A.曼古埃尔 (Alberto Manguel)，翻译家、编辑和散文家，著有包括《阅读史》(A History of Reading) 在内的十余部畅销书。 G.盖德鲁培 (Gianni Guadalupi)，翻译家，译有多部意大利语经典著作，编过数本文集，同时也是一位激情满怀的藏书家。 译者 赵蓉，毕业于四川外国语大学研究生院，主要研究方向为英美文化与文学，现任西南交通大学外国语学院翻译系讲师，译有阿鲁里斯的《莎士比亚的政治盛典》和曼古埃尔的《想象地名》；合译有《古典诗文绎读现代编》和《荷马笔下的伦理》。

Throughout the ages, writers have created an astonishing diversity of imaginary places, worlds of enchantment, horror and delight. This guidebook takes the reader on a tour of more than 1200 imaginary cities, islands, countries, and contintents, from Homer to the late 1990s. Places visited include Atlantis, Dracula's Castle, Middle Earth, Baskerville Hall, Utopia, and Earthsea....(展开全部)

The Book of Imaginary Beings is Borges’s whimsical compendium of more than one hundred of the "strange creatures conceived down through history by the human imagination." This unique contribution to fantasy literature ranges widely across the world’s mythologies and literatures to bring together the fantastical inventions drawn from the Kabbalah, Homer, Confucius,...(展开全部)

The Book of Imaginary Beings is Borges’s whimsical compendium of more than one hundred of the "strange creatures conceived down through history by the human imagination." This unique contribution to fantasy literature ranges widely across the world’s mythologies and literatures to bring together the fantastical inventions drawn from the Kabbalah, Homer, Confucius,...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Offering an analysis of how myths played a fundamental role in the lives of the Greeks, this study of the relationship between reality and fantasy focuses on three case studies--the landscape, the family and religion. It demonstrates how Greek mythology is a product of its people, place and time.

This is a study of Greek myths in relation to the society in which they were originally told. It does not re-tell the myths; rather, it offers an analysis of how myths played a fundamental role in the lives of the Greeks. The relation between reality and fantasy is discussed by means of three case studies: the landscape, the family, and religion. Most of all, this book seeks to...(展开全部)

Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use - from electrical engineering to aeronautics - that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and enigma. In "An Imaginary Tale", Paul Nahin tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics' most elusive numbers, the square root of minus one, also known as i. He recreates t...(展开全部)

皮普·威廉姆斯 生于伦敦，长于悉尼。15岁开始写诗，现从事社会学与历史研究，并为多家媒体撰写专栏。曾与两位学者合作出版《时间炸弹》，研究澳大利亚的城市生活，以及旅游文学《意大利之夏》。目前与丈夫、两个儿子，以及各种动物居住在阿德莱德。 《丢失词词典》是皮普的第一部小说，以《牛津英语词典》的诞生为题材，从中寻绎一段被遗忘的女性历史。撰写过程中，作者数度造访牛津，亲手翻检上百份珍贵档案材料、访问词典出版人员，并以精致细腻、洋溢古典气息的笔法，娓娓道来这段横跨103年的宏伟历史。《丢失词词典》甫一出版即攻占澳大利亚图书销售榜榜首，并售出超过21国（地区）版权。 译者简介 闻若婷国文系毕业，曾任职出版社编辑，现为自由译者及校对，擅长领域为小说。译作包括《虎丘情浓》、《从前从前，在河畔》、《孤独世纪》、《看不见的图书馆》系列。

皮普·威廉姆斯 生于伦敦，长于悉尼。15岁开始写诗，现从事社会学与历史研究，并为多家媒体撰写专栏。曾与两位学者合作出版《时间炸弹》，研究澳大利亚的城市生活，以及旅游文学《意大利之夏》。目前与丈夫、两个儿子，以及各种动物居住在阿德莱德。 《丢失词词典》是皮普的第一部小说，以《牛津英语词典》的诞生为题材，从中寻绎一段被遗忘的女性历史。撰写过程中，作者数度造访牛津，亲手翻检上百份珍贵档案材料、访问词典出版人员，并以精致细腻、洋溢古典气息的笔法，娓娓道来这段横跨103年的宏伟历史。《丢失词词典》甫一出版即攻占澳大利亚图书销售榜榜首，并售出超过21国（地区）版权。 译者简介 闻若婷国文系毕业，曾任职出版社编辑，现为自由译者及校对，擅长领域为小说。译作包括《虎丘情浓》、《从前从前，在河畔》、《孤独世纪》、《看不见的图书馆》系列。