Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of his spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brilliant characters - his fiancée Isabel whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliott Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob.Maugham himself wanders in and out of the story, to observe his...(展开全部)

Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of his spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brilliant characters - his fiancée Isabel whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliott Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob.Maugham himself wanders in and out of the story, to observe his...(展开全部)

Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of his spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brilliant characters - his fiancée Isabel whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliott Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob.Maugham himself wanders in and out of the story, to observe his...(展开全部)

《刀锋》是一部具有浓厚哲学意蕴的小说，一部关于终极价值的书。毛姆将自己对世界和人生的思索凝聚于这部作品中，书中有他自己的心路历程的影子。 小说写一个参加第一次世界大战的美国青年飞行员拉里·达雷尔，他在军队结识了一个爱尔兰好友，这人在一次遭遇战中，因为救拉里而中弹牺牲。拉里因此对人生感到迷惘，想弄清楚这世界上为什么有恶和不幸……

《刀锋》是英国作家威廉·萨默赛特·毛姆创作的长篇小说，首次出版于1944年。毛姆将自己对世界和人生的思索凝聚于这部作品中，书中有他自己的心路历程的影子。小说表达的主题是对人生意义和自我存在意义的追寻。

《刀锋》是英国作家威廉·萨默赛特·毛姆创作的长篇小说，首次出版于1944年。毛姆将自己对世界和人生的思索凝聚于这部作品中，书中有他自己的心路历程的影子。小说表达的主题是对人生意义和自我存在意义的追寻。

Stephanie Dalley explores the spread of culture through literacy from Mesopotamia into Egypt, Palestine and Greece after a system of writing was developed. By gathering evidence from a vast range of material and literary sources from 3000 BC onwards, threads of influence and continuity are traced into the Middle Ages. The effect of rediscovery in recent times is evident in Euro...(展开全部)

Stephanie Dalley explores the spread of culture through literacy from Mesopotamia into Egypt, Palestine and Greece after a system of writing was developed. By gathering evidence from a vast range of material and literary sources from 3000 BC onwards, threads of influence and continuity are traced into the Middle Ages. The effect of rediscovery in recent times is evident in Euro...(展开全部)

In the past, they were recognized as the most destructive force in nature. Now, following a cascade of astonishing discoveries, supermassive black holes have undergone a dramatic shift in paradigm. Astronomers are finding out that these objects may have been critical to the formation of structure in the early universe, spawning bursts of star formation, planets, and even life i...(展开全部)

Why is the universe expanding at an even faster rate? What is the nature of the 'dark matter' that makes up almost a quarter of the universe? Why does the universe appear fine-tuned for life? And are there other universes besides our own? In this timely and original book, science writer Anil Ananthaswamy sets out in search of the world's most audacious physics experiments: the ...(展开全部)