Best known for his novels and plays, Somerset Maugham also produced delightfully engaging and absorbing non-fiction, of which The Gentleman in the Parlour is a prime example. First published in 1935 it describes a journey the author took from Rangoon to Haipong. Whether by river to Mandalay, on horse through the mountains and forests of the Shan States to Bangkok, or onwards ...(展开全部)

Gabriel Tarde was a highly influential figure in 19th century French sociology: a prolific and evocative writer whose understanding of the social differed radically from that of his younger opponent Emile Durkheim. Whereas Durkheimian sociology went on to become the core of the social scientific canon throughout much of the 20th century, Tarde’s sociology fell out of the pictur...(展开全部)

Gabriel Tarde was a highly influential figure in 19th century French sociology: a prolific and evocative writer whose understanding of the social differed radically from that of his younger opponent Emile Durkheim. Whereas Durkheimian sociology went on to become the core of the social scientific canon throughout much of the 20th century, Tarde’s sociology fell out of the pictur...(展开全部)

Archives bring to mind rooms filled with old papers and dusty artifacts. But for scientists, the detritus of the past can be a treasure trove of material vital to present and future research: fossils collected by geologists; data banks assembled by geneticists; weather diaries trawled by climate scientists; libraries visited by historians. These are the vital collections, assem...(展开全部)

Archives bring to mind rooms filled with old papers and dusty artifacts. But for scientists, the detritus of the past can be a treasure trove of material vital to present and future research: fossils collected by geologists; data banks assembled by geneticists; case histories published in medical journals; weather diaries and data silos trawled by climate scientists; libraries ...(展开全部)

【编者简介】 吉恩•贝尔-维亚达（ Gene H. Bell-Villada），美国威廉姆斯学院罗曼语系主任，著有《为艺术而艺术及文学生活：政治和市场如何帮助塑造唯美主义的思想和文化，1790—1990》（入围美国国家图书评论奖）、《海外美国人：在热带长大的外国佬》等。 【译者简介】 许志强，浙江大学世界文学和比较文学研究所教授、博导，著有《马孔多神话和魔幻现实主义》，译有《在西方的注视下》《水手比利•巴德》等。

Gabriel García Márquez (b. 1927) is a sophisticated literary artist who has attained broad popularity. His masterpiece, One Hundred Years of Solitude, has sold tens of millions of copies world wide. His later works have enjoyed equally astounding sales. His achievement as an author received the highest official recognition with the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. Convers...(展开全部)

From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility—a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel “In all ways a great novel, a nonstop pleasure brimming with charm, personal wisdom, and philosophic insight . . .this book more than fulfills the promise of Towles' stylish debut, Rules of Civility." – Kirkus Review...(展开全部)

埃默`托尔斯（Amor Towles） 1964年出生于美国波士顿。本科和硕士学位分别在耶鲁大学和斯坦福大学获得。被《华尔街日报》称为“纽约最后的绅士”。曾因处女作《上流法则》获得菲茨杰拉德奖。《莫斯科绅士》一经发售就登上了《纽约时报》畅销榜，被《华盛顿邮报》等多家知名媒体评为年度畅销图书，至今销量仍居高不下。