One of seven children of a high-ranking government official, Loung Ung lived a privileged life in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh until the age of five. Then, in April 1975, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into the city, forcing Ung's family to flee and, eventually, to disperse. Loung was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, her siblings were sent to la...(展开全部)

Highly acclaimed for The End of Eddy, Edouard Louis in Who Killed My Father rips into France’s long neglect of the working class and its overt contempt for the poor, accusing the complacent French—at the minimum—of negligent homicide. “Racism,” he quotes Ruth Gilmore, “is the exposure of certain groups to premature death.” And Louis goes to visit the ugly gray town of his child...(展开全部)

After well over a decade’s absence, Yoichi Yamashita journeys back to his hometown to attend his father’s funeral. As the relatives gather and the stories flow alongside the drinks, Yoichi’s childhood starts to resurface. The spring afternoon playing on the floor of his father’s barber shop, the fire that ravaged the city and his family home, his parents’ divorce and a new ‘mot...(展开全部)

George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, has authored a personal biography of his father, George H. W. Bush, the 41st President. Forty-three men have served as President of the United States. Countless books have been written about them. But never before has a President told the story of his father, another President, through his own eyes and in his own words. ...(展开全部)

George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, has authored a personal biography of his father, George H. W. Bush, the 41st President. Forty-three men have served as President of the United States. Countless books have been written about them. But never before has a President told the story of his father, another President, through his own eyes and in his own words. ...(展开全部)

This thoroughly revised and updated edition of ‘A History of Cambodia’ provides a timely look at this increasingly visible Southeast Asian nation. Hailed by the ‘Journal of Asian Studies’ as an “original contribution, superior to any other existing work,” the first edition ended in 1953 with Cambodia’s independence from France; the second carries the narrative forward to the pe...(展开全部)

This thoroughly revised and updated edition of ‘A History of Cambodia’ provides a timely look at this increasingly visible Southeast Asian nation. Hailed by the ‘Journal of Asian Studies’ as an “original contribution, superior to any other existing work,” the first edition ended in 1953 with Cambodia’s independence from France; the second carries the narrative forward to the pe...(展开全部)

德韦恩·韦德，1982年1月17日出生，美国职业篮球运动员，效力于迈阿密热火队，两次带领球队夺得NBA总冠军，帮助美国男子篮球队获得2008年北京奥运会冠军，八次入选全明星阵容，获得一次NBA总决赛MVP、一次全明星赛MVP。传奇教练帕特·莱利称他为“B. I. W.”——世界最佳。

德韦恩·韦德，1982年1月17日出生，美国职业篮球运动员，效力于迈阿密热火队，两次带领球队夺得NBA总冠军，帮助美国男子篮球队获得2008年北京奥运会冠军，八次入选全明星阵容，获得一次NBA总决赛MVP、一次全明星赛MVP。传奇教练帕特·莱利称他为“B. I. W.”——世界最佳。