The Ark of Speech investigates the interplay of speech and silence in the dialogue between God and human beings, one human being and another, and human beings and the world. Ranging from the Old Testament and its depiction of God's creative word and responsiveness to human beings, via the New Testament and its focus on the life and words of Jesus as the Word of the Father, the...(展开全部)

The Ark of Speech investigates the interplay of speech and silence in the dialogue between God and human beings, one human being and another, and human beings and the world. Ranging from the Old Testament and its depiction of God's creative word and responsiveness to human beings, via the New Testament and its focus on the life and words of Jesus as the Word of the Father, the...(展开全部)

This book shatters the greatest secret of the last 3000 years. It is a quest for the "Lost Ark of the Convenant".

The fact of the Lost Ark of the Covenant is one of the grant historical mysteries of all time. To believers, the Ark is the legendary vesel holding the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. The Bible contains hundreds of references to the Ark's power to level mountains, destroy armies, and lay waste to cities. The Ark itself, however, mysteriously disappears from recorded hist...(展开全部)

‘A pure action horror movie set-up, a life-or-death moral dilemma and a terrific, devious twist… I could hardly look away’ GILLY MACMILLAN, AUTHOR OF THE BURNING LIBRARY One week to escape High in the mountains, a sudden rockslide traps ten hikers in an abandoned bunker, nicknamed ‘The Ark’. Then it starts to flood. One person will be sacrificed There is only one chance of surv...(展开全部)

A lone figure in a diving suit drags an enormous wooden ark through the desert, scarring the earth with its deep furrow. A plane crashes. A zeppelin prowls the azure skies, its crew seduced by caged women, while Bedouins and soldiers clash under the blazing sun. This poetic tale entrances as it pulls all these elements and characters together into a haunting yet mesmerizing can...(展开全部)

Savor the colors, treasure the details, and marvel at the intricate behaviors of more than 300 species of birds reflected in the striking book by award-winning photographer Joel Sartore and birder extraordinaire Noah Strycker. Remarkable photographic portraits from Sartore’s National Geographic Photo Ark project and Strycker’s inspiring words portray the diversity of birds from...(展开全部)

A classic from the renowned Japanese novelist about isolation and the threat of a nuclear holocaust, The Ark Sakura is as timely today as it was at its original publication. In this Kafkaesque allegorical fantasy, Mole has converted a huge underground quarry into an “ark” capable of surviving the coming nuclear holocaust and is now in search of his crew. He falls victim, how...(展开全部)

In anticipation of a coming nuclear apocalypse, Mole has converted a huge underground quarry into an 'ark'. While searching for his crew, he falls for the tricks of a wily insect dealer and his friends. In the surreal drama that ensues, the ark is invaded by first a gang of youths and then a sinister group of elderly people, before Mole himself becomes trapped in the ark's cent...(展开全部)

胡达·巴拉卡特（1952— ） 黎巴嫩作家，旅居法国，阿拉伯离散文学代表人物。 以短篇小说集《访客》踏入文坛，凭长篇小说《炼笑石》斩获评论奖最佳长篇首作奖。后出版长篇小说《幻想的人》《耕水者》《这片土地上的王国》《夜间来信》，散文集《陌生女人的来信》，剧本《迪瓦万岁》《夜之将尽》等，先后斩获纳吉布·马哈福兹文学奖、奥瓦斯文学奖、意大利双年展一等奖等，更是以本书荣膺2019年国际阿拉伯小说奖。还曾入围2015年国际布克奖。 译者简介： 陆怡玮 博士，上海外国语大学东方语学院副院长、阿拉伯语系主任、教授、博士生导师，中国外国文学学会阿拉伯文学研究分会副会长，主要研究方向为阿拉伯现当代文学。 马琳瑶 法国索邦大学阿拉伯文学博士在读。