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玛吉特·冯·米塞斯（Margit Serény von Mises ，1890–1993）：年轻时是汉堡的一名女演员，1925年与路德维希·冯·米塞斯相遇，1938年7月6日二人结为夫妻。米塞斯逝世后，玛吉特不知疲倦地整理、出版米塞斯生前未发表的手稿，监督米塞斯著作的重印和翻译工作，推动成立路德维希·冯·米塞斯研究所。玛吉特是位了不起的女性，她内心强大，意志坚定，不仅照顾了米塞斯的生活，还为保存与传播米塞斯的思想做出了重要贡献。

比尔・克林顿，1946年8月19日出生于美国阿肯色州霍普市一个小店主家庭。法学博士学位。妻子是同班女同学希拉里。1976年，当选阿肯色州司法部长。1979年，他就任阿肯色州第40任州长。时年仅32岁，被新闻界称为“孩子州长”。1992年11月3日，他在大选中以压倒性优势获胜，击败布什，当选美国第42任总统。

A radiant family saga set in a century of Mexican history, by one of the world's greatest writers. Carlos Fuentes's hope-filled new novel sees the twentieth century through the eyes of Laura D'az, a woman who becomes as much a part of our history as of the Mexican history she observes and helps to create. Born in 1898, this extraordinary woman grows into a wife and mother, bec...(展开全部)

A radiant family saga set in a century of Mexican history, by one of the world's greatest writers. Carlos Fuentes's hope-filled new novel sees the twentieth century through the eyes of Laura D'az, a woman who becomes as much a part of our history as of the Mexican history she observes and helps to create. Born in 1898, this extraordinary woman grows into a wife and mother, bec...(展开全部)

Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets his old aunt for the first time in over 50 years. She persuades him to travel with her. Through his aunt, a veteran of Europe's hotel bedrooms, Henry joins a shiftless, twilight society coming alive after a dull suburban lifetime.

A witty, inventive read with anyone for a passion for travel. Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time in over fifty years at what he supposes to be his mother's funeral. Soon after, she persuades Henry to abandon Southwood, his dahlias and the Major next door to travel her way, Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, Paraguay. Through ...(展开全部)

格雷厄姆•格林（Graham Greene，1904-1991）英国作家、剧作家、文学评论家。一生获得21次诺贝尔文学奖提名（但终未获奖），被誉为诺贝尔文学奖评选史上“最大的输家”。文学界形容其风格为“格林国度”（Greeneland）。他被誉为20世纪最严肃、最悲观、最具宗教意识的作家，可同时又是讲故事的圣手，是20世纪整个西方世界最具明星效应的大师级作家之一。他的作品探讨了当今世界充满矛盾的政治和道德问题，将通俗文学和严肃文学有机地结合在一起，获得了广泛好评。

(Twentieth Century Classics)