JOSEPH CONRAD (1857-1924) was a remarkable figures in English literature. A master stylist, both lush and precise, his outsider's eye gave him special insights into the moral dangers of the great age of European empires.

JOSEPH CONRAD (1857-1924) was a remarkable figures in English literature. A master stylist, both lush and precise, his outsider's eye gave him special insights into the moral dangers of the great age of European empires.

Once in a great while, as the New York Times noted recently, a naturalist writes a book that changes the way people look at the living world. John James Audubon’s Birds of America, published in 1838, was one. Roger Tory Peterson’s 1934 Field Guide to the Birds was another. How does such insight into nature develop? Pioneering a new niche in the study of plants and animals in th...(展开全部)

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虽然阿历克西·德·托克维尔以其对美国政治出色的洞察力和对1789年革命之前法国社会的分析而广受赞誉，但对大多数读者而言，他仍是一个不同寻常的人物。他之所以为人所知，主要因为他的巨著《论美国的民主》，这部对美国社会的分析著作是他在1831-1832年与他的朋友古斯塔夫·德·博蒙一起巡游美国之后写成的，而那次出游的表面目的是要去考察美国的监狱制度。事情有时就是这样。《旧制度与大革命》和他关于1848年革命及其后果的《回忆录》后来出现在大学的阅读书目名单上。但是，作为一个学者，他与任何现代分类范畴都不是很契合。作为一位写下了一部具有持久影响力的分析美国政治的著作的政治学家、一位十九世纪法国最富鉴别力的历史学家，一位现代社会学家的先驱、一位曾当选众议员并被任命为外交部长的政治实践者，托克维尔给每个人都留下了遗产。然而，要想把所有这些构成部分都融为一体却并非易...(展开全部)

[美]苏珊·达戈斯蒂诺（Susan D’Agostino） 数学家、科普作家，美国达特茅斯学院数学博士。《原子科学家公报》副总编，美国数学协会期刊《数学地平线》编委会成员，并为《量子》《科学美国人》《自然》《泰晤士高等教育》《高等教育纪事报》等媒体撰稿。曾在高中、大学教授数学，并取得终身教职，获得大学卓越教学奖，还曾担任新罕布什尔州州长数学顾问。 作者还有一个秘密：她在高中也经历过数学不及格的挫折。尽管在大学主修人类学，但她仍然渴望学习数学。经过多年坚持不懈的努力后，最终成为数学家。

'The ultimate Camp statement: it's good because it's awful.' These two classic essays were the first works of criticism to break down the boundaries between 'high' and 'low' culture, and made Susan Sontag a literary sensation. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit...(展开全部)

Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's beloved father’s death in the summer of 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic raged around the world, and kept Adichie and her family members separated from one another, her father succumbed unexpectedly to complications of kidney failure. Expanding on her origin...(展开全部)

Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's beloved father’s death in the summer of 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic raged around the world, and kept Adichie and her family members separated from one another, her father succumbed unexpectedly to complications of kidney failure. Expanding on her origin...(展开全部)