伯纳德•理查兹（Bernard Richards），英国牛津大学布拉斯诺学院荣誉教授。他于1972年至1996年在该学院担任英语文学专业的研究员。他不仅是“朗文英语文学系列丛书”中《维多利亚时期英文诗歌》的作者，也编辑了亨利·詹姆斯的《被凌辱的伯顿》和《卡萨玛西玛公主》。他发表过350多篇学术论文和评论文章，研究范围从16世纪诗人到20世纪作家。他为《罗斯金导读》（剑桥大学出版社）一书撰写的章节展现了罗斯金鲜为人知的一面。此外，他正在为罗斯金未完成的自传《往事》撰写续篇。 沙丁 （译者），作者、译者、文学编辑，著有长篇小说《戴红项圈的驯鹿》《催眠者》，参与翻译《巴黎评论·短篇小说课堂》。

A Pink Floyd album with no instruments. A Sex Pistols record more incendiary than Never Mind The Bollocks. A sci-fi rock opera by Weezer. Rock 'n' roll history is littered with intriguing albums that never saw the light of day, let alone the charts. Self-destructive ambition, intra-band turmoil, record-company politics and even death have all played their part in creating a fas...(展开全部)

A paleoartist is an illustrator who specialises in the science and art of reconstructing ancient animals and their world. In "Dinosaur Art," ten of the top contemporary paleoartists reveal a selection of their work and exclusively discuss their working methods and distinct styles. Filled with breathtaking artwork - some never before seen - and cutting edge paleontology, this...(展开全部)

Between 1998 and 2003, Paul Dini, the Emmy Award-winning producer of Batman Beyond and The New Batman/Superman Adventures, joined forces with superstar illustrator Alex Ross (KINGDOM COME) to create six original graphic novels starring The World’s Greatest Super-Heroes: SUPERMAN: PEACE ON EARTH BATMAN: WAR ON CRIME SHAZAM!: POWER OF HOPE WONDER WOMAN: SPIRIT OF TRUTH JLA: SECRE...(展开全部)

一本以遺失的書籍軼事為主軸的著作。從荷馬、聖經，說到廿世紀自殺身亡的Sylvia Plath。 以往的書籍沒有電子檔，當然這些寫在各種不同材質的文字，既使逃過了人為的破壞，有時也難逃自然的侵蝕。作者畢生研究遺失文學作品，希望藉由這本書的內容，讓我們可以大略瞭解，我們喪失了多少珍貴的經典作品。例如收藏在亞歷山卓圖書館的大量希臘古典作品，因為一場大火，這些作品付之一炬，不過也有如希臘劇作家Menander，本以為遺失的偉大劇作，之後發現翻譯後竟被視為垃圾的其他案例。Kelly認為文字的遺失是常態，不過也因為這些偉大文字的遺失，也讓我們能更珍惜現今我們所擁有的文字閱讀的珍貴資產。

In an age when deleted scenes from Adam Sandler movies are saved, it’s sobering to realize that some of the world’s greatest prose and poetry has gone missing. This witty, wry, and unique new book rectifies that wrong. Part detective story, part history lesson, part exposé, The Book of Lost Books is the first guide to literature’s what-ifs and never-weres. In compulsively reada...(展开全部)

In an age when deleted scenes from Adam Sandler movies are saved, it’s sobering to realize that some of the world’s greatest prose and poetry has gone missing. This witty, wry, and unique new book rectifies that wrong. Part detective story, part history lesson, part exposé, The Book of Lost Books is the first guide to literature’s what-ifs and never-weres. In compulsively reada...(展开全部)

一本以遺失的書籍軼事為主軸的著作。從荷馬、聖經，說到廿世紀自殺身亡的Sylvia Plath。 以往的書籍沒有電子檔，當然這些寫在各種不同材質的文字，既使逃過了人為的破壞，有時也難逃自然的侵蝕。作者畢生研究遺失文學作品，希望藉由這本書的內容，讓我們可以大略瞭解，我們喪失了多少珍貴的經典作品。例如收藏在亞歷山卓圖書館的大量希臘古典作品，因為一場大火，這些作品付之一炬，不過也有如希臘劇作家Menander，本以為遺失的偉大劇作，之後發現翻譯後竟被視為垃圾的其他案例。Kelly認為文字的遺失是常態，不過也因為這些偉大文字的遺失，也讓我們能更珍惜現今我們所擁有的文字閱讀的珍貴資產。

The greatest movie never made The fascinating tale of Kubrick’s unfilmed masterpiece Now available in an unlimited, single-volume edition! For 40 years, Kubrick fans and film buffs have wondered about the director's mysterious unmade film on Napoleon Bonaparte. Slated for production immediately following the release of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Kubrick’s "Napoleon" was to be at on...(展开全部)