英国记者，其作品《禁卫军之树》2007年获得有“悬疑小说界的奥斯卡奖”美名的爱伦坡悬疑小说奖。本书《徒步金角湾》获得约翰•李维恩图书奖。

克里斯蒂•布朗（1932—1981） Christy Brown 爱尔兰作家、画家和诗人。生于都柏林，是一位泥瓦匠的二十二个子女之一，他患先天性大脑瘫痪，无法控制语言和肢体行动，只有左脚能自如运用。他的母亲始终支持他，教会了他用左脚写字。之后他还学会了用左脚作画，甚至打字。1954年他出版了自传《我的左脚》。1981年去世。几年后，根据《我的左脚》改编的，由著名男演员丹尼尔•戴-刘易斯主演的电影上映，并在1990年获得了奥斯卡金像奖最佳影片等提名。 除了《我的左脚》，克里斯蒂•布朗还曾出版自传体小说《生不逢时》，小说《前程远大》《夏日阴影》，以及诗歌集等。除了在文学上颇有建树，布朗的画作也具有很高的艺术价值。 因为蕴含着人生最宝贵的三大品质——爱、勇气和毅力，问世半个多世纪的《我的左脚》，像《假如给我三天光明》《爱的教育》一样，已成为感动并鼓舞着世界...(展开全部)

My Left Foot is Christy Brown’s inspirational story of his early life, his battle against the restraints of cerebral palsy and his struggle to learn to read, write and paint, all with the aid of his left foot.

克里斯蒂•布朗（1932—1981） Christy Brown 爱尔兰作家、画家和诗人。生于都柏林，是一位泥瓦匠的二十二个子女之一，他患先天性大脑瘫痪，无法控制语言和肢体行动，只有左脚能自如运用。他的母亲始终支持他，教会了他用左脚写字。之后他还学会了用左脚作画，甚至打字。1954年他出版了自传《我的左脚》。1981年去世。几年后，根据《我的左脚》改编的，由著名男演员丹尼尔•戴-刘易斯主演的电影上映，并在1990年获得了奥斯卡金像奖最佳影片等提名。 除了《我的左脚》，克里斯蒂•布朗还曾出版自传体小说《生不逢时》，小说《前程远大》《夏日阴影》，以及诗歌集等。除了在文学上颇有建树，布朗的画作也具有很高的艺术价值。 因为蕴含着人生最宝贵的三大品质——爱、勇气和毅力，问世半个多世纪的《我的左脚》，像《假如给我三天光明》《爱的教育》一样，已成为感动并鼓舞着世界...(展开全部)

Christy Brown was born with cerebral palsy and severe physical disability. He grew up to become a brilliantly imaginative and sensitive writer who would take his place among the giants of Irish literature. This autobiography, published in 1954 when he was twenty-two, recounts his early life in Dublin – the poverty of his childhood, the support of his mother and his hope for a b...(展开全部)

From his birth in the lowest stratum of the samurai class to his assassination at the hands of right-wing militarists, Takahashi Korekiyo (1854-1936) lived through tumultuous times that shaped the course of modern Japanese history. Takahashi is considered 'Japan's Keynes' in many circles because of the forward-thinking (and controversial) fiscal and monetary policies - includin...(展开全部)

From his birth in the lowest stratum of the samurai class to his assassination at the hands of right-wing militarists, Takahashi Korekiyo (1854-1936) lived through tumultuous times that shaped the course of modern Japanese history. Takahashi is considered "Japan's Keynes" in many circles because of the forward-thinking (and controversial) fiscal and monetary policies - includin...(展开全部)

This classic China travel book was first published in 1911. Edwin Dingle, an English journalist and eccentric, recounts his adventures as he travels up the Yangtze River from Shanghai and then walks southwest from Chongqing across some of China's most wild and woolly territory to Burma. Along the way, Dingle describes life and society in southwest China in a readable and sensit...(展开全部)

Ripley had kept his name and reputation clean, amazingly clean, considering. It would be most embarrassing for him if his interest in the Buckmaster Gallery were made public. The gallery is staging another Derwatt exhibition. But now an American collector claims that the expensive masterpiece he bought three years ago is a fake, it is of course. And he wants to talk to Derwatt....(展开全部)

In this harrowing illumination of the psychotic mind, the enviable Tom Ripley has a lovely house in the French countryside, a beautiful and very rich wife, and an art collection worthy of a connoisseur. But such a gracious life has not come easily. One inopportune inquiry, one inconvenient friend, and Ripley's world will come tumbling down--unless he takes decisive steps. In a ...(展开全部)