Ossyane, a young Lebanese man and his Jewish wife Clara return to live in Haifa after World War II. Just as war breaks out in the new-born state of Israel, Ossayne is forced to go to Beirut. The border with Israel closes behind him and he becomes separated from his wife with tragic consequences.

Although Edward Steichen exhibited some of Saul Leiter's color photographs at The Museum of Modern Art in 1953, for 40 years afterward they remained virtually unknown to the art world. Saul Leiter: Early Color provides the first opportunity to see a comprehensive presentation of images by one of photography's great originals. Leiter moved to New York in 1946 intending to be a p...(展开全部)

This collection of essays on Saul Kripke and his philosophy is the first and only collection of essays to examine both published and unpublished writings by Kripke. Its essays, written by distinguished philosophers in the field, present a broader picture of Kripke's life and work than has previously been available to scholars of his thought. New topics covered in these essays i...(展开全部)

Saul Leiter (b. 1923) is one of those photographers who seek neither fame nor commercial success, despite their talent for imagemaking. Born in Pittsburgh, he spent the 1940s and 1950s in New York, in an intensely creative environment where ideas from Europe and America came together and intermingled. There he encountered Rothko and the Abstract Expressionists, and discovered s...(展开全部)

Saul Kripke is one of the most important and original post-war analytic philosophers. His work has undeniably had a profound impact on the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind. Yet, his ideas are amongst the most challenging frequently encountered by students of philosophy. In this informative and accessible book, Arif Ahmed provides a clear and thorough account of...(展开全部)

This collection of essays on Saul Kripke and his philosophy is the first and only collection of essays to examine both published and unpublished writings by Kripke. Its essays, written by distinguished philosophers in the field, present a broader picture of Kripke's life and work than has previously been available to scholars of his thought. New topics covered in these essays i...(展开全部)

H.P.洛夫克拉夫特 Howard Philips Lovecraft （1890—1937） 1890年出生于普罗维登斯安格尔街194号。 3岁时父亲因精神崩溃被送进医院，五年后去世。 14岁时祖父去世，家道中落，他一度打算自杀。 18岁时深受精神崩溃的折磨，未及毕业便退学。 29岁时母亲也精神失常，两年后死于手术。 34岁时结婚，但婚后生活并不幸福。妻子的帽子商店破产，身体健康恶化。他因此陷入痛苦与孤独，五年后离婚。 一贫如洗的他回到家乡普罗维登斯，将所有精力倾注于写作。然而直到46岁被诊断出肠癌，他的60篇中短篇小说终究因为内容过于超前，未能为他带来名利回报。次年，他在疼痛与孤独的阴影中死去。 今天，洛夫克拉夫特和他笔下的克苏鲁神话，被认为是20世纪影响力最大的古典恐怖小说体系，业已成为无数恐怖电影、游戏、文学作品的根源。