One of the most famous psychological studies of the late twentieth century, "On Death and Dying" grew out of an interdisciplinary seminar on death, originated and conducted by Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. In "On Death and Dying, " Dr. Kubler-Ross first introduced and explored the now-famous idea of the five stages of dealing with death: denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, de...(展开全部)

斯蒂芬妮•梅尔，1973年出生于美国康涅狄格州，毕业于杨伯翰大学，主修英国文学。她本是一位有三个孩子的全职主妇，没有丝毫的写作经验。2003年的一天，她做了一个改变她命运的梦：一位少女和一个英俊迷人的男子坐在阳光明媚的草地上谈情说爱。这个梦最终成了她第一部小说《暮色》中的一个章节。 《暮色》出版后，梅尔又写了《新月》、《月食》、《破晓》，被称为“暮光之城”系列。目前该系列全球销量已超1.5亿册，被译为五十多种文字。其后，她还创作了销量超过百万册的小说《宿主》。2008年5月，斯蒂芬妮•梅尔被《时代》周刊评为全球百名最具影响力人物之一。

伊斯梅尔•卡达莱(Ismail Kadaré，1936-)，阿尔巴尼亚著名作家，写小说和诗歌。他的许多作品都在讽刺和批判专制社会，其中一些出版之后曾一度遭禁。目前定居法国，用法文写作，而作品则在全世界传播。他的《亡军的将领》《破碎的四月》《梦幻宫殿》等作品已经翻译成了汉语。25年，他从加西亚•马尔克斯、君特•格拉斯、米兰•昆德拉、纳吉布、马哈福兹、大江健三郎五位诺贝尔文学奖得主中脱颖而出，获得首届布克国际文学奖，并成为诺贝尔文学奖的热门人选。

Jean Baudrillard is one of the most celebrated and most controversial of contemporary social theorists. This major work, appearing in English for the first time, occupies a central place in the rethinking of the humanities and social sciences around the idea of postmodernism. It leads the reader on an exhilarating tour encompassing the end of Marxism, the enchantment of fashion...(展开全部)

Taboo and sacrifice, transgression and language, death and sensuality-Georges Bataille pursues these themes with an original, often startling perspective. He challenges any single discourse on the erotic. The scope of his inquiry ranges from Emily Bronte to Sade, from St. Therese to Claude Levi-Strauss and Dr. Kinsey; and the subjects he covers include prostitution, mythical ec...(展开全部)

安妮拉．亞菲 Aniela Jaffé（1903-1991） 1903年出生於德國柏林猶太家庭，於漢堡大學（University of Hamburg）主修心理學，二戰時為逃避迫害移居瑞士，接受莉蓮．弗雷（Liliane Frey）的精神分析，而後被轉介給榮格，進行了長期的分析工作。 亞菲於1947至1955年擔任蘇黎世榮格學院秘書，為學院的早期規劃作出出色貢獻。1955至1961年擔任榮格私人秘書，是榮格晚年書信的整理者，也是廣為流傳的榮格回憶錄《記憶、夢和反思》（Memories, Dreams, Reflections）多數章節的執筆者。 亞菲亦是傑出的分析心理學者，極富創造力，精熟於榮格學說，在《人及其象徵》（Man and His Symbols）中寫了關於現代藝術的章節，也參與了榮格書信的德文、英文編輯工作。她的著作有《意義的神話》（...(展开全部)

Taboo and sacrifice, transgression and language, death and sensuality-Georges Bataille pursues these themes with an original, often startling perspective. He challenges any single discourse on the erotic. The scope of his inquiry ranges from Emily Bronte to Sade, from St. Therese to Claude Levi-Strauss and Dr. Kinsey; and the subjects he covers include prostitution, mythical ec...(展开全部)

Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. The five stages of grief, first formulated in this hugely influential work forty years ago, are now part of our common understanding of bereavement. The five stages were first identified by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in her work with dying patients at the University of Chicago and were considered phases that all or most people we...(展开全部)

One of the most important psychological studies of the late twentieth century, On Death and Dying grew out of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's famous interdisciplinary seminar on death, life, and transition. In this remarkable book, Dr. Kübler-Ross first explored the now-famous five stages of death: denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Through sampl...(展开全部)