In 1979, as violence erupts all over Ireland, two outsiders travel to a small island off the west coast in search of their own answers, despite what it may cost the islanders. It is the summer of 1979. An English painter travels to a small island off the west coast of Ireland. Mr. Lloyd takes the last leg by currach, though boats with engines are available and he doesn't much l...(展开全部)

In 1979, as violence erupts all over Ireland, two outsiders travel to a small island off the west coast in search of their own answers, despite what it may cost the islanders. It is the summer of 1979. An English painter travels to a small island off the west coast of Ireland. Mr. Lloyd takes the last leg by currach, though boats with engines are available and he doesn't much l...(展开全部)

Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his wife, former Special Forces warrior Jane Sagan, he farms several acres, adjudicates local disputes, and enjoys watching his adopted daughter grow up. That is, until his and Jane's past reaches out to bring them back into the game -- as leaders of a new human c...(展开全部)

Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his wife, former Special Forces warrior Jane Sagan, he farms several acres, adjudicates local disputes, and enjoys watching his adopted daughter grow up. That is, until his and Jane's past reaches out to bring them back into the game -- as leaders of a new human c...(展开全部)

Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his wife, former Special Forces warrior Jane Sagan, he farms several acres, adjudicates local disputes, and enjoys watching his adopted daughter grow up.That is, until his and Jane's past reaches out to bring them back into the game--as leaders of a new human colo...(展开全部)

侯活士 侯活士（Hauerwas，1940－）是当代基督教伦理学中，最具活力和睿见的伦理神学家。现任杜克神学院任吉尔伯特神学伦理学讲座讲授，并任杜克大学法学院教授。他早年于耶鲁大学取得博士学位，2001年主讲过著名的吉福德讲座，并被爱丁堡大学授予荣誉神学博士学位。 他的写作涉猎非常广泛，思想汲取了不少托马斯‧阿奎那，克尔凯郭尔，卡尔‧巴特，维特根斯坦，约翰‧犹达，以及麦金泰尔的创见。并曾受教于耶鲁学派，依循耶鲁学派的脚踪，大力倡导圣经叙事乃是基督徒认信的语法的观点，并在其著作中强调教会群体对基督徒生命的重要性，虽然被人批评为宗派主义，但也于2001年被《时代》杂志称誉为“美国最好的神学家”。 他的《和平的国度》一书，是第一流的伦理学专著，清楚展示出伦理思想和实践当有的样貌，同时勾画出基督徒生命的本质。他使用“叙事”这概念连结伦理学的众多主题，为基督徒...(展开全部)

侯活士 侯活士（Hauerwas，1940－）是当代基督教伦理学中，最具活力和睿见的伦理神学家。现任杜克神学院任吉尔伯特神学伦理学讲座讲授，并任杜克大学法学院教授。他早年于耶鲁大学取得博士学位，2001年主讲过著名的吉福德讲座，并被爱丁堡大学授予荣誉神学博士学位。 他的写作涉猎非常广泛，思想汲取了不少托马斯‧阿奎那，克尔凯郭尔，卡尔‧巴特，维特根斯坦，约翰‧犹达，以及麦金泰尔的创见。并曾受教于耶鲁学派，依循耶鲁学派的脚踪，大力倡导圣经叙事乃是基督徒认信的语法的观点，并在其著作中强调教会群体对基督徒生命的重要性，虽然被人批评为宗派主义，但也于2001年被《时代》杂志称誉为“美国最好的神学家”。 他的《和平的国度》一书，是第一流的伦理学专著，清楚展示出伦理思想和实践当有的样貌，同时勾画出基督徒生命的本质。他使用“叙事”这概念连结伦理学的众多主题，为基督徒...(展开全部)

约翰•斯卡尔齐（John Scalzi） 美国时下头号科幻作家，美国科幻与奇幻作家协会前主席。9次入围雨果奖，3次获奖。2005年，他以《来自12个星球的敌人》成名，获得2006年约翰•W.坎贝尔奖最佳新人奖。2013年，他凭借《星际迷航：红衫》斩获雨果奖最佳长篇小说、轨迹奖最佳科幻小说两项大奖，几乎包揽了当年所有科幻小说重要奖项。 《消失的殖民星球》是斯卡尔齐“老人的战争”系列，继《来自12个星球的敌人》《幽灵舰队》之后的第三部作品。获得2008年雨果奖最佳长篇小说、轨迹奖最佳科幻小说两项提名，并获得2010年日本星云奖。

A finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, this prize-winning and critically acclaimed history uses foreign relations as the lens through which to tell the story of America's dramatic rise from thirteen disparate colonies huddled along the Atlantic coast to the world's greatest superpower. George C. Herring tells a story of stunning successes and...(展开全部)

The Oxford History of the United States is the most respected multi-volume history of our nation in print. The series includes three Pulitzer Prize-winners, a New York Times bestseller, and winners of the prestigious Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. From Colony to Superpower is the only thematic volume commissioned for the series. Here, George C. Herring uses foreign relations as t...(展开全部)