From the author of The Last Mughal , an enlightening book that explores with remarkable compassion and expansive insight nine varieties of religious devotion in India today. In portraits of people we might otherwise never know William Dalrymple distills his twenty-five years of travel in India to explore the challenges faced by practitioners of traditional forms of faith in c...(展开全部)

衛斯理は、持ちまえの好奇心に駆られ、ミステリアスな事件につぎつぎと首を突っこんではSF小説を書きまくる香港の名「アマチュア探偵」だ。異様な老猫を飼っているみすぼらしい老人の行動に不審な匂いをかぎつけ、さぐっていくうちに、人類にとっての一大事に遭遇することになる。知的で魅力的な若妻・白素とのコンビが活躍する長篇SFファンタジー。香港との合作SFX映画『猫』の原作。

William Trevor's astonishing range as a writer--his humor, subtlety, and compassionate grasp of human behavior--is fully demonstrated in these two short novels. In Reading Turgenev, a lonely country girl escapes her loveless marriage in the arms of a bookish young man. In My House in Umbria, a former madam befriends the other survivors of a terrorist bombing with surprising res...(展开全部)

William Trevor's astonishing range as a writer--his humor, subtlety, and compassionate grasp of human behavior--is fully demonstrated in these two short novels. In Reading Turgenev, a lonely country girl escapes her loveless marriage in the arms of a bookish young man. In My House in Umbria, a former madam befriends the other survivors of a terrorist bombing with surprising res...(展开全部)

Cecil Scott "C.S." Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 - 2 April 1966), an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of naval warfare. His most notable works were the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic era, and "The African Queen" (1935; filmed in 1951 by John Huston). His novels "A Shi...(展开全部)

Set in Rembrandt's Amsterdam, "An Obscure Man" is the story of Nathanael--innocent, open to experience--born like Everyman upon the stream of life. In "A Lovely Morning," Nathanael's young son joins a touring company of Jacobean actors. "Anna, soror . . .," the final tale, is an account of illicit passion in the baroque world of Naples. ""An Obscure Man" swarms with life. This...(展开全部)

比尔•梅森（Bill Mason），美国有史以来最成功的珠宝大盗。表面上他是一个房地产经理人和投资商，并拥有一个正常的家庭，但他业余时间里的副业也发展得相当不错。目前他住在纽约市。 李•格伦菲尔德（Lee Gruenfeld），畅销书作家，出版过小说《正义大厅》（The Halls of Justice）、《同归于尽》（All Fall Down）。目前他住在加利福尼亚州的南部。

1929年，严幼韵与外交官杨光泩结婚。1942年4月杨光泩和七名中国外交官在马尼拉惨遭日军杀害。1945年，移居美国，担任联合国礼宾司官员。1958年，与外交家顾维钧结婚，现居住在纽约。

威廉．達爾林普(William Dalrymple) 蘇格蘭人，於佛斯海灣﹝Firth of Forth﹞的海邊長大。劍橋大學畢業後，曾為《獨立報》﹝Independent﹞專欄作家。年方二十二歲，便出版了暢銷又備受好評的《在薩那都》﹝In Xanadu﹞，此書於一九九○年獲得《約克郡郵報》﹝Yorksire Post﹞的最佳處女作品獎，以及蘇格蘭藝術協會春季圖書獎；並曾入圍John Llewelyn Rhys紀念獎。一九八九年他遷居德里，在當地居住四年，位本書蒐集資料並為《星期天通訊》﹝Sunday Correspondent﹞、《觀察者》﹝Spectator﹞、《觀察家》﹝Observer﹞以及《週日時報》﹝Sunday Times﹞等報紙撰稿。曾獲《週日時報》年度英國青年作家獎。 威廉．達爾林普與藝術家奧莉維亞．弗來瑟﹝Olivia Frase...(展开全部)