Whether refried, baked, falafelled, or complementing a nice Chianti, the humble bean has long been a part of gourmet and everyday food culture around the globe. As Ken Albala shows, though, over its history the bean has enjoyed more controversy than its current ubiquity lets on. From the bean's status as seat of the soul (at least, that's what Pythagoras thought) to seed of sin...(展开全部)

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Receiving less and less attention from his widowed father, Vernon joins with his friends as they ridicule the neighborhood outcasts--Maxine, an alcoholic prone to public displays of outrageous behavior, and Ronald, her retarded son. Then social services trys to put Ronald into a special home, and Vernon finds himself fighting the agency.

Receiving less and less attention from his widowed father, Vernon joins with his friends as they ridicule the neighborhood outcasts--Maxine, an alcoholic prone to public displays of outrageous behavior, and Ronald, her retarded son. Then social services trys to put Ronald into a special home, and Vernon finds himself fighting the agency.

Crazy Rich Asians is the outrageously funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season. When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, N...(展开全部)

Crazy Rich Asians is the outrageously funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when the heir to one of the most massive fortunes in Asia brings home his ABC (American-born Chinese) girlfriend to the wedding of the season. When Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, N...(展开全部)

Do you have some crazy inventions up your sleeve?! This book is jam-packed with Andrew Rae's amazing drawings showing all sorts of real inventions that seem too weird to work. How about a dog umbrella? A submarine that looks like a plane... or even a shark. A swimming machine where you don't get wet? A car wash for people? Someone has even made a device to charge your phone usi...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 伊凡•克里玛，当代捷克著名作家，一九三一年生于布拉格一个犹太人家庭，十岁时随父母被关进纳粹集中营，在那里度过三年。一九五六年毕业于布拉格查理大学评语言文学院，曾先后在多家杂志或出版社任编辑，同时创作剧本和小说。在长达二十年内，他的作品在捷克遭到完全禁止，只能以“地下文学”的形式在国内外读者中流传，广受欢迎。克里玛与哈维尔、昆德拉被并称捷克文坛的“三驾马车”。二○○二年，克里玛获得捷克共和国杰出贡献奖章，此后又获得“卡夫卡奖”，成为该奖的首位捷克藉获奖者。 【译者简介】 刘宏，1999年毕业于北京外国语大学欧洲语言系，同年进入中国国际广播电台工作，现任国际台捷克语部副译审。在国际台工作期间，先后两次获得国家基金委公派留学机会，分别赴捷克查理大学、捷克电台学习进修。曾翻译发表如《福娃的重新翻译与跨文化传播》、《关于捷克语翻译的几点思考——以...(展开全部)