Part travelogue, part history, part love letter on a thousand-page scale, Rebecca West's Black Lamb and Grey Falcon is a genre-bending masterwork written in elegant prose. But what makes it so unlikely to be confused with any other book of history, politics, or culture--with, in fact, any other book--is its unashamed depth of feeling: think The Decline and Fall of the Roman Emp...(展开全部)

Part travelogue, part history, part love letter on a thousand-page scale, Rebecca West's Black Lamb and Grey Falcon is a genre-bending masterwork written in elegant prose. But what makes it so unlikely to be confused with any other book of history, politics, or culture--with, in fact, any other book--is its unashamed depth of feeling: think The Decline and Fall of the Roman Emp...(展开全部)

First published in 1942, Rebecca West's epic masterpiece is widely regarded as the most illuminating book to have been written on the former state of Yugoslavia. It is a work of enduring value that remains essential for anyone attempting to understand the enigmatic history of the Balkan states, and the continuing friction in this fractured area of Europe.

Written on the brink of World War II, Rebecca West’s classic examination of the history, people, and politics of Yugoslavia illuminates a region that is still a focus of international concern. A magnificent blend of travel journal, cultural commentary, and historical insight, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon probes the troubled history of the Balkans and the uneasy relationships amon...(展开全部)

文字作者，艾诺·桑卡德（Arnold Sundgaard），诗人，剧作家，1909年出生于一个挪威家庭里，卒于2006年。1935年他从美国威斯康辛州立大学获得英语学士学位后，到耶鲁大学戏剧学院进修，学成后曾在哥伦比亚大学，伯明顿大学和德克萨斯州立大学教授戏剧。 Arnold一生创作过很多经典戏剧，多部剧目在百老汇上演，其中《Giants in the Earth》曾获普利策音乐奖。晚年转向儿童图画书的创作，他有位久负盛名的搭档——Eric Carl，两人于1988年共同创作了《小羊和蝴蝶》。 绘画作者，艾瑞·卡尔（Eric Carle），1929年出生于纽约，兼具写作与插画能力的绘本创作作家，投身于儿童文学的创作超过40年，致力于为儿童打造一个自由、充满想象的童话世界，共创作了70余本有趣、美丽、富含想像力的作品，荣获多项世界著名儿童文学奖。艾瑞的...(展开全部)

Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a louse called Floyd Thursby. But Miss Wonderley is in fact the beautiful and treacherous Brigid O'Shaughnessy, and when Spade's partner Miles Archer is shot while on Thursby's trail, Spade finds himself both hunter and hunted: can he track down the jewel-encrusted bird, a treasure w...(展开全部)

Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a louse called Floyd Thursby. But Miss Wonderley is in fact the beautiful and treacherous Brigid O'Shaughnessy, and when Spade's partner Miles Archer is shot while on Thursby's trail, Spade finds himself both hunter and hunted: can he track down the jewel-encrusted bird, a treasure w...(展开全部)

Four stories are told simultaneously, with each double-page spread divided into quadrants. The stories do not necessarily take place at the same moment in time, but are they really one story? You'll have to read this award winner and find out.

Four stories are told simultaneously, with each double-page spread divided into quadrants. The stories do not necessarily take place at the same moment in time, but are they really one story?

ALL true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity, that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut.汇聚授权电子版权。