吉尔伯特·阿代尔（Gilbert Adair），苏格兰作家、电影评论家和记者。 阿代尔1944年出生于爱丁堡。青年时期的吉尔伯特曾长期定居巴黎，后移居英国伦敦。他的作品涉猎广泛，包括：儿童文学、批评文学、小说、剧本和翻译文学。他曾凭借翻译作品《空虚》获得斯科特•蒙克里夫翻译奖。早年他在未经授权的情况下创作了两部著名的维多利亚时期英语文学作品（分别是《爱丽丝梦游仙境》和《彼得·潘》）的续集。1992年至1996年，他为《星期日泰晤士报》的专栏撰稿。他的小说《长岛爱与死》（1990）由导演理查德·科维特诺斯基改编为电影。他最著名的作品无疑是《神圣的纯真》，这部小说为他赢得了1988年的作家俱乐部处女作奖，后由意大利导演贝托鲁奇改编为电影《戏梦巴黎》。之后，吉尔伯特修改了自己的初稿并以同样的名字再次出版。他的最新作品是自2006年起创作的一组侦探小说，旨在...(展开全部)

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One of the most famous travel books ever written by an American, here is an irreverent and incisive commentary on the "New Barbarians'" encounter with the Old World. Twain's hilarious satire impales with sharp wit both the chauvinist and the cosmopolitan.

在线阅读本书 Based on a series of letters Mark Twain wrote from Europe to newspapers in San Francisco and New York as a roving correspondent, The Innocents Abroad (1869) is a burlesque of the sentimental travel books popular in the mid-nineteenth century. Twain's fresh and humorous perspective on hallowed European landmarks lacked reverence for the past-the ancient statues of sa...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Based on a series of letters Mark Twain wrote from Europe to newspapers in San Francisco and New York as a roving correspondent, The Innocents Abroad (1869) is a burlesque of the sentimental travel books popular in the mid-nineteenth century. Twain's fresh and humorous perspective on hallowed European landmarks lacked reverence for the past-the ancient statues of sa...(展开全部)

Unique among pew Bibles, this editions's bold black typeface redefines the meaning of "easy-to-read." Senior citizens, people with vision difficulties, and beginning readers alike will appreciate the visible advantage of the Boldface Pew Bible. Constructed of high-quality materials, this Bible will give you years of faithful service. Choose from three pairs of classics colors t...(展开全部)

Essays on nature from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard. "A book of great richness, beauty and power."-- "New York Times Book Review" "A book of great richness, beauty and power." "--New York Times Book Review"

In 1975 Annie Dillard took up residence on an island in Puget Sound in a wooded room furnished with "one enormous window, one cat, one spider and one person." For the next two years she asked herself questions about time, reality, sacrifice death, and the will of God. In Holy the Firm she writes about a moth consumed in a candle flame, about a seven-year-old girl burned in an...(展开全部)

让·科克托(Jean Cocteau,1889-1963)，法国当代文学史上一位多才多艺的怪杰，既是诗人，小说家，剧作家，散文家，评论家，又是画家、电影艺术家、舞蹈设计家，是一位具有划时代意义的先锋大师。科克托早年受象征主义和超现实主义的影响，在创作实践中形成一种极具现代气息的风格。他将虚幻与真实、过去与当下、神话与现实糅杂在一起，其作品往往带有玄幻、朦胧的诗意。

Since the English translation first appeared in 1923, Rudolf Otto's volume has established itself as a classic in the field of religious philosophy. It offers an in-depth inquiry into the non-rational factor in the idea of the divine and its relation to the rational.