【作者】亚当•尼科尔森（Adam Nicolson） 英国著名作家，曾获英国皇家文学学会颁发的翁达杰文学奖、毛姆文学奖、海涅曼文学奖以及英国地形奖等多项大奖。著有多部有关历史、自然和乡村的作品，包括《海边的房间》（Sea Room）、《上帝的大臣》（God’s Secretaries）、《乡绅》（The Gentry）以及广受好评的《至高的死亡》（The Mighty Dead）。如今，他在英国萨塞克斯的一个农场生活。 ---------------- 【绘者】凯特•博克瑟（Kate Boxer） 画家，擅长画版画，目前在英国萨塞克斯与伦敦生活与工作。www.kateboxer.co.uk ---------------- 【译者】木草草 自由译者，喜欢鲣鸟。

【作者】亚当•尼科尔森（Adam Nicolson） 英国著名作家，曾获英国皇家文学学会颁发的翁达杰文学奖、毛姆文学奖、海涅曼文学奖以及英国地形奖等多项大奖。著有多部有关历史、自然和乡村的作品，包括《海边的房间》（Sea Room）、《上帝的大臣》（God’s Secretaries）、《乡绅》（The Gentry）以及广受好评的《至高的死亡》（The Mighty Dead）。如今，他在英国萨塞克斯的一个农场生活。 ---------------- 【绘者】凯特•博克瑟（Kate Boxer） 画家，擅长画版画，目前在英国萨塞克斯与伦敦生活与工作。www.kateboxer.co.uk ---------------- 【译者】木草草 自由译者，喜欢鲣鸟。

In the new edition of this highly successful book, Harold Schonberg has traced the consecutive line of composers from Claudio Monteverdi to the tonalists of the 1990s through a series of fascinating biographical chapters. Music, the author contends, is a continually evolving art, and there have been no geniuses, however, great, who have not been influenced by their predecessors...(展开全部)

In the new edition of this highly successful book, Harold Schonberg has traced the consecutive line of composers from Claudio Monteverdi to the tonalists of the 1990s through a series of fascinating biographical chapters. Music, the author contends, is a continually evolving art, and there have been no geniuses, however, great, who have not been influenced by their predecessors...(展开全部)

Skousen, author, editor, and academic, tells the story of the development of economic thought, describing his approach as " . . . a candid, irreverent, passionate, sometimes humorous and often highly opinionated account of the lives and theories of famous economists from Adam Smith and Karl Marx to John Maynard Keynes and Milton Friedman." The author's unique view compares the ...(展开全部)

Erich Fromm was a political activist, psychologist, psychoanalyst, philosopher, and one of the most important intellectuals of the twentieth century. Known for his theories of personality and political insight, Fromm dissected the sadomasochistic appeal of brutal dictators while also eloquently championing love -- which, he insisted, was nothing if it did not involve joyful con...(展开全部)

In the new edition of this highly successful book, Harold Schonberg traces the consecutive line of composers from Monteverdi to the tonalists of the 1990s through a series of fascinating biographical chapters. Music is a continually evolving art, and there have been no geniuses, however great, who have not been influenced by their predecessors. The great composers are here pres...(展开全部)

In the new edition of this highly successful book, Harold Schonberg traces the consecutive line of composers from Monteverdi to the tonalists of the 1990s through a series of fascinating biographical chapters. Music is a continually evolving art, and there have been no geniuses, however great, who have not been influenced by their predecessors. The great composers are here pres...(展开全部)

[英] 布赖恩·莱弗里（Brian Lavery） 英国国家海事博物馆名誉馆长，西方学界享有声望的海洋史研究者与推广者。 他在英国国家海事博物馆工作长达14年，其间举办了各种海洋主题展览，宣讲航海、船舶知识，他还曾在英国和欧洲开展海上巡游。在向大众普及海洋历史常识方面，莱弗里做出过显著贡献，西方媒体评价他为“杰出的历史学家”。 莱弗里不到30岁开始写作，至今著有30多部海洋史著作。此外，他还担任过奥斯卡获奖影片《怒海争锋》的历史顾问。2009年在英国引起全民轰动的热播纪录片《海洋帝国》，也邀请了他进行学术指导。