Look at the state of the world right now. It’s a terrible mess, and that’s putting it mildly. There has never been a more dangerous time. The politicians and special interests in Washington, DC, are directly responsible for the mess we are in. So why should we continue listening to them? It’s time to bring America back to its rightful owners—the American people. I’m not going t...(展开全部)

Look at the state of the world right now. It’s a terrible mess, and that’s putting it mildly. There has never been a more dangerous time. The politicians and special interests in Washington, DC, are directly responsible for the mess we are in. So why should we continue listening to them? It’s time to bring America back to its rightful owners—the American people. I’m not going t...(展开全部)

毋庸置疑，对于美国这样一个新兴民族和超级大国，我们目前还远远谈不上深刻而可靠的了解。这对中国普通大众是如此，对于各行专家、甚至对专门从事美国研究的学者教授，也大致是如此。即将进入二十一世纪的中国，自有必要全面了解、认真学习、逐步深入地分析、思考和研究美国。 那些激发了上述文献以及近二百篇其他文献的历史事件，确已在美国发展史上发挥了重要的作用。这部文集阐明了自从哥伦布发现美洲以来的美国民族性格及其政策，并将美国人的内在想法突出显示出来。书中所收片断文献，既有马丁·路德·金的著名讲演词《我有一个梦想》，也有其他具有全球影响的演说和文字，例如《田纳西河流域管理局法》，《公共事业振兴署法案》。全书划分为十五个独立单元，例如有外交、总统职能、民权事务等。一整套美国历史全景画卷在书中逐年展开，这与传统的单线编排在相径庭。 美国作为民族国家是年轻的，但作为现代意义...(展开全部)

约翰·马丁（1893-1985），是美国舞蹈理论家、批评家。1893年6月2日生于肯塔基州路易斯维尔，1985年5月卒于纽约州萨拉托加。自1927年起一直担任《纽约时报》舞蹈专栏评论家达35年之久，写下了大量的评论文章及舞蹈史论专著。他以此对广大观众进行引导，与强大的守旧势力进行斗争，为美国现代舞的发展做出了重要贡献，在美国现代舞蹈发展史上占有重要地位。他的专著《现代舞》和《舞蹈概论》是现代舞理论方面的重要著作，迄今已数次再版。

约翰·马丁（1893-1985），是美国舞蹈理论家、批评家。1893年6月2日生于肯塔基州路易斯维尔，1985年5月卒于纽约州萨拉托加。自1927年起一直担任《纽约时报》舞蹈专栏评论家达35年之久，写下了大量的评论文章及舞蹈史论专著。他以此对广大观众进行引导，与强大的守旧势力进行斗争，为美国现代舞的发展做出了重要贡献，在美国现代舞蹈发展史上占有重要地位。他的专著《现代舞》和《舞蹈概论》是现代舞理论方面的重要著作，迄今已数次再版。

High-class call girls billed to Mastercard. A psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads. A hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists and teachers. A one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk and one very bemused narrator caught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem. Combine this offbeat cast of characters with Murakami's idiosyncratic prose and...(展开全部)

This wildly propulsive novel by the acclaimed author of A Wild Sheep Chase focuses on a man searching for a former lover who vanished mysteriously from a seedy hotel. But each new clue to Kiki's whereabouts leads him deeper into a labryrinth of physical violence and metaphysical dread. "A world-class writer."--Washington Post Book World

High-class call girls billed to Mastercard. A psychic 13-year-old dropout with a passion for Talking Heads. A hunky matinee idol doomed to play dentists and teachers. A one-armed beach-combing poet, an uptight hotel clerk and one very bemused narrator caught in the web of advanced capitalist mayhem. Combine this offbeat cast of characters with Murakami's idiosyncratic prose and...(展开全部)

This wildly propulsive novel by the acclaimed author of A Wild Sheep Chase focuses on a man searching for a former lover who vanished mysteriously from a seedy hotel. But each new clue to Kiki's whereabouts leads him deeper into a labryrinth of physical violence and metaphysical dread. "A world-class writer."--Washington Post Book World