The collaboration of two friends-one a novelist, one a novelist, one a marine biologist-produced a volume in which fascinating popular science is woven into a narrative of man's dreams, his ideals, and his accomplishments through the centuries. Sea of Cortez is one of those rare books that are all things to all readers. Actually the record of a brief collecting expedition in ...(展开全部)

In 1940 Steinbeck sailed in a sardine boat with his great friend the marine biologist, Ed Ricketts, to collect marine invertebrates from the beaches of the Gulf of California. The expedition was described by the two men in "Sea Of Cortez", published in 1941. The day-to-day story of the trip is told here in the Log, which combines science, philosophy and high-spirited adventure....(展开全部)

Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of America’s greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, his many works published as black-spine Penguin Classics for the first time and will feature eye-catching, newly commissioned art. Penguin Classics is proud to present these seminal works to a new generation of read...(展开全部)

A classic work that has charmed generations of readers, this collection assembles Carson McCullers's best stories, including her beloved novella "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe." A haunting tale of a human triangle that culminates in an astonishing brawl, the novella introduces readers to Miss Amelia, a formidable southern woman whose cafe serves as the town's gathering place. Amon...(展开全部)

A classic work that has charmed generations of readers, this collection assembles Carson McCullers's best stories, including her beloved novella "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe." A haunting tale of a human triangle that culminates in an astonishing brawl, the novella introduces readers to Miss Amelia, a formidable southern woman whose cafe serves as the town's gathering place. Amon...(展开全部)

Blexbolex，本名贝尔纳·格朗热（Bernard Granger），是一位屡获殊荣的法国绘本作家，绘本作品《人们》获得“世界最美的书”评选最高荣誉金奖，《四季》《歌谣》入选《纽约时报》年度十佳绘本。目前，这些作品已被翻译为英语、西班牙语、意大利语、波兰语、 德语、捷克语等多种语言，在世界各地出版。 于歌，艺术策展人，创意策划人，终身学习者，法语译者，专注于“艺术社区”的研究与实践。热衷于观察日常和促成各种跨文化与跨领域交流。译作有《人们》《四季》《歌谣》。

Blexbolex，本名贝尔纳·格朗热（Bernard Granger），是一位屡获殊荣的法国绘本作家，绘本作品《人们》获得“世界最美的书”评选最高荣誉金奖，《四季》《歌谣》入选《纽约时报》年度十佳绘本。目前，这些作品已被翻译为英语、西班牙语、意大利语、波兰语、 德语、捷克语等多种语言，在世界各地出版。 于歌，艺术策展人，创意策划人，终身学习者，法语译者，专注于“艺术社区”的研究与实践。热衷于观察日常和促成各种跨文化与跨领域交流。译作有《人们》《四季》《歌谣》。

史坦貝克 美國作家，曾獲得1962年諾貝爾文學獎。作品多描寫大蕭條時期的平民階級及移民工人的生活，他的作品裡經常出現在生活中掙扎的人物，被認為是受了自然主義文學的影響。他的故事和人物都是來自20世紀上半葉時真正存在的歷史環境和事件。他的小說反映了他廣泛的興趣，比如海洋生物學，爵士樂，政治，哲學，歷史和神話。其主要小說代表作有《人鼠之間》（1937）、《憤怒的葡萄》（1939）、《罐頭廠街》（1945）以及《伊甸園東》（1952）等。另著有非虛構作品《史坦貝克俄羅斯紀行》（1948）、《查理與我》（1962）等。 立克茨 海洋生物學家，成立「太平洋生物實驗室」（Pacific Biological Laboratories, Inc.），經常為美國多所大專院校及頗具規模的研究機構提供海洋動物標本，對美國西岸潮間帶生態研究有著重大貢獻。在1930到194...(展开全部)