How fast does gravity travel? When will the sun go nova? Who invented the light year? Will we ever travel to the stars? These are just some of the unusual and popular questions NASA astronomer Sten Odenwald answers in Back to the Astronomy Caf, based on his award-winning website "for the astronomically disadvantaged. " Since his acclaimed earlier book The Astronomy Caf publis...(展开全部)

How fast does gravity travel? When will the sun go nova? Who invented the light year? Will we ever travel to the stars? These are just some of the unusual and popular questions NASA astronomer Sten Odenwald answers in Back to the Astronomy Caf, based on his award-winning website "for the astronomically disadvantaged. " Since his acclaimed earlier book The Astronomy Caf publis...(展开全部)

Praise for Sylvia Brody's The Component Instincts Freud reminded us that theory was good but did not prevent reality from happening. Sylvia Brody once more advances analytic understanding by maintaining relentless discipline in studying lives as they actually unfold. This new rich and readable account of several lives studied across decades exposes and explores essential aspect...(展开全部)

Praise for Sylvia Brody's The Component Instincts Freud reminded us that theory was good but did not prevent reality from happening. Sylvia Brody once more advances analytic understanding by maintaining relentless discipline in studying lives as they actually unfold. This new rich and readable account of several lives studied across decades exposes and explores essential aspect...(展开全部)

extracted & reprinted from The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903

伊斯瑞尔•冉威尔（1864－1926），犹太裔英国人。当过教师、新闻记者、剧作家、幽默文学作家。一八九一年仅用两周时间创作的《弓区之谜》是历史上第一部长篇密室推理小说，为不可能犯罪类型的推理作品开创了新纪元。 《弓区之谜》在世界最权威的百部密室推理小说排行榜中与《三口棺材》、《黄屋之谜》、《中国橘子之谜》等经典作品一起位居前十。伊斯瑞尔•冉威尔也因此在推理小说史上占据了稳固而显赫的地位。

伊斯瑞尔•冉威尔（1864－1926），犹太裔英国人。当过教师、新闻记者、剧作家、幽默文学作家。一八九一年仅用两周时间创作的《弓区之谜》是历史上第一部长篇密室推理小说，为不可能犯罪类型的推理作品开创了新纪元。 《弓区之谜》在世界最权威的百部密室推理小说排行榜中与《三口棺材》、《黄屋之谜》、《中国橘子之谜》等经典作品一起位居前十。伊斯瑞尔•冉威尔也因此在推理小说史上占据了稳固而显赫的地位。

extracted & reprinted from The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903

奥克塔维奥•帕斯(Octavio Paz,1914—1998),墨西哥、作家、诗人、文 学艺术批评家、社会活动家和外交家,在当代拉美和世界文坛享有盛誉。以杰 出的文学成就获塞万提斯文学奖、国家文学奖和法国文学艺术最勋章等国内外 20多个重要奖项。1990年以“作品充满激惰,视野开阔,渗 透着感悟的智慧 并体现了完美的人道主义。”而获得诺贝尔文学奖。 帕斯生于墨西哥城,5岁开始接受法式和英式教育,14岁入墨西哥大学哲学文 学系及法律系学习。1937年,帕斯在尤卡坦半岛创办了一所中学,同年参加了 西班牙反法西斯作家代表大会,结识了当时西班牙及拉丁美洲最杰出的诗人。回 到墨西哥以后,帕斯积极投入了援救西班牙流亡者的工作,并创办了《车间》和 《浪子》杂志。 1945年帕斯开始外交工作,先后在墨西哥驻法国、瑞士、日本、印度等国使馆 任职。1953至1959年回...(展开全部)

President Bill Clinton gives us his views on the challenges facing the United States today and why government matters—presenting his ideas on restoring economic growth, job creation, financial responsibility, resolving the mortgage crisis, and pursuing a strategy to get us "back in the future business.” He explains how we got into the current economic crisis, and offers specifi...(展开全部)