Mikhail Gorbachev and Zdenek Mlynar were friends for half a century, since they first crossed paths as students in 1950. Although one was a Russian and the other a Czech, they were both ardent support
A first-hand account of the battle which became legendary in the annals of combat--a dramatic true story of war at its most brutal...and of military valor at its best."A distinguished contribution to
Someone has arranged the body of teacher Clara Bacon at her desk in a fashion to direct her discoverers to specific clues. And the corpse, though perfectly preserved, has been dead for over a month.
A book of original documents, speeches, handbills, posters, manifestos and interviews. "Present[s] the sights and sounds of the cacophony of voices heard during the two-month period through the writin
The history of medicine emcompasses the whole range of human life, society, and endeavor. In this ambitious book, Robert Fortuine leads readers through the early history of Alaska by tracing the healt
A one-of-a-kind collection of Easter and springtime crafts, recipes, and flower ideas offers more than one hundred colorful photographs, instructions on uniquely embellishing dyed eggs, plans for gift
※二十世紀美國著名大文豪海明威榮獲諾貝爾文學獎及普立茲獎的得獎之作！也是海明威生前最後一部主要作品！也是海明威自認「他這輩子最好的作品」！是海明威於1951年在古巴所寫的一篇中篇小說，於1952年出版。甫出版便銷售數百萬冊，創下出版史紀錄！※本書係根據真人真事描寫，主角聖地牙哥的原型，是來自於古巴老漁夫格雷戈里奧‧富恩特斯。富恩特斯當了海明威的船長和廚師約30年。他於1897年出生於加那利群島的蘭薩羅特島，於22歲時長居古巴，死於2002年，享年104歲。※曾三度改編成電影！1958年同名電影上映，在第三十一屆奧斯卡金像獎上榮獲最佳原創音樂獎及入圍最佳男主角獎；1990年再度被改編，由安東尼昆飾演。獲得艾美獎的肯定；1999年拿下第七十二屆奧斯卡金像獎最佳動畫短片獎。面對大海，他要挑戰的是尊嚴；面對歲月，他要對抗的是時間；面對雪山，他要征服的是自己；面對春潮，他要運用的是機智！《老人與海》是海明威於1951年在古巴寫的一篇中篇小說，第一次世界大戰結束後，海明威移居古巴，認識了老漁民葛列格里奧‧富恩特斯。1930年，海明威乘的船在暴風雨中沉沒，富恩特斯搭救了海明威，從此，海明威與富恩特斯結下了深厚的友誼，並經常一起出海捕魚。他以此為靈感，寫下了這個膾炙人口的動人故事，是海明威最知名的一部作品，也是海明威生前出版的最後一部小說。出版四十八小時便銷售五百三十萬冊，創下出版史上的紀錄，海明威更以此書獲得了1953年普立茲獎和1954年的諾貝爾文學獎。◎「老人與海」The Old Man and the Sea──連續84天都沒釣到一條魚的老漁夫，就在快要絕望之際，一條大魚映入他的眼簾。在經過三天三夜的搏鬥之後，他終於捕獲這條大魚，然而當他奮力把魚拖上岸時，大魚卻被鯊魚啃得只剩下骨架。老人與海的抗爭，充分顯示了人類不向命運低頭的硬漢作風和積極樂觀的人生態度。◎「奇力馬扎羅的雪」The Snows of Kilimanjaro──寫於1936年。海明威以流暢的筆法倒敘男主角的生平，包括他的初戀、戰爭經歷，彷彿是對自己一生的回顧和心路歷程，可說是短篇小說的經典。◎「春潮」The Torrents of Spring?──海明威只花六天就完成的作品。描述密西根州的北國山城發生的一系列奇事，是海明威早期的中篇小說。※【海明威名言】＊一個人可以被毀滅，但不能被打敗！人生就是一場無止境的
The perfect gift for any new or longtime fans of the National Book Award-winning (The Penderwicks, book 1), New York Times-bestselling series that's been compared to Little Women!The Penderwicks, The
When Fluffy goes home with Emma for spring vacation, he encounters her two cats who let him know that they rule the family home, thus when Fluffy doesn't return from vacation, Emma's classmates wonder
Winner of the 2012 National Book Award, Louise Erdrich’s masterful novel is now available in a limited Olive Edition.One Sunday in the spring of 1988, a woman living on a reservation in North Da
The results of the excavation of two Paleolithic sites on the Nile in the Republic of the Sudan, undertaken from the autumn of 1965 into the spring of 1966, are presented in this report.
Papers from a spring 2005 conference describe the latest research in recognition, medical imaging, shape analysis and segmentation, early vision and stereo vision, scene analysis and tracking, intelli
In this popular textbook for learners of classical Chinese, Chiang offers a systematic and clear analysis of classical Chinese (wenyan) grammar, using 20 readings from texts of the Spring and Autumn,
To describe our growing up in the lowcountry of South Carolina, I would have to take you to the marsh on a spring day, flush the great blue heron from its silent occupation, scatter marsh hens as we s
In David Sedaris's world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. Sedaris's collection of essays and stories is a rollicking tour through the national Zeitgeist: a do-it-yourself suburban dad saves money
Providing for different reading abilities, these books incorporate all the features of non-fiction texts that pupils are now required to study in their literacy lessons: a contents list, diagrams, cha
GEORGE?KHOURY?(author of The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore and Kimota:?The Miracleman?Companion) presents a “love letter”?to his personal golden age of comics, 1976-1986, covering all the things t
