With more than five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intellige...(展开全部)

With more than five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intellige...(展开全部)

The Cold War stayed cold in Europe but it was hot in Asia. Its legacy lives on in the region. In none of the three dominant historiographical paradigms: orthodox, revisionist and post-revisionist, does Asia, or the rest of the Third World, figure with much significance. What happens to these narratives if we put them to the test in Asia? This volume argues that attention to wha...(展开全部)

The Cold War stayed cold in Europe but it was hot in Asia. Its legacy lives on in the region. In none of the three dominant historiographical paradigms: orthodox, revisionist and post-revisionist, does Asia, or the rest of the Third World, figure with much significance. What happens to these narratives if we put them to the test in Asia? This volume argues that attention to wha...(展开全部)

Fifth edition of this best-selling guide to plants and flowers, updated and revised from the experts at the RHS RHS Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers is an expert guide to planning your dream garden, redesigned to aid navigation and make identifying plants easier than ever. Over 8,000 easy-to-find plants and thousands of photographs will give you all the guidance you need. ...(展开全部)

Fifth edition of this best-selling guide to plants and flowers, updated and revised from the experts at the RHS RHS Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers is an expert guide to planning your dream garden, redesigned to aid navigation and make identifying plants easier than ever. Over 8,000 easy-to-find plants and thousands of photographs will give you all the guidance you need. ...(展开全部)

Ya San est un jeune homme qu’une maladie étrange empêche de s’exposer librement à la lumière. Lorsqu’on découvre son amie noyée, il décide de quitter son quartier misérable et de s’aventurer dans la Zone pour trouver les origines de la malédiction qui frappe les habitants des environs. C’est pour lui le début d’une quête dangereuse qui le mènera jusqu’à l’impensable !

In 1973 Moll Gladney goes missing from the Tipperary hillside where she was born. Slowly her parents, Paddy and Kit, begin to accept that she’s gone forever. But she returns, changed, and with a few surprises for her family and neighbours. Nothing is ever the same again for the Gladneys, who learn that fate cares little for duty, that life rarely conforms to expectation, that G...(展开全部)

多纳尔·瑞安 （1976— ） 爱尔兰作家，被誉为“爱尔兰文学新浪潮的王者”，两度入围布克奖。 最早两部长篇小说《旋转的心》《十二月纪事》曾因大胆的写作手法47次被出版商拒绝，最终得到了公正评价：前者斩获都柏林书展十年最佳图书桂冠、爱尔兰图书奖（最佳综合奖和最佳新人奖双料冠军）、欧盟文学奖、《卫报》处女作奖；后者入围爱尔兰图书奖最佳小说奖、让·莫内欧洲文学奖短名单。 创作生涯常踞巅峰：短篇小说集《太阳斜照》荣膺爱尔兰图书奖最佳短篇小说奖；长篇小说《我们所应知道的一切》入围爱尔兰图书奖最佳小说奖短名单；《来自静谧的浅海》获让·莫内欧洲文学奖，入围爱尔兰图书奖最佳小说奖、科斯塔图书奖短名单；《奇花异果》荣获爱尔兰图书奖最佳小说奖，入围达尔基文学奖短名单；《污岛皇后》再次入围爱尔兰图书奖最佳小说奖短名单。

Cultural history at its best—the engaging, lively, and definitive story of the beauty, sexuality, ecology, myths, lore, and economics of the world’s flowers, written by a passionately devoted author and scientist, and illustrated with his stunning photographs. Flowers, and the fruits that follow, feed, clothe, sustain, and inspire all humanity. They have done so since before re...(展开全部)