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)

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)

The riveting true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Toms River melds hard-hitting investigative reporting, a fascinating scientific detective story, and an unforgettable cast of characters into a sweeping narrative in the tradition of A Civil Action, The Emperor of All Maladies, and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. One of New Jersey’s seemingly innumer...(展开全部)

The true story of a small town ravaged by industrial pollution, Toms River won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize and has been hailed by The New York Times as "a new classic of science reporting." Now available in paperback with a new afterword by acclaimed author Dan Fagin, the book masterfully blends hard-hitting investigative journalism, scientific discovery, and unforgettable characte...(展开全部)

丹尼尔•J.辛格，《内部战争：从维多利亚到现代主义思维的转变》的作者，是霍巴特和威廉姆史密斯学院的历史学教授。与约翰.谢尔顿合编著了《地方主义和南部:鲁伯特.万斯选文》。

In his previous books, Oliver Sacks had addressed questions of the brain and mind through the lens of case histories of individuals with neurological disorders. Recently, however, he had been reflecting on his experiences with such patients in the context of a lifetime of medical practice, and in light of recent neuroscientific evidence and theories. The River of Consciousness ...(展开全部)

◎著者 奥利弗・萨克斯，1933年出生于英国伦敦，2015年病逝于纽约。医学博士，英国皇家内科医师学会会员（FRCP），曾经是纽约大学医学院的神经内科学教授，被《纽约时报》誉为“医学界的桂冠诗人”。他仔细收集过多种神经系统异常案例，以丰富的临床经验为基础，著有《错把妻子当 帽子》《脑袋里装了2000出歌剧的人》《火星上的人类学家》等畅销书籍。其中，描述了20世纪初嗜睡性脑炎患者的《苏醒》一书启发了电影《无语问苍天》，该片曾获奥斯卡最佳影片提名。萨克斯博士曾长期为《纽约客》和《纽约书评》撰稿。 ◎译者 陈晓菲，人类学硕士，文学和精神分析爱好者。

The River of Consciousness is one of two books Sacks was working on up to his death, and it reveals his ability to make unexpected connections, his sheer joy in knowledge, and his unceasing, timeless project to understand what makes us human. (From Amazon)