One climbed to the very top of the social ladder, the other chose to live among tramps. One was a celebrity at twenty-three, the other virtually unknown until his dying days. One was right-wing and religious, the other a socialist and an atheist. Yet, as this ingenious and important new book reveals, at the heart of their lives and writing, Evelyn Waugh and George Orwell were e...(展开全部)

In one of the most intrepid travelogues in recent memory, Emma Larkin tells of the year she spent traveling through Burma, using as a compass the life and work of George Orwell, whom many of Burma's underground teahouse intellectuals call simply the Prophet.In stirring prose, she provides a powerful reckoning with one of the world's least free countries. Finding George Orwell i...(展开全部)

In one of the most intrepid travelogues in recent memory, Emma Larkin tells of the year she spent traveling through Burma, using as a compass the life and work of George Orwell, whom many of Burma's underground teahouse intellectuals call simply the Prophet.In stirring prose, she provides a powerful reckoning with one of the world's least free countries. Finding George Orwell i...(展开全部)

Positioned at the crossroads of the physical and biological sciences, chemistry deals with neither the infinitely small, nor the infinitely large, nor directly with life. So it is sometimes thought of as dull, the way things in the middle often are. But this middle ground is precisely where human beings exist. As Hoffmann shows in his inspired prose, the world observed at its m...(展开全部)

Nobel laureate Roald Hoffman confronts some of the major ethical controversies in chemistry today. Expertly weaving together examples from the worlds of art, literature, and philosophy, Hoffmann illustrates his uniquely accessible dialectic about the creative activity of chemists.</P>

Positioned at the crossroads of the physical and biological sciences, chemistry deals with neither the infinitely small, nor the infinitely large, nor directly with life. So it is sometimes thought of as dull, the way things in the middle often are. But this middle ground is precisely where human beings exist. As Hoffmann shows in his inspired prose, the world observed at its m...(展开全部)

Nobel laureate Roald Hoffman confronts some of the major ethical controversies in chemistry today. Expertly weaving together examples from the worlds of art, literature, and philosophy, Hoffmann illustrates his uniquely accessible dialectic about the creative activity of chemists.</P>

In the aftermath of the Battle of Britain, airmen filled a small town where pioneering plastic surgeon Archibald McIndoe established revolutionary surgical and therapeutic treatments. For the child Liz Byrski, growing up in East Grinstead, the burnt faces of these airmen filled her nightmares. In her late 60s, Liz returned to make peace with her memories and to speak not only w...(展开全部)

In the aftermath of the Battle of Britain, airmen filled a small town where pioneering plastic surgeon Archibald McIndoe established revolutionary surgical and therapeutic treatments. For the child Liz Byrski, growing up in East Grinstead, the burnt faces of these airmen filled her nightmares. In her late 60s, Liz returned to make peace with her memories and to speak not only w...(展开全部)

－作者－ 爱德华多·加莱亚诺（1940-2015），乌拉圭文学大师。生于蒙得维的亚，14岁时发表政治漫画，20岁起先后担任过记者、编辑、主编，23岁来到中国采访末代皇帝溥仪。曾被军政府逮捕入狱，后长期流亡。1985年才回到祖国。因其犀利透彻、充满良知的写作，被誉为“拉丁 美洲的声音”。2009年美洲峰会上，委内瑞拉前总统查韦斯将加莱亚诺代表作《拉丁美洲被切开的血管》送给时任美国总统的奥巴马，引发全世界媒体关注。2015年4月13日，加莱亚诺因病去世，乌拉圭举国哀悼。他的作品《拉丁美洲被切开的血管》《足球往事：那些阳光与阴影下的美丽》等，在中国读者当中曾产生过广泛影响。 －译者－ 汪天艾，西班牙语诗歌译者、研究者。供职于中国社会科学院外国文学研究所，任《世界文学》编辑。北京大学西班牙语语言文学学士，伦敦大学国王学院比较文学硕士，马德里自治大学西班牙文学...(展开全部)