华莱士·斯特格纳（Wallace Stegner，1909—1993），美国著名作家、环保主义者、历史学家，普利策奖、美国国家图书奖得主。 斯特格纳于1909年出生于艾奥瓦州米尔斯湖，在蒙大拿州、犹他州等地长大，曾在美国和加拿大多地生活，1930年毕业于犹他大学，在艾奥瓦大学获得硕士和博士学位后，先后任教于威斯康星大学和哈佛大学，期间曾指导诺曼·梅勒等人写作。1945年，为指导、扶持更多青年写作者从事文学创作，他转入斯坦福大学创立创意写作项目，并长期在此任教直至退休，二十余年间培养了爱德华·艾比、罗伯特·斯通、戈登·利希等众多知名作家，被称为美国“西部作家的教务长”。1971年斯特格纳退休，斯坦福大学将他设立的创意写作奖学金项目正式命名为“斯特格纳奖金”以示敬意。 斯特格纳一生著有十多部长篇小说、五部史学著作、五十多篇短篇小说及大量散文作品。他曾三度...(展开全部)

Joe Allston is a retired literary agent who is, in his own words, "just killing time until time gets around to killing me." His parents and his only son are long dead, leaving him with neither ancestors nor descendants, tradition nor ties. His job, trafficking the talent of others, had not been his choice. He passes through life as a spectator. A postcard from a friend causes A...(展开全部)

Winner of the National Book Award Joe Allston is a retired literary agent who is, in his own words, ''killing time before time gets around to killing me.'' His parents and his only son are long dead, leaving him with neither ancestors nor descendants, tradition nor ties. His job, trafficking the talent of others, had not been his choice. He passes through life as a spectato...(展开全部)

Joe Allston is a retired literary agent whose parents and only son are dead, and who feels that he has been a mere spectator through life. Than a postcard from a friend causes him to return to the journals of a trip he took to his mother's birthplace to search for his roots; memories of that journey reveal tha t he is not quite spectator enough. Winner of the National Book Awar...(展开全部)

莉莉·蔻利拉奇，伦敦政治经济学院媒体与传播系终身教授，系主任。精通丹麦语、法语、希腊语、西班牙语。研究领域：电视新闻，新闻摄影，媒体伦理，媒体灾难学，战争报道，公共领域和市民运动，慈善组织的宣传活动和影像。

A harrowing story that follows the wanderings of a boy abandoned by his parents during World War II, this classic novel, originally published in 1965, is a dark masterpiece that examines the proximity of terror and savagery to innocence and love. It is the first, and the most famous, novel by one of the most important and original writers of this century.

A harrowing story that follows the wanderings of a boy abandoned by his parents during World War II, this classic novel, originally published in 1965, is a dark masterpiece that examines the proximity of terror and savagery to innocence and love. It is the first, and the most famous, novel by one of the most important and original writers of this century.

There is more to a bird than simply feathers. And just because birds evolved from a single flying ancestor doesn't mean they are structurally all the same. With over 385 stunning drawings depicting 200 species, "The Unfeathered Bird" is a richly illustrated book on bird anatomy that offers refreshingly original insights into what goes on beneath the feathered surface. Each exqu...(展开全部)