This book begins with Sir Arthur C. Clarke's early years on the family farm in Somerset, as recounted by his brother Fred. Clarke's talent for playful mischief -- especially in challenging his school masters - and his enquiring mind -- already looking out to the stars even at a young age - are clearly in evidence, as is the creative day-dreaming that would later lead to so many timeless world famous stories. The book includes special guest contributions from Stephen Baxter, Michael Moorcock, Ben Bova, Greg Benford, Fred Ordway, Robert Sawyer, Paul McAuley, Sir Patrick Moore, British astronaut Helen Sharman and many others; all of whom describe the enduring influence of this celebrated writer. The book also includes a unique collection of photographs from the Clarke family, some of which have never been published before. This is a rare insight into Arthur's early life and into the people he met and influenced during his own personal Odyssey.
本书记述了J.K.罗琳的家庭和童年、学生时代以及工作经历。书中还有对她的作品的评述,并附有4个附录。
J.K. Rowling discusses her life and work as a writer for children. An overview and bibliography of her work is also supplied.
So who is she, and where did her ideas come from? From a remarkable insider perspective Lindsey Fraser tells the amazing tale that began one day on a train, when Rowling had forgotten to pack a pen. . ."--Book flap.
From her birth in Chipping Sodbury near Bristol, England, to the stories about her favorite teachers, to the funny misunderstanding in her first fan letter, the life of the author of the Harry Potter books is revealed.
This story is that of a woman who does not forget those difficult years during which she wrote regardless of the lack of interest by publishers.
ROWLING, Joanne K., écrivain anglaise
The InteLex Past Masters Women Writers database The Works of Aphra Behn contains seven volumes of Behn's Works as published by Pickering & Chatto 2000-2001.
Yet Jowett was far more than just a devoted college head : for some historians the whole reform period can be simply labelled “ The Age of Jowett ' because of his dominating influence in university circles . A contemporary of Pattison ...
Since F.W. Maitland's Life and Letters of Leslie Stephen (1907), there has been no volume of the letters written by this extraordinary and eminent Victorian.
Perceptive and hilarious, this is a portrait of a family, a city, a country and a continent going through enormous changes.