《哥伦布传》是关于克里斯托弗·哥伦布的传记。作者将翔实的史料与丰富的叙事风格相结合，生动地介绍了这位知名探险家的生平及成就。这本书写于19世纪，作者分析了哥伦布对当时世界的影响，并对其充满了深切敬佩之情。书中对哥伦布的航行、与当地居民的冲突以及与逆境做斗争的详细描述，为读者了解大航海时代提供了一个引人入胜的视角。

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克里斯托弗•伊舍伍德（1904—1986） 英裔美国作家。一九二九年随好友诗人奥登前往柏林，在当地待了四年，恰好见证了纳粹在德国的兴起。一九四六年获得美国国籍，余生定居美国。其作品带有浓郁的自传色彩，以细腻优美的文笔及对人性独特的洞见，构成绝妙的社会寓言。代表作《单身男子》被改编为电影并获多项国际大奖。《别了，柏林》和《诺里斯先生换火车》合称为《柏林故事集》，被美国国家图书馆与《时代》杂志选入“二十世纪一百部最佳英语小说”。曾与奥登合写日记《战地行纪》，记载一九三八年周游中国的见闻。美国著名剧作家、小说家和散文家戈尔•维达尔称伊舍伍德为“最好的英语散文作家”。

In November 1929, Christopher Isherwood - determined to become a 'permanent foreigner' - packed a rucksack and two suitcases and left England on a one-way ticket for Berlin. With incredible candour and wit, Isherwood recalls the decadence of Berlin's night scene and his route to sexual liberation. As the Nazis rise to power, Isherwood describes his dramatic struggle to save his...(展开全部)

In November 1929, Christopher Isherwood - determined to become a 'permanent foreigner' - packed a rucksack and two suitcases and left England on a one-way ticket for Berlin. With incredible candour and wit, Isherwood recalls the decadence of Berlin's night scene and his route to sexual liberation. As the Nazis rise to power, Isherwood describes his dramatic struggle to save his...(展开全部)

Roth's award-winning first book instantly established its author's reputation as a writer of explosive wit, merciless insight, and a fierce compassion for even the most self-deluding of his characters. Goodbye, Columbus is the story of Neil Klugman and pretty, spirited Brenda Patimkin, he of poor Newark, she of suburban Short Hills, who meet one summer break and dive into an af...(展开全部)

一九九七年，菲利普•罗斯凭《美国牧歌》获得普利策奖。一九九八年，他荣获白宫颁发的美国国家艺术奖章，并于二〇〇二年获得美国艺术与人文学院最高奖——小说金奖，之前获奖者包括约翰•多斯•帕索斯、威廉•福克纳、索尔•贝娄等。他曾分别两度获得美国国家图书奖、美国笔会/福克纳奖和美国书评协会奖。 二〇〇五年，《反美阴谋》一书荣获二〇〇三至二〇〇四年度美国历史学家协会奖，被该协会誉为“一部反映美国主题的历史小说杰作”，并被《纽约时报•书评周刊》、《旧金山纪事报》、《波士顿环球报》、《芝加哥太阳时报》、《洛杉矶时报•书评周刊》、《华盛顿邮报•书评世界》、《时代》周刊、《新闻周刊》等许多报刊评选为年度好书。在英国，《反美阴谋》荣获W.H.史密斯年度好书奖，菲利普•罗斯是该奖设立四十六年来第一位两度获奖的作家。 二〇〇五年，罗斯成为第三位在世时被收入“美国文库”出版作品...(展开全部)

"All first-rate criticism first defines what we are confronting," the late, great jazz critic Whitney Balliett once wrote. By that measure, the essays of Christopher Hitchens are in the first tier. For nearly four decades, Hitchens has been telling us, in pitch-perfect prose, what we confront when we grapple with first principles-the principles of reason and tolerance and scept...(展开全部)

从前，一个叫克里斯托弗·罗宾的小男孩常常在百亩森林和动物朋友们玩耍，但罗宾长大后便和朋友们失去了联系。一天，一只傻傻萌萌的小熊决定离开百亩森林去寻找罗宾。于是，从伦敦的繁华街道到百亩森林的河岸草地，维尼和罗宾开始了一段寻找彼此、追寻友情的神奇旅程……

"All first-rate criticism first defines what we are confronting," the late, great jazz critic Whitney Balliett once wrote. By that measure, the essays of Christopher Hitchens are in the first tier. For nearly four decades, Hitchens has been telling us, in pitch-perfect prose, what we confront when we grapple with first principles-the principles of reason and tolerance and scept...(展开全部)