(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) A generous and varied selection–the only hardcover edition available–of the literary and political writings of one of the greatest essayists of the twentieth century. Although best known as the author of Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-four , George Orwell left an even more lastingly significant achievement in his voluminous essays, which dea...(展开全部)

What is a just political order? What does justice require of us? These are perennial questions of political philosophy. John Rawls, generally acknowledged to be one of the most influential political philosophers of the twentieth century, answered them in a way that has drawn widespread attention, not only from political philosophers, but from political scientists, economists, t...(展开全部)

"All first-rate criticism first defines what we are confronting," the late, great jazz critic Whitney Balliett once wrote. By that measure, the essays of Christopher Hitchens are in the first tier. For nearly four decades, Hitchens has been telling us, in pitch-perfect prose, what we confront when we grapple with first principles-the principles of reason and tolerance and scept...(展开全部)

"All first-rate criticism first defines what we are confronting," the late, great jazz critic Whitney Balliett once wrote. By that measure, the essays of Christopher Hitchens are in the first tier. For nearly four decades, Hitchens has been telling us, in pitch-perfect prose, what we confront when we grapple with first principles-the principles of reason and tolerance and scept...(展开全部)

亨特•戴维斯，英国作家、记者和播音员。戴维斯著书超过四十部，创作范围广泛，包括小说、儿童故事、旅游、社会历史和体育。戴维斯的传记作品中包括有华兹华斯、哥伦布、斯蒂文森、波特小姐等，他也是披头士唯一授权的传记作者——1968年出版的授权传记《披头士》广受好评。身为记者，他曾在《星期日泰晤士报》、《潘趣》杂志和《卫报》工作多年。

亨特•戴维斯，英国作家、记者和播音员。戴维斯著书超过四十部，创作范围广泛，包括小说、儿童故事、旅游、社会历史和体育。戴维斯的传记作品中包括有华兹华斯、哥伦布、斯蒂文森、波特小姐等，他也是披头士唯一授权的传记作者——1968年出版的授权传记《披头士》广受好评。身为记者，他曾在《星期日泰晤士报》、《潘趣》杂志和《卫报》工作多年。

Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969), one of the principal figures associated with the Frankfurt School, wrote extensively on culture, modernity, aesthetics, literature, and - more than any other subject - music. To this day, Adorno remains the single most influential contributor to the development of qualitative musical sociology which, together with his nuanced intertextual readings...(展开全部)

Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969), one of the principal figures associated with the Frankfurt School, wrote extensively on culture, modernity, aesthetics, literature, and - more than any other subject - music. To this day, Adorno remains the single most influential contributor to the development of qualitative musical sociology which, together with his nuanced intertextual readings...(展开全部)