《紐約時報》年100本值得關注的書(2)
THOSE WHO LEAVE AND THOSE WHO STAY: Book 3, The Neapolitan Novels: “Middle Time.” By Elena Ferrante. Translated by Ann Goldstein. (Europa Editions, paper, $18.) The third novel in Ferrante’s series, which tracks a long and complicated friendship.
《離開的與留下的：第三冊，那不勒斯小說系列：中間時刻》(Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay: Book 3, The Neapolitan Novel: “Middle Time”)。伊莉娜·法倫特(Elena Ferrant)著。安·戈德斯坦(Ann Goldstein)翻譯。歐羅巴編輯出版社，平裝，18美元。法倫特系列小說的第三部，追溯一段漫長複雜的友誼。
THE WALLCREEPER. By Nell Zink. (Dorothy, a Publishing Project, paper, $16.) Zink’s heady, rambunctious debut is an environmental novel, if a totally surprising and irreverent one.
《爬牆植物》(The Wall Creeper)。奈爾·津克(Nell Zink)著。多蘿西(Dorothy)，一個出版計劃，平裝，16美元。津克興奮吵鬧的處女作是一部關於環境的小說，出人意料、離經叛道。WE ARE NOT OURSELVES. By Matthew Thomas. (Simon & Schuster, $28.) Thomas’s gorgeous family epic follows three Irish-American generations.
《我們不是我們自己》(We Are Not Ourselves)。馬修·托馬斯(Matthew Thomas)著。西蒙與舒斯特出版社，28美元。托馬斯精彩的家庭史詩追溯了一個愛爾蘭裔美國家庭三代的經歷。
WHEN MYSTICAL CREATURES ATTACK! By Kathleen Founds. (University of Iowa, paper, $16.) This dark, rich little novel in stories shows Founds as a talented moralist of nearly Russian ferocity.
《神祕生物攻擊！》(When Mystical Creatures Attack!)。凱瑟琳·方德斯(Kathleen Founds)著。愛荷華大學出版社(University of Iowa)，平裝，16美元。這本陰暗、豐富、短小，通過短篇故事呈現的小說表明方德斯是天才的道德家，有着近似俄羅斯作家的兇猛。NONFICTION
非虛構類AMERICAN MIRROR: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell. By Deborah Solomon. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $28.) Solomon pays honest respect to Rockwell for his dedication through periods of self-doubt, depression and marital tumult.
《美國之鏡：諾曼·洛克威爾的生活與藝術》(American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell)。黛博拉·所羅門(Deborah Soloman)著。法拉·斯特勞斯與吉魯科斯出版社，28美元。洛克威爾在自我懷疑、抑鬱與婚姻動盪期間也表現出了奉獻精神，所羅門對此獻上了誠摯的敬意。BEING MORTAL: Medicine and What Matters in the End. By Atul Gawande. (Metropolitan/Holt, $26.) A meditation on living better with age-related frailty, serious illness and approaching death.
《終有一死: 臨終階段的醫藥與重要事項》(Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End)。阿圖爾·加萬德(Atul Gawande)著。大都會/霍爾特出版社(Metropolitan/Holt)，26美元。關於生命的冥想，在關於年老的脆弱、嚴重疾病和麪對死亡方面尤爲精彩。BUILDING A BETTER TEACHER: How Teaching Works (and How to Teach It to Everyone). By Elizabeth Green. (Norton, $27.95.) What emerges here is the gaping chasm between what the best teachers do and how they are evaluated.
《做更好的教師：教育怎樣發揮作用（以及怎樣把這一點教給所有人）》(Building A Better Teacher:How Teaching Works[and How to Teach It to Everyone])。伊麗莎白·格林(Elizabeth Green)著。諾頓出版社，27.95美元。書中提出，最好的教師的做法與教師評價標準之間存在巨大的鴻溝。CAN’T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT? Written and illustrated by Roz Chast. (Bloomsbury, $28.) This scorchingly honest, achingly wistful graphic memoir looks at the last years of Chast’s nonagenarian parents.
《我們能說更愉快的事嗎?》(Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?)，羅茲·查斯特(Roz Chast)創作並繪畫。布魯姆斯伯裏出版社(Bloomsbury)，28美元。這部極度誠實、充滿痛苦懷念的圖文回憶錄追溯了查斯特90多歲的父母的晚年時光。CHINA’S SECOND CONTINENT: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa. By Howard W. French. (Knopf, $27.95.) French delves into the actual lives of the Chinese who have uprooted themselves to live and work in Africa.
《中國的第二塊大陸：一百萬移民怎樣在非洲建立新帝國》(China’s Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa)。霍華德·W·弗蘭徹(Howard W. French)著。克諾普夫出版社，27.95美元。弗蘭徹在本書中深入研究在非洲工作與生活的中國人的真實生活。CUBED: A Secret History of the Workplace. By Nikil Saval. (Doubleday, $26.95.) This account of office design and technology since the Civil War offers insights into the changing nature of work.
《隔間：辦公室祕史》(Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace)。尼克爾·薩沃爾(Nikil Saval)著。雙日出版社(Doubleday)，26.95美元。本書描述南北戰爭以來的辦公室設計與技術，洞察到工作性質的改變。DEEP DOWN DARK: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free. By Héctor Tobar. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $26.) Tobar graphically recounts the quandaries faced by the victims of Chile’s 2010 mine disaster.
《深入黑暗：關於33個被埋在智利礦井下的人未被講述的故事及營救奇蹟》(Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free)。赫克託·託巴(Héctor Tobar)著。法拉，斯特勞斯與吉魯科斯出版社，26美元。託巴生動地敘述了2010年智利礦難中的受害者們所面臨的困境。DEMON CAMP: A Soldier’s Exorcism. By Jennifer Percy. (Scribner, $26.) Percy’s first book follows an anguished Army veteran who searches for salvation in a Christian exorcism camp.
《魔鬼營:一個士兵的驅邪》(Demon Camp: A Soldier’s Exorcism)。詹妮弗·珀西(Jennifer Percy)著。斯克里布納出版社，26美元。這是珀西的第一本書，講述一個痛苦的老兵在基督教驅邪營中尋找拯救的故事。DUTY: Memoirs of a Secretary at War. By Robert M. Gates. (Knopf, $35.) One of the few Obama administration members who come off well in this frank account — probably one of the best Washington memoirs ever — is Hillary Clinton.
《責任：國防部長回憶錄》(Duty: Memoires of a Secretary at War)。羅伯特·M·蓋茨(Robert M. Gates)著。克諾普夫出版社，35美元。這本敘事坦白的書或許是史上最佳華盛頓回憶錄之一，書中奧巴馬政府成員裏少有的好人之一就是希拉里·克林頓(Hillary Clinton)。DYING EVERY DAY: Seneca at the Court of Nero. By James Romm. (Knopf, $27.95.) A classicist tries to unravel the enigma of the Stoic philosopher who was the Roman emperor Nero’s adviser.
《每天都在死亡：尼祿宮廷中的塞內加》(Dying Everyday: Seneca at the Court of Nero)。詹姆斯·羅姆(James Romm)著。克諾普夫出版社，27.95美元。一位古典學者試圖揭開這位擔任羅馬帝王尼祿顧問的斯多葛哲學家之謎。EICHMANN BEFORE JERUSALEM: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer. By Bettina Stangneth. Translated by Ruth Martin. (Knopf, $35.) The Eichmann of this study is a much more motivated Nazi than in Arendt’s version.
《耶路撒冷之前的艾希曼：大屠殺製造者未經審視的人生》(Eichmann Before Jerusalem: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer)。貝蒂納·斯坦格尼斯(Bettina Stangneth)著。拉斯·馬丁(Ruth Martin)翻譯。克諾普夫出版社，35美元。同阿倫特(Arendt)的書相比，這本書中的艾希曼是更積極的納粹分子。ELEPHANT COMPANY: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II. By Vicki Constantine Croke. (Random House, $28.) A rich portrait of a fascinating Englishman in extraordinary times.
《大象夥伴：一個不太可能的英雄與幫助他在“二戰”中拯救生命的動物園們鼓舞人心的故事》(Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II)。維吉·康斯坦丁·克洛克(Vicki Constantine Croke)。蘭登書屋出版社，28美元。對非常時期一個迷人的英國人做了精彩的描述。EMBATTLED REBEL: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief. By James M. McPherson. (Penguin Press, $32.95.) The Confederate president as “a product of his time and circumstances.”
《嚴陣以待的反叛者：擔任總指揮的傑斐遜·戴維斯》(Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief)。詹姆斯·M·麥克弗森(James M. McPherson)著。企鵝出版社，32.95美元。這位南部邦聯的總統是“他所處的時代與環境的產物”。THE EMPATHY EXAMS: Essays. By Leslie Jamison. (Graywolf, $15.) Considerations of pain, physical and emotional, and how it affects our relationships with one another and with ourselves.
《共情測驗：文集》(The Empathy Exams: Essays)。萊斯利·詹米森(Leslie Jamison)著。格雷沃夫出版社，15美元。對身心痛苦的思考，以及這些痛苦如何影響我們與他人乃至自身的關係。FACTORY MAN: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local — and Helped Save an American Town. By Beth Macy. (Little, Brown, $28.) Macy’s folksy concentration on her local hero makes complex global issues understandable.
《工廠人：一個傢俱製造商如何在海外作戰、留在本地——並協助拯救了一個美國鎮子》(Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local — and Helped Save an American Town)。貝絲·馬西(Beth Macy)著。利特爾，布朗出版社，28美元。馬西講述了她家鄉的英雄，友好的風格令複雜的全球問題變得易懂。THE FAME LUNCHES: On Wounded Icons, Money, Sex, the Brontës, and the Importance of Handbags. By Daphne Merkin. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $28.) Forty-six essays that share a similar curiosity about the glittering byproducts of personal pain.
《名望午餐：關於受傷的偶像、金錢、性、勃朗特姊妹以及手袋的重要性》(The Fame Lunches: On Wounded Icons, Money, Sex, the Brontës, and the Importance of Handbags)。達芙妮·默金(Daphne Merkin)著。法拉·斯特勞斯與吉魯科斯出版社，28美元。收錄46篇散文，分享對私人痛苦閃閃發光的副產品的好奇。FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES: A Memoir. By Charles M. Blow. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27.) The Times Op-Ed columnist describes overcoming his rage at being abused as a child.
《火焰在我骨骼中靜止：回憶錄》(Fire Shut up in My Bones: A Memoir)。查爾斯·M·布婁(Charles M. Blow)著。休頓、米夫林，哈克特出版社(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)，27美元。《紐約時報》評論作家講述自己童年被虐待時的憤怒。FORCING THE SPRING: Inside the Fight for Marriage Equality. By Jo Becker. (Penguin Press, $29.95.) A fly-on-the-wall account of the 2013 Supreme Court case that led to the overturn of California’s ban on same-sex marriage.
《促進春天來臨：婚姻平等戰鬥內情》(Forcing the Spring: Inside the Fight for Marriage Equality)。約·貝卡(Jo Beckaer)著。企鵝出版社，29.95美元。對2013年最高法院導致加利福尼亞州廢除禁止同性婚姻一案做了全景式描述。GANDHI BEFORE INDIA. By Ramachandra Guha. (Knopf, $35.) It was as a young lawyer in South Africa that Gandhi forged the philosophy and strategies later put to such effect in India.
《印度之前的甘地》(Gandhi Before India)。羅摩旃陀羅·古哈(Ramachandra Guha)著。克諾普夫出版社，35美元。在南非擔任律師期間，年輕的甘地形成了日後對印度產生重大影響的哲學與戰略。GEEK SUBLIME: The Beauty of Code, the Code of Beauty. By Vikram Chandra. (Graywolf, paper, $16.) With great subtlety and depth, Chandra, who is both a novelist and a programmer, traces the connections between art and technology.
《極客頂點：代碼之美，美之代碼》(Geek Sublime: The Beauty of Code, the Code of Beauty)。維克拉姆·錢德拉(Vikram Chandra)著。格雷沃夫出版社，平裝，16美元。錢德拉既是小說家，也是程序設計者，本書兼具微妙和深度，寫出了藝術與技術之間的聯繫。HOTEL FLORIDA: Truth, Love, and Death in the Spanish Civil War. By Amanda Vaill. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $30.) A collective portrait of Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn, and two other couples.
《弗羅裏達酒店：西班牙內戰中的真實、愛與死亡》(Hotel Florida: Truth, Love and Death in the Spanish Civil War)。阿曼達·維爾(Amanda Vaill)著。法拉·斯特勞斯與吉魯科斯出版社，30美元。海明威和瑪莎·格爾霍恩(Martha Gellhorn)以及其他兩對情侶的羣像。THE HUMAN AGE: The World Shaped by Us. By Diane Ackerman. (Norton, $27.95.) An optimistic survey of the technology and innovations that define our human-dominated epoch.
《人類時代：我們塑造的地球》(The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us)。黛安·阿克曼(Diane Ackerman)著。諾頓出版社，27.95美元。一部對定義了人類統治時代的技術與創新的樂觀主義研究報告。THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan. By Rick Perlstein. (Simon & Schuster, $37.50.) Engrossing and at times mordantly funny, Perlstein’s book treats the years 1973-76 as a Rosetta stone for American politics today.
《看不見的橋樑：尼克松的隕落與里根的崛起》(The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan)。裏克·珀爾斯坦(Rick Perlstein)著。西蒙與舒斯特出版社，37.50美元。珀爾斯坦的書引人入勝，有時也非常有趣，把1973年-76年視爲觀察今日美國的嚮導。THE INVISIBLE FRONT: Love and Loss in an Era of Endless War. By Yochi Dreazen. (Crown, $26.) Dreazen uses one military family’s tragedy to examine the troubling rise of postwar suicides.
《看不見的前線：無盡戰爭年代中的愛與失落》(The Invisible Front: Love and Loss in an Era of Endless War)。約奇·德里曾(Yochi Dreazen)著。皇冠出版社(Crown)，26美元。德里曾用一個軍人家庭的悲劇審視了戰後自殺現象令人不安的增加現象。THE INVISIBLE HISTORY OF THE HUMAN RACE: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures. By Christine Kenneally. (Viking, $27.95.) Kenneally takes a smart and highly entertaining look at the revelations DNA can provide.
《人類看不見的歷史：DNA與歷史是怎樣塑造我們的身份與未來》(The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures)。克里斯汀·肯尼利(Christine Kenneally)著。維京出版社，27.95美元。肯尼利聰明有趣地寫出了DNA可以提供的東西。JUST MERCY: A Story of Justice and Redemption. By Bryan Stevenson. (Spiegel & Grau, $28.) An activist lawyer’s account of a man wrongfully convicted of murder reads like a call to action.
《只是仁慈：一個關於公正與救贖的故事》(JUST MERCY: A Story of Justice and Redemption)。布萊恩·史蒂文斯(Bryan Stevenson)斯皮格爾與格勞出版社(Spiegel & Grau)，28美元。一個社會活動家律師描述一個被錯判謀殺的男人的故事，讀來像是在號召人們採取行動。LIMONOV. By Emmanuel Carrère. Translated by John Lambert. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $30.) Carrère applies his affinity for the big questions to his biography of an uncategorizable Russian writer.
《萊蒙諾夫》(Limonov)。伊曼紐爾·卡赫埃赫(Emmanuel Carrère)著。約翰·蘭伯特(John Lambert)翻譯。法拉·斯特勞斯與吉魯科斯出版社，30美元。卡赫埃赫把對重大問題的關注寫進了這本難以歸類的俄羅斯作家傳記中。LITTLE FAILURE: A Memoir. By Gary Shteyngart. (Random House, $27.) Shteyngart’s hilarious and touching account of his family’s move from Leningrad to Queens, and his emergence as a writer.
《小失敗：回憶錄》(Little Failure)。加里·施戴恩加特(Gary Shteyngart)著。蘭登書屋出版社，27美元。施戴恩加特精彩動人地描述他的家庭從列寧格勒搬到紐約皇后區的經歷，以及他成爲作家的經歷。THE MADWOMAN IN THE VOLVO: My Year of Raging Hormones. By Sandra Tsing Loh. (Norton, $25.95.) Loh’s memoir wittily describes her roller-coaster ride through “the change.”
《坐沃爾沃的瘋女人：我的憤怒荷爾蒙年代》(The Madwoman in the Volvo: My Year of Raging Hormones)。陸賽靜(Sandra Tsing Loh)著，諾頓出版社，25.95美元。羅的回憶錄聰敏地描述了她在“變化”期間充滿高低起伏的經歷。NAPOLEON: A Life. By Andrew Roberts. (Viking, $45.) Roberts brilliantly conveys the sheer energy of this military and organizational whirlwind.
《拿破崙：生平》(Napoleon: A Life)。安德魯·羅伯茨(Andrew Roberts)著。維京出版社，45美元。羅伯茨精彩地描述了這股軍事與組織的破壞力量身上的純粹能量。NO GOOD MEN AMONG THE LIVING: America, the Taliban, and the War Through Afghan Eyes. By Anand Gopal. (Metropolitan/Holt, $27.) A devastating look at how we got Afghanistan wrong.
《活下來的沒有好人：阿富汗人眼中的美國、塔利班與戰爭》(No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War Through Afghan Eyes)。安納德·戈帕爾(Anand Gopal)。大都會/霍爾特出版社，27美元。關於目前局勢的可怕審視——阿富汗人錯了。NOT I: Memoirs of a German Childhood. By Joachim Fest. Translated by Martin Chalmers. (Other Press, paper, $16.95.) The author’s father’s opposition to Hitler brought his family into danger.
《不是我：德國童年回憶》(Not I: Memoires of a German Childhood)。喬基姆·菲斯特(Joachim Fest)著。馬丁·查爾莫斯(Martin Chalmers)翻譯。其他出版社，平裝，16.95美元。作者的父親因爲反對希特勒，而令全家處於危險之中。ON IMMUNITY: An Inoculation. By Eula Biss. (Graywolf, $24.) Drawing on science, myth and literature, Biss spellbindingly examines the psychological fog of fear that surrounds immunization today.
《免疫：接種》(On Immunity: An Inoculation)。歐拉·比斯(Eula Biss)。格雷沃夫出版社，24美元。比斯使用科學、神話與文學，引人入勝地檢視了圍繞在免疫學周圍的心理恐懼迷霧。ON THE RUN: Fugitive Life in an American City. By Alice Goffman. (University of Chicago, $25.) A young sociologist’s remarkably reported ethnography of a poor black Philadelphia neighborhood.
《奔跑：在一座美國城市裏的逃亡生活》(On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City)。愛麗絲·格夫曼(Alice Goffman)著。芝加哥大學出版社(University of Chicago)。25美元。一位年輕社會學家關於費城一處貧窮黑人社區的精彩人種學報告。100 ESSAYS I DON’T HAVE TIME TO WRITE: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater. By Sarah Ruhl. (Faber & Faber, $23.) The playwright on how to be creative when life and children intervene.
《100篇我來不及寫的文章：關於雨傘和擊劍、遊行和狗、火警、孩子和劇場》(100 Essays I Don’t Have Times To Write: On Umbrellas and Sward Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater)。莎拉·魯爾(Sarah Ruhl)。法伯與法伯出版社，23美元。這位劇本作家寫出了在生活瑣事和孩子們的干擾之下，如何保持創意。THE PARTHENON ENIGMA. By Joan Breton Connelly. (Knopf, $35.) With first-rate scholarship, an archaeologist reinterprets the Parthenon frieze in this exciting and revelatory history.
《萬神殿之謎》(The Parthenon Enigma)。瓊·布萊頓·康奈利(Joan Breton Connelly)著。克諾普夫出版社，35美元。在這本精彩而富於啓發性的歷史書中，一位考古學家以一流學術水準重新解析萬神殿的雕飾帶PAY ANY PRICE: Greed, Power, and Endless War. By James Risen. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28.) The Pulitzer Prize-winning Times reporter chronicles the excesses of the war on terror in this important and powerful book.
《不惜任何代價：貪婪、權力與無盡的戰爭》(Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War)。詹姆斯·萊森(James Risen)。休頓·米夫林·哈克特出版社，28美元。這位《紐約時報》的記者，普利策獎得主在這部重要而有力的書中按年代記錄了反恐戰爭中的暴行。PENELOPE FITZGERALD: A Life. By Hermione Lee. (Knopf, $35.) In this delicate portrait, Lee takes on the challenge of an elusive late-bloomer — the great novelist and biographer who published her first book at 58 and became famous at 80.
《佩妮洛普·菲茨傑拉德：生平》(Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life)。赫米奧尼·李(Hermione Lee)著。克諾普夫出版社，35美元。在這部精美的傳記中，李接受挑戰，寫了一位難以捉摸的大器晚成者——她是一位偉大的小說家和傳記作家，58歲纔出版第一本書，80歲成名。PRO: Reclaiming Abortion Rights. By Katha Pollitt. (Picador, $25.) In this manifesto, Pollitt argues that women should stop apologizing and reclaim abortion as a “positive social good.”
《贊成：要求墮胎權》(Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights)。卡莎·波利特(Katha Pollitt)著。皮卡多出版社(Picador)，25美元。在這本宣言之中，波利特主張女性應當停止爲墮胎而道歉，並稱其有“積極的社會利益”。THE SHORT AND TRAGIC LIFE OF ROBERT PEACE: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League. By Jeff Hobbs. (Scribner, $27.) A heartbreaking journey from a New Jersey ghetto to Yale to a drug-related murder.
《羅伯特·皮斯短暫悲慘的一生：一個離開紐瓦克上了常春藤聯盟學校的了不起的青年》(The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Lvy League)。傑夫·霍布斯(Jeff Hobbs)著。斯克里布納出版社，27美元。一位從新澤西貧民窟走入耶魯的青年在涉及毒品事件中遇害，這是一段令人心碎的旅程。THE SIXTH EXTINCTION: An Unnatural History. By Elizabeth Kolbert. (Holt, $28.) A powerful examination of the role of man-made climate change in causing the current spasm of plant and animal loss that threatens the planet.
《第六次滅絕：非自然史》(The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History)。伊麗莎白·科爾伯特(Elizabeth Kolbert)著。霍爾特出版社，28美元。該書有力地審視了人爲氣候變化在地球環境突變與動物減少中扮演的角色。A SPY AMONG FRIENDS: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal. By Ben Macintyre. (Crown, $27.) This account of the high-level British spymaster who turned out to be a Russian mole reads like John le Carré but is a solidly researched true story.
《朋友中的間諜：吉姆·菲爾比與大背叛》(A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal)。本·麥肯迪爾(Ben Mac-intyre)著。皇冠出版社，27美元。這本書講述了一位英國高層間諜首腦，後來被發現其實是俄羅斯“鼴鼠”，讀來像是約翰·勒卡雷(John le Carré)的小說，但其實是一個經過悉心調研的真實故事。STUFF MATTERS: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World. By Mark Miodownik. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26.) Materials we think banal and boring — paper, concrete, glass, plastic — hold hidden wonders.
《重要的東西：探索塑造人工世界不可思議的材料》(Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials that Shape Our Man-Made World)。馬克·米奧多尼克(Mark Miodownik)著。休頓、米夫林，哈克特出版社，26美元。我們認爲平平無奇的材料——紙張、水泥、玻璃、塑料——裏面都蘊含着奇蹟。THE TEACHER WARS: A History of America’s Most Embattled Profession. By Dana Goldstein. (Doubleday, $26.95.) Goldstein offers a lively, personality-driven survey of the public education system, and offers ideas for its reform.
《教師戰爭：美國最受抨擊的職業的歷史》(The Teacher Wars: A History of America’s Most Embattled Profession)。黛娜·戈德斯坦(Dana Goldstein)著。雙日出版社，26.95美元。戈德斯坦對公立教育系統做了生動、個性化的研究，並給出了改革意見。THIRTEEN DAYS IN SEPTEMBER: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David. By Lawrence Wright. (Knopf, $27.95.) How marathon sessions of bare-knuckle diplomacy forged a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt in 1978.
《九月裏的13天：卡特、貝京與薩達特在戴維營》(Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin and Sadat at Camp David)。勞倫斯·懷特(Lawrence Wright)著，克諾普夫出版社，27.95美元。1978年，嚴酷的外交鬥爭中的馬拉松談判塑造了以色列與埃及的和平框架。THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING: Capitalism vs. the Climate. By Naomi Klein. (Simon & Schuster, $30.) In her ambitious and consequential analysis, Klein argues there is still time to avoid catastrophe, but not within the current rules of capitalism.
《這改變了一切：資本主義對氣候》(This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate)。娜奧米·克萊恩(Naomi Klein)著。西蒙與舒斯特出版社，30美元。在她野心勃勃、意味深長的解析中，克萊恩認爲目前仍然來得及避免大災變，但不能在目前的資本主義法則下進行。THROWN. By Kerry Howley. (Sarabande, paper, $15.95.) With its sly humor and trenchant vision, this genre-bending work finds sublime poetry in the world of mixed martial arts.
《拋擲》(Thrown)。凱利·豪利(Kerry Howley)著。薩拉班德出版社(Sarabande)，平裝，15.95美元。這本無法歸類的作品有着狡黠的幽默和清晰的事業，在各種武術的世界裏尋找莊嚴的詩意。THE TRIP TO ECHO SPRING: On Writers and Drinking. By Olivia Laing. (Picador, $26.) A charming and gusto-driven look at the alcoholic insanity of six famous authors: John Cheever, Tennessee Williams, John Berryman, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Raymond Carver.
《回聲泉之旅：作家與飲酒》(The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking)。奧利維亞·蘭格(Olivia Laing)著。皮卡多出版社，26美元。充滿魅力和熱情地追溯了六位酗酒的著名作家：約翰·契弗(John Cheever)、田納西·威廉姆斯(Tennessee Williams)、約翰·伯裏曼(John Berryman)、厄內斯特·海明威(Ernest Hemingway)、F·斯科特·菲茨傑拉德(F. Scott Fitzgerald)與雷蒙德·卡佛(Raymond Carver)。THE TRUE AMERICAN: Murder and Mercy in Texas. By Anand Giridharadas. (Norton, $27.95.) Competing visions of the American dream collide in this account of a post-9/11 hate crime and its unlikely reverberations.
《真正的美國人：得克薩斯的謀殺與仁慈》(The True American: Muder and Mercy in Texas)。阿納德·吉利達拉達斯(Anand Giridharadas)著。諾頓出版社，27.95美元。美國夢中互相競爭的景象，在這本講述後9/11仇恨犯罪與其不可思議的反響的書中互相碰撞。WORLD ORDER. By Henry Kissinger. (Penguin Press, $36.) Kissinger’s elegant, wide-ranging cri de coeur is a realpolitik warning for future generations from a skeptic steeped in the past.
《世界秩序》(World Order)。亨利·基辛格(Henry Kissinger)。企鵝出版社，36美元。基辛格簡潔優美、涉獵廣泛的大聲呼籲，是一個浸淫與過去的懷疑主義者對未來幾代人提出的現實主義政治警告。
