For more than two thousand years, as capital of the powerful Nan Yue kingdom to its present position as the largest city in southern China, Canton has been one of Asia's most important commercial, political, and cultural centres. Arab merchants first arrived in the Tang dynasty, trading spices, amber, and ivory for silk, ceramics, and precious stones. During the eighteen centur...(展开全部)

西蒙·范·布伊，1975年生于伦敦，在威尔士乡村和牛津长大，大学时迷上橄榄球，成为美国肯塔基州一所大学的橄榄球队员。在那儿，经由一位英语教授介绍，爱上了惠特曼、爱默生美国诗人的作品，而另一个英语教授则鼓励他写诗和创作短篇小说。之后，他回到英国，辗转几所大学，获得MFA学位。曾旅居巴黎和雅典。 西蒙·范·布伊已出版两部短篇小说集《因为。爱》和《爱，始于冬季》，《爱，始于冬季》荣获2009年弗兰纳•奥康纳国际短篇小说奖。2012年，西蒙•范•布伊出版第一部长篇小说《美，始于怀念》。他的第二部长篇小说《分离的幻觉》于2013年6月出版。西蒙•范•布伊目前住在纽约。他也是《纽约时报》、《纽约邮报》、英国《每日电讯报》、《泰晤士报》的撰稿人。 除了文学创作，他还在纽约艺术学校和长岛大学兼职任教，并参与了一个关怀青少年的人道主义项目。

A visual guide to the way the world really works Every day, every hour, every minute we are bombarded by information - from television, from newspapers, from the internet, we're steeped in it, maybe even lost in it. We need a new way to relate to it, to discover the beauty and the fun of information for information's sake. No dry facts, theories or statistics. Instead, Informa...(展开全部)

A visual guide to the way the world really works Every day, every hour, every minute we are bombarded by information - from television, from newspapers, from the internet, we're steeped in it, maybe even lost in it. We need a new way to relate to it, to discover the beauty and the fun of information for information's sake. No dry facts, theories or statistics. Instead, Informa...(展开全部)

The economic downturn has forced nearly everyone into a life of limited means, but author Laura Lee was broke before it was cool. She won’t tell anyone to clip coupons or forego their morning lattein fact, she won’t give any guidance on how to be saved from a dark financial destiny. Instead she provides readers with a psychological how-to full of fun tidbits. Broke is Beautifu...(展开全部)

My name is Marcello Von Cauliflower Boneaparte Jackson and everything is mine. Marcello is kind, clever and very loyal. Unfortunately, there is one problem. He believes that absolutely everything is his. A slipper? It s his. Pork chops from his owner, Leo s dinner plate? It is absolutely his. An entire park? Oh that s his, too. Marcello (and his list of things that he owns) is ...(展开全部)

My name is Marcello Von Cauliflower Boneaparte Jackson and everything is mine. Marcello is kind, clever and very loyal. Unfortunately, there is one problem. He believes that absolutely everything is his. A slipper? It s his. Pork chops from his owner, Leo s dinner plate? It is absolutely his. An entire park? Oh that s his, too. Marcello (and his list of things that he owns) is ...(展开全部)

Rebecca is young, lost, and beautiful. A gifted artist, she seeks solace and inspiration in the Mediterranean heat of Athens—trying to understand who she is and how she can love without fear. George has come to Athens to learn ancient languages after growing up in New England boarding schools and Ivy League colleges. He has no close relationships with anyone and spends his days...(展开全部)