貓有九條命，這隻不只要九條－牠還要更多。 紐約市連續發生勒頸案，兇手隨機性的殺人行動引起了社會普遍的恐慌。紐約市長特派艾勒里為「專任調查員」試圖挽回民心。面對幾近瘋狂的社會群眾，口誅筆伐的傳播媒體，艾勒里的探索遭受到前所未有的考驗。

Journey into the world of book collecting with the Goldstones-rediscover the joy of reading, laugh, and fall in love with books all over again. The idea that books had stories associated with them that had nothing to do with the stories inside them was new to us. We had always valued the history, the world of ideas contained between the covers of a book or, as in the case of The Night Visitor, some special personal significance. Now, for the first time, we began to appreciate that there was a history and a world of ideas embodied by the books themselves. Part travel story, part love story, and part memoir, Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone's U**sed and Rare provides a delightful love letter to book lovers everywhere.

A hilarious guide to the lost art of artisanal pencil sharpening "...I am so thrilled David Rees is picking up the reins of the forgotten art of manual graphite-encased-in-wood point-crafting. I love my pencil!" —AMY SEDARIS "You may think that sharpening a pencil is easy, but David Rees makes it look hard, and that makes all the difference." —JOHN HODGMAN "Truly, my life before I was presented with correctly sharpened pencils by an artisan was a dull and ill-sharpened void. Learn from my mistakes." —NEIL GAIMAN Have you got the right kind of point on your pencil? Do you know how to achieve the perfect point for the kind of work you need out of that pencil? Deep in New York’s Hudson River Valley, craftsman David Rees—the world’s number one #2 pencil sharpener—still practices the age-old art of manual pencil sharpening. In 2010, he began offering his artisanal service to the world, to the jubilation of artists, writers, draftsmen, and standardized test takers. Now, Rees presents a book that is both a manifesto and a fully-illustrated walk-through of the many, many, many ways to sharpen a pencil. Including chapters on equipment, current practice, and modern technologies, it also points at new trends in sharpening, including "Celebrity Impression Pencil Sharpening (CIPS)," a warning about the “Psychological Risks Associated with Pencil Sharpening,” and a survey of "Wines that tastes like pencils." As Rees implores: "Sharpening pencils should be an activity that enriches the senses." And if you think it’s a joke, why don’t you poke yourself with your newly sharpened pencil? Or better yet, don’t—because it’ll really hurt.

From the author of the highly praised The Pencil and The Evolution of Useful Things comes another captivating history of the seemingly mundane: the book and its storage. Most of us take for granted that our books are vertical on our shelves with the spines facing out, but Henry Petroski, inveterately curious engineer, didn't.As a result, readers are guided along the astonishing evolution from papyrus scrolls boxed at Alexandria to upright books shelved at the Library of Congress. Unimpeachably researched, enviably written, and charmed with anecdotes from Seneca to Samuel Pepys to a nineteenth-century bibliophile who had to climb over his books to get into bed, The Book on the Bookshelf is indispensable for anyone who loves books.

The ordeal of the whaleship Essex was an event as mythic in the nineteenth century as the sinking of the Titanic was in the twentieth. In 1819, the Essex left Nantucket for the South Pacific with twenty crew members aboard. In the middle of the South Pacific the ship was rammed and sunk by an angry sperm whale. The crew drifted for more than ninety days in three tiny whaleboats, succumbing to weather, hunger, disease, and ultimately turning to drastic measures in the fight for survival. Nathaniel Philbrick uses little-known documents-including a long-lost account written by the ship's cabin boy-and penetrating details about whaling and the Nantucket community to reveal the chilling events surrounding this epic maritime disaster. An intense and mesmerizing read, In the Heart of the Sea is a monumental work of history forever placing the Essex tragedy in the American historical canon.

我在四個月內完成<消失中的江城>的初稿。我沒有理由寫得這麼快，沒有合約或截稿日期催促著我。我原來可以慢慢來，享受久違的美國生活。但是每一天，我早早動筆，晚晚收筆。記憶驅使我加速寫作，因為我擔心會失去涪陵生活的即時感。此外，未來也驅策著我：我想記錄我對於一個即將面臨巨大變化的城市印象。 在過去二十年，這種轉變感──經常的、無情的、勢不可擋的變化感──一直是界定中國的一個特色。你很難相信，中國曾經給人恰恰相反的印象：根據十九世紀德國歷史學家里奧帕德．范．蘭克（Leopold Von Ranke）的說法，中國是「永遠停滯不前的民族」。現在，這是一種最不正確的說法，而作家所面臨的一項挑戰就是：筆根本跟不上改變的腳步。在<消失中的江城>的第一頁，我寫道： 涪陵沒有鐵路，這裡向來是四川省一個貧窮的所在，而道路路況十分惡劣。如果你想去哪兒，只能搭船，但是你多半哪兒也不去。 但是，當本書在二○○一年出版時，一條通往重慶的超級高速公路已經完成了，幾乎再也沒有人搭船沿著長江前往涪陵了，而一條鐵路幹線正在興建中。涪陵欣欣向榮，來自終將被三峽大壩淹沒的低窪城鎮移民刺激它的成長。我以前經常去用餐的小麵館經營者黃家已經開了一間網咖。我教過的學生分散在全國各地：西藏、上海、深圳、溫州。但是<消失中的江城>──一部永遠停滯不前的書──並沒有提到這些。 在一九九九年春天回到中國後，我一年至少去涪陵一趟。由於有了高速公路，現在去涪陵比以往容易多了，而我在北京的作家新生活使我可以自由旅行。我經常去拜訪涪陵，然後沿長江順流而下，前往三峽的核心。 在我加入和平工作團的那兩年，三峽大壩一直像是一個抽象物──一個模糊的應許、一個遙遠的威脅。但是每次我回去，它就變得稍微更加具體。到了二○○二年，移民城已大有進展，地貌明顯地劃分成過去和未來，在江岸附近，舊的濱江城鎮和村莊幾乎沒有任何改善的跡象。儘管中國其他地方都在一股腦兒地進行興建，在江水必然會上漲的地方建造任何東西是沒有意義的。當局任由這些低窪城鎮和村子衰敗，直至一切都荒廢了：破損的磚、骯髒的瓷磚、布滿塵垢的街道。注定毀滅的城鎮和新城形成一個對比，新城是由水泥白瓷磚建造而成的，高高座落於河流上方的山丘上。每當我搭船朝長江下游而去，我可以在一系列的水平帶狀結構中，一眼看出地貌的演變史：江邊屬於過去的陰暗村落、一段將被水庫淹沒的綠色農田，以及上面高處一簇簇展望未來的白色建築物。 我在水壩完成之前的最後一趟旅行，是在二○○二年秋天展開的。我和一位朋友帶了帳篷和睡袋，沿著將近一百年前鑿在江邊峭壁上的古老小徑徒步旅行。天氣好極了，而小徑上的風景令人屏息。有時我們高高位於長江上方，我們所在的峭壁垂直落入三十公尺下的江水之中。每走一段路，我心裡就想：這將是我最後一次看見這條小徑。 我們朝長江上游前進，而且不急著趕路。在小徑走了一星期後，我們參觀了正被拆毀的濱江城鎮。舊城巫山剛剛被拆除，我漫步於瓦礫中，拾荒者在那兒揀任何可能賣錢的東西：磚和鐵絲、草和木頭、釘子和窗框。一群人聚集在一堆營火旁邊，周圍是一棟大型建築物的破牆，然後，我認出了一塊半毀的招牌：他們正在紅旗旅館的大廳紮營，一九九七年我第一次前往長江下游時，曾住在這間旅館。 所有我最喜歡的濱江城鎮都處於各種不同的毀滅階段。大昌的四分之一已消失了，裴市只留下回憶，大溪已走入歷史。有時，我在拾荒者搜刮過後經過一個村子，在寂靜中，我審視被留下來的東西。在大溪，我看到一張加了相框的富士山照片，照片的前景是一大片盛開的櫻花。在清市，我經過了一張墊料加厚的紅椅、一個舊的籃球框，以及一塊殘破的石碑，上面的刻文是上個世紀完成的。一棟被拆去屋頂和窗的房子仍然有一扇閂上的門。在裴市，我向一對夫妻買礦泉水，他們所住的臨時棚子完全是由揀來的門和窗框搭成的。也許這是一個道教的謎語：住在一間由門搭成的房間意味著什麼？ 當我到達涪陵時，舊城區大部分已被拆毀，新建的住宅區擠在高高的山頂上，城市龐大的堤防差不多已完成了，而烏江對岸的師範專科學校也正在擴張和改變。老幹部們已退休了，新幹部對外國人比較開放。幾年前，我和亞當抵達涪陵時，最先迎接我們的那位友善年輕人亞伯特，現在已是英文系的系主任。當我去他的辦公室拜訪他時，他拿出我一年前送給學校的精裝本<消失中的江城>。 「你可以看出許多人讀了這本書，」他說。書的封面已經破損，且沾滿茶漬；翹起的角落已經難以壓平，翻書的手指留下了髒兮兮的灰色痕跡。在我手中，這本書顯得十分沈重，像是一個手工製品。我怎麼可能寫出一本看起來如此陳舊的書？ 就某方面而言，改變的步調似乎讓當地人比較容易接受這本書，因為這本書所描繪的世界已經顯得十分遙遠。我的中文家教老師孔明在暑假時把這本書讀完了，使用字典一字一字地讀，因為他不太會說英文。他告訴我，讀到許多勾起美好回憶的那部分時，他笑了。在我拜訪涪陵期間，當學校的官員在當地一家餐館設宴款待我時，他們把我對於昔日宴會的描述取笑一番。「我們不想讓你喝太多酒！」一個幹部說：「你在你的書裡提到我們強迫你喝太多酒。」 「那不是一個大問題，」我說。 「我們當然不想再那樣做！」另一位幹部說。但是另一個人插嘴：「你要不要再喝點白酒？」 在那幾天，我在城裡逛，拜訪老朋友。在銀行那兒，我停下來看錢曼麗，那位我住在涪陵時，唯一與我「約會」過的漂亮年輕女人。那是一個短短的插曲，因為約會一小時後，我就發現她已經結婚了。現在她已經有一個兩歲大的孩子，她說了每次我回到涪陵時一定會說的話。 「你不認得我了，對嗎？」她問：「我比以前胖多了。」 我說：「妳看起來和以前一模一樣。」 當書中的一個人物變胖了，作者該怎麼辦？「妳看起來很好，」我說，然後我就不再說什麼了。 當三峽大壩的第一階段工程完工，而閘門終於關閉時，我回到巫山。那是在二○○三年六月，在<紐約客>裡，我發表了一篇文章，描述一個家庭對於河流上漲的反應。他們已經盡可能地等待了，等在江水上漲之前採收了蔬菜。 二○○三年七月。 傍晚六點，在周家終於將電視、一張書桌、兩張桌子和五張椅子搬到路旁的南瓜田裡，我在江邊立起了磚柱。在新的巫山地圖上，這一片水域叫作滴翠湖。但是，這些地圖是在湖出現之前印製的，事實上，水呈混濁的棕色，而所謂的湖其實是長江的一個入口，在過去一星期，這個入口已漲到三峽大壩後面。周濟恩下一回從他家的竹架棚屋出來時，背上扛著木造的碗櫥。他是一個個子矮小的男人，有一個漂亮的妻子和兩個年幼的女兒。在最近之前，他們一直住在龍門村。新地圖上並沒有這個村子。接下來，周家的一個朋友抱著周家那座以電池供電的時鐘走出來了。和我的腕錶一樣，那時時鐘指著六點三十五分。磚柱周圍的水已經上升了五公分。 看著江上漲就像追蹤時鐘短針的進度：幾乎是無法察覺的。沒有明顯可見的水流，沒有奔騰的水聲，但是每過一個小時，水就上升十五公分。這種變動似乎來自內部，在某種程度上，對於逐漸縮小的江岸上的每一個活動而言，這是一件神祕的事。甲蟲、螞蟻和蜈蚣從江邊成群呈幅射狀散開來。水包圍住磚柱後，一群昆蟲狂亂地爬上乾燥的柱頂，在牠們的小島被水淹沒時，拚命地試圖逃脫。 有一個多星期的時間，水以每小時十五公分的速度上升。這些細節吸引我，直至我把相機的焦距調準了，把鏡頭縮小了：我分分秒秒注意著磚柱上的昆蟲的動靜。當一切都結束時，我登上船，離開巫山。河流已變成湖。 自此我就不曾回去了。這不是我的計畫，而我不確定我為什麼耽擱。也許這是因為我想完成我的第二本書，我擔心舊地重遊會讓我分心。或者，也許三峽大壩的不可改變性讓我感到難過。 但是，我看得出對於異國產生懷舊之情的危險，當這個地方曾被稱為「永遠停滯不前的民族」的家鄉，這種懷舊之情尤其危險。如果當你看到一片地貌改變了，讓你認不出來了，你會感到難過，那麼，當你待在一個不會改變的地方，你會感到更難過。我以前的學生威廉?傑弗遜?佛斯特在畢業後離開他偏遠的家鄉，就像中國各地一億多個鄉下人一樣，他變成一名移居者。他前往東岸繁榮的城市，當一所私立學校的英文老師，步上成功之途。有一年，在假期中回去控望他的父母後，他寫給我一封有關他的家鄉的信。威廉那一代的人幾乎都離開了，他的村子似乎毫無生氣。 回到家時，一切都一如往昔，道路依然崎嶇不平，人們都變老了。我感到很難過，因為我找不到我以前認識的熟人或朋友。 對於大多數中國人而言，如果不選擇經常性的改變，就得選擇貧窮、惡劣的道路和慢船。我是一個在一九九六至一九九八年期間學會喜愛涪陵的外國人，所以，我很感激我有機會為那兩年留下紀錄，而我懷念我認識的地方。但我也因為大部分的涪陵人對於未來都感到十分樂觀而心懷感激。再度航行於長江之上將是一件愉快的事，即使舊日江水的湍急水流已變成回憶。 ——二○○五年十月於北京

本書在美國甫出版即登上美國暢銷書排行榜冠軍。 作者榮獲二○○一年美國文藝學院獎。 即將改拍成電影，由約翰‧厄文親自編劇，並和「狗臉的歲月」瑞典導演萊塞赫‧爾斯多再度合作，暫定由喬治‧庫隆尼主演。 主角是一名新聞記者──派屈克‧華靈福，他無時無刻都在等待災難、等待八卦、等待醜聞。 有一回，採訪印度馬戲團的新聞時，全國觀眾在電視機前，看著他的左手當場被獅子吃掉。後來，有一個寡婦願意捐贈她丈夫的手給他，條件是她擁有手的看護權，而他要付出的代價就是給她一個小孩。 俊美的派屈克身邊盡是一些古怪的女人，他也都順著她們，從來沒有自己的想法。 一個一心想要和他上床幫他生小孩的女主管、一個和他上床的女性主義者要他改變他的一生、一個要他陪她去墮胎的祖母級女人……而他真正愛的卻是那個把丈夫的手捐給他、卻不愛他的寡婦…… 書中有大量滑稽好笑的情節和極盡諷刺新聞媒體的描述，但它不只是一部喜劇而已。約翰‧厄文就說：「這不是關於一個傢伙如何要回他的手的故事，而是要探討，到底有什麼東西從我們的生活中遺失了。」

Acclaimed author Frederic Tuten boldly revives the well-loved character Tintin - the eternally youthful protagonist from Belgian artist Herge's popular comic book series, The Adventures of Tintin - and leads him into an adventure like none he has experienced before. Once again joined by Captain Haddock and his little dog Snowy, the intrepid world traveler Tintin embarks on a mysterious journey to Machu Picchu in Peru. But where danger and intrigue have met him before, this voyage brings new perils and enchantments.

"Irving looks cunningly beyond the eye-catching gyrations of the mating dance to the morning-after implications." --The Washington Post The darker vision and sexual ambiguities of this erotic, ironic tale about a ménage a quatre in a New England university town foreshadow those of The World According to Garp ; but this very trim and precise novel is a marked departure from the author's generally robust, boisterous style. Though Mr. Irving's cool eye spares none of his foursome, he writes with genuine compassion for the sexual tests and illusions they perpetrate on each other; but the sexual intrigue between them demonstrates how even the kind can be ungenerous, and even the well-intentioned, destructive. "One of the most remarkable things about John Irving's first three novels, viewed from the vantage of The World According to Garp , is that they can be read as one extended fictional enterprise. . . . The 158-Pound Marriage is as lean and concentrated as a mine shaft." --Terrence Des Pres

短篇小说集《九故事》是美国当代著名作家J.D.塞林格继《麦田里的守望者》之后出版的第二本书，初版于一九五三年，其中除《下到小船里》《德·杜米埃-史密斯的蓝色时期》外，其余七篇均发表于《纽约客》杂志。 《九故事》是J.D.塞林格的代表作，也是世界公认的当代经典短篇小说集。

In 1939, after ten years as an expatriate, Henry Miller returned to the United States with a keen desire to see what his native land was really like―to get to the roots of the American nature and experience. He set out on a journey that was to last three years, visiting many sections of the country and making friends of all descriptions. The Air-Conditioned Nightmare is the result of that odyssey.

他参军了，以此逃避他所处的环境，逃离一段畸恋。 但严酷的军旅生活压垮了他，他疯了。 精心分析之后，医生得出了结论：这个名叫乔治·史密斯的士兵，是他平生所见最危险的人物，甚至可能并非人类……

Henry Miller’s landmark travel book, now reissued in a new edition, is ready to be stuffed into any vagabond’s backpack. Like the ancient colossus that stood over the harbor of Rhodes, Henry Miller’s The Colossus of Maroussi stands as a seminal classic in travel literature. It has preceded the footsteps of prominent travel writers such as Pico Iyer and Rolf Potts. The book Miller would later cite as his favorite began with a young woman’s seductive description of Greece. Miller headed out with his friend Lawrence Durrell to explore the Grecian countryside: a flock of sheep nearly tramples the two as they lie naked on a beach; the Greek poet Katsmbalis, the “colossus” of Miller’s book, stirs every rooster within earshot of the Acropolis with his own loud crowing; cold hard-boiled eggs are warmed in a village’s single stove, and they stay in hotels that “have seen better days, but which have an aroma of the past.”

Originally published in 1973, this uninhibited story of Isadora Wing was a national sensation: fueling fantasies, igniting debates, and even introducing a notorious new phrase to the English language. In "The New York Times," Henry Miller compared it to his own classic "Tropic of Cancer," predicting, "This book will make literary history, that because of it women are going to find their own voice and give us great sagas of sex, life, joy, and adventure." It went on to sell more than twelve million copies. Today, "Fear of Flying" is a classic--a timeless tale of self-discovery, liberation, and womanhood.

Banned in America for almost thirty years because of its explicit sexual content, this companion volume to Miller's Tropic of Cancer chronicles his life in 1920s New York City. Famous for its frank portrayal of life in Brooklyn's ethnic neighborhoods and Miller's outrageous sexual exploits, The Tropic of Capricorn is now considered a cornerstone of modern literature.

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The author of Fear of Flying chronicles the life of Henry Miller, drawing on her own six-year friendship with him, as well as his works and correspondence, to discuss Miller's life and writing. 40,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo. Tour.

This tender and nostalgic work dates from the same period as Tropic of Cancer (1934). It is a celebration of love, art, and the Bohemian life at a time when the world was simpler and slower, and Miller an obscure, penniless young writer in Paris. Whether discussing the early days of his long friendship with Alfred Perles or his escapades at the Club Melody brothel, in Quiet Days in Clichy Miller describes a period that would shape his entire life and oeuvre.