Photographer Nick Knight has been at the vanguard of progressive image making for the past three decades. As a fashion photographer, he is one of the world’s most influential and visionary image makers. He is renowned for his groundbreaking creative collaborations with the world’s top couturiers, advertising work for major fashion brands, and award-winning editorials for premie...(展开全部)

Photographer Nick Knight has been at the vanguard of progressive image making for the past three decades. As a fashion photographer, he is one of the world’s most influential and visionary image makers. He is renowned for his groundbreaking creative collaborations with the world’s top couturiers, advertising work for major fashion brands, and award-winning editorials for premie...(展开全部)

角田光代 寻找幸福的现代女作家。 角田光代自1990年以出道处女作《寻找幸福的游戏》获得日本海燕新人文学奖，之后诸多作品也获得颇多文学奖项，2004年则以《对岸的她》摘下直木奖桂冠。评选委员渡边淳一认为角田光代的作品特色是：“真实写出现代女性的切身问题，将她们狡猾、温柔、友情等感受性融入日常生活中，化为杰出的作品，是过去所未有的现代女性小说。”2005年荣获直木赏（日本大众文学最高奖项），曾三度入围芥川赏、三度入围直木赏。与吉本芭娜娜、江国香织同被誉为当今日本文坛三大重要女作家。

This popular text surveys the history of the Central American region, covering Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, from pre-Columbian times to the present. It emphasizes the common characteristics of the Central American states as well as their potential for political union. Now completely updated, the third edition of Central America: A...(展开全部)

A collection of essays that analyzes the historical antecedents of the current political crises in Central America. The essays provide a balanced interpretation of such themes as international power politics in Central America since the 19th century and the effects of cultural diversity and local interests in preventing the development of enduring political unity and economic i...(展开全部)

This popular text surveys the history of the Central American region, covering Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, from pre-Columbian times to the present. It emphasizes the common characteristics of the Central American states as well as their potential for political union. Now completely updated, the third edition of Central America: A...(展开全部)

A collection of essays that analyzes the historical antecedents of the current political crises in Central America. The essays provide a balanced interpretation of such themes as international power politics in Central America since the 19th century and the effects of cultural diversity and local interests in preventing the development of enduring political unity and economic i...(展开全部)

A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million people at the foot of a space station. Cultures collide in real life and virtual reality. The city is literally a weed, its growth left unchecked. Life is cheap, and data is cheaper. When Boris Chong returns to Tel Aviv from Mars, much has changed. Boris’s ex-lover is raising a strangely familiar child who can tap into the da...(展开全部)

A novel of an American family in wartime.

Central banking is magic. With a few words, the Fed can lift the stock market out of desperation and catapult it towards euphoric highs. With a few keystrokes, the Fed can conjure up trillions of dollars and fund virtually unlimited Federal spending. And with a few poor decisions, the Fed can plunge the entire world into a recession. The Federal Reserve is one of the most power...(展开全部)