This "bold...extraordinary...blockbuster..." (Newsweek magazine) begins with a birth in an African village in 1750, and ends two centuries later at a funeral in Arkansas. And in that time span, an unforgettable cast of men, women, and children come to life, many of them based on the people from Alex Haley's own family tree. When Alex Haley was a boy growing up in Tennessee, his...(展开全部)

What holds America together? In this classic work, Russell Kirk describes the beliefs and institutions that have nurtured the American soul and commonwealth. Beginning with the Hebrew prophets, Kirk examines in dramatic fashion the sources of American order. His analytical narrative might be called "a tale of five cities": Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and Philadelphia. For ...(展开全部)

What holds America together? In this classic work, Russell Kirk describes the beliefs and institutions that have nurtured the American soul and commonwealth. Beginning with the Hebrew prophets, Kirk examines in dramatic fashion the sources of American order. His analytical narrative might be called "a tale of five cities": Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, London, and Philadelphia. For ...(展开全部)

拉塞尔·柯克（1918-1994），美国著名政治理论家、道德家、历史学家、社会评论家和文学评论家。 二战期间，曾在美军服役，并与自由主义作家伊莎贝尔·帕特森（Isabel Paterson）建立了联系，后者在他早期政治思想的形成中发挥了重要作用。战后，进入苏格兰圣安德鲁斯大学学习，并于1953年成为当年一位获得文学博士学位的美国人。 柯克以其保守主义思想而闻名美国，其思想甚至影响了尼克松、里根等美国总统的施政方向。1989年，柯克被里根总统授予“总统公民奖章”（仅次于“总统自由勋章”的平民奖）。

Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the baby boom: the oldest born in 1945, the youngest in 1965. In those years, there was an established script for a family like the Galvins--aspiration, hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony-...(展开全部)

罗伯特·科尔克（Robert Kolker） 畅销书作家、调查记者，深度报道作品见于《彭博商业周刊》《连线》《纽约时报杂志》等著名媒体。他的调查报道曾获哈里·弗兰克基金会2011年度刑事司法杰出报道奖，另有作品获美国全国杂志奖提名。 由于其调查记者的背景，科尔克的作品擅长营造悬疑感并以人性化的叙事方式打动读者。2020年，他的长篇报道《坏校监》被美国精品电视电影频道HBO改编为电影《坏教育》并获得数十项奖项和提名。他的非虚构类作品《失踪的女孩：一桩仍未解开的美国迷案》在出版后获得各界一致好评，入选《时代》周刊“有史以来最出色的真实犯罪题材图书”书单和《纽约时报》“年度100本值得关注的图书”书单，并在2020年被著名流媒体网飞改编为同名电影。

The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease. Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the ba...(展开全部)

The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease. Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the ba...(展开全部)

罗伯特·科尔克（Robert Kolker） 畅销书作家、调查记者，深度报道作品见于《彭博商业周刊》《连线》《纽约时报杂志》等著名媒体。他的调查报道曾获哈里·弗兰克基金会2011年度刑事司法杰出报道奖，另有作品获美国全国杂志奖提名。 由于其调查记者的背景，科尔克的作品擅长营造悬疑感并以人性化的叙事方式打动读者。2020年，他的长篇报道《坏校监》被美国精品电视电影频道HBO改编为电影《坏教育》并获得数十项奖项和提名。他的非虚构类作品《失踪的女孩：一桩仍未解开的美国迷案》在出版后获得各界一致好评，入选《时代》周刊“有史以来最出色的真实犯罪题材图书”书单和《纽约时报》“年度100本值得关注的图书”书单，并在2020年被著名流媒体网飞改编为同名电影。

Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the baby boom: the oldest born in 1945, the youngest in 1965. In those years, there was an established script for a family like the Galvins--aspiration, hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony-...(展开全部)