In the first part of this famous work, published in 1821 but then revised and expanded in 1856, De Quincey vividly describes a number of experiences during his boyhood which he implies laid the foundations for his later life of helpless drug addiction. The second part consists of his remarkable account of the pleasures and pains of opium, ostensibly offered as a muted apology f...(展开全部)

出身英国的大卫·奥格威，是现代广告业的大师级传奇人物，他一手创立了奥美广告公司，开启了现代广告业的新纪元。他确立了奥美这个品牌，启蒙了对消费者研究的运用，同时创造出一种崭新的广告文化。 奥格威早年做过厨师、炊具推销员，后移居美国，在乔治·盖洛普博士的受众研究所担任助理调查指导。二战期间先后在英国安全协调处（British Security Coordination）和英国驻美大使馆任职。后在宾夕法尼亚州做农夫。 他的作品机智而迷人，但最重要的是：他坚持它们必须有助于销售。他把广告业的经营和专业化推向顶峰，他的价值观造就出了一个全球性的传播网络，他睿智隽永的风格不但朔造了奥美广告，同时更深深影响着整个广告业的发展。 奥格威被《时代》周刊称为“当今广告业最抢手的广告奇才”，被《纽约时报》称为“现代广告最具创造力的推动。

In this shocking memoir, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins tells of his own inner journey from willing servant of empire to impassioned advocate for the rights of oppressed people. Covertly recruited by the United States National Security Agency and on the payroll of an international consulting firm, he traveled the world—to Indonesia, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, ...(展开全部)

杨绛（1911-2016），原名杨季康，中国社会科学院外国文学研究员，作家、评论家、翻译家。剧本有《称心如意》．《弄真成假》、《风絮》；小说有《倒影集》、《洗澡》；论集有《春泥集》、《关于小说》；译作有《1939年以来的英国散文选》、《小癞子》、《吉尔.布拉斯》、《堂.吉诃德》 等。

艾伦・纽哈斯：《今日美国》，自由论坛，新闻论坛的创办者，畅销书作者，专栏作家，脱口秀常客，世界范围的讲演者和报告人，传媒集团加内特公司前任主席及首席执行官。

In the late summer of 1831, in a remote section of southeastern Virginia, there took place the only effective, sustained revolt in the annals of American Negro slavery... The revolt was led by a remarkable Negro preacher named Nat Turner, an educated slave who felt himself divinely ordained to annihilate all the white people in the region. The Confessions of Nat Turner is nar...(展开全部)

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE In 1831 Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of 'that peculiar institution'. William Styron's ambitious and stunningly accomplished novel is Turner's confession, made to his jailers under the duress of his God. Encompasses the betrayals, cruelties...(展开全部)

Confessions of a Mask tells the story of Kochan, an adolescent boy tormented by his burgeoning attraction to men: he wants to be “normal.” Kochan is meek-bodied, and unable to participate in the more athletic activities of his classmates. He begins to notice his growing attraction to some of the boys in his class, particularly the pubescent body of his friend Omi. To hide his ...(展开全部)