威廉·斯泰隆（William Styron），一九二五年生于弗吉尼亚州，毕业于杜克大学，曾在美国海军陆战队服役，被誉为继海明威和福克纳之后最伟大的作家之一。一九五一年，长篇小说处女作《躺在黑暗中》一问世就获得美国文学艺术学会的大奖。一九六七年的《纳特·特那的自白》为其赢得当年的普利策文学奖。一九七八年由著名的兰登书屋出版的《苏菲的选择》成为美国当代小说的经典之作，被誉为“西方小说史上的里程碑作品”，为斯泰隆摘得了当年的美国国家图书奖。其小说惯于将死亡与性，残酷与激情融为一体。另著有《漫长的行程》、《纵火焚屋》、《静静的灰尘》和《看得见的黑暗》等。

威廉·斯泰隆（William Styron），一九二五年生于弗吉尼亚州，毕业于杜克大学，曾在美国海军陆战队服役，被誉为继海明威和福克纳之后最伟大的作家之一。一九五一年，长篇小说处女作《躺在黑暗中》一问世就获得美国文学艺术学会的大奖。一九六七年的《纳特·特那的自白》为其赢得当年的普利策文学奖。一九七八年由著名的兰登书屋出版的《苏菲的选择》成为美国当代小说的经典之作，被誉为“西方小说史上的里程碑作品”，为斯泰隆摘得了当年的美国国家图书奖。其小说惯于将死亡与性，残酷与激情融为一体。另著有《漫长的行程》、《纵火焚屋》、《静静的灰尘》和《看得见的黑暗》等。

Sophie's no ordinary house spider. She's an artist; and every web she spins is more wondrous than the one before. But don't mention that to the guests at Beekman's Boardinghouse, because they don't like spiders. No one there wants anything to do with Sophie or her magnificent creations -- no one except the woman on the third floor. She's a new mother "weaving" something herself...(展开全部)

Sophie is an artist who wants to spin beautiful creations all day long and, someday, a masterpiece. As a spider, though, Sophie has a hard time finding a welcoming place in which she can be free to live and spin. She's shooed and shuffled all over Beekman's Boardinghouse until one day she finally finds the warm, comfortable, safe home for which she always yearned -- and the ins...(展开全部)

#1 New York Times bestseller Nicholas Sparks turns his unrivaled talents to a new tale about love found and lost, and the choices we hope we'll never have to make. Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job, loyal friends, even a waterfront home in small-town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life - boating, swimming , and regular barbecues with his ...(展开全部)

Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job; loyal friends; his dream home in small-town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life, he believes that a serious relationship with a woman would only cramp his style. That is until Gabby Holland moves in next door. Despite Travis's attempts to be friendly, she seems to have a chip on her shoulder about him. But ...(展开全部)

丹尼斯·C.缪勒，维也纳大学经济学教授，以前多年从教于马里兰大学

托马斯·谢林，1921年出生于美国加利福尼亚州的奥克兰市，是美国著名学者、经济学家，也是有限战争理论的奠基人之一，还是外交事务、国家安全、核战略以及军备控制方面的研究专家。1944年获伯克利加利福尼亚大学文学学士学位，1948年获哈佛大学文学硕士学位，1951年获哈佛大学哲学博士学位。他曾获政治经济学领域著名的“弗兰克·赛德曼奖”；他曾因对预防核战争的相关行为的研究而获“国家自然科学奖”。其主要著作有《国民收入行为》、《国防经济学》、《冲突的战略》等等。

Thomas Schelling is a political economist "conspicuous for wandering" an errant economist. In "Choice and Consequence," he ventures into the area where rationality is ambiguous in order to look at the tricks people use to try to quit smoking or lose weight. He explores topics as awesome as nuclear terrorism, as sordid as blackmail, as ineffable as daydreaming, as intimidating a...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·布坎南（James McGill Buchanan，1919— ），公共选择理论创始人之一，1986年诺贝尔经济学奖得主，著有《同意的计算》（与戈登·塔洛克合著，1958）、《民主财政论》（1967）、《成本与选择》（1969）、《自由的限度》（与罗伯特·托利森合著，1975）、《赤字中的民主》（与理查德·瓦格纳合著，1971）、《自由、市场与国家》（1985）、《宪政经济学》（与杰佛瑞·布伦南合著，1985）、《财产与自由》（1993）等。