Setting the romantic rural Scotland of the late 17th century against the prosaic cities of Glasgow and London, this story paints a tragic portait of Rob Roy MacGregor. The feudal world of the Highlands withers away under the onslaught of new commercial and political realities.

For the most popular of his Scottish romances, published at the end of 1817, Scott drew on the legends and historical anecdotes about Rob Roy MacGregor he had collected in his youth. The famous outlaw is only one of a series of vivid characters who cast their spell of the novel's hero, Frank Osbaldistone, on his journey through the wild northern territories of the new United Ki...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Rob Roy is set in the north of England and Scotland in the years before, during and after the first Jacobite rising of 1715. Rob Roy is a swashbuckling chieftain of the Clan MacGregor who is forced to become an outlaw for his alleged espousal of the Jacobite cause.

Louis XIV aimait se rendre à son jardin fruitier et potager. Enrichi de plantes exotiques ou d’espèces plus communes par les expéditions botaniques devenues courantes au XVIIe siècle, le jardin royal, véritable laboratoire agronomique, était un modèle de curiosité. Il faisait l’admiration des cours européennes et fournissait des modèles vivants aux académiciens, dessinateurs et...(展开全部)

Louis XIV aimait se rendre à son jardin fruitier et potager. Enrichi de plantes exotiques ou d’espèces plus communes par les expéditions botaniques devenues courantes au XVIIe siècle, le jardin royal, véritable laboratoire agronomique, était un modèle de curiosité. Il faisait l’admiration des cours européennes et fournissait des modèles vivants aux académiciens, dessinateurs et...(展开全部)

This text offers a user's guide to the philosophical work of Roy Bhaskar. The author expounds the main concepts of Bhaskar's work and defends his theory of knowledge. Part One deals with the philosophy of experimental science and discusses the stratification of nature, showing how biological structures are founded on chemical ones, yet are not reducible to them. Part Two discus...(展开全部)

简介：谢谢大家看！写的不好，将就一下吧！谢谢！下面简介:一个女孩子，竟然穿越到王源的肚子里去了！。。。纯属瞎编乱造的苏小乐:臭老头！我跟你没完！王源我真的不是你女儿啊！王源:那你怎么会从我肚子里生出来，刨腹产很痛的！苏小乐:没有啊！顺产更疼！王源:刨腹产要割肚皮！你就是我女儿啊！老头:都别说了！都疼！全部人:妈妈真辛苦啊！

简介：嗯……我是学生，更得慢，爱你们

A cult read among designers for more than half a century, the famous manifesto of America's greatest industrial designer is finally back in print! From the first answering machine ("the electronic brain") and the Hoover vacuum cleaner to the SS Independence and the Bell telephone, the creations of Henry S. Dreyfuss have shaped the cultural landscape of the 20th century. Writt...(展开全部)

An escaped house cat encounters twelve common birds in the backyard but captures only feathers for lunch. Includes bird guide. "Destined to become an uncontested favorite with many children and adults."--"The Horn Book"