唐纳德·斯波托已出版有十一部作品，其中包括劳伦斯·奥利弗、阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克、田纳西·威廉斯和玛琳·黛德丽的国际畅销传记。他获得了福特汉姆大学的博士学位，长期以来一直在世界各地从事教学工作，现今在纽约和欧洲两地居住。 译者简介： 徐海幈，兰州大学新闻学专业硕士学位，先后在《中国新闻周刊》、《三联生活周刊》、《时代人物周报》等杂志工作，在瑞典的隆德大学获得影视制作和亚洲研究（印度方向）两个专业的硕士学位。从2011年开始，以自由译者的身份开始从事图书翻译工作，迄今为止翻译了《丘吉尔传》（罗伊•詹金斯）、《叶卡捷琳娜大帝：通往权力之路》（罗伯特·K.迈锡）等五十余种图书。

玛丽莲·梦露 Marilyn Monroe，1926—1962 1926年生于洛杉矶，在多个寄养家庭和孤儿院里度过童年。1940年代成为海报模特并进入电影行业，出演过《夜阑人未静》《豆蔻年华》《乱点鸳鸯谱》《绅士爱美人》等影片。她创造的金发女郎形象成为20世纪最广为人知和经久不衰的银幕形象。梦露曾获金球奖在内的诸多荣誉，却在年仅36岁时因过量服用药物离世。 【译者】李文心：本科毕业于同济大学英美文学专业，硕士毕业于英国帝国理工学院商学院。独立戏剧制作人，自由译者。

Written at the height of her fame but not published until over a decade after her death, this autobiography of actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) poignantly recounts her childhood as an unwanted orphan, her early adolescence, her rise in the film industry from bit player to celebrity, and her marriage to Joe DiMaggio.

Like her art, Marilyn Monroe was rooted in paradox: she was a powerful star and a childlike waif; a joyful, irreverent party girl with a deeply spiritual side; a superb friend and a narcissist; a dumb blonde and an intellectual. No previous biographer has recognised - much less attempted to analyse - most of these aspects of her personality. Lois Banner has. Since Marilyn's pre...(展开全部)

Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgement Day and the battlefield of today’s clash of civilizations. From King David to Barack Obama, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict, this is the epic history of three thousand years of faith, slaugh...(展开全部)

Jerusalem is the epic history of three thousand years of faith, fanaticism, bloodshed, and coexistence, from King David to the 21st century, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict. How did this small, remote town become the Holy City, the “center of the world” and now the key to peace in the Middle East? In a gripping narrative, Sim...(展开全部)

Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgement Day and the battlefield of today’s clash of civilizations. From King David to Barack Obama, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict, this is the epic history of three thousand years of faith, slaugh...(展开全部)

Jerusalem is the epic history of three thousand years of faith, fanaticism, bloodshed, and coexistence, from King David to the 21st century, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict. How did this small, remote town become the Holy City, the “center of the world” and now the key to peace in the Middle East? In a gripping narrative, Sim...(展开全部)

Most people in the West know very little about the prophet Muhammad. The acclaimed religious writer Karen Armstrong has written a biography which will give us a more accurate and profound understanding of Islam and the people who adhere to it so strongly. Muhammad also offers challenging comparisons with the two religions most closely related to it - Judaism and Christianity. '...(展开全部)