How Soon Is Now? performs a powerful critique of modernist temporal regimes through its revelatory exploration of queer ways of being in time and the potential queerness of time itself. Carolyn Dinshaw focuses on medieval tales of asynchrony and on engagements with these medieval temporal worlds by amateur readers centuries later. In doing so, she illuminates forms of desirous,...(展开全部)

How Soon Is Now? performs a powerful critique of modernist temporal regimes through its revelatory exploration of queer ways of being in time and the potential queerness of time itself. Carolyn Dinshaw focuses on medieval tales of asynchrony and on engagements with these medieval temporal worlds by amateur readers centuries later. In doing so, she illuminates forms of desirous,...(展开全部)

2001年11月，英国的历史研究院为纪念爱德华卡尔的《历史是什么？》发表四十周年，与剑桥三一学院、麦克米兰公司联合主办了纪念性的研讨会，讨论当代史学实践的现状。会后由David Cannadine选取其中部分关键文章，编辑成书。 Review "Readers will find reliable and insightful information presented without recourse to jargon."--E.A. Breisach, Choice "If anyone were to provide an equivalent to What is History? for the early twenty-first century, it would surely be David Cannadine...as bala...(展开全部)

A playful peek into the homes of poorly dinosaurs 'What if a dinosaur catches the flu? Does he whimper and whine in between each Atchoo?' Most certainly not! Dinosaurs get lots of juice and rest . They use hankies, take their medicine and are well-behaved at the doctor's! Brimming with humour and familiar antics, here is a playful peek into the homes of poorly dinosaur child...(展开全部)

An exploration and polemic that redefines the power and potential for reading by a novelist whose "prose is as good as it gets" (NPR) and who has "a real voice: vernacular and fluid, with a take-no-prisoners edge" (Kirkus) How many times have we heard that reading builds empathy? That we can travel through books? How often have we were heard about the importance of dive An exp...(展开全部)

An exploration and polemic that redefines the power and potential for reading by a novelist whose "prose is as good as it gets" (NPR) and who has "a real voice: vernacular and fluid, with a take-no-prisoners edge" (Kirkus) How many times have we heard that reading builds empathy? That we can travel through books? How often have we were heard about the importance of dive An exp...(展开全部)

This is how a family keeps a secret…and how that secret ends up keeping them. This is how a family lives happily ever after…until happily ever after becomes complicated. This is how children change…and then change the world. This is Claude. He’s five years old, the youngest of five brothers, and loves peanut butter sandwiches. He also loves wearing a dress, and dreams of being ...(展开全部)

This is how a family keeps a secret…and how that secret ends up keeping them. This is how a family lives happily ever after…until happily ever after becomes complicated. This is how children change…and then change the world. This is Claude. He’s five years old, the youngest of five brothers, and loves peanut butter sandwiches. He also loves wearing a dress, and dreams of being ...(展开全部)

An affecting glimpse into the ways millennials cope with mental health struggles Clara’s at a breaking point. She’s got writer’s block, her friends ask a lot without giving much, her psychologist is useless, and her demanding publishing job leaves little time for self care. She seeks solace in the community around her, yet, while her friends provide support and comfort, she is ...(展开全部)

What is the chemical symbol for a human? What's the strongest acid ever made? Can human beings really spontaneously combust? An exploration of the periodic table in its final form, Elemental answers these questions and more. If you want to understand how our world works, the periodic table holds the answers. When the seventh row of the periodic table of elements was completed i...(展开全部)