We spend our lives surrounded by air, hardly even noticing it. It's the most miraculous substance on earth, yet responsible for our food, our weather, our water, and our ability to hear. In fact, we live at the bottom of an ocean of air. In this exuberant book, gifted science writer Gabrielle Walker peels back the layers of our atmosphere with the stories of the people who unco...(展开全部)

We spend our lives surrounded by air, hardly even noticing it. It's the most miraculous substance on earth, yet responsible for our food, our weather, our water, and our ability to hear. In fact, we live at the bottom of an ocean of air. In this exuberant book, gifted science writer Gabrielle Walker peels back the layers of our atmosphere with the stories of the people who unco...(展开全部)

THE NEW EARTHSEA NOVEL--NOW IN MASS MARKET World Fantasy Award Winner--Best Novel

Filled with characters and Earthsea lore from Le Guin's previous novels, this new story introduces a sorcerer who makes a desperate last stand against the land of the dead when he dreams of an imminent invasion.

THE NEW EARTHSEA NOVEL--NOW IN MASS MARKET World Fantasy Award Winner--Best Novel

In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a biography to which we owe much of our knowledge of the man himself. Through a series of richly detailed anecdotes, Johnson emerges as a sociable figure, vigorously engaging and fencing with great contemporaries such as Garrick, Gol...(展开全部)

约翰逊博士是十八世纪英国文坛的祭酒，他曾费时七年独立完成睥睨英国文坛的《英文字典》，而他如大熊星座般君临众星的魅力，则在他那充满人生智慧的谈论对话、罕见的巧妙言谈、那意想不到的比喻、卓越的修辞、洋溢的机智中体现，这使得史蒂文森每天都要像读《圣经》那样读上一些，英国语言学家乔艾特更是为之着迷，前后手不释卷地读了五十遍。作者包斯威尔从二十三岁起便与约翰逊成了忘年的莫逆之交，他立志把这位文坛巨擘一点一滴挖掘出来。对爱好智慧的现代人来说，本书正是一座睿智的宝库。在这部千古绝唱的传记中，读者除了看到因缅怀往事而产生的逼人才华、光彩夺目的文字外，还可看到包氏本人的悲剧精神，及由此而生所洋溢的两位不平凡人物的温馨友情。近代传记大师莫洛亚曾赞叹包氏是现代传记文学之父。此书业已成了世界最伟大不朽之传记文学的经典之作。读者可以每十年看一次，而且愈看愈有味，同时领会杰出传...(展开全部)

约翰逊博士是十八世纪英国文坛的祭酒，他曾费时七年独立完成睥睨英国文坛的《英文字典》，而他如大熊星座般君临众星的魅力，则在他那充满人生智慧的谈论对话、罕见的巧妙言谈、那意想不到的比喻、卓越的修辞、洋溢的机智中体现，这使得史蒂文森每天都要像读《圣经》那样读上一些，英国语言学家乔艾特更是为之着迷，前后手不释卷地读了五十遍。作者包斯威尔从二十三岁起便与约翰逊成了忘年的莫逆之交，他立志把这位文坛巨擘一点一滴挖掘出来。对爱好智慧的现代人来说，本书正是一座睿智的宝库。在这部千古绝唱的传记中，读者除了看到因缅怀往事而产生的逼人才华、光彩夺目的文字外，还可看到包氏本人的悲剧精神，及由此而生所洋溢的两位不平凡人物的温馨友情。近代传记大师莫洛亚曾赞叹包氏是现代传记文学之父。此书业已成了世界最伟大不朽之传记文学的经典之作。读者可以每十年看一次，而且愈看愈有味，同时领会杰出传...(展开全部)

In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a biography to which we owe much of our knowledge of the man himself. Through a series of richly detailed anecdotes, Johnson emerges as a sociable figure, vigorously engaging and fencing with great contemporaries such as Garrick, Gol...(展开全部)

Samuel Johnson's literary reputation rests on such a varied output that he defies easy description: poet, critic, lexicographer, travel writer, essayist, editor, and, thanks to his good friend Boswell, the subject of one of the most famous English biographies. This volume celebrates Johnson's astonishing talent by selecting widely across the full range of his work. It includes ...(展开全部)