Business, science and technology
商业、科学与技术
A World Appears. By Michael Pollan. Penguin Press; 320 pages; $32. Allen Lane; £25 This delightful book looks at the enduring mystery of consciousness. Academic philosophising is not always page-turning(引人入胜的), but Mr Pollan has a journalist’s eye(记者的眼光) for the surprising and intriguing.
《一个世界出现》。迈克尔·波伦著。企鹅出版社；320页；32美元。艾伦巷出版社；25英镑。这本令人愉快的书探讨了持续存在的意识之谜。学术哲学思辨并不总是引人入胜，但波伦先生拥有记者般敏锐的眼光，善于捕捉令人惊讶和有趣的事物。
Bonfire of the Murdochs. By Gabriel Sherman. Simon & Schuster; 256 pages; $29 and £25 An absorbing(引人入胜的) history of Rupert Murdoch. To understand the world’s most powerful news machine, you have to understand the family behind it. This saga is like “Succession(① 背景：《继承之战》（Successi...)”, but in real life.
《默多克家族的火堆》。加布里埃尔·谢尔曼著。西蒙与舒斯特出版社；256页；29美元/25英镑。一本关于鲁珀特·默多克的引人入胜的历史。要理解世界上最强大的新闻机器，你必须了解其背后的家族。这部传奇就像《继承之战》，但发生在现实生活中。
The Intimate Animal. By Justin Garcia. Little, Brown Spark; 272 pages; $30. Penguin Life; £20 Humankind is facing an “intimacy crisis(亲密关系危机)”, argues a leading sexologist. Part of the problem is the mismatch(不匹配) between the world in which our brains evolved and the one in which people now search for love.
《亲密动物》。贾斯汀·加西亚著。Little, Brown Spark出版社；272页；30美元。企鹅生活出版社；20英镑。一位领先的性学家认为，人类正面临一场“亲密关系危机”。部分问题在于我们大脑进化的世界与现在人们寻找爱情的世界之间的不匹配。
Culture and the arts
文化与艺术
Current affairs and politics
时事与政治
Fiction
小说
History
历史
Memoir and biography
回忆录与传记