卡伊斯•阿克巴尔•奥马尔在喀布尔经营家族的地毯生意，同时也写书。2007年，他成为科罗拉多大学的访问学者。他曾在布兰代斯大学学习商业，目前在波士顿大学攻读创意写作硕士学位。奥马尔关于阿富汗地毯的主题演讲在阿富汗、欧洲和美国相继开展。他与斯蒂芬•兰德里根合著了《莎士比亚在喀布尔》。

卡伊斯•阿克巴尔•奥马尔在喀布尔经营家族的地毯生意，同时也写书。2007年，他成为科罗拉多大学的访问学者。他曾在布兰代斯大学学习商业，目前在波士顿大学攻读创意写作硕士学位。奥马尔关于阿富汗地毯的主题演讲在阿富汗、欧洲和美国相继开展。他与斯蒂芬•兰德里根合著了《莎士比亚在喀布尔》。

卡伊斯•阿克巴尔•奥马尔在喀布尔经营家族的地毯生意，同时也写书。2007年，他成为科罗拉多大学的访问学者。他曾在布兰代斯大学学习商业，目前在波士顿大学攻读创意写作硕士学位。奥马尔关于阿富汗地毯的主题演讲在阿富汗、欧洲和美国相继开展。他与斯蒂芬•兰德里根合著了《莎士比亚在喀布尔》。

Orson Scott Card offers a Christmas gift to his millions of fans with this short novel set during Ender's first years at the Battle School where it is forbidden to celebrate religious holidays. The children come from many nations, many religions; while they are being trained for war, religious conflict between them is not on the curriculum. But Dink Meeker, one of the older st...(展开全部)

Marie Aymard was an illiterate widow who lived in the provincial town of Angoulême in southwestern France, a place where seemingly nothing ever happened. Yet, in 1764, she made her fleeting mark on the historical record through two documents: a power of attorney in connection with the property of her late husband, a carpenter on the island of Grenada, and a prenuptial contract ...(展开全部)

Marie Aymard was an illiterate widow who lived in the provincial town of Angoulême in southwestern France, a place where seemingly nothing ever happened. Yet, in 1764, she made her fleeting mark on the historical record through two documents: a power of attorney in connection with the property of her late husband, a carpenter on the island of Grenada, and a prenuptial contract ...(展开全部)

Frank Ching brings to life 900 years of Chinese history through his own fascinating family tree. Beginning with his search for the grave of his first recorded ancestor, the 11th century poet Qin Guan, and ending with a moving account of his relationship with his father, a victim of China's historic upheaval, Frank Ching introduces a colourful cast of characters. His unbroken fa...(展开全部)

“Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death.” American short-story writer Kate Chopin’s tale “The Story of an Hour” was first published in Vogue in 1894 and has endured to become one of her most beloved works. Upon learning of her husband’s death, Louise Mallard conside...(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.

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.