Justice, equality, and righteousnessthese are some of our greatest moral convictions. Yet in times of social conflict, morals can become rigid, making religious war, ethnic cleansing, and political purges possible. Morality, therefore, can be viewed as pathology-a rhetorical, psychological, and social tool that is used and abused as a weapon. An expert on Eastern philosophies a...(展开全部)

本文选自白先勇小说集《纽约客》。八十年代的纽约曼哈顿，一家名为“Tea for Two”的同志酒吧，是许多漂泊灵魂的“欢乐天堂”。华人青年“罗”在这里与中美混血少年安弟相遇，酒吧老板大伟与东尼更是相守半生的爱侣。他们相濡以沫，在异国构建了一个温暖的小世界。 然而，艾滋病的阴影悄然降临。这场突如其来的瘟疫，无情地击碎了他们的乐园。面对死亡与离散，这群边缘人用最后的生命，守护着爱与尊严，谱写了一曲悲壮而深情的时代挽歌。

Possibly the most unusual mystery ever written. A murder is committed, behind closed doors, in bizarre circumstances. Three amateur detectives take the case: Lord Simon Plimsoll, Monsieur Amer Picon, and Monsignor Smith (in whom discerning readers will note likeness to some familiar literary figures). Each arrives at his own brilliant solution, startling in its originality, iro...(展开全部)

'Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful.' This line from the play was adopted by Jean Anouilh to characterize the first production of Waiting for Godot at the Theatre de Babylone in 1953. He went on to predict that the play would, in time, represent the most important premiere to be staged in Paris for forty years. Nobody acquainted with Beckett's masterly black...(展开全部)

Samuel Beckett, one of the great avant-garde Irish dramatists and writers of the second half of the 20th century, was born on 13 April 1906. He died in 1989. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. His centenary will be celebrated throughout 2006 with performances of his major plays, but the most popular of them all will be, without doubt, the play with which he first ma...(展开全部)

'Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful.' This line from the play was adopted by Jean Anouilh to characterize the first production of Waiting for Godot at the Theatre de Babylone in 1953. He went on to predict that the play would, in time, represent the most important premiere to be staged in Paris for forty years. Nobody acquainted with Beckett's masterly black...(展开全部)

From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a richly detailed and sharply drawn collection of stories, including a novella featuring one of his most beloved characters. Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age...(展开全部)

Father Ruiz-Sanchez is a dedicated man--a priest who is also a scientist, and a scientist who is also a human being. He has found no insoluble conflicts in his beliefs or his ethics . . . until he is sent to Lithia. There he comes upon a race of aliens who are admirable in every way except for their total reliance on cold reason; they are incapable of faith or belief. Confront...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·布利什 美国著名科幻作家、评论家。 詹姆斯·布利什很早就接触并喜欢科幻小说，九岁时写了第一篇科幻故事，中学时加入著名科幻迷社团“月球居民”（艾萨克·阿西莫夫也是该社团成员之一）。布利什曾加入美国陆军并担任医官，第二次世界大战结束后，他很快成为一名职业科幻作家。1958年，布利什的长篇小说《事关良心》获得世界科幻大奖雨果奖（该作于2004年再获雨果回顾奖）；1956 ~ 1959年间创作的“飞城”系列，后被美国科幻作家协会评选为1965年前的最佳小说之一。2002年，詹姆斯·布利什入列“科幻奇幻名人堂”。 作为科幻“黄金时代”的象征之一，詹姆斯·布利什的作品带有强烈的进取精神和科技人文精神。翻开他的小说，我们将重温“黄金时代”的激情。

Father Ruiz-Sanchez is a dedicated man--a priest who is also a scientist, and a scientist who is also a human being. He has found no insoluble conflicts in his beliefs or his ethics . . . until he is sent to Lithia. There he comes upon a race of aliens who are admirable in every way except for their total reliance on cold reason; they are incapable of faith or belief. Confronte...(展开全部)