The poetry of the Ming dynasty has been relatively neglected in scholarship of the past century, and the 'Archaist' poets of the middle Ming especially so. This book attempts to redress this neglect by presenting by far the most detailed treatment available in any language of the life, milieu, and work of Ho Ching-ming (1483-1521). While Ho's participation in the Archaist circl...(展开全部)

The poetry of the Ming dynasty has been relatively neglected in scholarship of the past century, and the 'Archaist' poets of the middle Ming especially so. This book attempts to redress this neglect by presenting by far the most detailed treatment available in any language of the life, milieu, and work of Ho Ching-ming (1483-1521). While Ho's participation in the Archaist circl...(展开全部)

In the tradition of Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris's recent bestseller, The End of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in t...(展开全部)

In the tradition of Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris's recent bestseller, The End of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in t...(展开全部)

In the tradition of Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris's recent bestseller, The End of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in t...(展开全部)

In the tradition of Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris's recent bestseller, The End of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in t...(展开全部)

西蒙·赫弗(Simon Heffer)，1960年生，曾在剑桥大学主修英语，后获剑桥大学历史学博士学位，现任英国白金汉大学历史学教授。赫弗在伦敦新闻界服役近35年，曾任《每日电讯报》（The Daily Telegraph）和《旁观者》（The Spectator）副总编辑，现为《每日电讯报》和《星期日电讯报》（The Sunday Telegraph）撰稿人。本书为赫弗英国现代史系列作品的第三部，赫弗的其他作品还包括《道德亡命徒：托马斯·卡莱尔的一生》（Moral Desperado : A Life of Thomas Carlyle）《像罗马人那样：伊诺克·鲍威尔的一生》（Like the Roman: The Life of Enoch Powell）《权力和地位：国王爱德华七世的政治重要性》（Power and Place: The Pol...(展开全部)

西蒙·赫弗(Simon Heffer)，1960年生，曾在剑桥大学主修英语，后获剑桥大学历史学博士学位，现任英国白金汉大学历史学教授。赫弗在伦敦新闻界服役近35年，曾任《每日电讯报》（The Daily Telegraph）和《旁观者》（The Spectator）副总编辑，现为《每日电讯报》和《星期日电讯报》（The Sunday Telegraph）撰稿人。本书为赫弗英国现代史系列作品的第三部，赫弗的其他作品还包括《道德亡命徒：托马斯·卡莱尔的一生》（Moral Desperado : A Life of Thomas Carlyle）《像罗马人那样：伊诺克·鲍威尔的一生》（Like the Roman: The Life of Enoch Powell）《权力和地位：国王爱德华七世的政治重要性》（Power and Place: The Pol...(展开全部)

P. G.伍德豪斯(1881-1975)，英国当代著名作家。他的作品根植于英国社会生活，风格轻松诙谐而不失幽默。在超过半个世纪的写作生涯里，他创作了《万能管家吉夫斯》系列、《布兰丁斯城堡》系列等诸多作品。为纪念他的文学成就，“波灵格大众伍德豪斯奖”于2000年设立，每年嘉奖优秀的英国幽默作品。 《万能管家吉夫斯》系列是伍德豪斯的代表作，更是英式幽默的典范，其影响力已经超出了文学领域，成为英语世界的文化现象。书中管家吉夫斯的名字甚至被收入英语辞典，成为理想管家的代名词。该系列亦曾被改编为英剧《万能管家》，憨态可掬的伍斯特与足智多谋的吉夫斯，成为在世界各地都广受欢迎的荧幕形象。

In questo romanzo Niccolò Ammaniti va al cuore della sua narrativa, con una storia tesa e dal ritmo serrato, un congegno a orologeria che si carica fino a una conclusione sorprendente: e mette in scena la paura stessa. Michele Amitrano, nove anni, si trova di colpo a fare i conti con un segreto cosi grande e terribile da non poterlo nemmeno raccontare. E per affrontarlo dovrà t...(展开全部)