Mark Cohen is a restless poet of a photographer. In GRIM STREET he demonstrates his enormous ability to grasp a winking moment of life in the back streets, isolated fleeting views of the ordinary made extraordinary. This very fine book of photographs is less attuned to compositionally correct images as emotionally charged ones. As such it is a monograph of the smarmy, dark, see...(展开全部)

Mark Cohen is a restless poet of a photographer. In GRIM STREET he demonstrates his enormous ability to grasp a winking moment of life in the back streets, isolated fleeting views of the ordinary made extraordinary. This very fine book of photographs is less attuned to compositionally correct images as emotionally charged ones. As such it is a monograph of the smarmy, dark, see...(展开全部)

加思·尼克斯（也译作贾斯·尼克斯）是澳大利亚奇幻作家，也是一位被英美主流市场认可的外国奇幻天才，他的代表作有“古王国”系列、“第七高塔”系列、“7王圣钥”系列等。 加思·尼克斯的作品深受读者喜爱。出版至今，他的作品已被译成38国语言，行销全球超过500万册。“古王国”系列中的首部曾再版20余次，其他作品以逐一荣登美国《纽约时代》《出版人周刊》英国《书商》杂志《星期日泰晤士报》畅销书榜，并因个性鲜明的品质入选美国图书馆青少年最佳推荐图书、纽约公共图书馆推荐书单、《轨迹》杂志推荐奇幻小说书单。

杰克•鲍温1995年在斯坦福大学取得人类生物学荣誉学士学位，后来在加利福尼亚州立大学长滩分校以优异的成绩取得哲学硕士学位。鲍温曾在迪安萨学院从事了六年的哲学和伦理学教学工作，此后一直在阿瑟顿一所著名的私立高中教授哲学。

It came to me first of all, quite suddenly, as a sort of legendary tale, suggested by my recollection of having once, in early childhood, seen a linen-weaver with a bag on his back; but, as my mind dwelt on the subject, I became inclined to a more realistic treatment. Falsely accused, cut off from his past, Silas the weaver is reduced to a spider-like existence, endlessly weavi...(展开全部)

It came to me first of all, quite suddenly, as a sort of legendary tale, suggested by my recollection of having once, in early childhood, seen a linen-weaver with a bag on his back; but, as my mind dwelt on the subject, I became inclined to a more realistic treatment. Falsely accused, cut off from his past, Silas the weaver is reduced to a spider-like existence, endlessly weavi...(展开全部)

恩古吉·瓦·提安哥(1938--) 出身于东非肯尼亚卡米里苏一个贫困的农民家庭，在地理上属于英国殖民统治下称为"白色高地"的行政区域。 1962年恩古吉在"非洲英语作家研讨会"上遇见了著名非洲作家索因卡和阿契贝，这次重要的会面使他决心走上"终身非洲作家"的道路，同年，恩古吉创作了剧本《黑色隐士》(T heBlackH erm it)。1964年恩古吉毕业于乌干达马赫雷雷大学。1977年，他因抗议当局对英语的强制性教育而被政府逮捕，拘禁超过一年。获释后与家人过着流亡的生活，直到肯尼亚独裁者阿拉普·莫伊下台才终于得以安全回国。由于政治和健康的原因，最近十几年，恩古吉和阿契贝一样旅居美国，在美国的大学工作。

恩古吉·瓦·提安哥(1938--) 出身于东非肯尼亚卡米里苏一个贫困的农民家庭，在地理上属于英国殖民统治下称为"白色高地"的行政区域。 1962年恩古吉在"非洲英语作家研讨会"上遇见了著名非洲作家索因卡和阿契贝，这次重要的会面使他决心走上"终身非洲作家"的道路，同年，恩古吉创作了剧本《黑色隐士》(T heBlackH erm it)。1964年恩古吉毕业于乌干达马赫雷雷大学。1977年，他因抗议当局对英语的强制性教育而被政府逮捕，拘禁超过一年。获释后与家人过着流亡的生活，直到肯尼亚独裁者阿拉普·莫伊下台才终于得以安全回国。由于政治和健康的原因，最近十几年，恩古吉和阿契贝一样旅居美国，在美国的大学工作。

"How sure can you be that you,re not dreaming right now?" "Up until now, completely sure," I responded. "Dreams aren,t really anything like reality. Dreams are, well, they,re more dreamy. You can just tell. Things happen in dreams that don,t happen in reality. Usually, anyway." The hero of The Dream Weaver, young Ian Pinkle, encounters a world full of the unknown. With the hel...(展开全部)

John W.Milnor，著名美国数学家，菲尔兹奖（1962）和沃尔夫奖（1989）得主。美国科学院院士，1966年获得美国国家科学奖章。现任纽约州立大学石溪分校教授。在微分拓扑、K理论、动力系统等方面都有杰出的成就。他的写作风格深受读者欢迎，除本书外，还著有 Mores Theory、Characteristic Classes 等，都是公认的数学名著。