When Kamryn Ryn Matika gets a call from college friend Adele Del Brannon, she reluctantly heads to the hospital where Adele is dying of cancer. The two had been odd couple friends (working-class Ryn is black, posh Adele is white) while attending Leeds University, but their friendship did not survive Del's admission of an affair with Ryn's fiancé Nate Turner, which also ended Ry...(展开全部)

When Kamryn Ryn Matika gets a call from college friend Adele Del Brannon, she reluctantly heads to the hospital where Adele is dying of cancer. The two had been odd couple friends (working-class Ryn is black, posh Adele is white) while attending Leeds University, but their friendship did not survive Del's admission of an affair with Ryn's fiancé Nate Turner, which also ended Ry...(展开全部)

From Publishers Weekly "Some 35 years have passed since I wrote this novel and, on rereading it, I am struck by the immature technique revealed in certain places." So writes Endo (Deep River) in a candid afterword. Endo, Japan's foremost Catholic novelist, is a good critic of his own work, for this novel is a sentimental tale filled with coincidence and heavy Christian symbolis...(展开全部)

From Publishers Weekly "Some 35 years have passed since I wrote this novel and, on rereading it, I am struck by the immature technique revealed in certain places." So writes Endo (Deep River) in a candid afterword. Endo, Japan's foremost Catholic novelist, is a good critic of his own work, for this novel is a sentimental tale filled with coincidence and heavy Christian symbolis...(展开全部)

Award-winning and world-renowned design firm IDEO uses a hallmarked process of first-hand observation and experimentation to inform and inspire its innovative work. Now, at long last, IDEO reveals these working methods for idea and product development. Each of the 16 experiments in this book posses an unexpected question: What if your watch could tell time slowly or quickly? Ea...(展开全部)

作者簡介 2016年諾貝爾獎提名人 娜迪雅‧穆拉德 Nadia Murad 伊拉克亞茲迪人，歷經伊斯蘭國（ISIS）對亞茲迪族的種族滅絕及俘虜，成功脫逃後移居德國，現為人權運動者。獲首任聯合國人口販賣倖存者尊嚴親善大使（Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking）、瓦茨拉夫哈維爾人權獎（Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize）以及沙卡洛夫獎（Sakharov Prize）。目前和亞茲迪族權益組織「亞茲達」（Yazda）合作，戮力讓伊斯蘭國為其種族滅絕和違反人性的罪行，接受國際刑事法庭審判。她亦創辦「娜迪雅倡議」（Nadia’s Initiative），旨在協助種族滅絕及人口販賣的生還者治癒身心及重建社群。 推薦序者簡介 艾瑪‧庫隆尼...(展开全部)

In this intimate memoir of survival, a former captive of ISIS tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story. Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers and shepherds in Iraq. A member of the Yazidi community, she and her eleven brothers and sisters lived a quiet life. Nadia was in high school and had dreams of becoming a history teacher and openin...(展开全部)

In this intimate memoir of survival, a former captive of ISIS tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story. Nadia Murad was born and raised in Kocho, a small village of farmers and shepherds in Iraq. A member of the Yazidi community, she and her eleven brothers and sisters lived a quiet life. Nadia was in high school and had dreams of becoming a history teacher and openin...(展开全部)

娜迪亚·穆拉德，伊拉克雅兹迪族人，伊拉克人权活动人士，联合国第一位维护人口贩运幸存者尊严的亲善大使。作为“伊斯兰国”种族灭绝和人口贩卖的幸存者，她与维护雅兹迪民族生存权利的组织一起，以种族灭绝和危害人类罪的罪名将“伊斯兰国”控告到国际刑事法院。她也是“娜迪亚倡议”的创始人，该计划致力于帮助种族灭绝和人口贩卖的幸存者治愈创伤和重建社区。

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.