胡安·卡洛斯·奥内蒂 （Juan Carlos Onetti，1909-1994） 乌拉圭作家。1909年生于乌拉圭蒙得维的亚。年少时家境贫寒，未受高等教育。曾任左翼杂志《前进》周刊秘书，后担任路透社驻布宜诺斯艾利斯办事处主任，1955年回国后任蒙得维的亚市图书馆馆长，1974年因受军政府迫害流亡到西班牙，1994年病逝于马德里。在生命的最后十二年里，他足不出户，终日躺在床上阅读、吸烟、喝威士忌，在位于马德里美洲大道31号的家中接受读者和记者的拜访。 1939年，奥内蒂凭借长篇小说《井》走上文坛，他在二十世纪四五十年代创作出的《无主之地》《为了今夜》《离别》等作品被文学界认为是拉丁美洲“新小说”的奠基之作。在1950年出版的小说《短暂的生命》中，奥内蒂虚构出了一个名叫 “圣玛利亚”的城镇，这座城镇也与加西亚·马尔克斯的马孔多、胡安·鲁尔福的科马拉等地...(展开全部)

Written in 1950, "A Brief Life" is the first novel to feature Onetti's mythical town of Santa Maria. His protagonist Brausen eavesdrops on the conversation of his neighbours, a husband and wife, imagining their gestures, their expressions.Brausen lives with his wife, who has undergone major surgery after being diagnosed with breast cancer. To compensate for this physical void w...(展开全部)

胡安·卡洛斯·奥内蒂 （Juan Carlos Onetti，1909-1994） 乌拉圭作家。1909年生于乌拉圭蒙得维的亚。年少时家境贫寒，未受高等教育。曾任左翼杂志《前进》周刊秘书，后担任路透社驻布宜诺斯艾利斯办事处主任，1955年回国后任蒙得维的亚市图书馆馆长，1974年因受军政府迫害流亡到西班牙，1994年病逝于马德里。在生命的最后十二年里，他足不出户，终日躺在床上阅读、吸烟、喝威士忌，在位于马德里美洲大道31号的家中接受读者和记者的拜访。 1939年，奥内蒂凭借长篇小说《井》走上文坛，他在二十世纪四五十年代创作出的《无主之地》《为了今夜》《离别》等作品被文学界认为是拉丁美洲“新小说”的奠基之作。在1950年出版的小说《短暂的生命》中，奥内蒂虚构出了一个名叫 “圣玛利亚”的城镇，这座城镇也与加西亚·马尔克斯的马孔多、胡安·鲁尔福的科马拉等地...(展开全部)

Written in 1950, "A Brief Life" is the first novel to feature Onetti's mythical town of Santa Maria. His protagonist Brausen eavesdrops on the conversation of his neighbours, a husband and wife, imagining their gestures, their expressions.Brausen lives with his wife, who has undergone major surgery after being diagnosed with breast cancer. To compensate for this physical void w...(展开全部)

A magnet for trade and travellers from all over the world, stylish, cosmopolitan Amsterdam is a city not only of dreams and nightmares, of grand civic architecture and legendary beauty, but also of civil wars, bloody religious purges, and the tragedy of Anne Frank. In this fascinating examination of the city's soul, part history, part travel guide, Geert Mak imaginatively recre...(展开全部)

A magnet for trade and travellers from all over the world, stylish, cosmopolitan Amsterdam is a city not only of dreams and nightmares, of grand civic architecture and legendary beauty, but also of civil wars, bloody religious purges, and the tragedy of Anne Frank. In this fascinating examination of the city's soul, part history, part travel guide, Geert Mak imaginatively recre...(展开全部)

This is the first book to explore the production and significance of lines. As walking, talking, gesticulating creatures, human beings generate lines wherever they go: here, Tim Ingold lays the foundations for an anthropological archaeology of the line. He investigates: speech and song in the cultures of Papua New Guinea, the Navaho and Meso America paths, trails and maps drawi...(展开全部)

This is the first book to explore the production and significance of lines. As walking, talking, gesticulating creatures, human beings generate lines wherever they go: here, Ingold lays the foundations for an anthropological archaeology of the line. He investigates: speech and song in the cultures of Papua New Guinea, the Navaho and Meso America paths, trails and maps drawing, ...(展开全部)

作者介绍： 彼得·N.斯特恩斯（Peter N. Stearns），世界史顶尖学者，美国乔治梅森大学历史系教授、教务长，曾任教于哈佛大学、芝加哥大学、罗格斯大学和卡内基梅隆大学等。他创办并主编了《社会历史杂志》，曾担任AP世界史委员会的创始主席和美国历史协会教学副主席。撰写、编辑了130余种图书，包括《欧洲社会历史百科全书》《世界历史百科全书》《情感与社会变革》《1848年：欧洲革命浪潮》《世界历史上的西方文明》等。 译者介绍：聂永光，毕业于武汉大学世界史试验班，译有《黄金时代》等。

Since its coinage in mid-19th century Germany, Realpolitik has proven both elusive and protean. To some, it represents the best approach to meaningful change and political stability in a world buffeted by uncertainty and rapid transformation. To others, it encapsulates an attitude of cynicism and cold calculation, a transparent and self-justifying policy exercised by dominant n...(展开全部)