#1 New York Times Bestseller: The definitive book on the sinking of the Titanic, based on interviews with survivors, by the author of The Miracle of Dunkirk. At first, no one but the lookout recognize

Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has now set down in one continuous narrative the sum of his discoveries and conclusions about the whole of Western culture since 1500. In this account, Barzun describes what Western Man wrought from the Renaisance and Reformation down to the present in the d...(展开全部)

Highly regarded here and abroad for some thirty works of cultural history and criticism, master historian Jacques Barzun has now set down in one continuous narrative the sum of his discoveries and conclusions about the whole of Western culture since 1500. In this account, Barzun describes what Western Man wrought from the Renaisance and Reformation down to the present in the d...(展开全部)

In the dark waiting room of the ferry terminal in the sketchy Spanish port of Algeciras, two aging Irishmen — Maurice Hearne and Charlie Redmond, longtime partners in the lucrative and dangerous enterprise of smuggling drugs — sit at night, none too patiently. It is October 23, 2018, and they are expecting Maurice’s estranged daughter (or is she?), Dilly, to either arrive on a ...(展开全部)

A huge international best seller, this ambitious novel plumbs the depths of our shared humanity to offer up a breathtaking insight into life, love, and literature itself. A major hit in Germany that went on to become one of Europe’s biggest literary blockbusters in the last five years, Night Train to Lisbon is an astonishing novel, a compelling exploration of consciousness, the...(展开全部)

What does an elephant do? It stomps its foot. Can you? From the creator of such beloved classics as The Grouchy Ladybug and The Mixed-Up Chameleon comes this interactive story that invites kids to imitate animal movements. Watching giraffes bend their necks or monkeys wave their arms is fun, but nothing could be better than joining in. From their heads down to their toes, k...(展开全部)

What does an elephant do? It stomps its foot. Can you? From the creator of such beloved classics as The Grouchy Ladybug and The Mixed-Up Chameleon comes this interactive story that invites kids to imitate animal movements. Watching giraffes bend their necks or monkeys wave their arms is fun, but nothing could be better than joining in. From their heads down to their toes, k...(展开全部)

What does an elephant do? It stomps its foot. Can you? From the creator of such beloved classics as The Grouchy Ladybug and The Mixed-Up Chameleon comes this interactive story that invites kids to imitate animal movements. Watching giraffes bend their necks or monkeys wave their arms is fun, but nothing could be better than joining in. From their heads down to their toes, k...(展开全部)

雅克·巴尔赞（Jacques Barzun） ◎美国“国宝级历史学家”； ◎50年来罕见登上《时代》周刊封面的思想家； ◎获法国政府颁授的最高荣誉——“荣誉军团勋章”； ◎2003年，获小布什颁授的“总统自由勋章”； ◎2010年，获奥巴马颁授的“国家人文勋章”。 美国著名史学大师，文化史研究的奠基人之一。1907年生于法国，1920年随父抵美，进入哥伦比亚大学研读历史与法律。毕业后即留校执教，历任塞思•洛历史学教授、教务长和院长。他是英国皇家艺术学会会员，并且曾两度担任美国艺术和文学学会主席。他一生致力于通过推行大学“通识教育”把欧洲的博雅文化传统引入美国，对推动美国现代的“通识教育”贡献极大。 巴尔赞在众多领域堪称权威，一生著作等身，出版有30余部著作，涉猎的内容可谓包罗万象，包括历史学、哲学、科学、文学、音乐、艺术；他曾两度荣获美国艺术和文学学...(展开全部)

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