"This book is rich with examples illustrating medical, religious, racial, and gendered discourses about its subject and the impact these have had, and continue to have, in the provision of medical care to the public . . . A fascinating read" --Library Journal "Bourke has done a fine job of detailing the story of pain and the folly it reveals." --Kirkus Reviews "The Story of Pai...(展开全部)

安妮·鲁尼（Anne Rooney），英国知名科普作家，剑桥大学博士，皇家文艺学会院士，皇家文学基金会研究员，英国作家协会管理委员会理事并曾担任教育作家委员会主席。她撰写了几十部科普著作，并被翻译为22种语言。其作品《明日科技：人工智能》曾于2004年入围英国皇家学会的“安万特奖”，这一奖项被广泛认为是世界科普图书领域影响力超群的奖项（霍金、彭罗斯等人的作品曾获此奖项）。她还曾入围2015年英国作协的“教育作家奖”最终5 人名单，2018年获得过英国学校图书馆协会的“信息图书奖”，并入围英国皇家学会的“青少年图书奖”最终6人名单。她曾在剑桥大学和约克大学任教，目前居住在剑桥。

保罗•奥菲特（Paul A.Offit），医学博士，是专门研究传染病的儿科医生，是疫苗、免疫学和病毒学专家，还是一种轮状病毒疫苗的共同发明人之一。 他是莫里斯•R•希勒曼疫苗学教授、宾夕法尼亚大学佩雷尔曼医学院儿科教授、费城儿童医院疫苗教育中心主任。目前，作为美国国立卫生研究院疫苗工作组的成员，正在为抗击新冠肺炎而工作。他也是FDA疫苗和相关生物产品咨询委员会的成员，美国疾控中心免疫实践咨询委员会的成员。 作为疫苗领域的专家，他获得了许多奖项，包括马里兰大学医学院的J.Edmund Bradley儿科卓越奖；美国传染病学会疫苗开发青年研究员奖；以及美国国立卫生研究院颁发的研究职业发展奖。

The Ministry of Pain tells the story of Tanja Lucic, an exile from Yugoslavia and a lecturer in Serbo-Croatian literature at the University of Amsterdam. Her class is filled with other Yugoslav exiles, not much younger than she, who have found temporary refuge in the Department of Slavonic Languages. Rather than teach literature, Tanja prods the students to reconstruct their pa...(展开全部)

Why must humanity suffer? In this elegant and thoughtful work, C. S. Lewis questions the pain and suffering that occur everyday and how this contrasts with the notion of a God that is both omnipotent and good. An answer to this critical theological problem is found within these pages.

For centuries people have been tormented by one question above all - 'If God is good and all-powerful, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain?' And what of the suffering of animals, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? The greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle this knotty issue. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight,...(展开全部)

Beutifully repackaged as part of the C.S. Lewis Signature Classic Range, Lewis addresses the question which tortures every generation -- Why must we suffer? For centuries people have been tormented by one question above all -- 'If God is good and all-powerful, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain?' And what of the suffering of animals, who neither deserve pain nor ca...(展开全部)

【英】马丁•吉尔伯特（Martin Gilbert） 著 著名历史学家，牛津大学默顿学院研究员。他是28卷本官方丘吉尔传记作者，曾因人类历史研究领域的杰出成就获2012年丹•大卫奖，并连续入选六界英国首相智囊团，是英国政府首席政策顾问。代表作品有《丘吉尔传》《五千年犹太文明史》《以色列：一部历史》《来自地球的尽头：二十世纪的犹太人》《永不再来：一部纳粹大屠杀的历史》等。

【英】马丁•吉尔伯特（Martin Gilbert） 著 著名历史学家，牛津大学默顿学院研究员。他是28卷本官方丘吉尔传记作者，曾因人类历史研究领域的杰出成就获2012年丹•大卫奖，并连续入选六界英国首相智囊团，是英国政府首席政策顾问。代表作品有《丘吉尔传》《五千年犹太文明史》《以色列：一部历史》《来自地球的尽头：二十世纪的犹太人》《永不再来：一部纳粹大屠杀的历史》等。

“A beautifully written story, a box of delights, a treasure trove: final proof of truth’s superiority over fiction.”—Andrew Roberts A sparkling anecdotal account with the pace of an epic, about the men and women who created turning points in history. Rebecca Fraser's dramatic portrayal of the scientists, statesmen, explorers, soldiers, traders, and artists who forged Britai...(展开全部)