劳伦斯·莱特（Lawrence Wright）是《纽约客》的特约撰稿人，发表过一部小说《上帝的最爱》以及六部非小说类的著作，包括《在新世界》（In the New World）、《圣徒和罪人（Saints and Sinners）》、《记住撒旦》（Remembering Satan）、《巨塔（The Looming Tower）以及《走向清醒》（Going Clear）。他还是一个编剧和剧作家。他和他妻子一直住在德克萨斯州奥斯丁市。

劳伦斯·莱特（Lawrence Wright）是《纽约客》的特约撰稿人，发表过一部小说《上帝的最爱》以及六部非小说类的著作，包括《在新世界》（In the New World）、《圣徒和罪人（Saints and Sinners）》、《记住撒旦》（Remembering Satan）、《巨塔（The Looming Tower）以及《走向清醒》（Going Clear）。他还是一个编剧和剧作家。他和他妻子一直住在德克萨斯州奥斯丁市。

Together we lifted our feet and stepped into the unknown"—the thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestseller A Discovery of Witches Deborah Harkness exploded onto the literary scene with her debut novel, A Discovery of Witches, Book One of the magical All Souls Trilogy and an international publishing phenomenon. The novel introduced Diana Bishop, Oxford scholar and reluc...(展开全部)

It's the summer of 1960 in Elm Haven, Illinois, and five 12-year old boys are forming the bonds that a lifetime of changes will never erase. But then a dark cloud threatens the bright promise of summer vacation: on the last day of school, their classmate Tubby Cooke vanishes. Soon, the group discovers stories of other children who once disappeared from Elm Haven. And there are ...(展开全部)

丹·西蒙斯（Dan Simmons） 才华横溢的美国小说家，写遍奇幻、科幻、恐怖、推理、惊悚、历史、主流文学。只要他出手，任何类型的小说，必定叫好又叫座，捧回无数大奖，是名副其实的“跨界大师”。 科幻小说《海伯利安》囊括世界所有科幻重要奖项，与《银河帝国》并称为科幻文学史不可逾越的两座丰碑！ 奇幻小说《迦梨之歌》获得奇幻小说的至高奖项——世界奇幻文学奖，开创了出道作即拿下世界奇幻文学奖的先河。 《诡异之夏》是西蒙斯惊悚恐怖小说的代表作，荣获轨迹奖年度恐怖小说，并获得斯托克奖、德雷斯奖提名。小说以复古怀旧的笔调，描写了一个发生在夏天小镇上的诡异故事，在炎炎夏日依旧让人冷汗涔涔。

It's the summer of 1960 in Elm Haven, Illinois, and five 12-year old boys are forming the bonds that a lifetime of changes will never erase. But then a dark cloud threatens the bright promise of summer vacation: on the last day of school, their classmate Tubby Cooke vanishes. Soon, the group discovers stories of other children who once disappeared from Elm Haven. And there are ...(展开全部)

Mossner's Life of David Hume remains the standard biography of this great thinker and writer. First published in 1954, and updated in 1980, it is now reissued in paperback, in response to increased interest in Hume. E. C. Mossner was Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. 'Mossner's work is a quite remarkable scholarly achievement; it will be an ind...(展开全部)

Mossner's Life of David Hume remains the standard biography of this great thinker and writer. First published in 1954, and updated in 1980, it is now reissued in paperback, in response to increased interest in Hume. E. C. Mossner was Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. 'Mossner's work is a quite remarkable scholarly achievement; it will be an ind...(展开全部)

When David Shannon was only five years old, he wrote and illustrated a story in which an unruly little boy breaks all of his mother's rules -- he jumps on the beds; he chews with his mouth open; he plays ball in the house. Any child who is tired of hearing his parents say "No " will readily identify with this boldly illustrated, comical story.

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) was the most important European artist in a period of extraordinary upheaval. A participant in the French Revolution, he then witnessed the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. A revolutionary in both art and life, David took painting away from the frivolity of the Rococo towards the dramatic moral force of neoclassicism. Passionate, intense, fie...(展开全部)