From the beach to the moon – explore the incredible hidden world of sand, seen through a microscope. To the naked eye, the tiny particles that make up sand are less than inspiring. Under the microscope, however, it's a completely different story. Looking at sand under extreme magnification, we quickly find ourselves immersed in a new world of brilliant colors, organic shapes, a...(展开全部)

The last of Italo Calvino's works to appear during the author's lifetime, Collection of Sand is a group of essays never before published in English, discussing subjects ranging from cuneiform and antique maps to Mexican temples and Japanese gardens. Italo Calvino’s unbounded curiosity and masterly imagination are displayed in peak form in Collection of Sand, the last of his wor...(展开全部)

The last of Italo Calvino's works to appear during the author's lifetime, Collection of Sand is a group of essays never before published in English, discussing subjects ranging from cuneiform and antique maps to Mexican temples and Japanese gardens. Italo Calvino’s unbounded curiosity and masterly imagination are displayed in peak form in Collection of Sand, the last of his wor...(展开全部)

First published in 1949 and praised in The New York Times Book Review as "a trenchant book, full of vigor and bite," A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land. Written with an unparalleled understanding of the ways of nature, the book includes a section ...(展开全部)

查尔斯·狄更斯，十九世纪英国最著名的现实议作家，一生写有十多部长篇小说。他写作《雾都孤儿》时，年仅二十五岁。这部小说曾被改编、拍摄成多种电影、电视片，放映和播映，影响广泛、深远。他一生写有十多部长篇小说，被称为杰出的语言大师。他擅长运用讽刺、幽默和夸张的手法，他笔下的人物风貌和语言风格，都富有浓厚的浪漫主义特色。《雾都孤儿》（即《奥立弗·退斯特》）是狄更斯的一部伟大的社会小说，在世界文学史上占有重要的位置。 《雾都孤儿》是狄更斯的第一部社会批判小说。富人的弃婴奥利佛在孤儿院里挣扎了9年，又被送到棺材店老板那儿当学徒。难以忍受的饥饿、贫困和侮辱，迫使奥利佛逃到伦敦，又被迫无奈当了扒手。他曾被富有的布莱罗先生收留，不幸让小扒手发现又入贼窝。善良的女扒手南希为了营救奥利佛，不顾贼头的监视和威胁，向布莱罗报信，说奥利佛就是他找寻已久的外孙儿。南希被贼窝头目杀...(展开全部)

查尔斯·狄更斯，十九世纪英国最著名的现实议作家，一生写有十多部长篇小说。他写作《雾都孤儿》时，年仅二十五岁。这部小说曾被改编、拍摄成多种电影、电视片，放映和播映，影响广泛、深远。他一生写有十多部长篇小说，被称为杰出的语言大师。他擅长运用讽刺、幽默和夸张的手法，他笔下的人物风貌和语言风格，都富有浓厚的浪漫主义特色。《雾都孤儿》（即《奥立弗·退斯特》）是狄更斯的一部伟大的社会小说，在世界文学史上占有重要的位置。 《雾都孤儿》是狄更斯的第一部社会批判小说。富人的弃婴奥利佛在孤儿院里挣扎了9年，又被送到棺材店老板那儿当学徒。难以忍受的饥饿、贫困和侮辱，迫使奥利佛逃到伦敦，又被迫无奈当了扒手。他曾被富有的布莱罗先生收留，不幸让小扒手发现又入贼窝。善良的女扒手南希为了营救奥利佛，不顾贼头的监视和威胁，向布莱罗报信，说奥利佛就是他找寻已久的外孙儿。南希被贼窝头目杀...(展开全部)

From one of Europe's most prominent and celebrated poets, a collection remarkable for its graceful lyricism. With acute irony tempered by a generous curiosity, Szymborska documents life's improbability as well as its transient beauty to capture the wonder of existence. Preface by Mark Strand. Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh, winners of the PEN Translation P...(展开全部)

From one of Europe's most prominent and celebrated poets, a collection remarkable for its graceful lyricism. With acute irony tempered by a generous curiosity, Szymborska documents life's improbability as well as its transient beauty to capture the wonder of existence. Preface by Mark Strand. Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh, winners of the PEN Translation P...(展开全部)

Italo Calvino in Collection of Sand claimed that 'the brain begins in the eye'. The essays collected here display his fascination with the visual universe, in which the things we see tell a truth about the world. With encyclopedic knowledge and engaging curiosity, Calvino writes about such diverse subjects as the imaginative pleasures of maps, bizarre exhibitions and the earlie...(展开全部)