Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who (when we can discern his personality at all) seems so ordinary, so opaque—and occasionally so intemperate? John Eliot Gardiner grew up passing one of the only two authentic portraits of Bach every morning and evening on the stairs of...(展开全部)

Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who (when we can discern his personality at all) seems so ordinary, so opaque—and occasionally so intemperate? John Eliot Gardiner grew up passing one of the only two authentic portraits of Bach every morning and evening on the stairs of...(展开全部)

约翰·艾略特·加德纳（John Eliot Gardiner），世界上最顶尖的指挥家之一，被认为是当今巴赫作品最权威的诠释者。1943年出生，在剑桥大学国王学院获得历史和阿拉伯语学位后，先到伦敦皇家音乐学院学习羽管键琴，后到巴黎学习指挥。他创建了蒙特威尔第合唱团和管弦 乐团（ Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra）、里昂歌剧院管弦乐团（Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon）、英国巴洛克独奏家乐团（English Baroque Soloists）以及革命与浪漫管弦乐团（Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique）。作为指挥家，他的职业生涯非常辉煌，指挥过世界上几乎所有最好的乐团。2014年，他当选莱比锡巴赫档案馆主席。现居住在多塞特郡的农场。 译者王隽妮，中国科学院地理学...(展开全部)

约翰·艾略特·加德纳（John Eliot Gardiner），世界上最顶尖的指挥家之一，被认为是当今巴赫作品最权威的诠释者。1943年出生，在剑桥大学国王学院获得历史和阿拉伯语学位后，先到伦敦皇家音乐学院学习羽管键琴，后到巴黎学习指挥。他创建了蒙特威尔第合唱团和管弦 乐团（ Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra）、里昂歌剧院管弦乐团（Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon）、英国巴洛克独奏家乐团（English Baroque Soloists）以及革命与浪漫管弦乐团（Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique）。作为指挥家，他的职业生涯非常辉煌，指挥过世界上几乎所有最好的乐团。2014年，他当选莱比锡巴赫档案馆主席。现居住在多塞特郡的农场。 译者王隽妮，中国科学院地理学...(展开全部)

A magical Arabian Nights tale from the captivating creator of fantasy, Diana Wynne Jones. The dazzling sequel to Howls Moving Castle, now a major animated film. Far to the south in the Land of Ingary, lives a young carpet merchant called Abdullah. In his dreams, he is the long-lost son of a great prince. This dream is a complete castle in the air! or is it? Abdullah's day-dre...(展开全部)

Young merchant Abdullah leads a humble life. Or he did until a stranger sold him a threadbare—and disagreeable—magic carpet. Now Abdullah is caught in the middle of his grand daydreams. Waking one night in a luxurious garden, he meets and falls instantly in love with the beautiful and clever Flower-in-the-Night. But a wicked djinn sweeps the princess away right before Abdullah'...(展开全部)

Young merchant Abdullah leads a humble life. Or he did until a stranger sold him a threadbare—and disagreeable—magic carpet. Now Abdullah is caught in the middle of his grand daydreams. Waking one night in a luxurious garden, he meets and falls instantly in love with the beautiful and clever Flower-in-the-Night. But a wicked djinn sweeps the princess away right before Abdullah'...(展开全部)

A magical Arabian Nights tale from the captivating creator of fantasy, Diana Wynne Jones. The dazzling sequel to Howls Moving Castle, now a major animated film. Far to the south in the Land of Ingary, lives a young carpet merchant called Abdullah. In his dreams, he is the long-lost son of a great prince. This dream is a complete castle in the air! or is it? Abdullah's day-dre...(展开全部)

No career in modern American letters is at once so brilliant, varied, and controversial as that of Norman Mailer. In a span of more than six decades, Mailer has searched into subjects ranging from World War II to Ancient Egypt, from the march on the Pentagon to Marilyn Monroe, from Henry Miller and Mohammad Ali to Jesus Christ. Now, in The Castle in the Forest, his first majo...(展开全部)

Who was Adolf Hitler? It's a question writers have been trying to answer for more than sixty years. But after thousands of biographies, histories, novels, and films, many fundamental questions remain: How do we explain Hitler's hatred? Where did it come from? Could it happen again? Norman Mailer sets out to respond to these and other crucial aspects of Hitler's personality in h...(展开全部)