The shocking first-hand account of one man's remarkable fight for freedom; now an award-winning motion picture. 'Why had I not died in my young years - before God had given me children to love and live for? What unhappiness and suffering and sorrow it would have prevented. I sighed for liberty; but the bondsman's chain was round me, and could not be shaken off.' 1841: Solomon N...(展开全部)

Patrimony , a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections—battles with the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordea...(展开全部)

Patrimony , a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections—battles with the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordea...(展开全部)

Winner of the Caldecott Medal Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them. This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.

The #1 New York Times bestseller! This is a Batman story like no other—the harrowing and eloquent autobiographical tale of writer Paul Dini’s courageous struggle to overcome a desperate situation. The Caped Crusader has been the all-abiding icon of justice and authority for generations. But in this surprising original graphic novel, we see Batman in a new light—as the savior w...(展开全部)

Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called Spider Stories .

Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the "spider man," are called, "Spider Stories." This book is about how that came to be. The African storyteller begins: "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A Story, a story; let it come, let it go." And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth f...(展开全部)

埃格尔博士是一位杰出的心理学家，也是奥斯维辛集中营的幸存者之一，现任美国加利福尼亚大学圣迭戈分校心理学教授，定期在国内外举行个人演讲。她还曾与退伍军人、美国海军陆战队战后创伤患者、身心受创的患者一起工作，帮助患者走出阴霾，选择并找到快乐。 埃格尔博士曾多次登上荧屏，参加奥普拉脱口秀、纪念奥斯维辛集中营解放节目以及荷兰国家电视台播出的大屠杀纪录片，与大家分享集中营创伤治愈，希望大家摆脱过去、拥抱自己，并通过回顾历史来守望和平。由于埃格尔博士的突出贡献，她被评为美国年度心理学突出教师，获得加州参议院颁发的人道主义奖。 这部书是埃格尔博士的处女作，她完整地回顾了在集中营的时光以及战后的生活，记录了自己在人生关口的每一个选择。拥抱人生，皆有可能。

克里斯汀•米勒 曾为《洛杉矶时报》记者，报道政治、战争等相关题材的新闻，现为ProPublica资深记者，在加州大学伯克利分校教授数据新闻学。著有非虚构作品《血腥钱：在伊拉克浪费的数十亿美元、失去的生命和贪婪的公司》。 肯•阿姆斯特朗 曾就职于《芝加哥论坛报》，2017年入职ProPublica。与尼克•佩里合著的《记分牌，宝贝：大学橄榄球、犯罪和共谋的故事》获爱伦•坡奖最佳真实罪案奖。 两人凭借对《谎报》一书中事件的一系列报道获2016年普利策新闻奖。

克里斯汀•米勒 曾为《洛杉矶时报》记者，报道政治、战争等相关题材的新闻，现为ProPublica资深记者，在加州大学伯克利分校教授数据新闻学。著有非虚构作品《血腥钱：在伊拉克浪费的数十亿美元、失去的生命和贪婪的公司》。 肯•阿姆斯特朗 曾就职于《芝加哥论坛报》，2017年入职ProPublica。与尼克•佩里合著的《记分牌，宝贝：大学橄榄球、犯罪和共谋的故事》获爱伦•坡奖最佳真实罪案奖。 两人凭借对《谎报》一书中事件的一系列报道获2016年普利策新闻奖。