While there have been a number of descriptions and interpretations of boys' initiation rituals, Audrey Richards's classic study of initiation rites among the Bemba remains one of the few studies to deal in detail with the initiation of girls into adult life. Dr Richards observed the entire chisungu or female initiation rite, an almost continuous series of complex ceremonies las...(展开全部)

While there have been a number of descriptions and interpretations of boys' initiation rituals, Audrey Richards's classic study of initiation rites among the Bemba remains one of the few studies to deal in detail with the initiation of girls into adult life. Dr Richards observed the entire chisungu or female initiation rite, an almost continuous series of complex ceremonies las...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF’s targeted killing programs, hailed by The New York Times as “an exceptional work, a humane book about an incendiary subject.” The Talmud says: “If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first.” This instinct to take every measure, even the most aggressive, to defend the Jewis...(展开全部)

A ruthless, ingenious pair of entrepreneurial monsters is preying on the loved ones of those who live outside the law. Though he has no love for drug dealers and poison peddlers, ex-cop-turned-p.i. Matthew Scudder now must help them put two thrill-kill extortionists out of business -- before another drop of innocent blood is spilled.

A ruthless, ingenious pair of entrepreneurial monsters is preying on the loved ones of those who live outside the law. Though he has no love for drug dealers and poison peddlers, ex-cop-turned-p.i. Matthew Scudder now must help them put two thrill-kill extortionists out of business -- before another drop of innocent blood is spilled.

Meet Rose and Ruby: sisters, best friends, confidantes, and conjoined twins. Since their birth, Rose and Ruby Darlen have been known simply as "the girls." They make friends, fall in love, have jobs, love their parents, and follow their dreams. But the Darlens are special. Now nearing their 30th birthday, they are history's oldest craniopagus twins, joined at the head by a s...(展开全部)

Elisabeth Haich 生於1897年3 月20日，於1994年7月31日逝世。她出生於匈牙利布達佩斯的一個中上階級家庭，家中排行第二。從小便具有繪畫與雕塑的獨特天賦。她的作品仍展示在匈牙利的許多廣場上，現已成為地標。 她結婚並且育有一子。因與來自印度的瑜珈大師Selvarajan Yesudian的特殊因緣，於1939年開始一起在布達佩斯教授瑜珈，二次大戰之後，俄軍佔領匈牙利期間，為逃離政治迫害，在Selvarajan Yesudian的協助下，離開布達佩斯，前往瑞士，在瑞士創辦了歐洲第一所，最大且最古老的瑜珈學校。成千上萬的人接受了他們的教導。 Elisabeth Haich在1953年寫出這本膾炙人口的暢銷書Initiation, 已翻譯成十七種語言並且在全世界銷售數百萬本。 她持續不斷的教導並啟發那些追隨者，直到離開人世。

Elisabeth Haich 生於1897年3 月20日，於1994年7月31日逝世。她出生於匈牙利布達佩斯的一個中上階級家庭，家中排行第二。從小便具有繪畫與雕塑的獨特天賦。她的作品仍展示在匈牙利的許多廣場上，現已成為地標。 她結婚並且育有一子。因與來自印度的瑜珈大師Selvarajan Yesudian的特殊因緣，於1939年開始一起在布達佩斯教授瑜珈，二次大戰之後，俄軍佔領匈牙利期間，為逃離政治迫害，在Selvarajan Yesudian的協助下，離開布達佩斯，前往瑞士，在瑞士創辦了歐洲第一所，最大且最古老的瑜珈學校。成千上萬的人接受了他們的教導。 Elisabeth Haich在1953年寫出這本膾炙人口的暢銷書Initiation, 已翻譯成十七種語言並且在全世界銷售數百萬本。 她持續不斷的教導並啟發那些追隨者，直到離開人世。

The ancient city of Troy has withstood a decade under siege of the powerful Greek army, which continues to wage bloody war over a stolen woman—Helen. In the Greek camp, another woman—Briseis—watches and waits for the war's outcome. She was queen of one of Troy's neighboring kingdoms, until Achilles, Greece's greatest warrior, sacked her city and murdered her husband and brother...(展开全部)

A first-generation Chinese-American woman recounts growing up in America within a tradition-bound Chinese family, and confronted with Chinese ghosts from the past and non-Chinese ghosts of the present.