Discusses the argument that a work of art is essentially a gift and not a commodity.

The White Witch, Aslan, fauns and talking beasts, centaurs and epic battles between good and evil -- all these have become a part of our collective imagination through the classic volumes of The Chronicles of Narnia . Over the past half century, children everywhere have escaped into this world and delighted in its wonders and enchantments. Yet what we do know of the man who cr...(展开全部)

艾伦•雅各布斯（Alan Jacobs），美国著名文学家，同时身兼文学教授、文化评论家和媒体撰稿人等多重身分。自1984年始，一直担任美国伊利诺伊州惠顿学院英文系教授，直到2012年搬至得克萨斯州，被聘为贝勒大学的杰出教授。著作颇丰，包括《原罪：一段文化史》、《阅读的神学》、《消遣时代的阅读乐趣》等，还编辑过诗人奥登的《焦虑的年代：一首巴洛克牧歌》诗评集。 雅各布斯在季刊《新亚特兰蒂斯》定期发表文章，并在这本刊物的网站经营一个叫做Text Patterns的博客，评论阅读、写作、研究以及知识的科技。他还定期为《波士顿环球报》、《美国学者》、《牛津美国》、《华尔街日报》等其他刊物撰写文学、文化的评论文章。

The vicissitudes of the leading members of the newly propertied Forsyte family are followed in this captivating series set at the turn of the century. London of the 1880s: The Forsyte family is gathered--gloves, waistcoats, feathers, and frocks--to celebrate the engagement of young June Forstye to an architect, Philip Bosinney. The family is intrigued but wary of this stranger ...(展开全部)

理查·梅比（Richard Mabey） 英國極負盛名的自然書寫作家，致力於探討自然和文化的關係。曾任英國自然保護委員會顧問，二〇一二年成為皇家文學學會會員。著作逾三十餘本，包括暢銷植物聖經《大不列顛植物誌》（Flora Britannica）、《免費食物》（Food for Free）、《野草的故事》（Weeds: the Story of Outlaw Plants）、《自然良方》（Nature Cure）、《吉伯特•懷特》（Gilbert White）等，皆名列「惠特布萊德傳記獎」與「艾克利圖書獎」等多項圖書大獎。他是《泰晤士報》《衛報》《獨立報》、《格蘭塔》等權威媒體的植物專欄作家，身兼英國廣播公司（BBC）多部自然系列節目的總撰稿者和製片人。 譯者 林金源 專職譯者。熱愛大自然中的蟲魚鳥獸，優遊知識與心靈國度，把翻譯當作認識世界的方式。

A new edition of a pioneering materialist treatise Exploring the way that production affects the social issues of class division and family, Engels develops his arguments on private property and its relationship to the subjugation of women. Engels then analyzes in detail the rise of the territorial state, ultimately extending his theory further to consider how class and ex...(展开全部)

In Richard Mabey's characteristically lyrical and informative tone, The Cabaret of Plants explores plant species which have challenged our imaginations, awoken that clichéd but real human emotion of wonder, and upturned our ideas about history, science, beauty and belief. Picked from every walk of life, they encompass crops, weeds, medicines, religious gathering-places and a wa...(展开全部)