In the dying days of the War, Seita and Setsuko must fend for themselves. Firebombs have obliterated their home in Kobe, leaving them searching for shelter, and scrambling to survive in the depths of the countryside. But, as their suffering becomes a constant companion, so do the lights of the fireflies – shining from the bomber planes, and the insects glowing by the lake at ni...(展开全部)

In the dying days of the War, Seita and Setsuko must fend for themselves. Firebombs have obliterated their home in Kobe, leaving them searching for shelter, and scrambling to survive in the depths of the countryside. But, as their suffering becomes a constant companion, so do the lights of the fireflies – shining from the bomber planes, and the insects glowing by the lake at ni...(展开全部)

One of Vonnegut's major works, this is an apocalyptic tale of the planet's ultimate fate, featuring a cast of unlikely heroes.

One of Vonnegut's major works, this is an apocalyptic tale of the planet's ultimate fate, featuring a cast of unlikely heroes.

When Uncle Three’s boat disappears in the South China Sea, an undersea grave- robbing adventure begins for Fats, Poker-face and Uncle Three’s long-suffering nephew. While searching for their reprobate leader, they find themselves lost in a labyrinth of shifting rooms—and pursued by two monsters that are as tenacious as they are deadly. Who can be trusted? Who is lying? Answers ...(展开全部)

In September 1940, Walter Benjamin committed suicide in Port Bou on the Spanish-French border when it appeared that he and his travelling partners would be denied passage into Spain in their attempt to escape the Nazis. In 2002, one of anthropology’s—and indeed today’s—most distinctive writers, Michael Taussig, visited Benjamin’s grave in Port Bou. The result is “Walter Benjami...(展开全部)

In September 1940, Walter Benjamin committed suicide in Port Bou on the Spanish-French border when it appeared that he and his travelling partners would be denied passage into Spain in their attempt to escape the Nazis. In 2002, one of anthropology's - and indeed today's - most distinctive writers, Michael Taussig, visited Benjamin's grave in Port Bou. The result is "Walter Ben...(展开全部)

In September 1940, Walter Benjamin committed suicide in Port Bou on the Spanish-French border when it appeared that he and his travelling partners would be denied passage into Spain in their attempt to escape the Nazis. In 2002, one of anthropology’s—and indeed today’s—most distinctive writers, Michael Taussig, visited Benjamin’s grave in Port Bou. The result is “Walter Benjami...(展开全部)

Uncle Three loves good food, good booze, good card games, and bad women–and he’s never found a grave he wouldn’t rob. He can’t help it–it’s in his blood–grave robbing has been the family business for centuries. So when his bookseller nephew comes to him with a map to an ancient tomb, Uncle Three sets off to find it, in the company of some grave-robbing colleagues, his nerdy nep...(展开全部)

萨拉•戈尔曼 一家大型跨国医疗保健公司的公共卫生专家，从事全球心理健康、提高全球卫生领域证据质量以及全球卫生替代融资模式的研究工作。她为各种健康和医学杂志，包括《公共科学图书馆医学》、《国际妇女健康》和《艾滋病护理》，撰写了诸多全球卫生、艾滋病毒、艾滋病政策和妇女健康等主题的文章。她曾在艾滋病法律项目的政策部门工作，并在哈佛大学公共卫生学院流行病学系担任研究员。她还为维拉司法研究所分析了英格兰及威尔士特许会计师协会的精神卫生政策，并研究了肯尼亚农村地区半流动艾滋病诊所的有效性。 杰克•戈尔曼 富兰克林行为健康顾问公司的首席执行官和首席科学官。戈尔曼博士在哥伦比亚大学精神病学系任教25年，最终担任利伯精神病学教授。他后来成为了埃丝特和约瑟夫•克林根斯坦教授，西奈山医学院精神病学教授和神经科学教授。