Oates's most powerful work yet, now in a trade paper edition. Foxfire chronicles the life of five unforgettably real teenage girls in upstate New York in the 1950s. This controversial, topical tale captures the exhilaration of conspiracy, the blaze of youth, and the inevitable end of violence.

This touching diary reveals a year in the life of James Roose-Evans - the author and spiritualist. Older is a vivid and illuminating portrait of growing old. This 'thought diary' was written through James Roose-Evans's ninety-first year. The result is a cornucopia of delights that touches on everything from the profound to the minutiae of daily life. Throughout Roose-Evans writ...(展开全部)

A novel of startling intimacy, violence, and mercy among friends in a Midwestern university town, from an electric new voice. A novel of rare emotional power that excavates the social intricacies of a late-summer weekend--and a lifetime of buried pain. Almost everything about Wallace, an introverted African-American transplant from Alabama, is at odds with the lakeside Midweste...(展开全部)

A novel of startling intimacy, violence, and mercy among friends in a Midwestern university town, from an electric new voice. A novel of rare emotional power that excavates the social intricacies of a late-summer weekend--and a lifetime of buried pain. Almost everything about Wallace, an introverted African-American transplant from Alabama, is at odds with the lakeside Midweste...(展开全部)

[澳]蒂姆•贝恩 认知哲学家，澳大利亚莫纳什大学哲学教授，主要研究意识和思维的本质、意识障碍以及能动性与意识之间的关系。著有《心灵哲学导论》《认知现象》《宗教哲学》等。

布鲁斯•特里格（1937—2006），世界著名考古学家，被誉为考古学界文艺复兴式的人物。生前系加拿大麦吉尔大学人类学系詹姆斯•麦吉尔（James McGill）教授，加拿大皇家学会会员，苏格兰文物学会、英国史前学会荣誉会员。耶鲁大学博士，先后在埃及与苏丹从事考古学研究。兴趣包括早期文明研究、考古学史和考古学与人类学理论。由于在社会科学方面的杰出贡献，他曾获得多项学术奖励，包括魁北克政府授予的声誉极高的莱昂-热兰奖。他有大量著作问世，除本书外，尚有《时间与传统》、《早期文明：语境中的埃及》、《理解早期文明：比较研究》、《超越历史：史前史的方法》、《剑桥美洲土著史第一卷》（合编）等。

In its original edition, Bruce Trigger's book was the first ever to examine the history of archaeological thought from medieval times to the present in world-wide perspective. Now, in this new edition, he both updates the original work and introduces new archaeological perspectives and concerns. At once stimulating and even-handed, it places the development of archaeological th...(展开全部)

保罗·蒂利希（Paul Tillich，1886—1965）德裔美国基督教哲学家和神学家，新正统主义神学代表人物之一，宗教社会主义理论领袖。1911年世界大战中任随军牧师。先后在马堡、德累斯顿、莱比锡和法兰克福等大家教授神学和哲学。作为宗教社会主义理论领袖，他公开批判希特勒的国家社会主义。1933年被逐出德国大学，受尼布尔之邀到美国纽约协和神学院任教。后又任教于哈佛大学和芝加哥大学。主要著作有《存在的勇气》、《信仰的动力》、《系统神学》、《文化神学》、《根基的动摇》、《永恒的现在》、《新的存在》等。三卷本的《系统神学》被誉为20世纪建设性神学最主要的作品之一。他的许多观点表明他熟悉精神分析理论和存在主义思想。其新下统主义系统神学观和终极关杯理论影响巨大深远。 尹大贻（1925-2001）原复旦大学哲学系教授。1925年生于成都，1947年毕业于基督教...(展开全部)

Part dictionary and part encyclopedia, this book has become the standard reference work on the concepts of Marxism and the individuals and schools of thought that have subsequently contributed to the body of Marxist ideas.