Jacques Derrida writes (in Deconstruction and Criticism)of The Madness of the Day that it is 'a story whose title runs wild and drives the reader mad.la folie du jour, the madness of today, of the day today, which leads to the madness that comes from the day, is born of it, as well as the madness of the day itself, itself mad..La folie du jour is a story of madness, of that mad...(展开全部)

Ogata Shingo is growing old, and his memory is failing him. At night he hears only the sound of death in the distant rumble from the mountain. The relationships which have previously defined his life - with his son, his wife, and his attractive daughter-in-law - are dissolving, and Shingo is caught between love and destruction. Lyrical and precise, The Sound of the Mountain exp...(展开全部)

In AD 70, after a war which had flared sporadically for 4 years, 3 Roman legions under the future Emperors Vespasian and his son Titus, surrounded, laid siege to, and eventually devastated the city of Jerusalem, destroying completely the magnificent Temple which had been built by Herod only 80 years earlier. What brought about this extraordinary conflict, with its extraordinary...(展开全部)

In a frolic of cartoon and comic outbursts against rule and reason, a miraculous weaving of science fiction, memoir, parable, fairy tale and farce, Kurt Vonnegut attacks the whole spectrum of American society, releasing some of his best-loved literary creations on the scene.

In a frolic of cartoon and comic outbursts against rule and reason, a miraculous weaving of science fiction, memoir, parable, fairy tale and farce, Kurt Vonnegut attacks the whole spectrum of American society, releasing some of his best-loved literary creations on the scene.

作者 布赖恩·M.费根（Brian M. Fagan） 世界顶级的考古学家，也是国际公认的世界史前史研究权威。 费根出生于英国伯明翰，曾在剑桥大学彭布罗克学院学习考古学，是美国加利福尼亚大学圣巴巴拉分校荣誉退休教授。著有多部畅销书和考古学专业大学教科书，并主编了《牛津考古学指南》。曾获美国考古学协会“公共教育奖”“主席嘉许奖”，专业考古学家学会“杰出服务奖”。目前国内已引进的作品包括《世界史前史》《考古学入门》《床的人类史》《小冰河时代》《考古学与史前文明》《掠夺尼罗河》《洪水、饥馑与帝王》《大暖化》等。 译者 乔苏婷 历史学博士，毕业于北京大学考古文博学院。爱好文字工作，曾担任人文领域公众交流平台栏目编辑。

In Europe it was called the Age of Discovery. To the rest of the world, it often meant slavery, epidemic disease, cultural genocide, and wholesale social and economic changes. What happened in the period when Europe first came in contact with the rest of the world? In this new edition of Brian Fagan's Clash of Cultures, the best-selling author offers a series of fascinating cas...(展开全部)

作者 布赖恩·M.费根（Brian M. Fagan） 世界顶级的考古学家，也是国际公认的世界史前史研究权威。 费根出生于英国伯明翰，曾在剑桥大学彭布罗克学院学习考古学，是美国加利福尼亚大学圣巴巴拉分校荣誉退休教授。著有多部畅销书和考古学专业大学教科书，并主编了《牛津考古学指南》。曾获美国考古学协会“公共教育奖”“主席嘉许奖”，专业考古学家学会“杰出服务奖”。目前国内已引进的作品包括《世界史前史》《考古学入门》《床的人类史》《小冰河时代》《考古学与史前文明》《掠夺尼罗河》《洪水、饥馑与帝王》《大暖化》等。 译者 乔苏婷 历史学博士，毕业于北京大学考古文博学院。爱好文字工作，曾担任人文领域公众交流平台栏目编辑。

Literature Guides A complete guide to teaching My Side of the Mountain. Includes an author biography, background information, summaries, thought-provoking discussion questions, as well as creative, cross-curricular activities and reproducibles that motivate students.

Literature Guides A complete guide to teaching My Side of the Mountain. Includes an author biography, background information, summaries, thought-provoking discussion questions, as well as creative, cross-curricular activities and reproducibles that motivate students.