西蒙娜•德•波伏瓦（Simone de Beauvoir 1908.1.9—1986.4.14)，20世纪法国最有影响的女性之一，存在主义学者、文学家。波伏瓦一生著作甚丰，其中以荣获龚古尔文学奖的长篇小说《名士风流》、被奉为女权主义圣经的理论著作《第二性》和鸿篇巨制的回忆录《波伏瓦回忆录 第一卷：端方淑女》《第二卷：岁月的力量》《第三卷：事物的力量》《第四卷：归根到底》最为突出。20世纪50年代，波伏瓦访问中国，遂有《长征》（1957）问世。此外，其他重要作品有《女宾》《他人之血》《存在主义与民族智慧》等。 陈筱卿，1963年毕业于北京大学西语系法语专业，国际关系学院教授、研究生导师，享有国务院政府特殊津贴，国家人事部考试中心专家组成员。翻译出版法国名家名著多部，达八百多万字，有：拉伯雷的《巨人传》、卢梭的《忏悔录》、雨果的《巴黎圣母院》、大仲马的《...(展开全部)

保羅．克里夫 Paul Cleave 紐西蘭基督城人。他出版的所有小說場景均設定於此。曾於零售店及當鋪打工，特別是當鋪的工作經驗幫助他得以觀察到基督城許多不為人知的陰暗面。嗜讀犯罪小說，同時也熱愛恐怖電影。寫作之餘，他花不下於寫作的時間看動畫《辛普森家庭》。 從小就熱愛寫作的克里夫自十九歲起開始在課堂上偷寫小說。二十五歲完成《清掃魔》，六年後《清掃魔》出版後於國際書市造成轟動，售出美、英、法、德、日、澳洲、波蘭、土耳其、巴西、俄羅斯、捷克……等多國版權，並將改編為電影。二○○七年四月於德國出版銷售隨即突破二十五萬本！新書上市期間銷售成績僅次於最新一集的《哈利波特》，成為該年德國最暢銷的紐西蘭翻譯作品，更榮登德國亞馬遜書店犯罪小說年度銷售排行冠軍，堪稱紐西蘭最具代表性的國際級暢銷犯罪小說。 目前克里夫正著手撰寫他的下一本小說。

Henry Petroski traces the origins of the pencil back to ancient Greece and Rome, writes factually and charmingly about its development over the centuries and around the world, and shows what the pencil can teach us about engineering and technology today.

When Souad was seventeen she fell in love. In her West Bank village, as in so many other villages, sex before marriage is considered a grave dishonor to one's family and is punishable by death. This was her crime. Her brother-in-law was given the task of meting out her punishment. One morning while Souad was washing the family's clothes, he poured gasoline over her and set her ...(展开全部)

It had to happen. Paul W. Stetson finally killed one of his vice-presidents. Each of them was kind of a pain, and Stetson was a notoriously nervous and violent man. No surprise indeed. There is only one little problem: which of them has he killed? A stunning tour de force, from a then-debutant author. Reversing whodunit's priorities in a revolutionary fashion, Mc Gerr reveals t...(展开全部)

FOLGER S HAKESPEARE LIBRARY T HE WORLD'S LEADING CENTER FOR S HAKESPEARE STUDIES Each edition includes: Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play Scene-by-scene plot summaries A key to famous lines and phrases An introduction to ...(展开全部)

This fascinating study of art gallery interiors examines the changing ideals and practices of galleries in Europe and North America from the eighteenth to the late twentieth century. It offers a detailed account of the different displays that have been created - the colors of the background walls, lighting, furnishings, the height and density of the art works on show - and it t...(展开全部)

Marshall Sahlins centers these essays on islands--Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand--whose histories have intersected with European history. But he is also concerned with the insular thinking in Western scholarship that creates false dichotomies between past and present, between structure and event, between the individual and society. Sahlins's provocative reflections form a powerful c...(展开全部)

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