"If they had seen what we see, they would have judged as we judge." -- Galileo Galilei In every age there are courageous people who break with tradition to explore new ideas and challenge accepted truths. Galileo Galilei was just such a man--a genius--and the first to turn the telescope to the skies to map the heavens. In doing so, he offered objective evidence that the earth ...(展开全部)

Meet Ed Kennedy--underage cabdriver, pathetic cardplayer, and useless at romance. He lives in a shack with his coffee-addicted dog, the Doorman, and he's hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That's when the first Ace arrives. That's when Ed becomes the messenger. . . ....(展开全部)

protect the diamonds survive the clubs dig deep through the spades feel the hearts Ed Kennedy is an underage cabdriver without much of a future. He's pathetic at playing cards, hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey, and utterly devoted to his coffee-drinking dog, the Doorman. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence until he inadvertently stops a ban...(展开全部)

From School Library Journal Grade 9 Up - Nineteen-year-old cabbie Ed Kennedy has little in life to be proud of: his dad died of alcoholism, and he and his mom have few prospects for success. He has little to do except share a run-down apartment with his faithful yet smelly dog, drive his taxi, and play cards and drink with his amiable yet similarly washed-up friends. Then, afte...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 In every age there are courageous people who break with tradition to explore new ideas and challenge accepted truths. Galileo Galilei was just such a man--a genius--and the first to turn the telescope to the skies to map the heavens. In doing so, he offered objective evidence that the earth was not the fixed center of the universe but that it and all the other planets r...(展开全部)

简介：你相信这世上有亡灵吗?你相信亡灵索命吗？捉摸不透的黑暗、腥红可怖的血色、隐隐约约的低语与哀嚎、未知的悚然与惊慌。我们的世界错综复杂，死后的世界又是怎样？或许，在熙攘的人群背后，在寂寥幽静的黑夜里，亡灵深藏怨意，向无知的人们索命。从此，灵异事件接二连三发生。而被仇怨紧身包裹的亡灵，依旧肆意徘徊。它们不安地死去，又将这种不安加倍奉还。变态杀戮永不停歇，直至有人来拯救这一切。魂飞魄散，也许是这些索命亡灵的最好结局。在这本故事里，我们将看到一个又一个匪夷所思的恐怖事件，揭露亡灵背后的真相，思考人类的善意面与阴暗面。看恐惧如何悄然降临。可能亡灵正在你的身边。

这是一部神奇的小说，里面有各种颠覆你认知的伟人，内容和明智毫无关系，封面却是他。脑洞大开的剧情，普通的猪脚，以及一大波不是弱智就是低能的伟人们，不骄不躁，疗效刚好！

Chen Tien-Hong, the only and desperately yearned for son of a traditional Taiwanese family with seven daughters, runs away from the oppression of his village to Berlin in the hope of finding acceptance as a young gay man. The novel begins a decade later, when Chen has just been released from prison for killing his boyfriend. He is about to return to his family’s village, a poor...(展开全部)

Benjamin d’une fratrie de sept enfants, Chen Tienhong a dû quitter son village natal de Yongjing pour vivre librement son homosexualité. Alors qu’il est installé à Berlin, sa relation avec un homme violent le conduit à passer plusieurs années en prison. À sa sortie, il décide de rentrer chez lui et d’élucider un mystère qui plane depuis son enfance. Arrivé le jour de la fête de...(展开全部)

With his first novel since the internationally acclaimed The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje gives us a work displaying all the richness of imagery and language and the piercing emotional truth that we have come to know as the hallmarks of his writing. The time is our own time. The place is Sri Lanka, the island nation formerly known as Ceylon, off the southern tip of India,...(展开全部)