A work of unparalleled candor and splendorous beauty, The Lyrics celebrates the creative life and the musical genius of Paul McCartney through 154 of his most meaningful songs. From his early Liverpool days, through the historic decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his long solo career, The Lyrics pairs the definitive texts of 154 Paul McCartney songs with first-person commentar...(展开全部)

'More often than I can count, I've been asked if I would write an autobiography, but the time has never been right. The one thing I've always managed to do, whether at home or on the road, is to write new songs. I know that some people, when they get to a certain age, like to go to a diary to recall day-to-day events from the past, but I have no such notebooks. What I do have a...(展开全部)

This landmark volume captures three millennia of Greek poetry - more than 1,000 poems and 200 poets. From the epics of Homeric Greece to the historical and erotic ironies of Cavafy, from the romances, hymns and bawdy rhymes of Byzantium to the innovative voices of the twentieth century, this essential companion to the Western literary tradition brings together the diverse stran...(展开全部)

安东尼·帕戈登，美国加州大学洛杉矶分校政治科学与历史系特聘教授。曾担任牛津大学默顿学院研究员、伦敦沃堡研究所高级研究员、佛罗伦萨欧洲大学研究所历史学教授、剑桥大学国王学院思想史准教授和研究员、约翰·霍普金斯大学哈里·布莱克历史教授。近期出版的著作包括《两个世界的战争：2500年来东方与西方的竞逐》和《启蒙运动以及它为何仍然重要》。曾在《新共和》、《国家利益》、《纽约时报》、《洛杉矶时报》、《国家报》（西班牙），《24小时太阳报》（意大利）、《伦敦书评》和《时代文学增刊》上发表多篇文章。

Throughout human history, empires have been far more constant and widespread, and the source of far more anguished political speculation, than nation states have ever been. But despite the long history of debate and the recent resurgence of interest in empires and imperialism, no one seems very clear as to what exactly an empire is. The Burdens of Empire strives to offer not on...(展开全部)

From Mozart’s fabulous legato that “flowed like oil” to Beethoven’s oceanlike surge, from Clara Schumann’s touch “sharp as a pencil sketch” to Rubinstein’s volcanic and sensual playing, The Great Pianists brings to life the brilliant, stylish, and sometimes eccentric personalities, methods, and technical peculiarities of history’s greatest pianists. Pulitzer Prize–winning ...(展开全部)

哈罗德•C.勋伯格，著名音乐评论家、作家。就学于纽约大学。曾任《纽约太阳报》《纽约时报》音乐评论员、高级评论员。1971年荣获普利策评论奖。著有多部介绍钢琴家、指挥家及作曲家的专著。

哈罗德•C.勋伯格，著名音乐评论家、作家。就学于纽约大学。曾任《纽约太阳报》《纽约时报》音乐评论员、高级评论员。1971年荣获普利策评论奖。著有多部介绍钢琴家、指挥家及作曲家的专著。

哈罗德•C.勋伯格，著名音乐评论家、作家。就学于纽约大学。曾任《纽约太阳报》《纽约时报》音乐评论员、高级评论员。1971年荣获普利策评论奖。著有多部介绍钢琴家、指挥家及作曲家的专著。