罗伯特•哈钦森是英国国家通讯社的防务记者，后成为《简氏防务周刊》的出版总监，负责图书、报刊出版和电子出版。哈钦森同时是一位充满热情的历史学家和考古学家。他是伦敦古文物协会会员、苏塞克斯大学教会考古学方面的助理导师、宗教改革时期考古学专家，在2008年新年受勋名册上被授予英帝国勋章。 哈钦森相信英国历史中的真实故事比任何电视节目或银幕作品都更富戏剧性和感染力。在他获得高度赞誉的作品如“都铎王朝”系列中，他尽可能多地在探索研究中使用原始资料，因为“阅读人物自身在那个时代说出的特定语言，是十分有益的”。哈钦森拥有强大的叙事能力，“让叙事本身独立而纯粹”是哈钦森的写作理念，他的作品正文均一气呵成，不需要读者做出停顿，读之令人酣畅淋漓。

As a journalist, historian, and novelist born into a family that included two past Presidents, Henry Adams was forever focused on the experiences and expectations unique to America. A prompt bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winner, The Education of Henry Adams (1918) recounts his own and his country's development from 1838--the year Adams was born--up to 1905, thus incorporating ...(展开全部)

As a journalist, historian, and novelist born into a family that included two past Presidents, Henry Adams was forever focused on the experiences and expectations unique to America. A prompt bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winner, The Education of Henry Adams (1918) recounts his own and his country's development from 1838--the year Adams was born--up to 1905, thus incorporating ...(展开全部)

Illuminating the dark side of the American century, "The Monster Show" uncovers the surprising links between horror entertainment and the great social crises of our time, as well as horror's function as a pop analogue to surrealism and other artistic movements. With penetrating analyses and revealing anecdotes, David J. Skal chronicles one of our most popular and pervasive mode...(展开全部)

A serial killer is burning people alive in the Lake District's prehistoric stone circles. He leaves no clues and the police are helpless. When his name is found carved into the charred remains of the third victim, disgraced detective Washington Poe is brought back from suspension and into an investigation he wants no part of. Reluctantly partnered with the brilliant but sociall...(展开全部)

A serial killer is burning people alive in the Lake District's prehistoric stone circles. He leaves no clues and the police are helpless. When his name is found carved into the charred remains of the third victim, disgraced detective Washington Poe is brought back from suspension and into an investigation he wants no part of. Reluctantly partnered with the brilliant but sociall...(展开全部)

Nothing can stop John Henry--no boulder, no mountain, and definitely no steam drill. Newbery Honor winner Julius Lester writes with such power that this African-American folk hero becomes as awesome as a natural phenomenon. Jerry Pinkney received a Caldecott Honor for his exuberant, glowing watercolor paintings of the hero. The book, celebrating its tenth year in print, was als...(展开全部)

The stunning 1995 Caldecott Honor Book John Henry is stronger than ten men, and can dig through a mountain faster than a steam drill. Julius Lester's folksy retelling of a popular African-American folk ballad has warmth, tall tale humor, and boundless energy. Jerry Pinkney illustrates the story with "rich colors borrowed from the rocks and the earth, so beautiful that they sum...(展开全部)

[英]J. J. 斯卡里斯布里克，1928年生。英国历史学家，曾任英国华威大学教授，现为布里斯托大学荣誉教授、皇家历史学会会员。专攻英国都铎王朝史，著有《都铎王朝的法律与管治》等。

Self-taught and working in isolation until his death in 1973, Henry Darger realized an elaborate fantasy world of remarkable beauty and strangeness, through hundreds of paintings and an epic written narrative. Angel-like Blengins with butterfly wings, natural catastrophes, innocent girls, and murderous soldiers all appear in Darger's scenes, which are reproduced in this book in...(展开全部)