阿德里安娜·里斯本是当代巴西当代著名作家之一，曾获得包括若泽?萨拉马戈奖在内的多个文学奖项，出版了11部作品，包括长篇小说《一线回忆》《白色交响曲》《哥伦比娜之吻》《落柿》《蓝鸦》《河内》以及短篇小说和儿童文学作品。她的作品被翻译成英语、法语、西班牙语、德语、意大利语、罗马尼亚语，并且即将被翻译为阿拉伯语。她最知名的作品当属小说《白色交响曲》（Symphony?in?White，2001），获得2003年的若泽?萨拉马戈文学奖（José?Saramago?Award）?。

阿德里安娜·里斯本是当代巴西当代著名作家之一，曾获得包括若泽?萨拉马戈奖在内的多个文学奖项，出版了11部作品，包括长篇小说《一线回忆》《白色交响曲》《哥伦比娜之吻》《落柿》《蓝鸦》《河内》以及短篇小说和儿童文学作品。她的作品被翻译成英语、法语、西班牙语、德语、意大利语、罗马尼亚语，并且即将被翻译为阿拉伯语。她最知名的作品当属小说《白色交响曲》（Symphony?in?White，2001），获得2003年的若泽?萨拉马戈文学奖（José?Saramago?Award）?。

Though people generally do not think of them in such terms, crows are remarkably graceful: from the tip of a crow's beak to the end of its tail is a single curve, which changes rhythmically as the crow turns its head or bends toward the ground. Foraging on their long, powerful legs, crows appear to glide over the earth; they take flight almost without effort, flapping their win...(展开全部)

This classic Reaktion title, now available in B-format, is a survey of crows, ravens, magpies and their relatives in myth, literature and life. It ranges from the raven sent out by Noah to the corvid deities of the Eskimo, to Taoist legends, Victorian novels and contemporary films. It will be of interest to anyone who has ever been intrigued, puzzled, annoyed or charmed by thes...(展开全部)

First published in 1935, "The Crow Indians" offers a concise and accessible introduction to the nineteenth-century world of the Crow Indians. Drawing on interviews with Crow elders in the early twentieth century, Robert H. Lowie showcases many facets of Crow life, including ceremonies, religious beliefs, a rich storytelling tradition, everyday life, the ties of kinship and the ...(展开全部)

First published in 1935, "The Crow Indians" offers a concise and accessible introduction to the nineteenth-century world of the Crow Indians. Drawing on interviews with Crow elders in the early twentieth century, Robert H. Lowie showcases many facets of Crow life, including ceremonies, religious beliefs, a rich storytelling tradition, everyday life, the ties of kinship and the ...(展开全部)

In exile now for more than twenty years, Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet and critic Ngugi wa Thiong’o has become one of the most widely read African writers. Commencing in “our times” and set in the fictional “Free Republic of Aburiria,” Wizard of the Crow dramatizes with corrosive humor and keenness of observation a battle for control of the souls of the Aburirian people. ...(展开全部)

In exile for more than twenty years, Ngugi wa Thiong'o has become one of the most widely read African writers of our time, the power and scope of his work garnering him international attention and praise. His aim in Wizard of the Crow is, in his own words, nothing less than 'to sum up Africa of the twentieth century in the context of 2,000 years of world history.' Commen...(展开全部)

The third book in the mesmerizing RAVEN CYCLE quartet from bestselling author, Maggie Stiefvater. Fans of the SHIVER trilogy will love this new quartet. For the first time in her life, Blue Sargent has found a place where she feels at home. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own and she is sure that this is where she belongs. But certainties can unravel. Visions c...(展开全部)