By turns harrowing and inspiring, "Prague Winter" is Madeleine Albright's account of her early life from 1937 to 1948, a dozen years that witnessed the Nazi invasion of her native Prague, World War II, the Holocaust, the defeat of fascism, the rise of communism, and the onset of the Cold War. Her experiences, and those of her family, provide a unique lens through which to view ...(展开全部)

Book Description Nathaniel Philbrick became an internationally renowned author with his National Book Award– winning In the Heart of the Sea, hailed as “spellbinding” by Time magazine. In Mayflower, Philbrick casts his spell once again, giving us a fresh and extraordinarily vivid account of our most sacred national myth: the voyage of the Mayflower and the settlement of Plymou...(展开全部)

Set on the eve of the Rape of Nanjing -- when Japanese troops invaded the historic capital city, massacred hundreds of thousands, and committed thousands of rapes -- Nanjing 1937 is a tender and humorous story of an impossible love and a lively, detailed historical portrait of a culture on the verge of rupture. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition ...(展开全部)

Set on the eve of the Rape of Nanjing -- when Japanese troops invaded the historic capital city, massacred hundreds of thousands, and committed thousands of rapes -- Nanjing 1937 is a tender and humorous story of an impossible love and a lively, detailed historical portrait of a culture on the verge of rupture. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition ...(展开全部)

A sweeping portrait of the turmoil of the twentieth century and the legacy of immigration, as seen through the German-American family of the celebrated book publisher Kurt Wolff A literary gem researched over a year the author spent living in Berlin, Endpapers excavates the extraordinary histories of the author’s grandfather and father: the renowned publisher Kurt Wolff, dubbed...(展开全部)

Orson Scott Card offers a Christmas gift to his millions of fans with this short novel set during Ender's first years at the Battle School where it is forbidden to celebrate religious holidays. The children come from many nations, many religions; while they are being trained for war, religious conflict between them is not on the curriculum. But Dink Meeker, one of the older st...(展开全部)

《穆旦自选诗集(1937-1948)》内容简介：这部自选诗集的原稿是由父亲手抄或由书报杂志所刊登他的诗作剪贴而成。诗稿多处留有父亲对文句的修改。诗稿中夹有一页先母周与良所书的“几点说明”，在此录于下： 1.这是穆旦1948年离开北京随联合国粮农组织去泰国前自编的一本诗集。 2.原稿目录中有序，但没有找到，可能没有写。 3.这本诗集一直沉睡在穆旦父母家中，直到1980年（当时他父母均已去世了）由穆旦的妹妹查良铃才把一本纸张又黄又脆的“穆旦诗集”手稿交给我，我一直珍藏着希望有机会出版。 4.这本诗集共分四部分：第一部“探险队”和第二部“旗”在四十年代已出版单行本，但和单行本中的诗篇略有增减；第三部“隐现”，第四部“苦果”。母亲于1996年或1997年问请人将此诗稿打字为打印稿，准备接洽出版事宜。后来因接洽出版“穆旦全集”（即北京人民文学出版社出版的《穆旦...(展开全部)

《穆旦自选诗集(1937-1948)》内容简介：这部自选诗集的原稿是由父亲手抄或由书报杂志所刊登他的诗作剪贴而成。诗稿多处留有父亲对文句的修改。诗稿中夹有一页先母周与良所书的“几点说明”，在此录于下： 1.这是穆旦1948年离开北京随联合国粮农组织去泰国前自编的一本诗集。 2.原稿目录中有序，但没有找到，可能没有写。 3.这本诗集一直沉睡在穆旦父母家中，直到1980年（当时他父母均已去世了）由穆旦的妹妹查良铃才把一本纸张又黄又脆的“穆旦诗集”手稿交给我，我一直珍藏着希望有机会出版。 4.这本诗集共分四部分：第一部“探险队”和第二部“旗”在四十年代已出版单行本，但和单行本中的诗篇略有增减；第三部“隐现”，第四部“苦果”。母亲于1996年或1997年问请人将此诗稿打字为打印稿，准备接洽出版事宜。后来因接洽出版“穆旦全集”（即北京人民文学出版社出版的《穆旦...(展开全部)