Set in an era witness to some of the most avant-garde and scintillating scientific discoveries and artistic creations of the last century, this novel takes readers behind the scenes and into the lives of many of history's most fascinating and revolutionary minds, all while posing the question - could a mathematical discovery be so controversial and threatening as to drive one t...(展开全部)

The third novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Shipping News', 'Accordion Crimes' spans generations, continents and a century and confirms the hallucinatory power of Proulx's writing. 'Accordion Crimes' is a masterpiece of story-telling that spans a century and a continent. It opens in 1890 in Sicily, when an accordion-maker and his son, carrying little more th...(展开全部)

Rarely has a literary novel so captured the hearts and minds of readers across America and the world as E. Annie Proulx's "The Shipping News, " winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Now we have Proulx's new novel, "Accordion Crimes, " a masterpiece of storytelling that spans a century and a continent. "Accordion Crimes" opens in 1890 in Sicily as an accord...(展开全部)

Accordion Crimes traces the long odyssey of a button accordion, an instrument made by a Sicilian who immigrates to New Orleans in 1891. Imprisoned in a round-up of Italian suspects after the political murder of the chief of police, the accordion maker is lynched, and his accordion falls into the hands of Apollo, a black steamboat screwman. The instrument begins its lon...(展开全部)

Set in an era witness to some of the most avant-garde and scintillating scientific discoveries and artistic creations of the last century, this novel takes readers behind the scenes and into the lives of many of history's most fascinating and revolutionary minds, all while posing the question - could a mathematical discovery be so controversial and threatening as to drive one t...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 In this sparkling comedy, originally staged in 1905, Andrew Undershaft, a millionaire armaments dealer, loves money and despises poverty. His energetic daughter Barbara, however, is a devout major in the Salvation Army. She sees her father as just another soul to be saved. But when the Salvation Army needs funds to keep going, it is Undershaft who saves the day.

萧伯纳（George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950） 英国戏剧家。生于爱尔兰首都都柏林。父亲是破落 贵族。母亲是很有才能的音乐家。他从1879年开始文学 活动，一生共写剧本五十多部（还有小说和其他著作）。 数量之多，在英国文学史上前无古人；他敢于无情地挑 破社会的脓疮、人性的伪装，所产生的惊世骇俗的力 量。也是英国文学史上前无古人的。他1925年获得诺贝 尔文学奖。其主要剧作有《华伦夫人的职业》、《康蒂 妲》、《魔鬼的门徒》、《人与超人》、《芭巴拉少 校》、《苹果车》、《真相毕露》等。他写的《易卜生 主义的精华》一书，是现代欧洲戏剧史上的一部重要论 著。 《芭巴拉少校》是萧伯纳戏剧中颇为精彩的一部， 典型地反映出萧伯纳戏剧的艺术特色――幽默和讽刺。 他特别喜欢运用的手法是，使剧中人物发出似非而是的 妙论，不仅使人笑，使人啼，而且促人深...(展开全部)

In this sparkling comedy, originally staged in 1905, Andrew Undershaft, a millionaire armaments dealer, loves money and despises poverty. His energetic daughter Barbara, however, is a devout major in the Salvation Army. She sees her father as just another soul to be saved. But when the Salvation Army needs funds to keep going, it is Undershaft who saves the day.

Leith Hathout 一位多才多艺的年轻数学天才，并且是一位解题迷，写这本书时他还是加州的一名中学生。他9岁就开始参加美国全国数学竞赛，获得过多种国家级奖项，并在加州 数学联赛中取得了满分的优异成绩。学习之余，他擅长玩SET®游戏，还是一名国家级花剑运动员。

Leith Hathout 一位多才多艺的年轻数学天才，并且是一位解题迷，写这本书时他还是加州的一名中学生。他9岁就开始参加美国全国数学竞赛，获得过多种国家级奖项，并在加州 数学联赛中取得了满分的优异成绩。学习之余，他擅长玩SET®游戏，还是一名国家级花剑运动员。