Dark Star Safari is a written account of a trip taken by author Paul Theroux from Cairo to Cape Town via trains, planes, buses, cars, and armed convoy. Chapters of Book : 1. Lighting Out 2. The Mother of the World 3. Up and Down the Nile 4. The Dervishes of Omdurman 5. The Osama Road to Nubia 6. The Djibouti Line to Harar 7. The Longest Road in Africa 8. Figawi Safari on the Ba...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Paul Theroux sets off for Cape Town from Cairo -- the hard way. Travelling across bush and desert, down rivers and across lakes, and through country after country, Theroux visits some of the most beautiful landscapes on earth, and some of the most dangerous. It is a journey of discovery and of rediscovery -- of the unknown and the unexpected, but also of people and ...(展开全部)

Cape Light, Joel Meyerowitz's series of serene and contemplative color photographs taken on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, quickly became one of the most influential and popular photobooks in the latter part of the 20th century after its publication in 1978, breaking new ground both for color photography and for the medium's acceptance in the art world. Now, more than 35 years later,...(展开全部)

Cape Light, Joel Meyerowitz's series of serene and contemplative color photographs taken on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, quickly became one of the most influential and popular photobooks in the latter part of the 20th century after its publication in 1978, breaking new ground both for color photography and for the medium's acceptance in the art world. Now, more than 35 years later,...(展开全部)

Following Bridge of Sighs —a national best seller hailed by The Boston Globe as “an astounding achievement” and “a masterpiece”—Richard Russo gives us the story of a marriage, and of all the other ties that bind, from parents and in-laws to children and the promises of youth. Griffin has been tooling around for nearly a year with his father’s ashes in the trunk, but his mot...(展开全部)

"The richness of coloring; the strength, action and humor in the drawing; and the original rhyme for each letter make this an alphabet book to treasure."--The Horn Book

LUTON TOWN, a top-flight club throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, suffered a catastrophic slide out of the Football League, helped on their way by stringent and controversial penalties imposed by th

In 1977, Stephen Shore travelled across New York state, Pennsylvania, and eastern Ohio – an area in the midst of industrial decline that would eventually be known as the Rust Belt. Shore met steelworkers who had been thrown out of work by plant closures and photographed their suddenly fragile world: deserted factories, lonely bars, dwindling high streets, and lovingly decorated...(展开全部)

Chen Tien-Hong, the only and desperately yearned for son of a traditional Taiwanese family with seven daughters, runs away from the oppression of his village to Berlin in the hope of finding acceptance as a young gay man. The novel begins a decade later, when Chen has just been released from prison for killing his boyfriend. He is about to return to his family’s village, a poor...(展开全部)

Benjamin d’une fratrie de sept enfants, Chen Tienhong a dû quitter son village natal de Yongjing pour vivre librement son homosexualité. Alors qu’il est installé à Berlin, sa relation avec un homme violent le conduit à passer plusieurs années en prison. À sa sortie, il décide de rentrer chez lui et d’élucider un mystère qui plane depuis son enfance. Arrivé le jour de la fête de...(展开全部)