约翰•奥尼尔，美国《纽约先驱论坛报》知名记者，特斯拉的密友，曾获得1937年普利策奖。

约翰•奥尼尔，美国《纽约先驱论坛报》知名记者，特斯拉的密友，曾获得1937年普利策奖。

芭芭拉·金索沃 Barbara Kingsolver，美国当代著名作家。美国人文领域最高荣誉“国家人文勋章”获得者。生于1955年，在肯塔基州乡间长大。迄今出版了9部长篇小说，其中有5部全美销量超100万册。作品被翻译成20多种语言，入选美国高中和大学文学课程。曾获英国橘子文学奖、南非国家图书奖、爱德华·艾比生态小说奖、戴顿文学和平奖等。代表作有《毒木圣经》《豆树青青》《纵情夏日》《罅隙》《迁徙行为》《无所庇护》等。

Barbara Kingsolver, a writer praised for her"extravagantly gifted narrative voice" ( New York Times Book Review ), has created with this novel a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself. Prodigal Summer weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives inhabiting the forested mountains and struggli...(展开全部)

With a will of steel, Polish immigrant Florentyna Rosnovski is indeed Abel's daughter. She shares with her father a love of America, his ideals, and his dream for the future. But she wants more to be the first female president. Golden boy Richard Kane was born into a life of luxury. The scion of a banking magnate he is successful, handsome, and determined to carve his own path ...(展开全部)

Barbara Kingsolver, a writer praised for her "extravagantly gifted narrative voice" ( New York Times Book Review ), has created with this novel a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself. Prodigal Summer weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives inhabiting the forested mountains and struggl...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Barbara Kingsolver's fifth novel is a hymn to wildness that celebrates the prodigal spirit of human nature, and of nature itself. It weaves together three stories of human love within a larger tapestry of lives amid the mountains and farms of southern Appalachia. Over the course of one humid summer, this novel's intriguing protagonists face disparate predicaments but...(展开全部)

约翰•奥尼尔，美国《纽约先驱论坛报》知名记者，特斯拉的密友，曾获得1937年普利策奖。

(from amazon) Review Tesla, famous Yugoslav-American scientist, whose greatest gift was the application of the principle of alternating current to industrial use, here interpreted as a man and a genius. Interest in the book presupposes some degree of knowledge of electricity, though it is not primarily a scientific work. During a rather unusual childhood, he showed evidence of ...(展开全部)

提姆•凯乐（Timothy Keller） 1950年出生于美国宾夕法尼亚州，戈登康维尔神学院（Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary）道学硕士，威斯敏斯特神学院（Westminster Theological Seminary）教牧学博士。他和妻子凯西及三个儿子住在纽约市。 提姆•凯乐的著作还包括《为何是他》（The Reason for God）、《诸神的面具》（Counterfeit Gods）等。他的第一本书《为何是他》，在2008年刚出版即荣登《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜非小说类第七名。 《新闻周刊》在介绍提姆•凯乐时，称他为“21世纪的路易斯（C. S. Lewis）”。