The first biography of the musician Elliott Smith, whose heartbreaking songs were rendered all the more haunting by his tragic death Best for his Oscar-nominated song "Miss Misery" from the Good Will Hunting soundtrack, Elliott Smith was catapulted to the status of indie rock star after performing at the 1997 Academy Awards. Some of his albums, XO and Either/Or among t...(展开全部)

大卫·克里斯蒂安（David Christian），牛津大学博士，主要任职于悉尼麦考瑞大学。1989年，他开始在麦考瑞大学讲授大历史课程；1991年，他在《世界历史》上发表题为《为“大历史”辩护》的文章，首次为他的课程取名“大历史”；2010年，他与比尔·盖茨一起成立“ 大历史项目”，这是面向中学生和普通公众的免费大历史网络课程，2013年底启动。克里斯蒂安是澳大利亚人文学院院士、荷兰皇家科学和人文学会会员，同时也是国际大历史学会创会主席。 辛西娅·斯托克斯·布朗（Cynthia Stokes Brown），约翰·霍普金斯大学博士，国际大历史学会的创会委员。任职于加州多米尼克大学，2007年出版了《大历史：从大爆炸到当下》，此后，她一直参与多米尼克大学的大历史项目。 克雷格·本杰明（Craig Benjamin），麦考瑞大学博士，密歇根伟谷州立大学梅...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

In a recreation of the epoch between the 1770s and the 1820s, Emma Rothschild reinterprets the ideas of the great revolutionary political economists to show us the true landscape of economic and political thought in their day, with important consequences for our own. Her work alters the readings of Adam Smith and Condorcet - and of ideas of enlightenment - that underlie much co...(展开全部)

In a recreation of the epoch between the 1770s and the 1820s, Emma Rothschild reinterprets the ideas of the great revolutionary political economists to show us the true landscape of economic and political thought in their day, with important consequences for our own. Her work alters the readings of Adam Smith and Condorcet - and of ideas of enlightenment - that underlie much co...(展开全部)

罗伦斯·安荷特(Laurence Anholt)和凯瑟琳·安荷特(Catherine Anholt)是英国著名的童书作家／画家夫妻档，自1984年以来合作出版超过九十部作品，并被转译为多国文字，深受世界各地儿童的喜爱。他们两人是Falmouth School of Art的同学，罗伦斯后来进入Royal Academy修得艺术硕士，他们有时搭档写、画，也和其它作画家合作。 他们合作的图画书，多取材自真实的家庭生活，读者常可在凯瑟琳的图画中看到熟悉的家常事物，充满丰富、有趣的细节。他们现在住在英格兰西南部的Lyme Regis，而且在海边开了一间以他们的畅销书命名的书店“Chimp and Zee”。

Well-known as a sculptor, Kiki Smith has also worked extensively as a printmaker--in fact her printed works and other editioned art, including books and multiples, are arguably as important as her sculpture. Smith emerged in the early 1980s as one of a generation of artists who returned to figurative imagery after a period in which American art had leaned to the abstract and co...(展开全部)

著者： 简.古德文（Jane Godwin） 澳大利亚儿童文学作家，企鹅出版集团澳大利亚分公司儿童和青少年图书出版人。她创作了十多部作品，获得世界性的广泛赞誉。小说《家族树》获得澳大利亚昆士兰文学奖，《塞比、斯泰、嘉宝一家和我》入围澳大利亚*佳青少年图书奖，《玛丽的真实 故事》获得儿童图书委员会年度提名奖。代表作品有《我们的四季》《今天我们没有安排》《我要上学啦！》等。 绘者：安娜.沃克（Anna Walker） 澳大利亚知名插画家和儿童文学作家。生于悉尼，在墨尔本长大。大学毕业后做过自由设计师和插画师，后来成为专业的图画书作者。她的作品涉及启蒙、友谊、习惯、校园生活规范等方面，画风明媚温柔、清新细腻。 安娜在墨尔本有一间工作室，和一些毛茸茸的动物待在一起。她的想象力源自她所处的小世界，创作灵感常常被生活中的一些小细节激发。代表作有“我爱”系列、《我...(展开全部)

“Hi, my name is Matthew, although you may know me by another name. My friends call me Matty. And I should be dead.” So begins the riveting story of acclaimed actor Matthew Perry, taking us along on his journey from childhood ambition to fame to addiction and recovery in the aftermath of a life-threatening health scare. Before the frequent hospital visits and stints in rehab, th...(展开全部)