A Junior Library Guild Selection Willie loved to write - words gave him freedom and peace. But he also knew that he needed to earn a living, so when he grew up he went off to medical school and became a doctor - one of the busiest men in town! Yet he never stopped writing. In this picture book biography of poet William Carlos Williams, Jen Bryant's engaging prose and Melissa ...(展开全部)

A Junior Library Guild Selection Willie loved to write - words gave him freedom and peace. But he also knew that he needed to earn a living, so when he grew up he went off to medical school and became a doctor - one of the busiest men in town! Yet he never stopped writing. In this picture book biography of poet William Carlos Williams, Jen Bryant's engaging prose and Melissa ...(展开全部)

西门·沙玛勋爵 Simon Schama，生于1945年，犹太裔英国人，英国著名历史学家、学术明星、哥伦比亚大学历史学教授、艺术史教授。他先后在剑桥大学、牛津大学、哈佛大学任教，自1993年至今在哥伦比亚大学历史系任教。他编写并主持过数十本畅销著作及纪录片。西门·沙马教 授的作品曾获众多奖项，包括：沃夫森历史奖、W.H.史密斯文学奖、全美书评人协会奖、艾美奖等重量及奖项。《犹太人的故事：寻找失落的字符（公元前1000年—公元1492年）》获得塞缪尔·约翰逊奖(Samuel Johnson Prize)，该奖项是英国针对非小说类图书设立的地位最高的一个奖项。 译者 黄福武，山东大学犹太教与跨宗教研究中心教授，山东大学出版社编审，《犹太研究》主编。黄教授的文章曾在《山东大学学报》《当代世、界社会主义问题》《文汇读书周报》《中华读书报》等发表。译作包括《犹...(展开全部)

西门·沙玛勋爵 Simon Schama，生于1945年，犹太裔英国人，英国著名历史学家、学术明星、哥伦比亚大学历史学教授、艺术史教授。他先后在剑桥大学、牛津大学、哈佛大学任教，自1993年至今在哥伦比亚大学历史系任教。他编写并主持过数十本畅销著作及纪录片。西门·沙马教 授的作品曾获众多奖项，包括：沃夫森历史奖、W.H.史密斯文学奖、全美书评人协会奖、艾美奖等重量及奖项。《犹太人的故事：寻找失落的字符（公元前1000年—公元1492年）》获得塞缪尔·约翰逊奖(Samuel Johnson Prize)，该奖项是英国针对非小说类图书设立的地位最高的一个奖项。 译者 黄福武，山东大学犹太教与跨宗教研究中心教授，山东大学出版社编审，《犹太研究》主编。黄教授的文章曾在《山东大学学报》《当代世、界社会主义问题》《文汇读书周报》《中华读书报》等发表。译作包括《犹...(展开全部)

The world's foremost expert on the English language takes us on an entertaining and eye-opening tour of the history of our vernacular through the ages. In this entertaining history of the world's most ubiquitous language, David Crystal draws on one hundred words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular sinc...(展开全部)

David Crystal works from his home in Holyhead, North Wales, as a writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster. Born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland in 1941, he spent his early years in Holyhead. His family moved to Liverpool in 1951, and he received his secondary schooling at St Mary's College. He read English at University College London (1959-62), specialised in English language st...(展开全部)

The world's foremost expert on the English language takes us on an entertaining and eye-opening tour of the history of our vernacular through the ages. In this entertaining history of the world's most ubiquitous language, David Crystal draws on one hundred words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular sinc...(展开全部)

The world's foremost expert on the English language takes us on an entertaining and eye-opening tour of the history of our vernacular through the ages. In this entertaining history of the world's most ubiquitous language, David Crystal draws on one hundred words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular sinc...(展开全部)

The world's foremost expert on the English language takes us on an entertaining and eye-opening tour of the history of our vernacular through the ages. In this entertaining history of the world's most ubiquitous language, David Crystal draws on one hundred words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular sinc...(展开全部)

David Crystal works from his home in Holyhead, North Wales, as a writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster. Born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland in 1941, he spent his early years in Holyhead. His family moved to Liverpool in 1951, and he received his secondary schooling at St Mary's College. He read English at University College London (1959-62), specialised in English language st...(展开全部)