"The richness of coloring; the strength, action and humor in the drawing; and the original rhyme for each letter make this an alphabet book to treasure."--The Horn Book

Dark Star Safari is a written account of a trip taken by author Paul Theroux from Cairo to Cape Town via trains, planes, buses, cars, and armed convoy. Chapters of Book : 1. Lighting Out 2. The Mother of the World 3. Up and Down the Nile 4. The Dervishes of Omdurman 5. The Osama Road to Nubia 6. The Djibouti Line to Harar 7. The Longest Road in Africa 8. Figawi Safari on the Ba...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Paul Theroux sets off for Cape Town from Cairo -- the hard way. Travelling across bush and desert, down rivers and across lakes, and through country after country, Theroux visits some of the most beautiful landscapes on earth, and some of the most dangerous. It is a journey of discovery and of rediscovery -- of the unknown and the unexpected, but also of people and ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Paul Theroux sets off for Cape Town from Cairo -- the hard way. Travelling across bush and desert, down rivers and across lakes, and through country after country, Theroux visits some of the most beautiful landscapes on earth, and some of the most dangerous. It is a journey of discovery and of rediscovery -- of the unknown and the unexpected, but also of people and ...(展开全部)

Dark Star Safari is a written account of a trip taken by author Paul Theroux from Cairo to Cape Town via trains, planes, buses, cars, and armed convoy. Chapters of Book : 1. Lighting Out 2. The Mother of the World 3. Up and Down the Nile 4. The Dervishes of Omdurman 5. The Osama Road to Nubia 6. The Djibouti Line to Harar 7. The Longest Road in Africa 8. Figawi Safari on the Ba...(展开全部)

Surfacing from the literary underground, Bukowski's wild and immortal stories have become cult favourites. This collection of anecdotal short stories demonstrates Bukowski's compelling semi-autobiographical style and his mastery of visceral language and the depiction of seamy underworlds. Focusing on themes that recur throughout his work, from Los Angeles and bar culture to alc...(展开全部)

Surfacing from the literary underground, Bukowski's wild and immortal stories have become cult favourites. This collection of anecdotal short stories demonstrates Bukowski's compelling semi-autobiographical style and his mastery of visceral language and the depiction of seamy underworlds. Focusing on themes that recur throughout his work, from Los Angeles and bar culture to alc...(展开全部)

The Awakening Land trilogy traces the transformation of Ohio from wilderness to farmland to the site of modern industrial civilization, all in the lifetime of one character. The trilogy earned Richter immediate acclaim as a historical novelist. It includes The Trees (1940), The Fields (1946), and The Town (1950) and follows the Luckett family's migration from Pennsylvania to So...(展开全部)

“The richness of coloring; the strength, action and humor in the drawing; and the original rhyme for each letter make this an alphabet book to treasure.”--The Horn Book

“The richness of coloring; the strength, action and humor in the drawing; and the original rhyme for each letter make this an alphabet book to treasure.”--The Horn Book