季羡林,中国著名语言学家、教育家、翻译家、散文家。曾历任北京大学东方语言文学系主任、北京大学副校长、中国社科院南亚研究所所长等职。其著作汇编成《季羡林文集》《季羡林全集》（30卷）等。

约瑟夫·艾本斯坦（Joseph Epstein），美国散文作家，西北大学文学教授，《美国学者》杂志资深编辑，文化批评家，著述甚丰。作品有：散文集《熟悉的领域——美国生活观察》（Familiar Territory．"ObservationsonAmerican Life），《似是而非的偏见——美国文学随笔》（Plausible Prejudices：Essayson American Writing）：短篇小说集《高尔丁的男孩们》（The Gohlin Boys：Stories），《惊人的小犹太佬》（FabulousSmallJews）等。

A national bestseller, Snobbery examines the discriminating qualities in all of us. With dishy detail, Joseph Epstein skewers all manner of elitism in contemporary America. He offers his arch observations of the new footholds of snobbery: food, fashion, high-achieving children, schools, politics, being with-it, name-dropping, and much more. Clever, incisive, and immensely enter...(展开全部)

彼得·毕格（Peter S. Beagle），生于1939年，在布朗克斯长大，那里离伍德劳恩公墓只有几条街的距离，后者成了他的第一本小说《美好的安息地》的灵感来源。如今，凭借《最后的独角兽》《泰姆欣的幽灵》《旅店主人之歌》等经典作品，他被公认为美国最伟大的在世幻想作家。 他在措辞行文、角色塑造和魔法叙事方面的才能令人眼花缭乱，为他在世界范围内赢得了数百万的忠实读者。 除了长篇和短篇小说之外，毕格还写了很多影视剧本，包括动画版《魔戒》和《最后的独角兽》，以及最受粉丝欢迎的《星际迷航》剧集之一，《星际迷航：下一代》第3季第23集《沙瑞克》。他的非虚构作品《据我所见》描述了1963年他骑摩托车横跨美国的旅行，该书被认为是美国旅行文学的经典之作。他还是个了不起的诗人、词作家、歌手和音乐人。 毕格获得过雨果奖、星云奖、轨迹奖、创神奖、世界奇幻奖终身成就奖，以及...(展开全部)

彼得·毕格（Peter S. Beagle），生于1939年，在布朗克斯长大，那里离伍德劳恩公墓只有几条街的距离，后者成了他的第一本小说《美好的安息地》的灵感来源。如今，凭借《最后的独角兽》《泰姆欣的幽灵》《旅店主人之歌》等经典作品，他被公认为美国最伟大的在世幻想作家。 他在措辞行文、角色塑造和魔法叙事方面的才能令人眼花缭乱，为他在世界范围内赢得了数百万的忠实读者。 除了长篇和短篇小说之外，毕格还写了很多影视剧本，包括动画版《魔戒》和《最后的独角兽》，以及最受粉丝欢迎的《星际迷航》剧集之一，《星际迷航：下一代》第3季第23集《沙瑞克》。他的非虚构作品《据我所见》描述了1963年他骑摩托车横跨美国的旅行，该书被认为是美国旅行文学的经典之作。他还是个了不起的诗人、词作家、歌手和音乐人。 毕格获得过雨果奖、星云奖、轨迹奖、创神奖、世界奇幻奖终身成就奖，以及...(展开全部)

With over a million users around the world, the Mathematica (r) software system created by Stephen Wolfram has defined the direction of technical computing for nearly a decade. With its major new document and computer language technology, the new version, Mathematica 3.0 takes the top-power capabilities of Mathematica and make them accessible to a vastly broader audience. This ...(展开全部)

With over a million users around the world, the Mathematica (r) software system created by Stephen Wolfram has defined the direction of technical computing for nearly a decade. With its major new document and computer language technology, the new version, Mathematica 3.0 takes the top-power capabilities of Mathematica and make them accessible to a vastly broader audience. This ...(展开全部)

One of the great English Romantic poets, William Blake (1757-1827) was an artist, poet, mystic and visionary. His work ranges from the deceptively simple and lyrical "Songs of Innocence" and their counterpoint "Experience" - which juxtapose poems such as "The Lamb and The Tyger", and "The Blossom and The Sick Rose" - to highly elaborate, apocalyptic works, such as "The Four Zoa...(展开全部)

In 1572, Montaigne retired to his estates in order to devote himself to leisure, reading and reflection. There he wrote his constantly expanding 'essays', inspired by the ideas he found in books from his library and his own experience. He discusses subjects as diverse as war-horses and cannibals, poetry and politics, sex and religion, love and friendship, ecstasy and experience...(展开全部)