Between the early 1950s and the accelerated demolition and construction of Beijing's “old city” in preparation for the 2008 Olympics, the residents of Dashalar—one of the capital city's poorest neighborhoods and only a stone's throw from Tian’anmen Square—lived in dilapidated conditions without sanitation. Few had stable employment. Today, most of Dashalar's original inhabitant...(展开全部)

Between the early 1950s and the accelerated demolition and construction of Beijing's “old city” in preparation for the 2008 Olympics, the residents of Dashalar—one of the capital city's poorest neighborhoods and only a stone's throw from Tian’anmen Square—lived in dilapidated conditions without sanitation. Few had stable employment. Today, most of Dashalar's original inhabitant...(展开全部)

The Secret Lives of People in Love is the first short story collection by award-winning writer Simon Van Booy. These stories, set in Kentucky, New York, Paris, Rome, and Greece, are a perfect synthesis of intensity and atmosphere. Love, loss, human contact, and isolation are Van Booy's themes. In radiant prose he writes about the difficult choices we make in order to retain our...(展开全部)

The Secret Lives of People in Love is the first short story collection by award-winning writer Simon Van Booy. These stories, set in Kentucky, New York, Paris, Rome, and Greece, are a perfect synthesis of intensity and atmosphere. Love, loss, human contact, and isolation are Van Booy's themes. In radiant prose he writes about the difficult choices we make in order to retain our...(展开全部)

这本书的作者Edward Hollis是爱丁堡艺术学院(Edinburgh College of Art)的讲师，书中的13个故事，是用诗化的语言，散文式的叙述方式，将述建筑与历史文化之间的联系。 这13个故事的起点是雅典的 Parthenon 神殿，这曾经是雅典人献给城市守护神雅典娜的殿堂(parthenos 意为“处女”，指雅典娜这位“处女女神”)，这个被称为是“最完美”的建筑，在建成之后，便是一个逐渐被毁坏的过程，所以第一章的标题就是 In Which a Virgin is Ruined，在经过马其顿人的洗劫、罗马皇帝的掠夺(神殿内的雅典娜金身塑像被搬到了君士坦丁堡)、神圣同盟的炮击、直到英国人Lord Elgin 把神殿大理石带回英国，神殿曾被改造成教堂、清真寺、以后又出现破坏性的“修复”等等，似乎每个人都想从这个完美的“处女”身上掏一点东...(展开全部)

A strikingly original, beautifully narrated history of Western architecture and the cultural transformations that it represents Concrete, marble, steel, brick: little else made by human hands seems as stable, as immutable, as a building. Yet the life of any structure is neither fixed nor timeless. Outliving their original contexts and purposes, buildings are forced to adapt to ...(展开全部)

Yu'er and her grandpa live in a small neighborhood in Beijing--and it's full of big personalities. There's a story around every corner, and each day has a hint of magic. In one tale, Yu'er wants to swim in the Special Olympics, a sports competition for people with disabilities. But she and her grandpa don't have a pool! Their trick to help Yu'er practice wows the whole neighbor...(展开全部)

A 2019 Batchelder Honor Book Yu'er and her grandpa live in a small neighborhood in Beijing―and it's full of big personalities. There's a story around every corner, and each day has a hint of magic. In one tale, Yu'er wants to swim in the Special Olympics, a sports competition for people with disabilities. But she and her grandpa don't have a pool! Their trick to help Yu'er prac...(展开全部)