The Bridge on the River Kwai tells the story of three POWs who endure the hell of the Japanese camps on the Burma-Siam railway - Colonel Nicholson, a man prepared to sacrifice his life but not his dignity; Major Warden, a modest hero, saboteur and deadly killer; Commander Shears, who escaped from hell but was sent back. Ordered by the Japanese to build a bridge, the Colonel ref...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Mirette was always fascinated by the strange and interesting people who stayed in her mother's boarding house. But no one excited her as much as Bellini, who walks the clothesline with the grace and ease of a bird. When Mirette discovers that fear has kept him from performing for years, she sets out to show him that sometimes a student can be the greatest teacher of al...(展开全部)

After more than a quarter of a century and three million copies in print, Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War classic, "The" "Killer Angels," remains as vivid and powerful as the day it was originally published. This handsome new hardcover edition introduces a whole new generation to Shaara's masterpiece-and offers readers everywhere a literary keepsake for years ...(展开全部)

"Blanchot describes a world where the Absolute has finally overcome all other rivals to its authority. The State is unified, universal, and homogenous, promising perfect satisfaction. Why then does it find revolt everywhere? Could it be the omnipresent police? The plagues? The proliferating prisons and black markets? Written in part as a description of post-World War II Europe,...(展开全部)

Since "The Book of Three" was first published in 1964, young readers have been enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-keeper and his quest to become a hero. Taran is joined by an engaging cast of characters that includes Eilonwy, the strong-willed and sharp-tongued princess; Fflewddur Fflam, the hyperbole-prone bard; the ever-faithful Gurgi; and the curmudgeonl...(展开全部)

埃里克·舍曼,出生于洛杉矶，成长在好莱坞的制片厂里，现任教于加利福尼亚艺术学院，曾在几家主要的好莱坞电影公司担任制片主管，与一些好莱坞顶尖级的编剧、制片和导演一起工作，成功地保证了许多电影在预算的资金和时间之内出品。从1976年开始，除了与一些工作室合作之外，埃里克还拥有和经营着一个电影公司Film Transform，全面涵盖了电影和视频制作的业务。他的著作包括四本广泛使用的教科书：《导演电影》（Directing the Film）、The Director's Event、Frame By Frame和Selling Your Film。

克里斯多福•孟是一位在个人及团体教练的领域上有近三十年经验的国际演说家、生命教练和咨商师。他的教学遍及中国、日本、马来西亚、新加坡、美国、加拿大。近三十年来他研究的领域着重于人际关系与亲密关系的动力。 他思维创新，教学内容综合了先进的心理与灵性成长的根本原则与体验，他的工作启发了各行各业以及不同年龄和背景的人。他运用广泛的经验，帮助个体依直觉来引导行动，发现他们自己要找的答案，并体验到活在顺流之中的轻盈，进而达到更好的生活水平。他所创造出的独特的体验性方法，使理论与生活无缝结合。 无以数计的体验过他的工作坊和教练课程的人，都对他的慈悲和幽默倍感欣赏，他的工作更受到了那些被他的真实和知觉性所感动而生命做了转换的人的深深的赞赏和感激。

伊斯梅尔•卡达莱，生于一九三六年，阿尔巴尼亚著名作家。作品在全世界传播，以讽刺和批判见长，其中一些出版之后曾一度遭禁。他的《石头城纪事》《错宴》《谁带回了杜伦迪娜》《亡军的将领》《破碎的四月》《梦幻宫殿》等作品已译成汉语。二〇〇五年，他从加西亚•马尔克斯、君特•格拉斯、索尔•贝娄、纳吉布•马哈福兹、大江健三郎五位诺贝尔文学奖得主中脱颖而出，获得首届布克国际文学奖，并成为诺贝尔文学奖的热门人选。 施雪莹，青年译者，南京大学法语系在读博士，从事法语文学研究。

The year: 1377. The place: the Balkan peninsula. Here in Ismail Kadare's novel, The Three-Arched Bridge, an Albanian monk chronicles the events surrounding the construction of a bridge across a great river known as Ujana e Keqe, or "Wicked Waters." If successful in their endeavor, the bridge-builders will challenge a monopoly on water transportation known simply as "Boats and R...(展开全部)

伊斯梅尔•卡达莱，生于一九三六年，阿尔巴尼亚著名作家。作品在全世界传播，以讽刺和批判见长，其中一些出版之后曾一度遭禁。他的《石头城纪事》《错宴》《谁带回了杜伦迪娜》《亡军的将领》《破碎的四月》《梦幻宫殿》等作品已译成汉语。二〇〇五年，他从加西亚•马尔克斯、君特•格拉斯、索尔•贝娄、纳吉布•马哈福兹、大江健三郎五位诺贝尔文学奖得主中脱颖而出，获得首届布克国际文学奖，并成为诺贝尔文学奖的热门人选。 施雪莹，青年译者，南京大学法语系在读博士，从事法语文学研究。