It was just one small hilltop in a small, unnamed war in the late 1990s, but it would send out ripples that are still felt worldwide today. The hill, in Lebanon, was called the Pumpkin; flowers was the military code word for “casualties.” Award-winning writer Matti Friedman re-creates the harrowing experience of a band of young Israeli soldiers charged with holding this remote ...(展开全部)

Winner of the Caldecott Medal Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them. This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.

Winner of the Caldecott Medal Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them. This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.

Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called Spider Stories .

Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the "spider man," are called, "Spider Stories." This book is about how that came to be. The African storyteller begins: "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A Story, a story; let it come, let it go." And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth f...(展开全部)

Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called Spider Stories .

Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the "spider man," are called, "Spider Stories." This book is about how that came to be. The African storyteller begins: "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A Story, a story; let it come, let it go." And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth f...(展开全部)

哈维尔•塞尔卡斯（1962— ），西班牙作家，生于卡塞雷斯省，毕业于巴塞罗那自治大学文哲系。他先后在美国伊利诺伊大学和西班牙赫罗纳大学任教。此外，他为《国家报》等报纸杂志撰稿。他力图打破文学类别的限制，将小说、散文、自传和新闻报道等文学体裁融会贯通。2015年凭借《骗子》获得“21世纪年度最佳外国小说”和“邹韬奋年度外国小说”奖。 侯健，文学博士，西安外国语大学欧洲学院西班牙语专业教师、拉丁美洲研究中心成员、中国拉丁美洲学会理事、文学翻译者。译有《普林斯顿文学课》《五个街角》《33场革命》等书。

哈维尔•塞尔卡斯（1962— ），西班牙作家，生于卡塞雷斯省，毕业于巴塞罗那自治大学文哲系。他先后在美国伊利诺伊大学和西班牙赫罗纳大学任教。此外，他为《国家报》等报纸杂志撰稿。他力图打破文学类别的限制，将小说、散文、自传和新闻报道等文学体裁融会贯通。2015年凭借《骗子》获得“21世纪年度最佳外国小说”和“邹韬奋年度外国小说”奖。 侯健，文学博士，西安外国语大学欧洲学院西班牙语专业教师、拉丁美洲研究中心成员、中国拉丁美洲学会理事、文学翻译者。译有《普林斯顿文学课》《五个街角》《33场革命》等书。

In Saigon during the waning days of the Vietnam War, a small-time journalist named John Converse thinks he'll find action - and profit - by getting involved in a big-time drug deal. But back in the States, things go horribly wrong for him. Dog Soldiers perfectly captures the underground mood of America in the 1970s, when amateur drug dealers and hippies encountered profiteering...(展开全部)