In just seven years (from 1950 through 1956), Grace Kelly made eleven feature films. They established her as one of the screen's iconic beauties, and as a performer of rare intelligence and wit. Donald Spoto, a personal friend of Kelly's in whom she confided, is in a unique position to tell the story of her transformation from convent girl from Philadelphia to last star of Holl...(展开全部)

Peter Drucker may be best known as a writer on business and management, but, in fact, these subjects are neither his first nor have they been his foremost intellectual concern. Drucker's primary concern has been community, in which the individual has status, and society, in which the individual has function. He has brought together selections from his vast writings on these sub...(展开全部)

Drawing on his unprecedented access to Grace Kelly, bestselling biographer Donald Spoto at last offers an intimate, honest, and authoritative portrait of one of Hollywood’s legendary actresses. In just seven years–from 1950 through 1956–Grace Kelly embarked on a whirlwind career that included roles in eleven movies. From the principled Amy Fowler Kane in High Noon to the th...(展开全部)

莫里斯·马夏尔：法国科学记者，专长为物理与数学。

理查德・休斯（1900-1976），英国著名剧作家、诗人和小说家。曾先后就读于伦敦查特豪斯公学和牛津大学欧瑞尔学院。早在牛津读书期间，休斯便出版了诗集《流浪的夜晚和此前的诗》。毕业后，休斯担任英国威尔士国家歌剧团团长，并创作了著名广播剧《冒险》。 1926年，理查德・休斯出版小说处女作《牙买加飓风》，立即风行英美，成为超级畅销书。同年，休斯以此书赢得法国费米娜文学奖，奠定了本书作为现代文学经典的基础。此后，休斯又创作了《大海上的男人》、《人类的困境》和《困惑的少年》等著名作品。

Set in the last century against a tropical landscape and the ever-present sea, "A High Wind in Jamaica" tells the story of a family of English children who, on being sent by their parents back to England from Jamaica, fall into the hands of pirates. As this voyage of innocence continues the events which unfold begin to take on a savagely detached and haunting quality.

After a terrible hurricane levels their Jam aican estate, the Bas-Thorntons decide to send their children back to the safety and comfort of England. On the way their ship is set upon by pirates, and the children are accidentally transferred to the pirate vessel. Jonsen, the well-meaning pirate c aptain, doesn't know how to dispose of his new cargo, while the children adjust wi...(展开全部)

理查德・休斯（1900-1976），英国著名剧作家、诗人和小说家。曾先后就读于伦敦查特豪斯公学和牛津大学欧瑞尔学院。早在牛津读书期间，休斯便出版了诗集《流浪的夜晚和此前的诗》。毕业后，休斯担任英国威尔士国家歌剧团团长，并创作了著名广播剧《冒险》。 1926年，理查德・休斯出版小说处女作《牙买加飓风》，立即风行英美，成为超级畅销书。同年，休斯以此书赢得法国费米娜文学奖，奠定了本书作为现代文学经典的基础。此后，休斯又创作了《大海上的男人》、《人类的困境》和《困惑的少年》等著名作品。