A vivid personal account of a Golden Age in classical music—the second half of the 20th century—providing a rare, behind-the-scenes view of the inner workings of a top symphony orchestra. Nancy Shear was only fifteen when she began sneaking into Philadelphia Orchestra concerts through the stage door, and seventeen when she was hired as a member of the orchestra’s library staff ...(展开全部)

In the tradition of The Orchid Thief , a compelling narrative set within the strange and genteel world of rare-book collecting: the true story of an infamous book thief, his victims, and the man determined to catch him. Rare-book theft is even more widespread than fine-art theft. Most thieves, of course, steal for profit. John Charles Gilkey steals purely for the love of bo...(展开全部)

塞巴斯蒂安·马拉比（Sebastian Mallaby） 美国外交关系委员会保罗﹒沃尔克国际经济高级研究员，《金融时报》前编辑，曾两度获得美国新闻领域至尊荣誉普利策奖。其著作包括《富可敌国》(More Money Than God)，《世界银行家》(The World‘s Banker) 等。

罗伯特·卡尼格尔，科学作家，曾获格雷迪—斯塔克科学写作奖，是《师从天才——一个科学王朝的崛起》等书的作者。作品散见于多种刊物，其中有《纽约时报杂志》、《文明》、《今日心理学》、《健康》、《科学》等等。他定期为《纽约时报图书评论》和《洛杉矶时报》写书评。卡尼格尔还是巴尔的摩大学耶鲁·高登文学艺术学院语言、技术和出版设计研究所的高级研究员，曾在约翰斯·霍普金斯大学执教新闻文学。

In 1913, a young unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G H Hardy, begging the pre-eminent English mathematician's opinion on several ideas he had about numbers. Realising the letter was the work of a genius, Hardy arranged for Srinivasa Ramanujan to come to England. Thus began one of the most improbable and productive collaborations ever chronicled. With a passion for rich ...(展开全部)

In 1913, a young unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G H Hardy, begging the pre-eminent English mathematician's opinion on several ideas he had about numbers. Realising the letter was the work of a genius, Hardy arranged for Srinivasa Ramanujan to come to England. Thus began one of the most improbable and productive collaborations ever chronicled. With a passion for rich ...(展开全部)

Sebastian Mallaby's magisterial biography of Alan Greenspan, the product of over five years of research based on untrammeled access to his subject and his closest professional and personal intimates, brings into vivid focus the mysterious point where the government and the economy meet. To understand Greenspan's story is to see the economic and political landscape of the last 3...(展开全部)

塞巴斯蒂安·马拉比（Sebastian Mallaby） 美国外交关系委员会保罗﹒沃尔克国际经济高级研究员，《金融时报》前编辑，曾两度获得美国新闻领域至尊荣誉普利策奖。其著作包括《富可敌国》(More Money Than God)，《世界银行家》(The World‘s Banker) 等。

In 1913, a young unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G H Hardy, begging the pre-eminent English mathematician's opinion on several ideas he had about numbers. Realising the letter was the work of a genius, Hardy arranged for Srinivasa Ramanujan to come to England. Thus began one of the most improbable and productive collaborations ever chronicled. With a passion for rich ...(展开全部)

罗伯特·卡尼格尔，科学作家，曾获格雷迪—斯塔克科学写作奖，是《师从天才——一个科学王朝的崛起》等书的作者。作品散见于多种刊物，其中有《纽约时报杂志》、《文明》、《今日心理学》、《健康》、《科学》等等。他定期为《纽约时报图书评论》和《洛杉矶时报》写书评。卡尼格尔还是巴尔的摩大学耶鲁·高登文学艺术学院语言、技术和出版设计研究所的高级研究员，曾在约翰斯·霍普金斯大学执教新闻文学。