At once ancient and modern, Britain's cosmopolitan capital has no formal center; each of its areas boasts its own style and atmosphere. Central London's royal palaces and grand hotels vie for the onlooker's attention with its majestic parliament building. The financial district--the City--has witnessed a flowering of daring and innovative modern architecture, which now mingles ...(展开全部)

克里斯托弗·希伯特（Christopher Hibbert，1924—2008），出生于英国莱斯特郡，毕业于牛津大学拉德利和奥里尔学院。二战期间他在伦敦爱尔兰步枪团任步兵军官，曾两次负伤，并于1945年获得军功十字勋章。普拉姆教授（J. H. Plumb）称其为“能力极高的作家”，《新政治家》称其为“传记作者中的明珠”。他是一位久负盛名的通俗历史学家。 其作品以治学严谨著称，包括《拉格伦王的灭亡》（The Destruction of Lord Raglan，荣获1962年海涅曼文学奖）、《温莎宫廷》（The Court at Windsor）、《查尔斯·狄更斯成名之路》（The Making of Charles Dickens）、《猛龙觉醒：1793—1911年的中国与西方》（The Dragon Wakes: China and the Wes...(展开全部)

C.S.路易斯(1898—1963)，是20世纪英国一位具有多方面天才的作家。他26岁即登牛津大学教席，被当代人誉为“最伟大的牛津人”。1954年他被剑桥大学聘为中世纪及文艺复兴时期英语文学教授，这个头衔保持到他退休。 他在一生中，完成了三类很不相同的事业。他被称为“三个C.S.路易斯”：一是杰出的牛津剑桥大学文学史家和批评家，代表作包括《牛津英国文学史·16世纪卷》。二是深受欢迎的科学幻想作家和儿童文学作家，代表作包括“《太空》三部曲”和“《纳尼亚传奇》七部曲”。三是通俗的基督教神学家和演说家，代表作包括《天路回归》、《地狱来信》、《返璞归真》、《四种爱》等等。他一生著书逾30部，有学术著作、小说、诗集、童话，他在全世界拥有庞大的支持者，时至今日，他的作品每年还在继续吸引着成千上万新的读者。

This illustrated history of the City of London provides a nostalgic look at the Square Mile's past and highlights the special character of some of its most important historic sites. The photographs ar

From Publishers Weekly: Olsen's thesis is that these three European capitals were each deliberately conceived as a unified work of art to reinforce the values of the dominant class and to serve their leisure pursuits. This is "a delightful and gripping, richly illustrated social history," noted PW. From Library Journal: A sweeping comparative analysis of three great European me...(展开全部)

Shifting between the everyday and the surreal, A City Inside recounts one woman’s life from childhood home, to the first love that she will never forget, to the creation of the idea of herself that she can grow old with and the home that she can grow old in. Walden’s follow up to the lyrical I Love This Part is a poetic exploration of the process of growing older; the journey t...(展开全部)

Provence Sketchbook takes the reader through this historically rich region that also boasts some of France?s most breathtaking landscapes.

NY: St. Martin's Press, 2002. 2nd. Oblong 4to (11-13" wide), 95pp, color and b&w illustrations, cloth. Fine/Fine.

Many facets of Oxford are recorded here, as Graham Byfield strolls with his sketchpad through college gateways, courtyards and gardens, along broad streets and narrow alleyways, into great ceremonial buildings and cosy medieval pubs. In few cities in the world can such an array of architectural treasures be viewed within so compact an area, ideally suited to the visitor on foot...(展开全部)

保罗•克利( Paul Klee，1879—1940)，20世纪最具诗意与创造精神的艺术家之一。出生于瑞士，父亲为德裔，母亲为法国与瑞士混血后裔。父母均是音乐家，唯一的姐姐早他三年出生。七岁开始学习小提琴；十九岁获高中文凭，前往慕尼黑习画；21岁正式进入美术学院学习雕刻与雕塑。1920—1930年执教包豪斯学院。1940年6月29日病逝。 他一生致力于抽象与非具象表现的探究，由观念描述转入视觉，从人物转入大自然与历史，乃至于纯艺术的追求；他借由象征来传达艺术理念，为后世画家树立了一个崭新的典范。