Barack Obama, in his acclaimed campaign speech discussing the troubling complexities of race in America today, quoted William Faulkner's famous remark, "The past isn't dead and buried. In fact, it isn't even past." In Not Even Past, award-winning historian Thomas Sugrue examines the paradox of race in Obama's America and how President Obama intends to deal with it. Obama's jour...(展开全部)

Every new president raises many questions in the public mind. Because Barack Obama was a relative newcomer to the national political scene, he raised more questions than most. Would he prove to be a pragmatic centrist or would his politics of hope ultimately flounder on the rocky shoals of America's deep political divisions? What of his leadership style? How would the uncommonl...(展开全部)

In 2008, the presidential election became blockbuster entertainment. Everyone was watching as the race for the White House unfolded like something from the realm of fiction. The meteoric rise and historic triumph of Barack Obama. The shocking fall of the House of Clinton—and the improbable resurrection of Hillary as Obama's partner and America's face to the world. The mercurial...(展开全部)

Fred I. Greenstein has long been one of our keenest observers of the modern presidency. In "The Presidential Difference", he provides a fascinating and instructive account of the presidential qualities that have served well and poorly in the Oval Office, beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt's first hundred days. He surveys each president's political skill, vision, cognitive sty...(展开全部)

阿加莎·克里斯蒂除了一系列侦探小说以外，还有4本浪漫小说。这是其中一本。作本发表是以阿加莎·克里斯蒂的真名“Mary Westmacott ” 来出版的，所以知道的人甚少。

-作者简介- 约翰•塔格（John Tagg），艺术史学者，策展人，主要学术成就在摄影研究领域。他于1980年代中期从英国移民美国，长期担任纽约州立大学宾汉姆顿分校的艺术史教授。《表征的重负：论摄影与历史》是他出版的一部较有影响的摄影理论文集，本书曾被一些专家列为摄影领域的基础读物。 -译者简介- 周韵，博士，教授，现就职于江苏第二师范学院。主要研究方向为西方美学和文化，在先锋派理论方面有一定研究，发表相关文章十数篇。译有《大分野之后：现代主义、大众文化、后现代主义》，编有《先锋派理论读本》。

Tagg examines the history of the use of photographs as documentary images, in courtrooms, hospitals, and police work, on passports, permits, and licenses. Rejecting the idea of photography as a record of reality, Tagg traces a previously unexamined history that includes the meaning, status, and effects of photographs.

Tagg examines the history of the use of photographs as documentary images, in courtrooms, hospitals, and police work, on passports, permits, and licenses. Rejecting the idea of photography as a record of reality, Tagg traces a previously unexamined history that includes the meaning, status, and effects of photographs.

-作者简介- 约翰•塔格（John Tagg），艺术史学者，策展人，主要学术成就在摄影研究领域。他于1980年代中期从英国移民美国，长期担任纽约州立大学宾汉姆顿分校的艺术史教授。《表征的重负：论摄影与历史》是他出版的一部较有影响的摄影理论文集，本书曾被一些专家列为摄影领域的基础读物。 -译者简介- 周韵，博士，教授，现就职于江苏第二师范学院。主要研究方向为西方美学和文化，在先锋派理论方面有一定研究，发表相关文章十数篇。译有《大分野之后：现代主义、大众文化、后现代主义》，编有《先锋派理论读本》。

The young elephants want to prove who is the fastest, so Elmer and Wilbur organise a race. Each decorated a different colour, the racers set off around the course and discover things about themselves – Blue may be first and Orange second, but White is kind, Pink and Violet are funny and Yellow is a cheat. Luckily Yellow also learns he is very good at saying sorry, so each young...(展开全部)