麦克班恩一九二六年十月十五日出生在纽约市，他的父亲是一位邮局的员工。他的本名是萨尔瓦托雷•隆比诺（Salvatore Lombino）。隆比诺自第二次世界大战服役海军期间开始写作，之后以极优异的成绩毕业于亨特学院（Hunter College），并在那里担任教职。 在五十年的作家生涯里，他以亨特或麦克班恩之名写了许多畅销的小说、短篇作品、剧本和电影脚本（包括担任希区科克的名作《鸟》的编剧）。一九五六年，他以《恨警察的人》（Cop Hater）一书开始了八十七分局系列小说，将警察小说带入了一个全新、更加写实的新领域。故事背景是一个虚构的城市艾索拉（Isola，其蓝本为麦克班恩熟悉的纽约市），而本书亦为日后的大都市警察小说定下了一个模式：充满罪恶的大都市、多重故事发展、曲折的剧情、激烈的动作场景、贫民区的暴力描写、有计划的团队合作、写实的法医程序、以及外...(展开全部)

Barbara Kingsolver is an American novelist, essayist, and poet. She was raised in rural Kentucky and lived briefly in Africa in her early childhood. Kingsolver earned degrees in Biology at DePauw University and the University of Arizona and worked as a freelance writer before she began writing novels. Her most famous works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary ...(展开全部)

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century • An Oprah’s Book Club Selection • An Instant New York Times Bestseller • An Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller • A #1 Washington Post Bestseller • A New York Times "Ten Best Books of the Year" "Demon is a voice for the ages—akin to Huck Fin...(展开全部)

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century • An Oprah’s Book Club Selection • An Instant New York Times Bestseller • An Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller • A #1 Washington Post Bestseller • A New York Times "Ten Best Books of the Year" "Demon is a voice for the ages—akin to Huck Fin...(展开全部)

Barbara Kingsolver is an American novelist, essayist, and poet. She was raised in rural Kentucky and lived briefly in Africa in her early childhood. Kingsolver earned degrees in Biology at DePauw University and the University of Arizona and worked as a freelance writer before she began writing novels. Her most famous works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary ...(展开全部)

A follow up to DAY OF THE DRAGON, the second book in THE WAR OF THE ANCIENTS trilogy, the maverick mage Rhonin and his dragon ally Krasus are propelled through time into their world's dangerous and mysterious past. While back in the present, the Dark Lord Sargeras sets in motion a plan to overrun the free peoples of the world.

卡尔·萨根博士是美国康奈尔大学的天文学教授。同时他又是世界著名的科普作家。他对科学的精辟见解使他成为“唯一能够用简单扼要的语言说明科学是什么”的科学家。他成为本世纪最有影响的人物。 卡尔·爱德华·萨根于1934年11月9日生于纽约布鲁克林市，于1955年在芝加哥大学获得物理学学士学位，1956年获得物理学硕士学位，1960年获得天文学和天文物理学博士学位。从60年代早期他就在哈佛大学执教。1971年任康奈尔大学正教授。1996年12月20日，这位当代最伟大的科学家和科普作家在与骨髓癌抗争了两年之后，在福莱德·胡钦斯癌症研究中心与世长辞，年仅62岁。 卡尔·萨根一生研究成果惊人。他的研究重点为金星上的温室效应、火星上的季节变化、原子战争所造成的长期环境影响、地球上的生命起源、外星智能生命探索等。他是宇宙生物学的创始人和开拓者之一。长期以来他一直...(展开全部)

"Kingsolver is a writer who can help us understand and navigate the chaos of these times." --Minneapolis Star Tribune From the New York Times bestselling author of Unsheltered and Flight Behavior, a brilliant novel which enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. "Anyone will tell you the born of this world are mark...(展开全部)

"Kingsolver is a writer who can help us understand and navigate the chaos of these times." --Minneapolis Star Tribune From the New York Times bestselling author of Unsheltered and Flight Behavior, a brilliant novel which enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. "Anyone will tell you the born of this world are mark...(展开全部)