维托尔德•贡布罗维奇（Witold Gombrowicz, 1904-1969），波兰著名小说家、剧作家，被米兰•昆德拉誉为“我们这个世纪最伟大的小说家之一”，与卡夫卡、穆齐尔、布鲁赫并称为“中欧四杰”。 贡布罗维奇出生于波兰，曾在华沙大学学习法学，后赴法国深造两年。1939年横渡大西洋到阿根廷后，适逢二战爆发，滞留南美达二十四年之久。1963年获得福特基金会全年奖金，在柏林逗留。1964年，他到法国南部的旺斯定居，1967年获得国际文学奖。1969年7月24日，贡布罗维奇在旺斯辞世。贡布罗维奇用母语写作，作品被翻译成多种语言出版，由于他不接受二战后的政治体系，他的大部分作品都不得在波兰出版，直到1986年，波兰才出版了他的全集。

You just boarded a flight to New York. There are one hundred and forty-three other passengers onboard. What you don’t know is that thirty minutes before the flight your pilot’s family was kidnapped. For his family to live, everyone on your plane must die. The only way the family will survive is if the pilot follows his orders and crashes the plane. Enjoy the flight.

Cosmos est le premier volume d'une trilogie intitulée "Brève encyclopédie du monde". Il présente une philosophie de la nature. Il sera suivi de "Décadence", qui traitera de l'histoire, puis de "Sagesse", consacré à la question de l'éthique et du bonheur. "Trop de livres se proposent de faire l'économie du monde tout en prétendant nous le décrire. Cet oubli nihiliste du cosmos m...(展开全部)

The best-selling science book ever published in the English language, COSMOS is a magnificent overview of the past, present, and future of science. Brilliant and provocative, it traces today's knowledge and scientific methods to their historical roots, blending science and philosophy in a wholly energetic and irresistible way.

维托尔德•贡布罗维奇（Witold Gombrowicz, 1904-1969），波兰著名小说家、剧作家，被米兰•昆德拉誉为“我们这个世纪最伟大的小说家之一”，与卡夫卡、穆齐尔、布鲁赫并称为“中欧四杰”。 贡布罗维奇出生于波兰，曾在华沙大学学习法学，后赴法国深造两年。1939年横渡大西洋到阿根廷后，适逢二战爆发，滞留南美达二十四年之久。1963年获得福特基金会全年奖金，在柏林逗留。1964年，他到法国南部的旺斯定居，1967年获得国际文学奖。1969年7月24日，贡布罗维奇在旺斯辞世。贡布罗维奇用母语写作，作品被翻译成多种语言出版，由于他不接受二战后的政治体系，他的大部分作品都不得在波兰出版，直到1986年，波兰才出版了他的全集。

A dark, quasi-detective novel, Cosmos follows the classic noir motif to explore the arbitrariness of language, the joke of human freedom, and man’s attempt to bring order out of chaos in his psychological life. Published in 1965, Cosmos is the last novel by Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969) and his most somber and multifaceted work. Two young men meet by chance in a Polish re...(展开全部)

The best-selling science book ever published in the English language, COSMOS is a magnificent overview of the past, present, and future of science. Brilliant and provocative, it traces today's knowledge and scientific methods to their historical roots, blending science and philosophy in a wholly energetic and irresistible way.

RETURNING TO TELEVISION AS AN ALL-NEW MINISERIES ON FOX Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose, Sagan reveals a jewel-like blue world inhabited by a life form that is just beginning to discover its own identity and to venture into the vast ocean of space. Cosmos retraces the fourteen billion years of cosmic evolution that have transforme...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.Winner of The Story Prize • A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book • One of USA Today’s top 10 books of the yearRecalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and co...(展开全部)