萨义德（Edward W.Said，1935-2003），当今世界最具影响力的文学与文化批评家之一，1963年起为哥伦比亚大学英国文学与比较文学教授。代表性著作有：《东方学》（1978；曾获美国国家书评家奖，三联书店1999年出版中译本）、《巴勒斯坦问题》（1979）、《世界・文本・批评家》（1983）、《文化与帝国主义》（1993；三联书店2003年出版中译本）、《知识分子论》（1994；三联书店2001年出版中译本）以及《流离失所的政治：巴勒斯坦自决的奋斗，1969-1994》（1994）等。萨义德还是有名的乐评家、歌剧鉴赏家、钢琴家，并为巴勒斯坦在西方世界最雄辩的代言人。

From one of the most important intellectuals of our time comes an extraordinary story of exile and a celebration of an irrecoverable past. A fatal medical diagnosis in 1991 convinced Edward Said that he should leave a record of where he was born and spent his childhood, and so with this memoir he rediscovers the lost Arab world of his early years in Palestine, Lebanon, and Egyp...(展开全部)

This richly coloured memoir chronicles the exploits of a flamboyant Jewish family, from its bold arrival in cosmopolitan Alexandria to its defeated exodus three generations later. In elegant and witty prose, Andre Aciman introduces us to the marvellous eccentrics who shaped his life: the strutting daredevil, soldier, salesman, and spy; the two grandmothers, the Princess and the...(展开全部)

This richly coloured memoir chronicles the exploits of a flamboyant Jewish family, from its bold arrival in cosmopolitan Alexandria to its defeated exodus three generations later. In elegant and witty prose, Andre Aciman introduces us to the marvellous eccentrics who shaped his life: the strutting daredevil, soldier, salesman, and spy; the two grandmothers, the Princess and the...(展开全部)

Annie Proulx, one of America's finest writers, invites us to share her experience in the building of her new home on a rich plot of untouched, unspoilt prairie and her pleasure in uncovering of the layers of American history locked beneath the topsoil. 'Bird Cloud' is the name Annie Proulx gave to 640 acres of Wyoming wetlands and prairie and 400 foot cliffs plunging down to th...(展开全部)

“Bird Cloud” is the name Annie Proulx gave to 640 acres of Wyoming wetlands and prairie and four-hundred-foot cliffs plunging down to the North Platte River. On the day she first visited, a cloud in the shape of a bird hung in the evening sky. Proulx also saw pelicans, bald eagles, golden eagles, great blue herons, ravens, scores of bluebirds, harriers, kestrels, elk, deer and ...(展开全部)

Winter 1963: two children have disappeared off the streets of Manchester; the murderous careers of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady have begun. On a freezlng day in December, another child goes missing: thirteen-year-old Alison Carter vanishes from her town, an insular community that distrusts the outside world. For the young George Bennett, a newly promoted inspector, it is the begi...(展开全部)

Riveting psycholgical thriller from Gold Dagger Award Winning author: 'Compelling and atmospheric!a tour de force' -- MINETTE WALTERS Winter 1963: two children have disappeared off the streets of Manchester; the murderous careers of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady have begun. On a freezing day in December, another child goes missing: thirteen-year-old Alison Carter vanishes from th...(展开全部)

Riveting psychological thriller from Gold Dagger Award Winning author: "Compelling and atmospheric! a tour de force" - Minette Walters. Winter 1963: two children have disappeared off the streets of Manchester; the murderous careers of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady have begun. On a freezing day in December, another child goes missing: thirteen-year-old Alison Carter vanishes from t...(展开全部)

The philosopher Antonio Negri is one of the preeminent thinkers of our time: his writings on class, socialism, and empire have had an enormous influence on contemporary political theory. His political activism and outspoken advocacy for the downtrodden have also placed him at the centre of some of the most dramatic developments in recent Italian history. Story of a Communist—th...(展开全部)