An Orange Prize Finalist A Man Booker Prize Nominee Winner of the 2009 Betty Trask Prize A Guardian First Book Award Nominee Jake is in the tailspin of old age. His wife has passed away, his son is in prison, and now he is about to lose his past to Alzheimer’s. As the disease takes hold of him, Jake’s memories become increasingly unreliable. What happened to his daughter? Is...(展开全部)

萨曼莎•哈维1975年出生于英国。曾旅居爱尔兰、新西兰与日本，从事写作与教学工作。现居英国巴斯，除了文学创作，还参与环保慈善事业。 《荒野》是作者的第一本长篇小说。本书甫一出版就受到了广泛关注，成为2008年伦敦书展重点书，继而成为2009橘子文学奖决赛入围作品，2009年布克奖初赛入围作品，并获得了贝蒂特拉斯克处女作文学奖。书评家将她誉为21世纪的“弗吉尼亚•伍尔夫”。《哈泼时尚》杂志将作者评选为2009年最值得关注的三位女性之一，她也是该杂志邀请专访并将其照片作为春季版特刊的唯一一位作家。

"A passionately felt, deeply poetic book. It has philosophy. It has humor. It has its share of nerve-tingling adventures...set down in a lean, racing prose, in a close-knit style of power and beauty." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOKREVIEW Edward Abbey lived for three seasons in the desert at Moab, Utah, and what he discovered about the land before him, the world around him, and the hea...(展开全部)

爱德华・阿比，出生于美国西南部宾西尼亚州的一个农场。除了《孤独的沙漠》以外，他的代表作还有《痛苦的猴群》、《黑日》、《山火》、《勇敢的牛仔》、《回家》、《阿比的路》、《好消息》、《河下游》、《石盐与樱桃派》等。他于1989年3月去世，享年62岁。

The Singing Wilderness is Sigurd Olson's first and best-selling book, with over 70,000 copies sold in hardcover since its release in 1956. Now available in paperback for the first time, this volume established Olson as a major writer renowned for the beauty of his prose and the clarity of his vision."The singing wilderness has to do with the calling of the loons, northern light...(展开全部)

In this beautiful and lucid guide, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh offers gentle anecdotes and practical exercise as a means of learning the skills of mindfulness--being awake and fully aware. From washing the dishes to answering the phone to peeling an orange, he reminds us that each moment holds within it an opportunity to work toward greater self-understanding and peacefulness.

约翰•麦克阿瑟（John MacArthur），今日著名的圣经牧师之一，作家。他是美国加州太阳谷“恩典社区教会”的主任牧师，恩主学院及神学院院长，著名的翻译经讲道传道人。继他父亲杰克•麦克阿瑟博士之后, 约翰是他的家族中连续第五代的牧师。他还负责“赐你恩典”机构，该机构事工包括制作全球广播节目，以及文字、录音带、网络圣经教导，该节目广播遍及英语国家，每年约有八百万人聆听学习他讲道的录音带。 他是许多畅销书籍的作者，其中以“麦克阿瑟圣经研究”系列最为著名。所著的《麦克阿瑟新约注释》，内容深入浅出，不仅为牧师、传道人、圣经教师预备讲章必读，也深受信徒喜爱，作为每日灵修的辅助资料。麦克阿瑟著有三十多本新约各书卷之注释、讲道及牧养、辅导等书籍。其中所著《释经讲道再探》（Rediscovering Expository Preaching）曾经被列为美国《传道...(展开全部)

What do sleigh rides, snowmen, and slaughter have in common? The author of The Author is Dead welcomes you to a traditional country-house Christmas – snowed-in with a murderer and a miracle problem to solve. The murder at Whitefell Chimneys had an unimpeachable witness – with unbelievable testimony. The victim’s young daughter was adamant that Father Christmas had come down the...(展开全部)

约翰·海恩斯（1924-2011）生于美国弗吉尼亚州诺福克郡，海军军官之子，二战期间曾在南太平洋的驱逐舰上服役三年。后在华府和纽约学习绘画，1947年移居阿拉斯加，在费尔班克斯东南外80英里的山间拥有一片自己的土地，以设陷阱捕猎为生。 他是阿拉斯加州桂冠诗人，与勃莱、默温等同属新超现实主义。获奖包括美国国家艺术基金会文学奖、两次古根汉诗歌奖、美国诗人学会年奖和勒诺·马歇尔诗歌奖等。他的写作经济、克制，曾出版诗歌、散文著作20余本。 他一生中曾在美国多所高校教书，生命后期居住于蒙大拿州赫勒拿，但常常返回阿拉斯加，最终在那里去世。

he City and the Wilderness recounts the journeys and micro-histories of Indo-Persian travelers across the Indian Ocean and their encounters with the Burmese Kingdom and its littoral at the turn of the nineteenth century. As Mughal sovereignty waned under British colonial rule, Indo-Persian travelers and intermediaries linked to the East India Company explored and surveyed the B...(展开全部)