Close up is right! Klein put a wide-angle lens on his camera, headed for any crowd he could find, and got as close as he could. He decided not to worry about graininess, blurriness, depth of field, and other technical considerations but to go for a spontaneous feel. He got it. These double-page, black-and-white photos are overflowing with people--blurry, grainy, and out of focu...(展开全部)

Who is the devil you know? Is it your lying, cheating ex-husband? Your sadistic high school gym teacher? Your boss who loves to humiliate people in meetings? The colleague who stole your idea and passed it off as her own? In the pages of The Sociopath Next Door , you will realize that your ex was not just misunderstood. He’s a sociopath. And your boss, teacher, and collea...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 The incredible national bestseller that is changing people's lives -- and increasing their net worth! CAN YOU SPOT THE MILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR? Who are the rich in this country? What do they do? Where do they shop? What do they drive? How do they invest? Where did their ancestors come from? How did they get rich? Can I ever become one of them? Get the answers in T...(展开全部)

How well do you know the couple next door? Or your husband? Or even—yourself? People are capable of almost anything. . . Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all—a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, Cora. But one night when they are at a dinner party next door, a terrible crime is committed. Suspicion immediately focuses on the parents. But the tru...(展开全部)

阿梅丽·诺冬，比利时法语小说家，目前法国最畅销的文学作家之一，至今已出版十多本小说，本本畅销，创下法国出版界的奇迹。她曾获法兰西学院小说大奖、法国书商奖、阿兰·富尼埃奖等文学奖，不少作品被改编成电影或戏剧，已有三十多个国家翻译出版其作品。 诺冬一九六七年八月十三日生于日本神户，父亲曾任比利时驻日本大使，后调比利时驻中国大使馆任职，诺冬六岁那年随父亲来到北京，在三里屯住了两年，并根据这段经历写成小说《爱情与破坏》，受到读者欢迎。《午后四点》出版于一九九五年，是诺冬的第三部小说，故事奇特，语言幽默，对话精辟，富有哲理，被视为诺冬的代表作，曾被法国《读书》杂志评为一九九五年度最佳图书。

How well do you know the couple next door? Or your husband? Or even—yourself? People are capable of almost anything. . . Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all—a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, Cora. But one night when they are at a dinner party next door, a terrible crime is committed. Suspicion immediately focuses on the parents. But the tru...(展开全部)

In this exhaustive guide to macro photography, respected author and photographer Adrian Davies takes a comprehensive approach to the subject, covering every aspect of the multi-faceted and often complicated world of close-up photography. Everything about Adrian's approach is both practical and diverse, with optimal output always in mind. His coverage of equipment, for example...(展开全部)

"A vibrant telling, amplified by striking images and photographs, of the Curiosity mission to Mars....A totally gratifying account." --Kirkus Reviews "Kaufman’s vivid description of the Curiosity rover mission to Mars, its history and its scientific results brings you as close as possible (without being a member of the science team) to the excitement, the frustration and the ex...(展开全部)

The Golden Ass is a unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel - the only work of fiction in Latin to have survived in its entirety. It tells the story of Lucius, whose curiosity and fascination for sex and magic result in his transformation into an ass. After suffering a series of trials and humiliations, he is ultimately transformed back into human shape by the...(展开全部)

鲁齐乌斯·阿普列尤斯(124?-175?)出生于北非一个官吏家庭，后来入了埃及的伊希斯教门，在罗马作过律师。他的主要作品是《变形记》，又名《金驴记》。这是罗马文学中最完整的一部小说。青年鲁齐乌斯因事赴希腊北部帖萨利地方，这是有名的妖术之邦，他止宿于高利贷者米罗家中，米罗的妻子是个女术士，青年误敷了她的魔药，变成一头驴子，被一群强盗劫去，后来落到奴隶主庄园，又辗转卖给磨坊主和菜农，又为军人劫去，卖给贵族厨奴，最后伊希斯女神把他救了，他恢复了人形，就皈依伊希斯教门。 这部小说以主人公的遭遇为纽带，真实而广泛地描写了罗马帝国外省生活。例如贵族地主纵犬咬死小农三个儿子，强占土地；罗马军官强夺人民财产；富人豢养野兽，举办斗兽会等。小说也叙述了不少由于贪图金钱、遗产，或由于情欲而引起的凶杀。作者利用主人公变驴后的遭遇和感受，刻画了穷人和奴隶受奴役和虐待的处境。主...(展开全部)