帕甘﹒肯尼迪（Pagan Kennedy） 《纽约时报杂志》前创新专栏作家，著有《纽约时报》推荐读物《黑色利文斯通》《巴尼斯和诺贝尔发现的挑刺手》以及其他8部作品，曾获得麻省理工学院的奈特科学新闻学者奖，在数十家报纸和杂志上发表过文章。肯尼迪现居住于马萨诸塞州萨默维尔市。

帕甘﹒肯尼迪（Pagan Kennedy） 《纽约时报杂志》前创新专栏作家，著有《纽约时报》推荐读物《黑色利文斯通》《巴尼斯和诺贝尔发现的挑刺手》以及其他8部作品，曾获得麻省理工学院的奈特科学新闻学者奖，在数十家报纸和杂志上发表过文章。肯尼迪现居住于马萨诸塞州萨默维尔市。

弗雷德里克·刘易斯·艾伦，研究美国20世纪前半时期的知名历史学家。曾任《世纪》杂志和《哈珀》杂志主编。 其最为著名的著作就是人们津津乐道的“美利坚帝国成长三部曲”系列：《大繁荣时代》（Only Yesterday）、《大衰退时代》（Since Yesterday）和《大转型时代》（The Big Change ）。此外，他还著有《保罗·R.雷诺兹》、《伟大的摩根》、《万物之灵》、《看美国》等书。

弗雷德里克·刘易斯·艾伦，研究美国20世纪前半时期的知名历史学家。曾任《世纪》杂志和《哈珀》杂志主编。 其最为著名的著作就是人们津津乐道的“美利坚帝国成长三部曲”系列：《大繁荣时代》（Only Yesterday）、《大衰退时代》（Since Yesterday）和《大转型时代》（The Big Change ）。此外，他还著有《保罗·R.雷诺兹》、《伟大的摩根》、《万物之灵》、《看美国》等书。

By 1938, Maugham had become a legend as a playwright, novelist and magician of the short story. He then wrote The Summing Up to give some account of how he learned his craft and why he became such an acute observer of human beings.

Every Sunday Mrs Badger walks up the mountain near her house. She knows the name of every animal and every plant on the way and helps everyone in need. One particular Sunday she meets a little cat, Leo, who would like to join her on her journey. This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship and many more walks up the mountain. What will happen when Mrs Badger is too old to jo...(展开全部)

Impelled by the desire to recapitulate and amplify those 'subjects that have chiefly interested me during the course of my life', Somerset Maugham wrote The Summing Up when he was sixty-four. Autobiographical without being an autobiography, confessional without disclosing the private self, The Summing Up is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo. It...(展开全部)

Compiled and published after Fitzgerald's death by his friend, the prominent critic and editor Edmund Wilson, The Crack-Up is a collection of writings that chronicle the author's state of mind and personal perspective on events, fellow writers and public figures of the 1920s and 1930s. In addition to articles and essays such as the celebrated title piece, this volume includes a...(展开全部)

By 1938, Maugham had become a legend as a playwright, novelist and magician of the short story. He then wrote The Summing Up to give some account of how he learned his craft and why he became such an acute observer of human beings.

Impelled by the desire to recapitulate and amplify those 'subjects that have chiefly interested me during the course of my life', Somerset Maugham wrote The Summing Up when he was sixty-four. Autobiographical without being an autobiography, confessional without disclosing the private self, The Summing Up is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo. It...(展开全部)