Leszek Kolakowski delves into some of the most intellectually vigorous questions of our time in this remarkable collection of essays garnished with his characteristic wit. Ten of the essays have never appeared before in English. "Exemplary. . . . It should be celebrated". --Arthur C. Danto, "New York Times Book Review" "This book . . . express[es] Kolakowski's thought on God,...(展开全部)

Leszek Kolakowski delves into some of the most intellectually vigorous questions of our time in this remarkable collection of essays garnished with his characteristic wit. Ten of the essays have never appeared before in English. "Exemplary. . . . It should be celebrated". --Arthur C. Danto, "New York Times Book Review" "This book . . . express[es] Kolakowski's thought on God,...(展开全部)

角田光代 寻找幸福的现代女作家。 角田光代自1990年以出道处女作《寻找幸福的游戏》获得日本海燕新人文学奖，之后诸多作品也获得颇多文学奖项，2004年则以《对岸的她》摘下直木奖桂冠。评选委员渡边淳一认为角田光代的作品特色是：“真实写出现代女性的切身问题，将她们狡猾、温柔、友情等感受性融入日常生活中，化为杰出的作品，是过去所未有的现代女性小说。”2005年荣获直木赏（日本大众文学最高奖项），曾三度入围芥川赏、三度入围直木赏。与吉本芭娜娜、江国香织同被誉为当今日本文坛三大重要女作家。

安东尼·D. 史密斯（1939—2016） 英国历史社会学家，伦敦政治经济学院民族主义与族裔研究专业荣誉教授，民族主义跨学科研究领域的重要开创者。其代表作包括《民族主义诸理论》（1971）、《民族认同》（1991）、《历史中的民族》（2000）、《族裔符号体系与民族主义：文化研究法》（2009）等。

安东尼·D. 史密斯（1939—2016） 英国历史社会学家，伦敦政治经济学院民族主义与族裔研究专业荣誉教授，民族主义跨学科研究领域的重要开创者。其代表作包括《民族主义诸理论》（1971）、《民族认同》（1991）、《历史中的民族》（2000）、《族裔符号体系与民族主义：文化研究法》（2009）等。

Seen in modern perspective, the concept of national character poses fundamental problems for social science theory and research: To what extent do conditions of life in a particular society give rise to certain patterns in the personalities of its members? What are the consequences? Alex Inkeles surveys various definitions of national character, tracing developments through the...(展开全部)

Leszek Kolakowski delves into some of the most intellectually vigorous questions of our time in this remarkable collection of essays garnished with his characteristic wit. Ten of the essays have never appeared before in English. "Exemplary. . . . It should be celebrated." --Arthur C. Danto, New York Times Book Review "This book . . . express[es] Kolakowski's thought on God, man...(展开全部)

Featuring the popular characters from the award-winning Sandman series, THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS reveals the legend of the Endless, a family of magical and mythical beings who exist and interact in the real world. Born at the beginning of time, Destiny, Death, Dream, Desire, Despair, Delirium and Destruction are seven brothers and sisters who each lord over atheir respectiv...(展开全部)

Vannevar Bush, an "engineer's engineer" and early pioneer in computer development, was President Roosevelt's science advisor during World War II. He served brilliantly in that task, and among other activities set up the Manhattan Project to build the atomic bomb. Asked by President Roosevelt to prepare a plan for the postwar deployment of science for peace (some say he "enginee...(展开全部)

Leszek Kolakowski delves into some of the most intellectually vigorous questions of our time in this remarkable collection of essays garnished with his characteristic wit. Ten of the essays have never appeared before in English. "Exemplary. . . . It should be celebrated." --Arthur C. Danto, New York Times Book Review "This book . . . express[es] Kolakowski's thought on God, man...(展开全部)