There are two sides to every story: yours and mine, ours and theirs, His & Hers. Which means someone is always lying. Anna Andrews finally has what she wants. Almost. She’s worked hard to become the main TV presenter of the BBC’s lunchtime news, putting work before friends, family, and her now ex-husband. So, when someone threatens to take her dream job away, she’ll do almost a...(展开全部)

There are two sides to every story: yours and mine, ours and theirs, His & Hers. Which means someone is always lying. Anna Andrews finally has what she wants. Almost. She’s worked hard to become the main TV presenter of the BBC’s lunchtime news, putting work before friends, family, and her now ex-husband. So, when someone threatens to take her dream job away, she’ll do almost a...(展开全部)

Celebrated in his own time as well as the present,Rembrandt's works have remarkable staying power. His output was prodigious, totalling around 600 paintings, 300 etchings and 2,000 drawings ranging from commissioned portraits to landscapes to religious allegories. In spite of his longstanding popularity, however, authoritative accounts of Rembrandt's life and work have been dif...(展开全部)

A new biography with all accessible paintings illustrated in colour. <br />Traces the life and career of the seventeenth-century painter, shows all of his works, and offers a fresh analysis of each painting.

Michel Foucault and Paul Veyne: the philosopher and the historian. Two major figures in the world of ideas, resisting all attempts at categorization. Two timeless thinkers who have long walked and fought together. In this short book Paul Veyne offers a fresh portrait of his friend and relaunches the debate about his ideas and legacy. ‘Foucault is not who you think he is’, write...(展开全部)

克里斯托弗•伊舍伍德（1904—1986） 英裔美国作家。一九二九年随好友诗人奥登前往柏林，在当地待了四年，恰好见证了纳粹在德国的兴起。一九四六年获得美国国籍，余生定居美国。其作品带有浓郁的自传色彩，以细腻优美的文笔及对人性独特的洞见，构成绝妙的社会寓言。代表作《单身男子》被改编为电影并获多项国际大奖。《别了，柏林》和《诺里斯先生换火车》合称为《柏林故事集》，被美国国家图书馆与《时代》杂志选入“二十世纪一百部最佳英语小说”。曾与奥登合写日记《战地行纪》，记载一九三八年周游中国的见闻。美国著名剧作家、小说家和散文家戈尔•维达尔称伊舍伍德为“最好的英语散文作家”。

From the critically acclaimed author of Solaris comes a classic sci-fi tale about scientists who must decode a message from intelligent beings in outer space—for fans of Arrival By pure chance, scientists detect a signal from space that may be communication from rational beings. How can people of Earth understand this message, knowing nothing about the senders—including whethe...(展开全部)

A pulsating stream of neutrino radiation from a source with the power of a sun has been detected on earth and a team of scientists assembled to study and decode the mysterious message. As the scientists wranle among themselves, clashing and conspiring while jockeying for favor and position, Lem produces a witty and inventive satire of “men of science” and their thinking. In the...(展开全部)

Originally published in 1968, His Master's Voice is a transitional work between Stanislaw Lem's more or less straightforward science fiction of the earlier years and the searching, difficult, and frequently experimental works of later decades. The novel takes the form of a posthumously published diary by an eminent mathematician, Peter Hogarth, a key participant in the His Mast...(展开全部)

杨腓力（Philip Yancey） 美国当代作家、编辑。三十多年来，凭借纯熟的文字和过人的洞察力，诚恳深入地探讨信仰和生活中的艰难和困惑，影响了超过1500万读者。他的作品曾12次获得美国ECPA年度图书金奖，并被翻译成25种文字，流传到世界各国。代表作有《无语问上帝》、《有话问苍天》、《恩典多奇异》等。杨腓力是Christianity Today杂志的主编。 保罗•班德（Paul Brand,1914-2003） 世界著名的手部外科医生和痳风病专家，他在印度投身痳风病的治疗和康复工作达十八年之久，赢得无数奖项和荣誉，其中包括素负盛名的阿伯特•拉斯卡奖、美国达米恩-杜顿痳风奖，并受英国伊丽莎白女王封为爵士。随后在担任路易斯安那州卡维尔痳疯中心的康复主任时，获得美国公共卫生部杰出服务奖。晚年半退休的他，曾任华盛顿大学骨科系退休名誉临床教授，以及世界卫...(展开全部)