乔纳森•斯威夫特（Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745），英国作家，讽刺文学大师，以《格列佛游记》、《桶的故事》、《书的战争》、《布商的信》等作品闻名于世。

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas s...(展开全部)

This prose parody is Swift's first major work and possibly his most masterful

撒迦利亚•西琴1922年出生于俄罗斯阿塞拜疆首府库班，在乌克兰度过幼年时代。年长后在伦敦大学攻读过考古学、历史学、语言学、经济学及神话学等。 作为世界上少数能解读苏美尔楔形文字的学者，撒迦利亚•西琴同时也精通希伯来语、塞姆语和欧洲的各种语言。他的研究遍 及古巴比伦、古埃及、古印度和玛雅文化等领域，一生致力于人类起源的研究活动。他的研究活动甚至被立为一门独立的学科“西琴学”。 撒迦利亚•西琴已于2010年10月9日以90岁高龄病逝于纽约。

撒迦利亚•西琴1922年出生于俄罗斯阿塞拜疆首府库班，在乌克兰度过幼年时代。年长后在伦敦大学攻读过考古学、历史学、语言学、经济学及神话学等。 作为世界上少数能解读苏美尔楔形文字的学者，撒迦利亚•西琴同时也精通希伯来语、塞姆语和欧洲的各种语言。他的研究遍 及古巴比伦、古埃及、古印度和玛雅文化等领域，一生致力于人类起源的研究活动。他的研究活动甚至被立为一门独立的学科“西琴学”。 撒迦利亚•西琴已于2010年10月9日以90岁高龄病逝于纽约。

"A wonderfully mesmerizing adventure, delving into the convoluted mind of one of modern fiction's most famous anti-heroes, the vampire Lestat. Rice's writing is elegant and thought-provoking and her story is a gem." THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE For centuries Lestat has been a courted prince in the universe of the dead. Now he is alone and everything he once believed in seems fa...(展开全部)

"A wonderfully mesmerizing adventure, delving into the convoluted mind of one of modern fiction's most famous anti-heroes, the vampire Lestat. Rice's writing is elegant and thought-provoking and her story is a gem." THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE For centuries Lestat has been a courted prince in the universe of the dead. Now he is alone and everything he once believed in seems fa...(展开全部)

Umberto Eco 翁贝托·埃科（1932-2016） 欧洲重要的公共知识分子、小说家、符号学家、美学家、史学家、哲学家。 出生于意大利亚历山德里亚，博洛尼亚大学教授。著有大量小说和随笔作品，如《玫瑰的名字》《傅科摆》《昨日之岛》《波多里诺》《洛阿娜女王的神秘火焰》《布拉格公墓》《试刊号》和《密涅瓦火柴盒》等。

A posthumous collection of essays about the modern world from one of Europe’s greatest, and best-selling, literary figures Umberto Eco was an international cultural superstar. In this, his last collection, the celebrated essayist and novelist observes the changing world around him with irrepressible curiosity and profound wisdom. He sees with fresh eyes the upheaval in ideologi...(展开全部)

In another feat of hypnotic storytelling, Anne Rice continues the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles that began with the now classic Interview with the Vampire and continued with The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned. Lestat speaks.  Vampire-hero, enchanter, seducer of mortals.  For centuries he has been a courted prince in the dark and flourishing universe of the livi...(展开全部)