Liang Shu-ming (October 18, 1893 – June 23, 1988), was a legendary philosopher, teacher, and leader in the Rural Reconstruction Movement in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republican eras of Chinese history. Liang was also one of the early representatives of modern Neo-Confucianism. Guy S. Alitto, associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations (...(展开全部)

Published for the first time in 1979 by Rizzoli, A Man is the passionate story of Alekos Panagulis, hero of the Greek Resistance and Fallaci’s partner. On May 1, 1976, Alexandros Panagulis, known as Alekos, the lonely hero of the Greek riot against tyranny and power, died tragically in a suspicious car crash. During his funeral, millions of people crowded the streets of Athens ...(展开全部)

In this brilliantly perceptive novel, a middle aged professor living in California, is alienated from his students by differences in age and nationality, and from the rest of society by his homosexuality. Isherwood explores the depths of the human soul and its ability to triumph over loneliness, alienation and loss.

When A Single Man was originally published, it shocked many by its frank, sympathetic, and moving portrayal of a gay man in midlife. George, the protagonist, is adjusting to life on his own after the sudden death of his partner, and determines to persist in the routines of his daily life: the course of A Single Man spans twenty-four hours in an ordinary day. An Englishman and a...(展开全部)

'The best prose writer in English' - Gore Vidal. Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication, "A Single Man" is the story of George Falconer, an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover Jim. With devastating clarity and humour, Christopher Isherwood shows George's determination to carry on, evoking the unexpected pleasure...(展开全部)

'The best prose writer in English' - Gore Vidal. Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication, "A Single Man" is the story of George Falconer, an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover Jim. With devastating clarity and humour, Christopher Isherwood shows George's determination to carry on, evoking the unexpected pleasure...(展开全部)

When A Single Man was originally published, it shocked many by its frank, sympathetic, and moving portrayal of a gay man in midlife. George, the protagonist, is adjusting to life on his own after the sudden death of his partner, and determines to persist in the routines of his daily life: the course of A Single Man spans twenty-four hours in an ordinary day. An Englishman and a...(展开全部)

约翰·罗默，1945年生，美国著名经济学家，曾任加州大学戴维斯学院经济学教授，“经济、正义与社会”研究中心负责人，现为耶鲁大学经济学与政治学教授，是“分析的马克思主义经济学”流派的主要代表人物。其教学与研究领域主要是：分配公正的经济学、马克思经济理论、最优化经济学和微观经济学。主要著作有：《马克思经济理论的分析基础》、《剥削与阶级的一般理论》、《在自由中丧失——马克思主义经济哲学导论》。苏联、东欧剧变后，他坚持为社会主义辩护，并运用经济模式构造未来社会主义的蓝图，写下了这部《社会主义的未来》。 余文烈，经济学教授、哲学研究员，曾任中国社会科学院研究室主任，研究员、博士生导师，现为深圳市委党校教授，中华外国经济学说研究会副会长。曾受聘比利时鲁汶大学、瑞典斯德哥尔摩大学等院校客座教授或访问教授。主持完成国家社科基金项目3项，出版专著和译著《市场社会主义：...(展开全部)

A Man Without a Country is Kurt Vonnegut's hilarious and razor-sharp look at life ("If I die-God forbid-I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in charge up there, 'Hey, what was the good news and what was the bad news?'"), art ("To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it."), politics ("I asked former Yankees pitcher Jim Bou...(展开全部)