おっちゃんのお腹の上で、安心しきって眠る子ブタ。 新聞を読むおっちゃんのうしろからそっと覗き込むブタ。 おっちゃんがギターを持つと、ブタが集まってきて即席コンサートの始まりです。 朝から晩まで、さらには家の中まで。 おっちゃんの周りにはいつも、きらきらと目を輝かせたブタがまとわりついてきます。 香川県で養豚場を営み、まるで家族のように1200頭のブタと暮らすおっちゃん。 大量飼育・大量生産化に伴い、餌やりから糞尿の処理までどんどん機械化が進む養豚業界で、 おっちゃんは自らの手で、一頭ずつ丁寧に愛情を込めてブタを育てています。 農林水産大臣に幾度も表彰される程の腕を持ったおっちゃんの養豚場では 単に生産するという域を超えた、愛するものと共に生きる喜びが溢れています。 市役所職員として農林水産行政に携わる中、おっちゃんに出会った著者が 10年にわたり撮り...(展开全部)

Known for her novels, and for the dubious fame of being a doyenne of the 'Bloomsbury Set', in her time Virginia Woolf was highly respected as a major essayist and critic with a special interest and commitment to contemporary literature, and women's writing in particular. This spectacular collection of essays and other writings does justice to those efforts, offering unique appr...(展开全部)

Phyllis Chesler, author of eighteen books and thousands of articles and speeches, is also an emerita professor of psychology and women’s studies at City University of New York, a psychotherapist, and an expert courtroom witness. She is cofounder of the Association for Women in Psychology and the National Women’s Health Network, a charter member of the Women’s Forum and the Vete...(展开全部)

This picture book begins placidly (and familiarly) enough, with three pigs collecting materials and going off to build houses of straw, sticks, and bricks. But the wolf's huffing and puffing blows the first pig right out of the story . . . and into the realm of pure imagination. The transition signals the start of a freewheeling adventure with characteristic David Wiesner eff...(展开全部)

Beautiful Caroline Crale as convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried 'wee w...(展开全部)

Beautiful Caroline Crale as convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried 'wee w...(展开全部)

Billings Learned Hand was one of the most influential judges in America. In Learned Hand: The Man and the Judge, Gerald Gunther provides a complete and intimate account of the professional and personal life of Learned Hand. He conveys the substance and range of Hand's judicial and intellectual contributions with eloquence and grace. This second edition features photos of Lear...(展开全部)

Billings Learned Hand was one of the most influential judges in America. In Learned Hand: The Man and the Judge, Gerald Gunther provides a complete and intimate account of the professional and personal life of Learned Hand. He conveys the substance and range of Hand's judicial and intellectual contributions with eloquence and grace. This second edition features photos of Lear...(展开全部)