威廉·斯泰隆（William Styron），一九二五年生于弗吉尼亚州，毕业于杜克大学，曾在美国海军陆战队服役，被誉为继海明威和福克纳之后最伟大的作家之一。一九五一年，长篇小说处女作《躺在黑暗中》一问世就获得美国文学艺术学会的大奖。一九六七年的《纳特·特那的自白》为其赢得当年的普利策文学奖。一九七八年由著名的兰登书屋出版的《苏菲的选择》成为美国当代小说的经典之作，被誉为“西方小说史上的里程碑作品”，为斯泰隆摘得了当年的美国国家图书奖。其小说惯于将死亡与性，残酷与激情融为一体。另著有《漫长的行程》、《纵火焚屋》、《静静的灰尘》和《看得见的黑暗》等。

Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job; loyal friends; his dream home in small-town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life, he believes that a serious relationship with a woman would only cramp his style. That is until Gabby Holland moves in next door. Despite Travis's attempts to be friendly, she seems to have a chip on her shoulder about him. But ...(展开全部)

#1 New York Times bestseller Nicholas Sparks turns his unrivaled talents to a new tale about love found and lost, and the choices we hope we'll never have to make. Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job, loyal friends, even a waterfront home in small-town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life - boating, swimming , and regular barbecues with his ...(展开全部)

In Just Kids, Patti Smith’s first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest and moving story of youth and friendship, Smith brings the same unique, lyrical quality to J...(展开全部)

Smith's beautifully crafted love letter to her friend Robert Mapplethorpe functions as a memento mori of a relationship fueled by a passion for art and writing. Her elegant eulogy lays bare the chaos and the creativity so embedded in that earlier time and in Mapplethorpe's life and work.

Smith's beautifully crafted love letter to her friend Robert Mapplethorpe functions as a memento mori of a relationship fueled by a passion for art and writing. Her elegant eulogy lays bare the chaos and the creativity so embedded in that earlier time and in Mapplethorpe's life and work.

You can’t choose your in-laws. One beautiful morning, Zhang Dongsheng pushes his wealthy in-laws off a mountain – the perfect crime. Or so he thinks. Even though the murders were as carefully choreographed as a play, he did not expect that three teenagers had caught him in the act. But Zhang Dongsheng seriously underestimated the smarts of those three kids. . . Dark, murky and ...(展开全部)

In Just Kids, Patti Smith’s first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest and moving story of youth and friendship, Smith brings the same unique, lyrical quality to J...(展开全部)

W．菲利普斯·夏夫利（W. Phillips Shively），现为美国明尼苏达大学政治学系教授。1971年之前在耶鲁大学、俄勒冈大学任教，还曾经担任挪威奥斯陆大学访问教授。历任《美国政治科学杂志》编辑、美国政治学会全国大会专题主席以及“选举制度比较研究”项目的负责人。他主要从事选举体制比较研究。曾在《美国政治科学评论》《美国政治科学杂志》《政治学杂志》及《政治分析》等顶级期刊上发表多篇论文，其最具广泛影响的代表性著作包括《政治科学研究方法》《跨层推断》（合著）。此外，他还曾担任明尼苏达州的院外活动成员，有较丰富的政治实践经历。

托马斯·谢林，1921年出生于美国加利福尼亚州的奥克兰市，是美国著名学者、经济学家，也是有限战争理论的奠基人之一，还是外交事务、国家安全、核战略以及军备控制方面的研究专家。1944年获伯克利加利福尼亚大学文学学士学位，1948年获哈佛大学文学硕士学位，1951年获哈佛大学哲学博士学位。他曾获政治经济学领域著名的“弗兰克·赛德曼奖”；他曾因对预防核战争的相关行为的研究而获“国家自然科学奖”。其主要著作有《国民收入行为》、《国防经济学》、《冲突的战略》等等。