When it was first published in 1967, The Outsiders defied convention with its immediate, deeply sympathetic portrayal of Ponyboy and his struggle to find a place for himself in a difficult world. Thirty years later, it speaks to teenagers as powerfully as ever.

This title includes the stories of eight extraordinary CEOs, who ignored or defied the conventional wisdom of their time and applied a common set of principles to achieve remarkable and enduring success. It's time to redefine the CEO success story. Ask most people what describes an effective CEO, and you'll get a pretty consistent answer-"a seasoned manager with deep industry e...(展开全部)

When it was first published in 1967, The Outsiders defied convention with its immediate, deeply sympathetic portrayal of Ponyboy and his struggle to find a place for himself in a difficult world. Thirty years later, it speaks to teenagers as powerfully as ever.

在线阅读本书 In Ponyboy's world there are two types of people. There are the Socs, the rich society kids who get away with anything. Then there are the greasers, like Ponyboy, who aren't so lucky. Ponyboy has a few things he can count on: his older brothers, his friends, and trouble with the Socs, whose idea of a good time is beating up greasers like Ponyboy. At least he know what t...(展开全部)

Ponyboy can count on his brothers and his friends, but not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids who get away with everything, including beating up greasers like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect--until the night someone takes things too far. Written forty-five years ago, S. E. Hinton's classic story of a boy who finds himself on the ...(展开全部)

When David Shannon was only five years old, he wrote and illustrated a story in which an unruly little boy breaks all of his mother's rules -- he jumps on the beds; he chews with his mouth open; he plays ball in the house. Any child who is tired of hearing his parents say "No " will readily identify with this boldly illustrated, comical story.

When David Shannon was only five years old, he wrote and illustrated a story in which an unruly little boy breaks all of his mother's rules -- he jumps on the beds; he chews with his mouth open; he plays ball in the house. Any child who is tired of hearing his parents say "No " will readily identify with this boldly illustrated, comical story.

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) was the most important European artist in a period of extraordinary upheaval. A participant in the French Revolution, he then witnessed the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. A revolutionary in both art and life, David took painting away from the frivolity of the Rococo towards the dramatic moral force of neoclassicism. Passionate, intense, fie...(展开全部)

本书分为3个故事，1，都市的魅力，澳大利亚的H.F.布林斯米德著，2，世外顽童，美国的S.E.辛顿著，3，驯鹰少年，英国的巴里.海恩斯著。 原书的出版者的话： 呈现在小读者面前的是一组反映国外当代青少年校内外生活的作品。其中有美国女作家S.E.辛顿的《世外顽童》、英国作家B.海因斯的《驯鹰少年》和澳大利亚作家H.F.布林斯米德的《都市的魅力》。 进入本世纪五、六十年代以来，资本主义社会各国的科学技术有了高度发展，整个社会面貌，包括家庭生活、学校教育、生活态度、伦理道德和价值观念等，都相应产生了急剧的变化。这种变化对青少年产生了什么影响呢？他们怎样看待自己所生存的社会和生活处境呢？持什么样的生活态度和人生信仰呢？又有什么样的酸甜苦辣呢？本书从不同的角度，通过部分在校学生和刚踏上社会的青少年的不同生活轨迹，展示了一幅幅真实的生活画面，让人揣摩，发人深思。...(展开全部)

In this witty, candid, and revealing account of himself, which is in the tradition of Cellini's Autobiography, Hockney tells of his early years in art school; his studies at the Royal College of Art in London, during which he first came to public attention; his sojourn in California, which inspired his best-known paintings, drawings and prints; and his present phase in Paris, w...(展开全部)