Waiting for the doctor can be nerve-wracking, even for toys. As six injured playthings wait their turn to be called into a forbidding door, their growing apprehension is apparent on their faces. Each time, before the doctor calls, "Next please," the door opens and one happy toy comes bounding out, good as new. That doesn't comfort the last toy in line-a wooden boy with a broken...(展开全部)

With this, his first collection, Carver breathed new life into the short story. In the pared-down style that has since become his hallmark, Carver showed how humour and tragedy dwell in the hearts of ordinary people, and won a readership that grew with every subsequent brilliant collection of stories, poems and essays that appeared in the last eleven years of his life.

With this, his first collection, Carver breathed new life into the short story. In the pared-down style that has since become his hallmark, Carver showed how humour and tragedy dwell in the hearts of ordinary people, and won a readership that grew with every subsequent brilliant collection of stories, poems and essays that appeared in the last eleven years of his life.

雷蒙德•卡佛，海明威之后美国最伟大的短篇小说家，被尊为简约派文学典范。人生的前一半充满了苦难与失望。失业，酗酒，破产，妻离子散，友人背弃，坠入人生之谷底。晚年文学声名渐高，却罹患肺癌，五十岁便英年早逝。卡佛致力于描绘美国的蓝领生活，是写失败者的失败者，写酒鬼的酒鬼，生活的变质和走投无路后的无望，是他小说中的常态。卡佛的作品风格和他自身经历密切相关，包括极其精简的遣词和冷硬的语言风格。

雷蒙德•卡佛，海明威之后美国最伟大的短篇小说家，被尊为简约派文学典范。人生的前一半充满了苦难与失望。失业，酗酒，破产，妻离子散，友人背弃，坠入人生之谷底。晚年文学声名渐高，却罹患肺癌，五十岁便英年早逝。卡佛致力于描绘美国的蓝领生活，是写失败者的失败者，写酒鬼的酒鬼，生活的变质和走投无路后的无望，是他小说中的常态。卡佛的作品风格和他自身经历密切相关，包括极其精简的遣词和冷硬的语言风格。

Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes; is that why a chimp fetus resembles a human being? And should that worry us? There's a new genetic cure for drug addiction--is it worse than the disease? <p align=center> <table cellpadding="4" width="100...(展开全部)

随着时代的高速发展，城市和建筑的设计变得不再单一，导示系统作为人与空间交流的媒介，必须具备功能性和美学特质。这个功能性和美学特质是指正确的信息指引和对特定空间的视觉形象打造，到访者即使置身于结构复杂的空间当中，依然能够快速便捷的找准方向和获取相关信息，并对整个环境留下深刻的印象。 《请走这边》收集了来自美国、英国、德国、荷兰、澳大利亚等设计强国的得奖作品和经典案例，设计团队大胆运用各种色彩、字体和图形，为店铺、办公场所、商务大楼，学校、博物馆、美术馆、公交运输站、各种大型小型的活动和展会等设计清晰易懂的标示和风格多样的视觉形象，倾力打造时尚的、个性化的、体验性的品牌空间，使人与环境通过视觉语言得到有效的沟通与交流。

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Alfie, an adorable alligator, writes a litter to Grandma all by himself. He addresses the letter, stamps it, and mails it. It's so hard to wait for a response. Will Grandma write back?