The Fly Swatter

The Fly SwatterBy: Nicholas Dawidoff In The Fly Swatter, Nicholas Dawidoff bestselling author of The Catcher Was a Spy vividly reconstructs the life of his grandfather, Alexander Gerschenkron the Harvard professor who knew the most. A fascinating character, Gerschenkron feuded with Vladimir Nabokov and John Kenneth Galbraith, flirted with Marlene Dietrich, and played chess with Marcel Duchamp and one upped both Isiah Berlin and (allegedly) Ted Williams. At Harvard,

along with more than two hundred illustrations--all about him

自由譯者與編輯，喜歡分身於書房與廚房，領略創造的樂趣。

But money alone won’t protect you when someone decides it’s high time you met your maker

Some books on algorithms are rigorous but incomplete

the evil sorcerer Gargamel is working harder than ever to discover the secret location of the Smurf Village

the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus's favor

Luna and Owen—and stay that way even after an unexplained death rocks their social circle

- Crews and machines

With thick pages cut into the shape of each letter

the 100th Who Was

‧1988年11月發行簡體版《野火集》，首印六萬餘冊

It is a journey of discovery that engages the senses