简介：在这本精美的书里，马兹·古斯塔夫森的水彩和拼贴画代替相机捕捉迪奥的核心与美。
尽管插画是二十世纪前期用来推广时装的一种基础元素，直到20世纪70年代，照片一直是主流媒介。《时尚插画师马兹·古斯塔夫森笔下的迪奥》就是呈现最早期的优秀合集。

Introduction: In this beautiful book, Mats Gustafson captures Dior’s core and beauty with watercolour and collage instead of the camera.
Although illustration was a foundational element used to promote fashion in the early twentieth century, photography was the mainstream media until the 1970s. “Dior by Mats Gustafon, fashion illustrator” is the earliest excellent compilation.

简介：香奈儿5号是由阿尔卑斯山和地中海之间的一个风景如画的鲜花制成，自1921世纪香水成立以来就被称为Pegomas Valley。这款美丽而奢华的礼品，为香奈儿传奇品牌和香水制作艺术带来了迷人的魅力。

Introduction: Chanel 5 is made of flower growing between the Alps and the Mediterranean Sea, which is known as the Pegomas Valley since the establishment of the perfume in the 1921s. This beautiful and luxurious gift brought fascinating charm to the legendary brands Chanel and art of making perfume.

简介：我们经常对法兰西抱着一种异乎寻常的美好幻觉，然而法国人的真实情况又是什么呢？本书从外国旁观者的视角探索了10种人们贴在法国人身上的“文化标签”：“巴黎很浪漫”、法国电影全是文艺片”、“法国女人都很优雅”、“法国人对婚外恋不以为然”这本书从“正史”不会涉及的种种细节还原了法国人真实生活的各个面向，不失为一本色香味俱全的另类法国文化概览。

We often have an egregious and beautiful illusion of France, but what is the real situation of the French? This book explores 10 “culture labels”, “culture labels” with which foreign onlookers have labelled the French.: “Paris is romantic”, “French films are all art films”, “French women are all elegant”, “ French think nothing of the extra-marital affair”. This book restores the real life of the French people from all aspects in detail that will not be covered in the “official history”, so it is a different overview of French culture with great content and interest.

简介：我们所生活的这个时代，形象几可定义一切，品牌文化的扩散则创造了一切。事实是，消费文化全球化所裨益的对象，局限在资本家、中心国家，却造成社会与社会间经济实力的落差日渐加大，更使得文化的创造力渐趋枯竭。所幸，反对之势已逐渐酝酿。《NO LOGO》是对全球经济发展的全面讲述，也是对抵制行动的全面介绍。

Introduction: It seems that the image means everything in this era that we live, so the proliferation of brand culture has created everything. In fact, the object benefiting from the globalization of consumer culture is limited to the capitalist and central countries, but it causes widening difference in the economic strength between societies and gradually depletes the cultural creativity. Fortunately, the momentum of opposition has been growing. “NO LOGO” extensively represents the global economic development and boycott.

简介：图画的制作已经有一段很长的历史，或许可以追溯到100000年前，一个非洲贝壳作为油漆调色板的时代。三分之二已经是无迹可寻的了，因为我们所知的最早的图像是从大约40000年前。这40000年来都发生了什么？

Introduction: The production of painting has a long history, which can be traced back to 100,000 years ago, an age in which an African shell was used as an oil paint palette. Two-thirds are untraceable because the earliest images we know are from about 40,000 years ago. What happened in these 40,000 years?

简介：受到早期日本摄影师东松照明和威廉·克莱因拍摄的影响深远的纽约摄影作品的启发，森山大道在六十年代初从大阪搬到东京成为摄影师。他成为了一个先锋摄影风格的主要指标，这种风格完全符合东京在社会大动荡时期的紧张气氛。

Introduction: Enlightened by the early Japanese photographer Tomatsu Shomei and the influential New York photography works by William Klein, Daido Moriyama moved to Tokyo from Osaka in the early 1960s and became a photographer. He led the trend of the avant-garde style of photography which fully conforms to the tense atmosphere of Tokyo in a period of social upheaval.

简介：《古乐之美》根据中国古代乐器按照不同制作材料制定的八音分类法：“金、石、土、革、丝、木、匏、竹”，将全书分为八卷，甄选六十种古乐器，从乐器形制、历史背景、制造工艺、文学艺术四个角度为读者讲述中国古乐器的源流发展及美学意义。

Introduction: In the “The beauty of ancient music”, the eight categories of musical instrument in ancient orchestras were based on the different production materials of ancient Chinese musical instruments: metal, stone, string, bamboo, gourd, clay, leather and wood. The book is divided into eight volumes and tells the origin and development of Chinese ancient musical instruments and their aesthetic significance from the instrument shape, historical background, manufacturing technology, literature and art of the sixty types of ancient musical instruments selected.

简介：《魔灯》是世界电影巨匠英格玛·伯格曼的生平自述，写于作者拍摄完《芬妮与亚历山大》，宣布结束自己的电影生涯的五年之后。与他的影片同样，本书充满了生动的细节，透露出强烈的内省。伍迪·艾伦称之为“天才之声”。

Introduction: “Laterna magica” is a biographical statement of world film master Ingmar Bergman, which was written five years after the author finished the shooting of “Fanny and Alexander” and announced the end of his film career. Like his film, this book is filled with vivid details, revealing a strong introspection. Woody Allen calls it “The sound of genius”.

简介：这本时尚的出版物赞扬了斯堪的纳维亚文化在国际上对艺术、设计、时尚、食品和室内设计的影响，并寻找那些正在世界舞台上创作的创意人士和风尚引领者。

Introduction: This fashion print praises the international influence that Scandinavian culture has had on art, design, fashion, food and interior design and looks for the creative professionals and fashion leaders who are creating on the world stage.

简介：这本书是由现任庄园的女士撰写的，书中全面介绍了世界著名的历史乡村住宅，并展示了过去和现在的款待艺术。以唐顿庄园为背景的高克莱城堡，是我们如何想象完美的英国乡村别墅的缩影。

Introduction: Written by a lady currently living in a stately home, the book gives a full report on the world-famous historic village houses and presents the entertainment art in the past and the present. Cogley Castle, with Downtown Abbey as the background, provides an epitome for us to imagine how is the perfect English country house.

简介：这是一部特别的非虚构，作者云也退以他在以色列的一所集体农庄（基布兹）劳动的一个月为主线，穿插叙述了他在以色列各地行走的见闻和思考。以色列人的头脑以顽固著称，但又能向创新敞开各种可能。

Introduction: This is a special non-fiction. The author, Yun Yetui, describes what he saw and heard when travelling across Israel, and his deliberations during the month he spent working on a collective farm (Kibbutz) in Israel. Israelis are famous for their stubbornness, but open to all possibilities of creativity.

简介：花道是女性的、感性的、门槛高的吗？作者提出，这些都是人们对花道的误解，实际上，插花是一种人人皆可修习的日常素养，是一种如数学般通过理性计算得出的美。

Introduction: Does Ikebana belong to the female and have a high threshold? Is it sensual? The author argues that these are people’s misunderstandings about Ikebana. Actually, Ikebana is a daily attainment that everyone can learn and it is a kind of beauty that can be calculated by reason, such as mathematics.

简介：《空气女的时间志》集合了寺山修司的自传、作家论、电影导演论等内容。极具洞察力与想象力的寺山修司，向我们娓娓道来他对成长、家庭、爱情、诗歌和戏剧的理解。他用细腻的笔触，创造了一个奇诡魔幻的绚烂世界，在幻想与现实的交错之中，探讨个人与社会的本质。

Introduction: “Watakushi toiu nazo” assembles Sishan Xiusi’s autobiography, writing theory and film director’s theory and other content. Sishan Xiusi, who is highly insightful and imaginative, talks about his understanding about growth, family, love, poetry and drama. He creates a world of magic and wonder with his delicate strokes, and discusses the nature of individuals and society in the interlacing of illusion and reality.

简介：阿尔巴尼亚的欧洲议会官员Y先生和情人罗薇娜在一起交通事故中遇难，幸存的出租车司机惊魂未定，对事故原因含糊其辞，只反复说因为看到后视镜中的两位乘客“试图接吻”而受到惊吓。受害者的特殊身份和幸存者含糊不清的证词引来东欧多国的安全部门介入，调查无果，又纷纷退出。最后，有一名锲而不舍的调查者通过分析目击者的证言、两人的手记和罗薇娜密友的回忆，抽丝剥茧地理出了交通事故后面隐藏着的故事。

Introduction: Mr.Y, the European Parliament member of Albania, and his lover Rowena died in a traffic accident and the surviving taxi driver was still in shock and talked vaguely about the accident but only repeatedly said that he was frightened seeing the two passengers trying to kiss from the rear-view mirror. The victim’s special identity and the vague testimony of survivors resulted in the intervention of security forces in many European countries which dropped out because of fruitless investigation. Finally, one investigator working with perseverance sorted out the story hidden behind the accident by analyzing witnesses’ testimony, the notes of the two deceased and memories of Rowena’s closest friends.

简介：一位杰出的科学家，他是世界上最著名的无神论者——道金斯——以严谨而机敏的方式重新审视了上帝，他驳斥了宗教的主要论点，并论证了宗教所宣扬的至高无上的力量的不可能性。他以历史和当代的证据，展示了宗教是如何促成战争、煽动歧视，甚至虐待儿童的。他认为对宗教的狂热信仰不但是错误的，更可能是致命的。道金斯因本书颠覆性的观念被西方宗教群体称为撒旦的化身。

Introduction: Dawkins, an eminent scientist and the most famous atheist in the world, re-examined God in a rigorous and astute manner. He denounced the main arguments of religion and argued the supreme and impossible power that religion preaches. He demonstrated how religion sparked a war, incited discrimination and abused children with historical and contemporary evidence. He believes that the rabid belief in religion is not only wrong, but more fatal. Dawkins was regarded as an embodiment of Satan by the Western religious community for his subversive ideas.

简介：《爱因斯坦传》是一本爱因斯坦的生活传记，是最值得珍藏的20世纪科学巨匠爱因斯坦的权威传记。《爱因斯坦传》揭示了爱因斯坦的科学想象如何源于他叛逆的个性。引人入胜的故事证明，创造力与自由密不可分。

Introduction: “Einstein Biography” is a biography of his daily life and the most valuable authoritative biography of Einstein, who was the giant of science in the 20th century. “Einstein Biography” reveals how Einstein’s scientific imagination stems from his rebellious personality. The fascinating stories prove that creativity and freedom are inseparable.

简介：一个婴儿蜷缩在一个贝壳里，花床上或母亲怀里。凭借她独特的拍摄风格和敏锐的组合，安妮·格迪斯（Anne Geddes）已经成为世界上最知名和最受爱戴的摄影师之一，她以把婴儿和父母拍成柔和、富有特色、和充满活力的肖像而著称。

Introduction: A baby huddled in a shell, a flower bed or her mother’s arms. Anne Geddes has become one of the most well-known and loved photographers in the world for her unique shooting style and keen combinations. She is known for shooting babies and parents as soft and unique portraits full of vitality.

简介：《名著名译名绘版:爱丽斯漫游奇境》被公认为现代童话的奠基之作，作品在一个怪诞的故事里点燃机智和幽默。从爱丽丝掉进兔子洞那一刻起，美妙如梦的冒险随之展开，抽水烟的毛毛虫、坏脾气的老鼠、咧着嘴笑的猫脸让人过目难忘，怪诞与幽默的组合俘获一代代老少读者的心。

Introduction: “Masterwork, famous translation and painting version: Alice in Wonderland” is recognized as the foundation of modern fairy tales. The works contain wit and humor, revealed in one grotesque story. From the moment Alice fell into the rabbit hole, her wonderful adventure begins. The hookah-smoking caterpillar, the bad tempered mouse and the grinning cat leave unforgotten images for people. The combination of grotesque and humor has captured the hearts of young and old readers, generation after generation.

简介：有一只100万年也不死的猫，它死了100万次，又活了100万次。它先是国王的猫，然后又是水手、魔术师...但它活得浑浑噩噩，对一切漠不关心，直到有一天，它变成了一只只属于自己的野猫，爱上了一只美丽的白猫，它才头一次知道为什么而活……

Introduction: There was a cat that lived for 100 years; it died 100 times and came to life 100 times. He was first the king’s cat, later became a sailor, a magician… but he lived the unexamined life and cared for nothing until one day he became a wildcat of his own and fell in love with a beautiful white cat; he learnt for the first what he was living for.

简介：《给孩子的音乐》是古典音乐推广者，音乐评论家、鉴赏家、学者刘雪枫以数十年研究功力、博闻强记的曲目积累和鉴赏经验，精心为孩子们挑选的音乐聆听曲库。

Introduction: “Music for children” is a music library carefully selected by Liu Xuefeng, the classical music promoter, music critic, connoisseur and scholar who has spent decades of years researching music and accumulating knowledge about music and the appreciation experience.

简介：摩登聚餐是一本食谱，能指导当今的聚餐爱好者做出色香味俱全、值得晒图的美食。书中包含100个用于聚餐的预制菜谱，能满足肉食之上、无谷蛋白、无乳制品、素食主义和纯素食主义人群的不同需求。

Introduction: Modern Potluck is a cookbook and guide for today’s potluckers that delivers Instagram-worthy dishes packed with exciting, bold flavors. These 100 make-ahead recipes are perfect for a crowd and navigate carnivore, gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian, and vegan preferences gracefully.

简介：【MONOCLE指南】饮酒&吃饭是为所有爱美食的人而来，没有浮夸吹嘘。这不仅仅是一顿美味的食物: 我们还提供了招待的技巧，去哪里找最好的食材以及怎么使用最锋利的沙佩厨房用具。除了报道最新鲜的市场、商店和生产商，我们还提供从阿德莱德到兹里奇，再到世界各地必去餐馆概要。

Introduction: [Monocle Guide] Drinking & Dining is for all those who love food, and that is no idle boast. This is not just a delicious meal: we also provide hospitality tips, where to find the best ingredients and how to use the sharpest Chapais kitchenware. In addition to reporting the freshest markets, shops and producers, we also supply a summary of the must-go restaurants from Adelaide to the Zidich and around the world.

简介：我们熟悉的寿司、天妇罗、刺身、乌冬面等传统日本食物最初是什么样子？外来饮食又对日本传统料理产生了怎样的影响？作者梳理了大量中日文献、考古成果，结合在日本的亲身经历，从日本上古时代的饮食生活讲起，论述了日本料理如何由带有浓郁东亚大陆色彩的饮食，发展至具有鲜明列岛特色的日本料理。

Introduction: What did the traditional Japanese foods, such as sushi, tempura, sashimi, and udon noodles, that we are familiar with, look like originally? What influence has foreign food had on traditional Japanese cuisine? The author discusses how Japanese food, with deeply East Asian features, developed into one with a distinctive island character from the culinary lifestyle of Japanese in the ancient times by looking over a wide range of Chinese and Japanese literature, archaeological achievements and by combining this with his personal experience in Japan.

简介：意大利人是一个爱谈吃的民族，就像其他民族喜好谈体育或政治，他们喜欢谈某种本地酒，或者回忆以前某顿饭的味道。这是意大利给作者初到时的深刻印象，她因而发现了意大利人的“饮食符码”和他们谈论食物的方式。

Introduction: Italians are a people fond of talking about dining. Just as other nations like to talk about sport or politics, they like to talk about a local wine or recall the taste of a meal they had. This is the original impression of Italy left to the author who accidentally discovered the Italian’s “diet code” and the way Italians talk about food.