Asian American immigrants Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean in her book, The Accidental Sociologist in Asian American Studies. This is a compelling auto-biographical and scholarly account from the perspective of a Chinese woman who grew up in the turbulent China of the 1960s, her life-changing decision to come to the U.S. (temporarily leaving her family, husband, and 10-month old son behind) and her international success as an Asian American sociologist, Asian Americanist, and renowned professor at UCLA.
Min Zhou candidly discusses the challenges, obstacles, and decisions that can advance or disrupt one s academic life. Her concerns, her doubts, and her choices are certain to be interesting to many of her scholarly peers as well as younger graduate students who may face comparable situations, no matter what their field of study.
The Accidental Sociologist in Asian American Studies recounts Professor Min Zhou s journey of critically examining the ever-changing experience of Chinese/Asian Americans. It is a part of the Asian Pacific Ideas' Professor-in-a-Pocket-Series.
The Asian Pacific Ideas Professor-in-a-Pocket Series features the innovative thinking and research of individual faculty of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. The Center s professors represent more than twenty academic disciplines and fields of study and include many of the leading scholars in the fields of history, literature, public policy, political science, sociology, education, anthropology, women s studies, law, health sciences, film, cultural studies, and Asian American Studies. Each volume of the series is written for the general reader and introduces new ideas around the history and current experience of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders today.

Each year tens of thousands of students will, after years of hard work and enormous amounts of money, earn their Ph.D. And each year only a small percentage of them will land a job that justifies and rewards their investment. For every comfortably tenured professor or well-paid former academic, there are countless underpaid and overworked adjuncts, and many more who simply give up in frustration.
Those who do make it share an important asset that separates them from the pack: they have a plan. They understand exactly what they need to do to set themselves up for success. They know what really moves the needle in academic job searches, how to avoid the all-too-common mistakes that sink so many of their peers, and how to decide when to point their Ph.D. toward other, non-academic options.
Karen Kelsky has made it her mission to help readers join the select few who get the most out of their Ph.D. As a former tenured professor and department head who oversaw numerous academic job searches, she knows from experience exactly what gets an academic applicant a job. And as the creator of the popular and widely respected advice site The Professor is In, she has helped countless Ph.D.’s turn themselves into stronger applicants and land their dream careers.
Now, for the first time ever, Karen has poured all her best advice into a single handy guide that addresses the most important issues facing any Ph.D., including:
-When, where, and what to publish
-Writing a foolproof grant application
-Cultivating references and crafting the perfect CV
-Acing the job talk and campus interview
-Avoiding the adjunct trap
-Making the leap to nonacademic work, when the time is right
The Professor Is In addresses all of these issues, and many more.

One of America's fastest-rising comedians, Bill Burr wields his razor-sharp wit with rare skill. In this brand-new stand-up performance, Bill takes aim at the stuff that drives us crazy, political correctness gone haywire, and girlfriends, or as he calls them: relentless psycho robots. A keenly observant social commentator, Bill Burr is also one of the funniest voices in comedy today.