The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
- by Truman Capote

適逢 Truman Capote八十冥誕, Random House 將盛大出版 Capote 的完整版短篇小說集, 其中包涵Capote 從未發表過的小說THE BARGAIN.  其他慶祝活動還包括出版Capote 的書信集 “TOO BRIEF A TREAT” 以及重新出版他的第一本小說 “OTHER VOICES, OTHER ROOM”. 紐約時報亦將於一週內每日隨報附贈 “第凡內早餐”的連載 並於9/12 紐約時報讀書版史無前歷的連載 “THE BARGAIN”.

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Most readers know Truman Capote as the author of Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood; or they remember his notorious social life and wild and witty public appearances. But he was also the author of superb short tales that were as elegant as they were heartfelt, as grotesque as they were compassionate. Now, on the occasion of what would have been his eightieth birthday, the Modern Library presents the first collection that includes all of Capote's short fiction - a volume that confirms his status as one of the masters of this form.

Among the selections are "A Tree of Night," in which an innocent student, sitting on a train beside a slatternly woman and her deaf-mute companion, enters a seductive nightmare that brings back the deepest fears of childhood . . . "House of Flowers," the inspiration for a celebrated Broadway musical, which tells of a superstitious prostitute who learns to love in a way no one else can ever understand . . . the holiday perennial "A Christmas Memory," famously adapted into a superb made-for-TV movie . . . and "The Bargain," Capote's melancholy, never-before-published 1950 story about a suburban housewife's shifting fortunes.

From the gothic South to the chic East Coast, from rural children to aging urban sophisticates, all the unforgettable places and people of Capote's oeuvre are captured in this first-ever compendium. The Collected Stories of Truman Capote should restore its author to a place above mere celebrity, to the highest levels of American letters.

作者 About the Author
TRUMAN CAPOTE was born in New Orleans on September 30, 1924. In 1948 his first novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms, was published to international critical acclaim, assuring Capote a place among the prominent postwar American writers. He won the O. Henry Memorial Short Story Prize twice and was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. His other works include Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Grass Harp, and the nonfiction masterpiece In Cold Blood. He died on August 25, 1984.

REYNOLDS PRICE is the James B. Duke Professor of English at Duke University and the distinguished author of more than twenty-five books of fiction, poetry, drama, and essays. He lives in North Carolina.


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At Day's Close
- by A. Roger Ekirch

黑夜的歷史: 在發明電燈之前的好幾世紀 我們是如何渡過漫漫長夜的...

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A stunning portrait of how we lived at night in the centuries before electric lighting.  Nighttime-the forgotten half of history-spawned a remarkably vibrant culture with its own rules and rituals, scents, sights, and sounds.  In the preindustrial age, daytime and nighttime were separate worlds-with daylight's departure people entered a dark realm of real and imagined perils. But darkness also offered people freedom from their daily lives, and multitudes drew fresh strength from the setting sun.

Crime, fire, and evil spirits; navigating fields by starlight; evening gatherings to spin wool and tales; masked balls and night-cellars; magic, ancestral lore, and prayers; midnight liaisons and bundling; dissolute aristocrats and rebellious slaves; the rhythms of sleep and dreams—all these and more are interwoven in A. Roger Ekirch's enthralling study based on twenty years of archival research. Beautifully illuminated by a color insert and with black-and-white illustrations throughout, this compelling narrative is panoramic in scope, yet fashioned on an intimate scale and enriched by personal stories. 60 black-and-white illustrations, 8 pages of color.

作者 About the Author
A. Roger Ekirch is professor of history at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. He and his family make their home on Sugarloaf Mountain outside Roanoke, Virginia.

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Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose
- by Paris Hilton

近來引起注目的美國社交界名媛同時也是希爾頓飯店集團女繼承人Paris Hilton出書告白...

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Paris Hilton has a lifestyle most girls dream about. Her name is on everyone's lips -- but can she help it if she was born rich and privileged? Now, with a sly sense of humor and a big wink at her media image, Paris lets you in for a sneak peek at the life of a real, live heiress/model/actress/singer/it-girl and tells you how anyone can live a fairy-tale life like hers.

"If you follow your own plans and dreams and you don't let anyone talk you out of them, then you'll start to get the hang of being an heiress....All you need after that is a good handbag, a great pose, and very high heels, and you're on your way. (Long blond hair doesn't hurt, either.)"

In her fabulous and very tongue-in-cheek -- and chic -- guide, you'll discover Paris's twenty-three rules for How to Be an Heiress (Never have only one cell phone when you can have many), Paris's list of Twelve Things an Heiress Would Never Do (Go out the night after the Oscars), and Three Things Most People Think Heiresses Shouldn't Do, But I Think They Should (Go out with broke guys). Paris also shares private information such as her memories of growing up with her sister, Nicky, and family photos; her favorite designers and her unique beauty secrets; what a night out with Paris is like; her personal gallery of fashion don'ts; and behind-the-scenes stories from both installments of her hit television series, The Simple Life. Of course no book by Paris would be complete without her pet teacup Chihuahua, Tinkerbell, and in these pages, the best-dressed dog in the world shares pages from her own secret diary.

Featuring more than three hundred fabulous color photos of Paris, Confessions of an Heiress is a look at life from the unique perspective of a young woman who has the whole world at her stiletto-clad feet.

作者 About the Author
Paris Hilton-希爾頓集團繼 承人之一的芭麗絲•希爾頓

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Angelina Jolie's Journals
- by Angelina Jolie

國際知名女星Angelina Jolie三年前擔任聯合國親善大使拜訪世界各地難民的親筆記實及感言...

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Three years ago, award-winning actress Angelina Jolie took on a radically different role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Here are her memoirs from her journeys to Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Pakistan, Cambodia, and Ecuador, where she lived and worked and gave her heart to those who suffer the world's most shattering violence and victimization. Here are her revelations of joy and warmth amid utter destitution?compelling snapshots of courageous and inspiring people for whom survival is their daily work?and candid notes from a unique pilgrimage that completely changed the actress's worldview -- and the world within herself.

作者 About the Author
Angelina Jolie has starred in more than twenty films, including Gia; The Bone Collector; Girl, Interrupted; Gone in 60 Seconds; Lara Croft: Tomb Raider; and Beyond Borders

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Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care : 8th Edition
- by Benjamin Spock, Robert Needlman

國際知名育嬰專家Benjamin Spock, M.D. 的育嬰寶典 由Robert Meedlman, M.D. 做最新第八版修訂 堪稱為二十一世紀的育兒寶典...

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Angelina Jolie has starred in more than twenty films, including Gia; The Bone Collector; Girl, Interrupted; Gone in 60 Seconds; Lara Croft: Tomb Raider; and Beyond Borders

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THE NEW ECONOMY: And What It Means for America's Future by Roger Alcaly
- by Roger Alcaly

身為避險基金專家及經濟學家的作者在本書中指出 目前美國的經濟情況是下個階段繁榮與成長的開端 但危機也潛伏在角落…  

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"A book of major importance, the first to describe the realities of the new economy. Alcaly states that the new economy began in 1995, and is only beginning--and he is right. Why? Because the book's strength lies in his excellent historical comparisons to comparable eras of profound economic and business transformation." --Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Isidor Straus Professor of Business History Emeritus, Harvard Business School

"Stock markets occasionally go to the loony bin in both directions. The Internet-related bubble of the late 1990s has now been replaced by excessive pessimism. Roger Alcaly distinguishes fact from fiction about the new economy and argues persuasively that we have just begun to see the effects of far-reaching changes in technology and business practices. Investors and general readers alike will find Alcaly's important book a must-read in understanding the historic transformation affecting business and the economy." --Burton G. Malkiel, author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street

作者 About the Author
Roger Alcaly is a hedge-fund manager, an economist, and a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books. He lives in New York City.

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Bin ich schoen?《我美麗嗎？》
- by Doris Doerrie

本書於1998年已經拍成同名電影《我美麗嗎？》
導演即作者： Doris Dorrie
演員： Iris Berben, Senta Berger, Heike Makatsch, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Franka Potente

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17 篇不時迸出放肆智慧的熟女故事: 老婆閹了老公，把那話兒扔向茫茫麥田；新娘在婚禮前夕的大雨中幫另一個女人試婚紗；女教授在課堂上老是大剌剌地拿出蜂蜜吃個過癮；少婦臀後的贅肉醜陋如牛糞，但仍堅持套上那件喀什米爾洋毛衣...

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Doris Doerrie 德國文藝才女笑傲文壇佳作 魅力橫掃坎城影展電影原著

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Odd Jobs: Portraits of Unusual Occupations
- by Nancy Rica Schiff

古怪的工作–65個不常見的工作者群像史密森尼自然歷史博物館專門清除恐龍標本灰塵的人是什麼樣子？是哪種人靠聞聞狗兒的口氣來維生？直接幫真人模特兒量胸圍，這麼好康的工作是誰在做？「古怪的工作」帶您一窺從事這些奇特工作的人們，看看他們的世界到底有多麼不一樣...          

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在肯塔基州賽馬大會的大本營—著名的邱吉爾丘陵是由誰吹響號角的？史密森尼自然歷史博物館專門清除恐龍標本灰塵的人是什麼樣子？是哪種人靠聞聞狗兒的口氣來維生？直接幫真人模特兒量胸圍，這麼好康的工作是誰在做？「古怪的工作」帶您一窺從事這些奇特工作的人們，看看他們的世界到底有多麼不一樣。
攝影藝術家南西.麗卡.薛芙從這六十五個奇特工作者群像中，以其特殊的影像語言捕捉住他們因與眾不同的職業所展現出的迥然不同人格特質。從事攝影創作二十多年，薛芙一直都很關注非主流工作型態的人物，將這些從事他人所不能做（或是不會去做）的工作的人，其真實面貌與個性挖掘出來。跟著南西的腳步，你也將發現世界另一個自由、勇敢與奇特的面向，及一個個誠實面對生活的生命故事。

作者 About the Author
南西.麗卡.薛芙 Nancy Rica Schiff 是一位活躍於紐約的攝影、藝術家，發表過許多人物攝影作品 ; 本書是她過去十二年創作生涯中的最愛。她花了很多心力進行「古怪的工作者群像」這項創作計畫，她爬上總統雕像著稱的羅斯福爾山，驚險地站在喬治.華盛頓頭頂，向下俯拍正在修補湯瑪斯.傑佛遜雕像鼻子的填縫工。
你可以上南西的個人專屬網站，更瞭解南西：www.nancyricaschiff.com

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BETSY AND THE EMPEROR 拿破崙上我家做客
- by Staton Rabin

14 歲的少女 Betsy 家裡來了一位不尋常的客人 -- 拿破崙, 曾經是法國最尊貴的皇帝 地球上最可怖的人, 如今在1815 年 拿破崙已是城下之敗將 被囚禁在聖海倫娜島上…                                      

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以史實為背景 作者 Staton Rabin 揉合了幽默詼諧 冒險 以及戲劇性的情節 虛構出以一代偉人為主角的故事, 這是一個有關勇氣與希望的故事

作者 About the Author
Staton Rabin

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Inside Nissan's Historic Revival
- by CARLOS GHOSN

Nissan傳奇性的CEO--Carlos Ghosn，將道出他如何帶領瀕臨破產的Nissan起死回生，寫下汽車工業史上新的一頁...                                                                         

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Carlos Ghosn, the audacious and widely admired CEO of Nissan, recounts the risk-taking, rule-breaking tactics he used to revitalize the nearly bankrupt company and achieve one of the most remarkable turnarounds in automotive--and corporate--history...

作者 About the Author
Carlos Ghosn--Nissan汽車現任CEO

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