叶子南，浙江绍兴人。毕业于杭州大学外语系，后在美国加州太平洋大学获英语教学硕士学位。曾在杭州大学教授英汉翻译课，现任教于美国加州蒙特雷国际研究学院(MIIS)高级翻译学院(GSTI)。早年从事大量科技翻译工作，近年来主要研究方向是翻译理论和翻译教学。著作有《英汉翻译对话录》等，常在《中国翻译》等杂志上发表作品。

本书主要内容包括：生命与情感；人物与城市；社会与文化；风景与旅游。

生命与情感 The Thanks We Give Mv Secret Predawn Rite El Dorado Do Not Forget Us The Joy Of Harassment Mayhew Quicksands人物与城市 Living History Person of the Year Van Gogh Street Life From Kaifeng to New York——Glory is as Ephe-meral as Smoke and Clouds New York iS Nothing like Pads Washington Goes tO War Hobart as a Postmodern Ci社会与文化 Why the AmeriCanS Are So Restless Folly’S Antidote The Meaning of the 21 st Century Hearth and Home Preface to the Saturated Self PreNce tO Culture of Narcissism A11 the World’S a Stage The Dumbest Generation At the Desert’S Edge Power and Morality风景与旅游 A G1acier Bay Advertisement Holland America Line Advertisements Grand Voyages，GRAND in every sense Maine Coast Luxury Hotel and Spa