In this book, novelist Colm Tóibín offers a deeply personal introduction to the work and life of one of his most important literary influences—the American poet Elizabeth Bishop. Ranging across her poetry, prose, letters, and biography, Tóibín creates a vivid picture of Bishop while also revealing how her work has helped shape his sensibility as a novelist and how her experienc...(展开全部)

The story involves a series of murders taking place in a wealthy neighborhood of New York. The first murder, of a Mr. Joseph Cochrane Robin who is found pierced by an arrow, is accompanied by a note signed "The Bishop" with an extract from the nursery rhyme Who Killed Cock Robin. This crime takes place at the home of an elderly physicist with a beautiful young ward and a privat...(展开全部)

3100年，第三次世界大战已经过去了一百年，在这一百年里，人类科技飞速发展，甚至已经在太阳系各大行星上建立了据点，而此时，名为天罗的外星人盯上了这片美丽的太阳系，强大的力量摧毁了人们的抵抗。而此时，一支自称天命的队伍出现在了地球上，他们用远...

弗兰克·帕金（Frank Parkin）　英国社会学家、肯特大学荣退教授、新韦伯主义分层思想的重要代表，他的主要贡献在理论方面，比如他十分清晰地阐述了韦伯主义的社会封锁思想。

This study of Weber's sociology, written by an eminent authority, is a clear and illuminating discussion of the most important elements of Weber's thinking. The book concentrates on four main elements of Weber's work: his approach to sociological method, ethical neutrality and historical explanation; his influential work on religion and capitalism; his theory of authority and p...(展开全部)

弗兰克·帕金（Frank Parkin），英国社会学家、肯特大学荣休教授、新韦伯主义分层思想的重要代表。著有《马克斯·韦伯导论》《阶级不平等与政治秩序》等。