The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I’d seen only in Gideon’s stories: Manifest—A Town with a rich past and a bright future. Abilene Tucker feels abandoned. Her father has put her on a train, sending her off to live with an old friend for the summer while he works a railroad job. Armed only with ...(展开全部)

The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I’d seen only in Gideon’s stories: Manifest—A Town with a rich past and a bright future. Abilene Tucker feels abandoned. Her father has put her on a train, sending her off to live with an old friend for the summer while he works a railroad job. Armed only with a f...(展开全部)

Winner of the 2011 Newbery Award. The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I'd seen only in Gideon's stories: Manifest--A Town with a rich past and a bright future. Abilene Tucker feels abandoned. Her father has put her on a train, sending her off to live with an old friend for the summer while he works ...(展开全部)

The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I’d seen only in Gideon’s stories: Manifest—A Town with a rich past and a bright future. Abilene Tucker feels abandoned. Her father has put her on a train, sending her off to live with an old friend for the summer while he works a railroad job. Armed only with ...(展开全部)

Journalist Marie Heaney skillfully revives the glory of ancient Irish storytelling in this comprehensive volume from the great pre-Christian sequences to the more recent tales of the three patron saints Patrick, Brigid, and Colmcille.

In this portrait of Ireland, seen through the eyes of a novelist and a stranger, Heinrich Boell offers an evocation of the lilt of the voices, the laughter of the children, the smell of the wet earth, and the warm, heady friendliness of the pubs. Travelling with his wife and children, Boell struggles with the intricacies of foreign exchange, eavesdrops on conversations aboard a...(展开全部)

In this portrait of Ireland, seen through the eyes of a novelist and a stranger, Heinrich Boell offers an evocation of the lilt of the voices, the laughter of the children, the smell of the wet earth, and the warm, heady friendliness of the pubs. Travelling with his wife and children, Boell struggles with the intricacies of foreign exchange, eavesdrops on conversations aboard a...(展开全部)

康拉德•M. 阿伦斯伯格（Conrad M. Arensberg），著名美国人类学家。他为20世纪30至40年代人类学研究对象的转型——从所谓原始社会的初民群体到包括西方现代复杂社会的人群——做出了实践上和理论上的开创性贡献。同时，他也是应用人类学最早的倡导者和组织者之一。阿伦斯伯格1945-1946年当选美国应用人类学学会主席。1991年获该学会马林诺夫斯基奖。1980年当选美国人类学学会主席。 乐梅，人类学博士、博士后，在联合国世界粮食计划署工作多年。

康拉德•M. 阿伦斯伯格（Conrad M. Arensberg），著名美国人类学家。他为20世纪30至40年代人类学研究对象的转型——从所谓原始社会的初民群体到包括西方现代复杂社会的人群——做出了实践上和理论上的开创性贡献。同时，他也是应用人类学最早的倡导者和组织者之一。阿伦斯伯格1945-1946年当选美国应用人类学学会主席。1991年获该学会马林诺夫斯基奖。1980年当选美国人类学学会主席。 乐梅，人类学博士、博士后，在联合国世界粮食计划署工作多年。

Amazon.com Review Nobody writes about the immigrant experience like Gish Jen. What sets her apart from other ethnic writers is the wide-angle lens she turns not only on her own Chinese American ethnic group, but on Jewish Americans, African Americans, Irish Americans, and just about any other hyphenate you'd care to name. Though her tales are filtered through an Asian experienc...(展开全部)