爱德华·布鲁克-希钦（Edward Brooke-Hitching），英国作家、获奖纪录片导演，父亲是古董书商。毕业于英国埃克塞特大学电影学系，之后进入独立纪录片制作领域，是英国国家广播公司电视台知名节目《QI》的撰稿人，也是皇家地理学会的研究员。著有多本畅销书，包括《星空5500年》(The Sky Atlas)、《黄金地图》(The Golden Atlas)（入围“爱德华·斯坦福写作奖”短名单）、《世界奇幻地图》(The Phantom Atlas)。

爱德华·布鲁克-希钦（Edward Brooke-Hitching），英国作家、获奖纪录片导演，父亲是古董书商。毕业于英国埃克塞特大学电影学系，之后进入独立纪录片制作领域，是英国国家广播公司电视台知名节目《QI》的撰稿人，也是皇家地理学会的研究员。著有多本畅销书，包括《星空5500年》(The Sky Atlas)、《黄金地图》(The Golden Atlas)（入围“爱德华·斯坦福写作奖”短名单）、《世界奇幻地图》(The Phantom Atlas)。

This fascinating and bizarre collection compiles the most unusual, obscure books from the far reaches of the human imagination throughout history. From the author of the critically acclaimed bestsellers The Phantom Atlas and The Sky Atlas comes a unique and beautifully illustrated journey through the history of literature. The Madman's Library delves into its darkest territorie...(展开全部)

保罗·霍尔特（Paul Halter, 1956— ），法国当代侦探小说作家，因坚持本格侦探小说创作而被誉为“黄金时代侦探小说最后的捍卫者”。1987年凭借《第四扇门》（La Quatrième Porte）获得科尼亚克侦探小说大奖。陆续创作以“阿兰·图威斯特”（Alan Twist）和“欧文·伯恩斯”（Owen Burns）为主人公的系列作品。其代表作有《第四扇门》《第七重解答》（La Septième Hypothèse）《幻影小巷》（La Ruelle fantôme）等。

Meet an unforgettable bibliophile Elizabeth Brown doesn't like to play with dolls and she doesnt like to skate. What she does like to do is read books. Lots of books. The only problem is that her library has gotten so big she can't even use her front door anymore. What should Elizabeth Brown do? Start her own public library, of course! With charming verse and watercolors Sarah...(展开全部)

黃茉莉天生爱读书。小时候，大家喜欢洋娃娃、溜冰鞋，她只喜欢读书；长大后，大家约会、跳舞，她依然只喜欢读书。黃茉莉喜欢读书、喜欢书，并且收藏书，但是，有一天，家里再也容不下任何一本书了，爱书成痴的黃茉莉该怎么办呢？

Meet an unforgettable bibliophile Elizabeth Brown doesn't like to play with dolls and she doesnt like to skate. What she does like to do is read books. Lots of books. The only problem is that her library has gotten so big she can't even use her front door anymore. What should Elizabeth Brown do? Start her own public library, of course! With charming verse and watercolors Sarah...(展开全部)

What is literature? What is the quality in a text that leads a reader to call it 'literary'? What is the 'certain way' of reading that calls into being the literary potential of a text? Why have we been unable to definitively answer these questions, and where does that leave us? Derek Attridge argues that the impossibility of definition leaves us at a beginning. From the point ...(展开全部)

The Iliad and Beowulf provide rich sources of historical information. The novels of Henry Fielding and Henry James may be instructive in the art of moral living. Some go further and argue that Emile Zola and Harriet Beecher Stowe played a part in ameliorating the lives of those existing in harsh circumstances. However, as Derek Attridge argues in this outstanding and acclaimed ...(展开全部)

In this characteristically concise, witty, and lucid book, Terry Eagleton turns his attention to the questions we should ask about literature, but rarely do. What is literature? Can we even speak of "literature" at all? What do different literary theories tell us about what texts mean and do? In throwing new light on these and other questions he has raised in previous best-sell...(展开全部)