Suddenly everyone in the world loses consciousness for two minutes. Planes fall from the sky, there are millions of car crashes, millions die. And when everyone comes round they have had a glimpse of their life in the future. When it awakes the world must live with the knowledge of what is to come. Some saw themselves in new relationships, some saw exciting new technologies, so...(展开全部)

克里斯蒂•布朗（1932—1981） Christy Brown 爱尔兰作家、画家和诗人。生于都柏林，是一位泥瓦匠的二十二个子女之一，他患先天性大脑瘫痪，无法控制语言和肢体行动，只有左脚能自如运用。他的母亲始终支持他，教会了他用左脚写字。之后他还学会了用左脚作画，甚至打字。1954年他出版了自传《我的左脚》。1981年去世。几年后，根据《我的左脚》改编的，由著名男演员丹尼尔•戴-刘易斯主演的电影上映，并在1990年获得了奥斯卡金像奖最佳影片等提名。 除了《我的左脚》，克里斯蒂•布朗还曾出版自传体小说《生不逢时》，小说《前程远大》《夏日阴影》，以及诗歌集等。除了在文学上颇有建树，布朗的画作也具有很高的艺术价值。 因为蕴含着人生最宝贵的三大品质——爱、勇气和毅力，问世半个多世纪的《我的左脚》，像《假如给我三天光明》《爱的教育》一样，已成为感动并鼓舞着世界...(展开全部)

My Left Foot is Christy Brown’s inspirational story of his early life, his battle against the restraints of cerebral palsy and his struggle to learn to read, write and paint, all with the aid of his left foot.

克里斯蒂•布朗（1932—1981） Christy Brown 爱尔兰作家、画家和诗人。生于都柏林，是一位泥瓦匠的二十二个子女之一，他患先天性大脑瘫痪，无法控制语言和肢体行动，只有左脚能自如运用。他的母亲始终支持他，教会了他用左脚写字。之后他还学会了用左脚作画，甚至打字。1954年他出版了自传《我的左脚》。1981年去世。几年后，根据《我的左脚》改编的，由著名男演员丹尼尔•戴-刘易斯主演的电影上映，并在1990年获得了奥斯卡金像奖最佳影片等提名。 除了《我的左脚》，克里斯蒂•布朗还曾出版自传体小说《生不逢时》，小说《前程远大》《夏日阴影》，以及诗歌集等。除了在文学上颇有建树，布朗的画作也具有很高的艺术价值。 因为蕴含着人生最宝贵的三大品质——爱、勇气和毅力，问世半个多世纪的《我的左脚》，像《假如给我三天光明》《爱的教育》一样，已成为感动并鼓舞着世界...(展开全部)

Christy Brown was born with cerebral palsy and severe physical disability. He grew up to become a brilliantly imaginative and sensitive writer who would take his place among the giants of Irish literature. This autobiography, published in 1954 when he was twenty-two, recounts his early life in Dublin – the poverty of his childhood, the support of his mother and his hope for a b...(展开全部)

A stunning testament to his creative genius. Forward The Foundation is a the saga's dramatic climax -- the story Asimov fans have been waiting for. An exciting tale of danger, intrigue, and suspense, Forward The Foundation brings to vivid life Asimov's best loved characters: hero Hari Seldon, who struggles to perfect his revolutionary theory of psychohistory to ensure the s...(展开全部)

A stunning testament to his creative genius. Forward The Foundation is a the saga's dramatic climax -- the story Asimov fans have been waiting for. An exciting tale of danger, intrigue, and suspense, Forward The Foundation brings to vivid life Asimov's best loved characters: hero Hari Seldon, who struggles to perfect his revolutionary theory of psychohistory to ensure the s...(展开全部)

For use in schools and libraries only. When Trevor's social studies teacher gives the class an extra-credit assignment challenging his students to design a plan to change society, Trevor decides to start a goodwill chain.

It all started with the social studies teacher's extra-credit project: Think of an idea for world change, and put it into action. Whilst this proved a little ambitious for most of his classmates, twelve-year-old Trevor thought he would start by doing something good for three people. But instead of paying him back, he would ask them to "pay it forward" by doing a favour for thre...(展开全部)

An inspiring novel about an optimistic twelve-year-old who changes the world with a social studies project.