Smith's beautifully crafted love letter to her friend Robert Mapplethorpe functions as a memento mori of a relationship fueled by a passion for art and writing. Her elegant eulogy lays bare the chaos and the creativity so embedded in that earlier time and in Mapplethorpe's life and work.

In Just Kids, Patti Smith’s first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest and moving story of youth and friendship, Smith brings the same unique, lyrical quality to J...(展开全部)

In Just Kids, Patti Smith’s first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest and moving story of youth and friendship, Smith brings the same unique, lyrical quality to J...(展开全部)

Smith's beautifully crafted love letter to her friend Robert Mapplethorpe functions as a memento mori of a relationship fueled by a passion for art and writing. Her elegant eulogy lays bare the chaos and the creativity so embedded in that earlier time and in Mapplethorpe's life and work.

You can’t choose your in-laws. One beautiful morning, Zhang Dongsheng pushes his wealthy in-laws off a mountain – the perfect crime. Or so he thinks. Even though the murders were as carefully choreographed as a play, he did not expect that three teenagers had caught him in the act. But Zhang Dongsheng seriously underestimated the smarts of those three kids. . . Dark, murky and ...(展开全部)

These two searingly funny and unsettling portraits of teenagers beyond the control and largely beneath the notice of adults in 1980s Taiwan are the first English translations of works by Taiwan's most famous and best-selling literary cult figure. Chang Ta-chun's intricate narrative and keen, ironic sense of humor poignantly and piercingly convey the disillusionment and cynicism...(展开全部)

These two searingly funny and unsettling portraits of teenagers beyond the control and largely beneath the notice of adults in 1980s Taiwan are the first English translations of works by Taiwan's most famous and best-selling literary cult figure. Chang Ta-chun's intricate narrative and keen, ironic sense of humor poignantly and piercingly convey the disillusionment and cynicism...(展开全部)

《金融怪傑》(Market wizards)一書出版以來，一直被列為美國金融操作人員必讀的書籍之一，至今仍十分暢銷。 作者Jack D. Schwager透過對金融操作成功人士的訪談，揭示了成功的投資人或投機客，必須具備一套能自我肯定並加以堅持的價值判斷標準，方能知所取捨，進退得宜。 書中所強調的，乃是操作方法存乎一心，祇要自己能夠掌握並融匯貫通一套策略，加上信心與耐力，並保留適時修正的彈性，則必然能斬將蹇旗，無往不利。 「《金融怪傑》是有史以來描寫華爾街最引人入勝的書籍之一。」　　　　　　　　　　　— Martin W. Zweig 「……最艱困的任務就是把分析變成金錢……書中人物，不論其所受到的災難及壓力有多大，都能反覆地堅決執行其方法、信念和紀律。他們是華爾街的英雄，作者將他們的個性描寫得神氣活現。」 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　...(展开全部)

《金融怪傑》(Market wizards)一書出版以來，一直被列為美國金融操作人員必讀的書籍之一，至今仍十分暢銷。 作者Jack D. Schwager透過對金融操作成功人士的訪談，揭示了成功的投資人或投機客，必須具備一套能自我肯定並加以堅持的價值判斷標準，方能知所取捨，進退得宜。 書中所強調的，乃是操作方法存乎一心，祇要自己能夠掌握並融匯貫通一套策略，加上信心與耐力，並保留適時修正的彈性，則必然能斬將蹇旗，無往不利。 「《金融怪傑》是有史以來描寫華爾街最引人入勝的書籍之一。」　　　　　　　　　　　— Martin W. Zweig 「……最艱困的任務就是把分析變成金錢……書中人物，不論其所受到的災難及壓力有多大，都能反覆地堅決執行其方法、信念和紀律。他們是華爾街的英雄，作者將他們的個性描寫得神氣活現。」 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　...(展开全部)

This book is for children aged 9 and up, and their parents, who may or may not have a technical background. This book is tailored around the central idea of introducing electronics as a fun and a curiosity-inducing exercise. This book can act as a bonding exercise between parent and child over a single weekend.