保罗·奥斯特，1947年出生于美国新泽西州纽瓦克市一个犹太裔中产阶级家庭，毕业于哥伦比亚大学。他被视为美国当代最勇于创新的小说家之一。 保罗·奥斯特年轻时过着漂泊无定的生活，不断尝试各种工作。一九七〇年至一九七四年，他客居巴黎，靠翻译法国文学为生。 保罗·奥斯特的主要作品有小说《布鲁克林的荒唐事》、《纽约三部曲》、《幻影书》等。曾获法国美第奇最佳外国小说奖、西班牙阿斯图里亚斯王储文学奖，作品被翻译成三十多种文字。他编剧的电影《烟》于一九九六年获得柏林电影节银熊奖和最佳编剧奖。 保罗·奥斯特现定居纽约布鲁克林区。

保罗·奥斯特，1947年出生于美国新泽西州纽瓦克市一个犹太裔中产阶级家庭，毕业于哥伦比亚大学。他被视为美国当代最勇于创新的小说家之一。 保罗·奥斯特年轻时过着漂泊无定的生活，不断尝试各种工作。一九七〇年至一九七四年，他客居巴黎，靠翻译法国文学为生。 保罗·奥斯特的主要作品有小说《布鲁克林的荒唐事》、《纽约三部曲》、《幻影书》等。曾获法国美第奇最佳外国小说奖、西班牙阿斯图里亚斯王储文学奖，作品被翻译成三十多种文字。他编剧的电影《烟》于一九九六年获得柏林电影节银熊奖和最佳编剧奖。 保罗·奥斯特现定居纽约布鲁克林区。

So begins Paul Auster's The Brooklyn Follies, set against the backdrop of the contested US presidential election of 2000. Nathan and Tom are an uncle and nephew double-act - one in remission from lung cancer, divorced, and estranged from his only daughter, the other hiding away from what was a once-promising academic career. By accident the pair wind up in the same Brooklyn nei...(展开全部)

Set in the great Brazilian port of Manaus during the golden decades of the Rubber Boom in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this is the story of identical twin brothers who battle for the love of their mother. It is also a portrait of a city built over the confluence of two great rivers in the middle of the Amazon rainforest.

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The co-Editor of Value Investor Insight and co-founder of the Value Investing Congress details his proven investment approach The Value Investing Course takes the lifelong process of learning how to identify profitable investment opportunities and streamlines these lessons into strategies that will help you build a successful investment portfolio. Author Whitney Tilson divi...(展开全部)

The co-Editor of Value Investor Insight and co-founder of the Value Investing Congress details his proven investment approach The Value Investing Course takes the lifelong process of learning how to identify profitable investment opportunities and streamlines these lessons into strategies that will help you build a successful investment portfolio. Author Whitney Tilson divi...(展开全部)

爱德华·O.索普（Edward O. Thorp） 加州大学尔湾分校数学系教授。之前，他是新墨西哥州立大学的数学系副教授；1959~1961年，他是麻省理工学院的C.L.E摩尔教师。1958年索普在加州大学洛杉矶分校获得数学博士学位，他的一个主要研究领域是概率－博弈理论。他是美国数学协会和爱丁堡数学协会会员。 除了数学教授的身份以外，1969年，索普与合伙人成立了可转换对冲基金，这是史上第一家量化对冲基金。应用可转债套利策略，索普在股票市场所向披靡。从1970年开始，基金连续十几年获得两位数的回报。20世纪80年代，索普又成立了专门采用统计套利策略的基金，也大获成功。1985年11月，标准普尔指数下跌20%，索普的基金增长为12%。1987年10月华尔街崩盘，而索普基金1987年总盈利高达27%。 1992年爱德华·索普开始淡出市场，但他开创了一个时...(展开全部)

Brooklyn is one of the most dynamic and ethnically diverse places on the planet. In fact, it’s estimated that one in every eight US families had relatives come through Brooklyn when settling in the country. Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb have been photographing this New York City borough for the past five years, creating a profound and vibrant portrait. Alex Webb has travers...(展开全部)

It is Enniscorthy in the southeast of Ireland in the early 1950s. Eilis Lacey is one among many of her generation who cannot find work at home. Thus when a job is offered in America, it is clear to everyone that she must go. Leaving her family and country, Eilis heads for unfamiliar Brooklyn, and to a crowded boarding house where the landlady’s intense scrutiny and the small je...(展开全部)