Mastery of the sea has been crucial in European history: the transition from the medieval to the modern world was marked by the emergence of European ships from their home waters out into the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Solving the problem of ocean navigation was an essential prelude to achieving international powers. In their sea-charts the maritime nations left a uni...(展开全部)

"An Introduction to the World's Oceans, Tenth Edition", is an introductory oceanography text intended for students without a background in mathematics, chemistry, physics, geology, or biology. It emphasizes the role of basic scientific principles in helping understand the processes that govern the ocean and the earth. To keep the text as current as possible, the authors conduct...(展开全部)

First published in 1962, a year after "Revolutionary Road", this sublime collection of stories seems even more powerful today. Out of the lives of Manhattan office workers, a cab driver seeking immortality, frustrated would-be novelists, suburban men and their yearning, neglected women, Richard Yates creates a haunting mosaic of the 1950s, the era when the American dream was fi...(展开全部)

美国小说家Richard Yates的短篇集

本書共計有9篇短篇小說，約7萬多字，內容如下： * 《7-ELEVEN之戀（GIRL篇）》：7-11收銀女孩的青澀愛之情愫。 * 《7-ELEVEN之戀（BOY篇）》：7-11收銀男孩的青澀愛之情愫。 * 《水中的孤墳》：一位哥哥對早夭妹妹的思念。 * 《4:55》：在火車上和酷斃了的女孩邂逅的故事。 * 《阿妹》：天才哥哥和笨笨阿妹的成長故事。 * 《洛神紅茶》：高中男生愛慕房東太太女兒的夏日情懷。 * 《圍巾》：追憶逝去的17歲愛情。 * 《綠島小夜曲》：20歲的烈火青春。 * 《雨衣》：沒有結果的異國戀情，愛在他鄉。 這9篇愛情小說，均充份呈現蔡智恆的寫作風格及愛情態度：真摯的語氣、超爆笑的對白、淡淡的情愫揉合出各式各樣的愛情故事。

一個早班工讀生和一個研究生的浪漫相遇，就從7-ELEVEN開始。

(加) 埃米莉·圣约翰·曼德尔Emily St. John Mandel 埃米莉·圣约翰·曼德尔1979年出生于不列颠哥伦比亚省西海岸的一个小岛，18岁时离家远赴多伦多舞蹈学院学习现代舞，毕业后成为职业舞蹈演员。目前与丈夫生活在纽约。 曼德尔2002年开始文学创作，短篇作品曾被许多选集收录。2009年起，她陆续创作发表了三部长篇小说《蒙特利尔的最后一夜》《歌手的枪》和《洛拉的四重奏》，均列入美国独立书商协会推荐榜单。 曼德尔2014年的作品《第十一站》备受瞩目，不仅被美国亚马逊网站列为当年度最佳科幻图书，而且入围了美国国家图书奖的决选名单，并在2015年夺得了由英国科幻协会颁发的阿瑟·C.克拉克奖。这部作品也将改编成电影登上大银幕。

Book Description This gripping and daring novel by the author of the bestselling "The Alchemist" sensitively explores the sacred nature of sex and love. "Sensual . . . for-adults-only fairytale." 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　--"Washington Post." Book Dimension length: (cm)20.4 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)13.5

First published in 1962, a year after "Revolutionary Road", this sublime collection of stories seems even more powerful today. Out of the lives of Manhattan office workers, a cab driver seeking immortality, frustrated would-be novelists, suburban men and their yearning, neglected women, Richard Yates creates a haunting mosaic of the 1950s, the era when the American dream was fi...(展开全部)