It is 1921 and at Cassowary House in the Straits Settlements of Penang, Robert Hamlyn is a well-to-do lawyer and his steely wife Lesley a society hostess. Their lives are invigorated when Willie, an old friend of Robert's, comes to stay. Willie Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest writers of his day. But he is beleaguered by an unhappy marriage, ill-health and business inter...(展开全部)

A fan from the moment the Doors' first album took over KMPX, the revolutionary FM rock & roll station in San Francisco, Greil Marcus saw the band many times at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium and the Avalon Ballroom in 1967. Five years later it was all over. Forty years after the singer Jim Morrison was found dead in Paris and the group disbanded, one could drive from here to...(展开全部)

Wang Hui, the most celebrated painter of late seventeenth-century China, played a key role both in reinvigorating past traditions of landscape painting and in establishing the stylistic foundations for the imperially sponsored art of the Qing court. An artist of protean talent and immense ambition, Wang developed an all-embracing synthesis of historical landscape styles that co...(展开全部)

Wang Hui, the most celebrated painter of late seventeenth-century China, played a key role both in reinvigorating past traditions of landscape painting and in establishing the stylistic foundations for the imperially sponsored art of the Qing court. An artist of protean talent and immense ambition, Wang developed an all-embracing synthesis of historical landscape styles that co...(展开全部)

Here is a clear and enthusiastic introduction to building methods fromancient time to the present day, illustrated throughout with linedrawings. In addition, Mr. Salvadori discusses recent advances inscience and technology that have had important effects on the planningand construction of buildings.

格雷尔•马库斯，美国当代著名乐评人、文化研究者、作家。著有《老美国志异》、《唇迹》、《神秘列车》等畅销不衰的音乐文化书籍，并为美国诸多报刊杂志撰写专栏。近年来，他先后在普林斯顿大学、明尼苏达大学和纽约大学等多所院校任教。 关于译者 董楠，自由译者，现任《纽约时报》中文网文化版翻译编辑。译作包括《此地无人生还》、《老美国志异》、《披头士》、《滚吧，生活》、《穿越火焰》等摇滚乐书籍和传记。