The thrilling memoirs of one of the great musical figures of our age-now in paperback. Yehudi Menuhin is one of those rare men who is truly a legend in his own time. In rich and wonderfully candid detail, the great violinist tells the story of his life, recounting the defining moments of a crowded and fascinating journey that began when he captivated the world as a small boy...(展开全部)

Shimura-san vit seul dans une maison silencieuse qui fait face aux chantiers navals de Nagasaki. Cet homme ordinaire rejoint chaque matin la station météorologique de la ville en maudissant le chant des cigales, déjeune seul et rentre tôt dans une retraite qui n'a pas d'odeur, sauf celle de l'ordre et de la mesure. Depuis quelque temps déjà, il répertorie scrupuleusement les ni...(展开全部)

Shimura-san vit seul dans une maison silencieuse qui fait face aux chantiers navals de Nagasaki. Cet homme ordinaire rejoint chaque matin la station météorologique de la ville en maudissant le chant des cigales, déjeune seul et rentre tôt dans une retraite qui n'a pas d'odeur, sauf celle de l'ordre et de la mesure. Depuis quelque temps déjà, il répertorie scrupuleusement les ni...(展开全部)

Book Description On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic "that stirs the conscience of humanity" (The New York Times). Almost four d...(展开全部)

Book Description On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic "that stirs the conscience of humanity" (The New York Times). Almost four d...(展开全部)

2015 is the 70th anniversary of Hiroshima, when, on 6 August at 8.15am, an atomic bob was dropped, killing one hundred thousand men, women and children in its white fury. John Hersey's spare, devastating report on the attack was first published in the New Yorker in 1946. Written in the immediate aftermath of the disaster, it chronicles what happened through the eyes of six civi...(展开全部)

When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, killing 100,000 men, women and children, a new era in human history opened. Written only a year after the disaster, John Hersey brought the event vividly alive with this heartrending account of six men and women who survived despite all the odds. A further chapter was added when, forty years later, he returned ...(展开全部)

The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn. But the cost of using this ability is higher than Jamie can imagine - as he discovers when an NYPD detective draws him ...(展开全部)

The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn. But the cost of using this ability is higher than Jamie can imagine - as he discovers when an NYPD detective draws him ...(展开全部)

1892年出生于苏联，幼年都是在萨拉托夫度过的。曾在店铺里当学徒，后来成了文具商。曾试写过诗，收集过宗教书籍，喜欢教会的习尚。1922-1924年，写了长篇小说《城与年》；1928年写完长篇小说《兄弟们》；二十年代末与三十年代初，成就了两部长篇小说——《盗窃欧洲》及《“阿尔克图尔”疗养院》；1945年发表了第一部《初欢》。