For thousands of years human beings have been losing their possessions and dumping their rubbish in the River Thames, making it the longest and most varied archaeological site in the world. For those in the know, the muddy stretches provide a tangible link with the past, a connection to the natural world, and an oasis of calm in a chaotic city. Lara Maiklem left the countryside...(展开全部)

罗伯特·D. 理查德森（Robert D. Richardson, Jr.），出生于1934年，美国历史学家、传记作家，哈佛大学博士，出生于美国威斯康星州密尔沃基市，曾在爱默生的故乡康科德生活过。曾于1990年获得古根海姆奖，于2007年获得美国历史学界最高奖班克罗夫特奖，并获得过美国历史学家协会颁发的帕克曼奖等。其传记作品《梭罗传：瓦尔登湖畔的心灵人生》《爱默生传：激情似火的思想家》被认为是“当代美国文学研究的伟大成就之一”。

From Publishers Weekly The maverick intellectual life of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-82) is the focus of this imposing, highly erudite biography. In 1832, Emerson resigned his Boston ministry to pursue a career as an essayist, orator and poet, delivering more than 1500 lectures in his lifetime, including "The American Scholar" (1837), and publishing essays such as Nature (1836) a...(展开全部)

The Thames displays the same qualities as London: The Biography : scholarship, wit, discursiveness, lovely descriptive writing, anecdotes, spirit of place and character. It is hugely enjoyable and sure to be another mammoth bestseller. The Thames is about the river from source to sea, from prehistoric times to the present, its flora and fauna, the paintings and photographs...(展开全部)

加思·里斯克·霍尔伯格（Garth Risk Hallberg） 美国作家、评论家。华盛顿大学文学学士，纽约大学艺术硕士。出版有中篇小说《北美家庭图鉴》（A Field Guide to the North American Family），短篇故事和批评散文多发表于《纽约时报》《纽约时报书评》《卫报》等媒体。 加思·里斯克·霍尔伯格耗时七年完成《燃烧之城》。这部近千页的处女作以两百万美元的竞价震惊欧美文坛，成为2015年当之无愧的话题之书。

加思·里斯克·霍尔伯格（Garth Risk Hallberg） 美国作家、评论家。华盛顿大学文学学士，纽约大学艺术硕士。出版有中篇小说《北美家庭图鉴》（A Field Guide to the North American Family），短篇故事和批评散文多发表于《纽约时报》《纽约时报书评》《卫报》等媒体。 加思·里斯克·霍尔伯格耗时七年完成《燃烧之城》。这部近千页的处女作以两百万美元的竞价震惊欧美文坛，成为2015年当之无愧的话题之书。

作者：彼得•阿克罗伊德，1949年生于伦敦，先后就读于剑桥大学和耶鲁大学。他曾为《旁观者》担任多年文学编辑，现为《泰晤士报》首席书评家、皇家文学学会成员。在英国文坛上，彼得•阿克罗伊德可以说是最多产、最多面手的作家。他至今已经出版著作近六十种，其中小说、传记和历史著作三足鼎立，同样出色。《一个唯美主义者的遗言——奥斯卡•王尔德别传》获1984年毛姆奖。作者的重要作品还包括《伦敦大火》《霍克斯默》（获1985年的韦特布里德奖和《卫报》小说奖）、《艾略特传》（获1984年韦特布里德奖和海曼因奖）、《狄更斯传》（入围1991年NCR图书奖）。除此以外，他还获得著名的英国惠特贝瑞传记奖，英国皇家汉密特奖，英国布莱克小说纪念奖，毛姆小说奖，南岸文学奖等。 译者：任明，上海社会科学院文学研究所副研究员，文学与传媒博士。先后毕业于厦门大学、英国卡迪夫大学、英国利兹...(展开全部)

Summary Techno-utopianism is dead: Now is the time to pay attention to the inequality, marginalization, and biases woven into our technological systems. This book sounds an alarm: after decades of being lulled into complacency by narratives of technological utopianism and neutrality, people are waking up to the large-scale consequences of Silicon Valley–led technophilia. This b...(展开全部)

New York City, 1976. Meet Regan and William Hamilton-Sweeney, estranged heirs to one of the city’s great fortunes; Keith and Mercer, the men who, for better or worse, love them; Charlie and Samantha, two suburban teenagers seduced by downtown’s punk scene; an obsessive magazine reporter and his idealistic neighbor—and the detective trying to figure out what any of them have to ...(展开全部)

Summary Techno-utopianism is dead: Now is the time to pay attention to the inequality, marginalization, and biases woven into our technological systems. This book sounds an alarm: after decades of being lulled into complacency by narratives of technological utopianism and neutrality, people are waking up to the large-scale consequences of Silicon Valley–led technophilia. This b...(展开全部)