In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child’s years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found ‘her true calling.’ From the moment the ship docked in Le Havre in the fall of 1948 and Julia watched the well-muscled stevedores unloading the cargo to the first perfectly soigné meal that she and her husband, Paul, savored in Rouen en ro...(展开全部)

In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child’s years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found ‘her true calling.’ From the moment the ship docked in Le Havre in the fall of 1948 and Julia watched the well-muscled stevedores unloading the cargo to the first perfectly soigné meal that she and her husband, Paul, savored in Rouen en ro...(展开全部)

茱莉亚·查尔德，1912年出生在美国加州的帕萨迪纳。她毕业于史密斯女子学院，二战期间在美国战略服务处任职，并遇到了后来的先生保罗·查尔德。1948年，她随夫君移居法国，为法国精致的美食彻底折服，因此进入著名的蓝带烹饪学校学习厨艺。名厨就此诞生。 37岁才开始学习烹饪的茱莉亚踏入了法国美食这个精妙的天地，也踏入了她精彩纷呈的下半生。1961年，划时代的《掌握法国菜的烹饪艺术》在美国出版，顿时在全美掀起法式料理的热潮。这本厚达734页的洋洋巨著，以前所未见的、详尽而精确的写作风格迅速征服了读者，至今仍在不断再版。 1963年，茱莉亚开始主持名为“法国大厨”的电视烹饪节目，热情欢快的爽朗天性和独一无二的颤抖嗓音让她成为家喻户晓的名厨。1966年，她的头像登上《时代》杂志的封面。 四十年间，茱莉亚主持了数十档公共电视节目，撰写了大量烹饪著作。由于成就非凡，她...(展开全部)

Nancy Kress, one of the leading writers of science fiction today, has written a number of provocative and award-winning stories and novels. But it is with the Beggars trilogy that she has reached the pinnacle of her success. Developed out of her Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novella, "Beggars in Spain," the trilogy was launched with <i>Beggars in Spain</i><b> </b>(1993), also a...(展开全部)

Once you've ooh-la-la'd your way around every charming Parisian boutique, garden and cafe, the rest of France is ready to step up to the plate. Get our latest guide to France and you'll be winding through the fairytale Loire Valley, skiing in Chamonix and blissing out on mind-blowing cuisine in Paris. There's a reason why France remains the most popular tourist destination in t...(展开全部)

Once you've ooh-la-la'd your way around every charming Parisian boutique, garden and cafe, the rest of France is ready to step up to the plate. Get our latest guide to France and you'll be winding through the fairytale Loire Valley, skiing in Chamonix and blissing out on mind-blowing cuisine in Paris. There's a reason why France remains the most popular tourist destination in t...(展开全部)

The Lonely Planet Country Guides are the complete country guides for independent travellers. They feature inspirational colour highlights sections, easy-to-use grid-referenced maps and insightful history, culture, food and environment chapters by specialised contributors.

Ira Levinson is in trouble. At ninety-one years old, in poor health and alone in the world, he finds himself stranded on an isolated embankment after a car crash. Suffering multiple injuries, he struggles to retain consciousness until a blurry image materializes and comes into focus beside him: his beloved wife Ruth, who passed away nine years ago. Urging him to hang on, she fo...(展开全部)

Welcome to an amusement park unlike any you’ve seen before. With this eye-popping, astounding debut, Mark Rogalski guides us through an amazing menagerie of one-of-a-kind attractions. From Alligators in the Air, through to the Zebra Zeppelin, the reader is provided with an elegant ticket that admits them onto rides at turns thrilling, mysterious, spectacular—and always breathta...(展开全部)