It is from the discards of former civilizations that archaeologists have reconstructed most of what we know about the past, and it is through their examination of today's garbage that Rathje and Murphy inform us of our present. Rubbish! is their witty and erudite investigation into all aspects of the phenomenon of garbage. They show what the study of garbage tells us about a p...(展开全部)

It is from the discards of former civilizations that archaeologists have reconstructed most of what we know about the past, and it is through their examination of today's garbage that William Rathje and Cullen Murphy inform us of our present. Rubbish! is their witty and erudite investigation into all aspects of the phenomenon of garbage, told through the authors' involvement wi...(展开全部)

A novel autobiography in which the author applies his theory of focusing on awareness, writing "whatever wants to be written." Partly in poetic form, often playful, sometimes theoretical, the book is a many-faceted mosaic of memories and reflections on his life - in the past and at the moment - and on the origins and continuing development of Gestalt therapy.

这是一本伟大电影的指南，为银幕增光添彩！ 《电影书》（The Movie Book）将推出全新版本，这是一本包罗万象的指南，反映了电影的历史，从好莱坞黑白电影的黄金时代到国际艺术之家和当代杰作。这本关于电影的奇幻书是100部地震片的详细指南，为每个人提供了探索和喜爱的东西。 所以，准备好爆米花，坐下来，我们将带您踏上一段电影般的时光之旅，在本书中： -介绍了100多部有史以来伟大的电影及其背后的想法、主题和情节 -以电影中的标志性引用和评论家的引用为特色 -电影剧照和海报使电影栩栩如生。 -发人深省的图形探索了一些特色电影背后的中心思想和叙事。 -按时间顺序组织，引导读者轻松了解电影历史 《电影书》充满了华丽的剧照、精辟的语录和琐事细节，为您带来了对自己喜爱的电影的新见解，并向您介绍了世界各地鲜为人知的名著。 从20世纪早期的重要幻想家，到60年代和...(展开全部)

Integrating both Maori myth and New Zealand reality, The Bone People became the most successful novel in New Zealand publishing history when it appeared in 1984. Set on the South Island beaches of New Zealand, a harsh environment, the novel chronicles the complicated relationships between three emotional outcasts of mixed European and Maori heritage. Kerewin Holmes is a painter...(展开全部)

Winner of the Booker Prize in 1985, "The Bone People" is the story of Kerewin, a despairing part-Maori artist who is convinced that her solitary life is the only way to face the world. Her cocoon is rudely blown away by the sudden arrival during a rainstorm of Simon, a mute six-year-old whose past seems to hold some terrible trauma. In his wake comes his foster-father Joe, a Ma...(展开全部)

Published in 1996, Richard Jones's Garbage Collection was a milestone in the area of automatic memory management. The field has grown considerably since then, sparking a need for an updated look at the latest state-of-the-art developments. The Garbage Collection Handbook: The Art of Automatic Memory Management brings together a wealth of knowledge gathered by automatic memory m...(展开全部)

Published in 1996, Richard Jones's Garbage Collection was a milestone in the area of automatic memory management. The field has grown considerably since then, sparking a need for an updated look at the latest state-of-the-art developments. The Garbage Collection Handbook: The Art of Automatic Memory Management brings together a wealth of knowledge gathered by automatic memory m...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

In 1950 Norton Perina, a young doctor, embarks on an expedition to a remote Micronesian island in search of a rumoured lost tribe. There he encounters a strange group of forest dwellers who appear to have attained a form of immortality that preserves the body but not the mind. Perina uncovers their secret and returns with it to America, where he soon finds great success. But hi...(展开全部)