克里斯蒂•布朗（1932—1981） Christy Brown 爱尔兰作家、画家和诗人。生于都柏林，是一位泥瓦匠的二十二个子女之一，他患先天性大脑瘫痪，无法控制语言和肢体行动，只有左脚能自如运用。他的母亲始终支持他，教会了他用左脚写字。之后他还学会了用左脚作画，甚至打字。1954年他出版了自传《我的左脚》。1981年去世。几年后，根据《我的左脚》改编的，由著名男演员丹尼尔•戴-刘易斯主演的电影上映，并在1990年获得了奥斯卡金像奖最佳影片等提名。 除了《我的左脚》，克里斯蒂•布朗还曾出版自传体小说《生不逢时》，小说《前程远大》《夏日阴影》，以及诗歌集等。除了在文学上颇有建树，布朗的画作也具有很高的艺术价值。 因为蕴含着人生最宝贵的三大品质——爱、勇气和毅力，问世半个多世纪的《我的左脚》，像《假如给我三天光明》《爱的教育》一样，已成为感动并鼓舞着世界...(展开全部)

My Left Foot is Christy Brown’s inspirational story of his early life, his battle against the restraints of cerebral palsy and his struggle to learn to read, write and paint, all with the aid of his left foot.

克里斯蒂•布朗（1932—1981） Christy Brown 爱尔兰作家、画家和诗人。生于都柏林，是一位泥瓦匠的二十二个子女之一，他患先天性大脑瘫痪，无法控制语言和肢体行动，只有左脚能自如运用。他的母亲始终支持他，教会了他用左脚写字。之后他还学会了用左脚作画，甚至打字。1954年他出版了自传《我的左脚》。1981年去世。几年后，根据《我的左脚》改编的，由著名男演员丹尼尔•戴-刘易斯主演的电影上映，并在1990年获得了奥斯卡金像奖最佳影片等提名。 除了《我的左脚》，克里斯蒂•布朗还曾出版自传体小说《生不逢时》，小说《前程远大》《夏日阴影》，以及诗歌集等。除了在文学上颇有建树，布朗的画作也具有很高的艺术价值。 因为蕴含着人生最宝贵的三大品质——爱、勇气和毅力，问世半个多世纪的《我的左脚》，像《假如给我三天光明》《爱的教育》一样，已成为感动并鼓舞着世界...(展开全部)

Christy Brown was born with cerebral palsy and severe physical disability. He grew up to become a brilliantly imaginative and sensitive writer who would take his place among the giants of Irish literature. This autobiography, published in 1954 when he was twenty-two, recounts his early life in Dublin – the poverty of his childhood, the support of his mother and his hope for a b...(展开全部)

英国记者，其作品《禁卫军之树》2007年获得有“悬疑小说界的奥斯卡奖”美名的爱伦坡悬疑小说奖。本书《徒步金角湾》获得约翰•李维恩图书奖。

- Why are most people right-handed? Do left-handers behave differently from right-handers? - Why is the heart on the left-hand side of the body? - Why is each side of the human brain so different? - Why do the British drive on the left? Why do European languages go from left to right, while Arabic ones read the other way? - Why do clocks go clockwise? - What is the relationship...(展开全部)

- Why are most people right-handed? Do left-handers behave differently from right-handers? - Why is the heart on the left-hand side of the body? - Why is each side of the human brain so different? - Why do the British drive on the left? Why do European languages go from left to right, while Arabic ones read the other way? - Why do clocks go clockwise? - What is the relationship...(展开全部)

The "Old Ways" is the stunning new book by acclaimed nature writer Robert Macfarlane Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize 2012. In "The Old Ways" Robert Macfarlane sets off from his Cambridge home to follow the ancient tracks, holloways, drove-roads and sea paths that form part of a vast network of routes criss-crossing the British landscape and its waters, and connecting t...(展开全部)

From the acclaimed author of The Wild Places , an exploration of walking and thinking In this exquisitely written book, Robert Macfarlane sets off from his Cambridge, England, home to follow the ancient tracks, holloways, drove roads, and sea paths that crisscross both the British landscape and its waters and territories beyond. The result is an immersive, enthralling explor...(展开全部)

Despite its importance to how humans inhabit their environments, walking has rarely received the attention of ethnographers. "Ways of Walking" combines discussions of embodiment, place and materiality to address this significant and largely ignored 'technique of the body'. This book presents studies of walking in a range of regional and cultural contexts, exploring the diversit...(展开全部)