Derek Parfit, who died in 2017, is widely believed to have been the best moral philosopher in well over a century. The twenty new essays in this book were written in his honour and have all been inspired by his work—in particular, his work in an area of moral philosophy known as 'population ethics', which is concerned with moral issues raised by causing people to exist. Until P...(展开全部)

This brilliant biography of the cult guitar player makes you forget everything you think you know about jazz improvisation, post punk and the avant-garde Derek Bailey was at the top of his profession as a dance-band and record-session guitarist when, in the early 1960s, he began playing an uncompromisingly abstract music. As the Joseph Holbrooke Trio, with bassist Gavin Bryars ...(展开全部)

作者｜迈克尔·查尔斯沃思 Michael Charlesworth 得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校艺术史教授。著有《19世纪英国和法国的风景与视觉》等。 译者｜黄琼瑶 上海交通大学与法国巴黎先贤祠-索邦大学联合培养博士生，研究方向为美学和视觉文化。

罗伯特·福格尔（Robert W. Fogel），美国著名经济学家、芝加哥经济学派代表人物之一、芝加哥大学教授、芝加哥大学商学院“人口经济学中心”（Center for Population Economics）主任；他用经济史的新理论及数理工具重新诠释了过去的经济发展过程，以他在计量经济史方面出色的工作荣获了1993年诺贝尔经济学奖。

Illuminating the dark side of the American century, "The Monster Show" uncovers the surprising links between horror entertainment and the great social crises of our time, as well as horror's function as a pop analogue to surrealism and other artistic movements. With penetrating analyses and revealing anecdotes, David J. Skal chronicles one of our most popular and pervasive mode...(展开全部)

A serial killer is burning people alive in the Lake District's prehistoric stone circles. He leaves no clues and the police are helpless. When his name is found carved into the charred remains of the third victim, disgraced detective Washington Poe is brought back from suspension and into an investigation he wants no part of. Reluctantly partnered with the brilliant but sociall...(展开全部)

德里克·贾曼 (Derek Jarman,1942-1994) 是一位画家、舞台设计师和电影导演。20世纪60年代，他为剧场设计布景和服装，包括与弗雷德里克·艾什顿合作的《爵士日历》、与肯·罗素合作的《浪子生涯》。他在电影领域的作品跨越70年代、80年代和90年代，出品的电 影包括：《庆典》（Jubilee，1977）、《卡拉瓦乔》（Caravaggio,1986）、《花园》（The Garden,1990）和《蓝色》（Blue,1993）等。他出版的书包括：《舞蹈的岩礁》（Dancing Ledge,1984）、《贾曼的卡拉瓦乔》（Derek Jarman’s Caravaggio,1986）、《英伦末日》（The Last of England,1987）和自传《现代本性》（Modern Nature，1991）等。

德里克·沃尔科特（1930-2017），圣卢西亚诗人，戏剧家，散文家，画家，曾就读于圣玛丽公学、西印度群岛大学莫纳分校，任教于波士顿大学、阿尔伯塔大学，最终在英国埃塞克斯大学获得诗歌教授的教席。沃尔科特是现当代英语诗坛最为杰出的诗人之一，1988年获女王诗歌金章，1990年获W.H.史密斯文学奖，1992年获诺贝尔文学奖。代表作有三大长诗《另一生》、《奥马罗斯（荷马）》、《提埃坡罗的猎犬》，以及《城市死于火》《非洲已远》《克鲁索的日记》《海葡萄》《纵帆船“飞翔号”》《星苹果王国》《幸运的旅行者》《世界之光》《阿肯色圣约》《恩赐》等。

马克•斯佩林（Mark Sperring），英国童书作家，曾就读于巴斯艺术设计学院，后转入英国一流的艺术设计学院——坎贝威尔艺术学院。图画书作品有《狮子爸爸的茶会》《迈克斯睡前表演秀》《向日葵之剑》等，在英国获得极高赞誉。现居住在英国布里斯托尔。 莎拉•沃伯顿（Sarah Warburton），英国插画家，出生于北威尔士。她创作了很多优秀的图画书作品，代表作有《魔猫日记》《有趣先生》《狮子爸爸的茶会》等。现在和丈夫、两个孩子生活在英国布里斯托尔。

Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, th...(展开全部)