A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. • From the “literary icon” (Oprah Daily), Pulitzer Prize Finalist, and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his...(展开全部)

A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. • From the “literary icon” (Oprah Daily), Pulitzer Prize Finalist, and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his...(展开全部)

'Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of them' – Roddy Doyle James is a profound and ferociously funny novel from one of our greatest living writers, Percival Everett. The Sunday Times Bestseller Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction Shortlisted for the ...(展开全部)

The perfect companion to AMC’s six-part television seriesJames Cameron’sStory of Science Fiction, this unique book explores the history and evolution of the genre with contributions from the filmmakers who have helped bring it to life For the show, James Cameron personally interviewed six of the biggest names in science fiction filmmaking—Guillermo del Toro, George Lucas, Chr...(展开全部)

理查德·艾尔曼是二十世纪后半世纪西方文学界现代英语文学的主要权威之一。他就学于耶鲁大学和都柏林三一学院，曾在哈佛，耶鲁等美国许多著名大学任教。后任牛津大学英语文学讲座教授，直至1984年退休。艾尔曼一生著述编辑甚丰，他的《叶芝传》《乔伊斯传》《王尔德传》都受到西方术界的一致推崇，其中《乔伊斯传》初版之后，很快就获得普遍的赞赏，被誉为二十世纪最优秀的文学传记。 金隄，出生于1921年。1949年北京大学文科研究生毕业。曾任教于西南联大、南开大学等高校。曾任牛津大学、耶鲁大学等世界知名学府研究员或客座研究员。现任美国俄勒风大学英文系客座教授。主要学术著作有《论翻译》（与尤金·奈达合著英文著作）、《等效翻译探索》（论文集）等。主要译作有《尤利西斯》全译本等。曾获台湾读书人最佳书奖、中国作协鲁迅文学奖——全国优秀文学翻译彩虹奖（终身成就）、新闻出版署优秀外国...(展开全部)

Richard Ellmann has revised and expanded his definitive work on Joyce's life to include newly discovered primary material, including details of a failed love affair, a limerick about Samuel Beckett, a dream notebook, previously unknown letters, and much more.

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Academy Award-winning writer/director James Cameron, the maker of Titanic and the creator of the Terminator series, has been crafting Avatar for over four years. The film follows the story of an ex-marine who finds himself thrust into hostilities on a distant planet filled with exotic life forms. As an avatar, a human consciousness in an alien body, he finds himself torn ...(展开全部)

Noam Chomsky is one of the most influential thinkers of our time, yet his views are often misunderstood. In this previously unpublished series of interviews, Chomsky discusses his iconoclastic and important ideas concerning language, human nature and politics. In dialogue with James McGilvray, Professor of Philosophy at McGill University, Chomsky takes up a wide variety of topi...(展开全部)

雪莉•杰克逊（1916-1965），美国小说家。在其所处的年代，她被认为是一个流行文学作家。近年来，她受到批评界越来越多的关注，作品被归入美国经典文学之列。她影响了尼尔•盖曼、斯蒂芬•金等后辈作家。作品《邪屋》（The Haunting of Hill House）是兰登书屋“现代文库”读者票选20世纪百大英文长篇小说之一。她还创作了童书多部。雪莉•杰克逊文字清新优美，美国中学课本中，至今仍有她的文章。 2007年，“雪莉•杰克逊奖”成立，奖掖心理悬疑、恐怖和黑色幻想类小说。 2010年，由乔伊斯•卡罗尔•欧茨编选的《雪莉•杰克逊长篇小说和故事选》由美国文库出版。