萨米·迈克尔(Saml Mlclaael) ，以色列著名作家。 1926年生于伊拉克，在巴格达一个犹太教、伊斯兰教、基督教等教派林立的城区长大，后因从事左翼运动被迫迁居以色列海法。凭借深厚的复合文化功底和背景，多年来从事民族文化融合、移民、人权维护等人道主义活动，在全球享有崇高的声誉。2001年，被委任为以色列人权协会主席。 早期用阿拉伯语写作，后经不懈努力，娴熟地掌握希伯来语，改用希伯来语创作。1974年，首部希伯来语小说《平等，更多的平等》出版，因关注移民文化中的迷茫与挫折，获得极高评价。此后，《穿过椰林的风》、《一捧雾》、《瓦地的小号》等陆续出版，引起国际文坛的广泛关注。 1993年，代表作《维多利亚》出版，十多年来畅销不衰，并被翻译成英、法、德、荷、意等重要语种，在全球赢得崇高的声望。

Who was Queen Victoria? A little old lady, potato-like in appearance, dressed in everlasting black? She was also a passionate young princess who loved dancing. And there is also a third Victoria, the brilliant queen, one who invented a new role for the monarchy. Victoria found a way of ruling when people were deeply uncomfortable with having a woman on the throne. Her image as ...(展开全部)

1921. Strachey was one of the leading members of the Bloomsbury group. He is credited with having revolutionized the art of writing biography. His evident affection for his subject make this a landmark work. Contents: Antecedents; Childhood; Lord Melbourne; Marriage; Lord Palmerston; Last Years of the Prince Consort; Widowhood; Mr. Gladstone and Lord Beaconsfield; Old Age; and ...(展开全部)

Who was Queen Victoria? A little old lady, potato-like in appearance, dressed in everlasting black? She was also a passionate young princess who loved dancing. And there is also a third Victoria, the brilliant queen, one who invented a new role for the monarchy. Victoria found a way of ruling when people were deeply uncomfortable with having a woman on the throne. Her image as ...(展开全部)

基兰•塞蒂亚（Kieran Setiya），终身哲学教授，执教于MIT哲学系，毕业于普林斯顿大学，研究领域为行动理论、伦理学及知识论，已在MIT、牛津大学及普林斯顿大学出版社出版多种学术著作。目前正值中年。 译者简介 潘驿炜，北京大学医学人文学院博士研究生，研究方向为科学技术史、科学与社会。 黎潇逸，北京大学中文系文学博士，研究方向为文艺美学、文学理论。

Henry David Thoreau was born on July 12th, 1817 on Virginia Road in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau studied at Harvard between 1833 and 1837 taking classes in rhetoric, classics, philosophy, mathema

梅芙·宾奇（Maeve Binchy）生于都柏林，获都柏林大学历史学位。先在几所女子学校任教，后进入《爱尔兰时报》供职，开始撰写专栏。自1982年她的长篇小说处女作《点燃希望的烛火》出版以来，梅芙·宾奇已经出版了近二十部长篇小说和短篇小说集，每一本都成为英语世界人人争读的畅销书，她遂成为整个英语世界最受追捧的顶级畅销书女王。1999年，作为爱尔兰国宝级畅销书作家的她荣获英国图书奖的终身成就奖。

When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to growing apples. A pair of spinster twins navigate war and famine, envy and...(展开全部)

Henry David Thoreau was born on July 12th, 1817 on Virginia Road in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau studied at Harvard between 1833 and 1837 taking classes in rhetoric, classics, philosophy, mathema

When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An English soldier, destined for glory, abandons the battlefields of the New World to devote himself to growing apples. A pair of spinster twins navigate war and famine, envy and...(展开全部)