The son of Greek immigrants who ran a diner in Kearny, Nebraska, Pete Peterson has lived the American dream on a scale few ever experience. In this delightfully candid and astute memoir, Peterson tells a story full of family, love, business, politics, ambition, idealism, failure and fulfillment. Full of sharp portraits and humorous, telling descriptions of the many statesmen ...(展开全部)

西莉亚·莱顿·撒克斯特（Celia Laighton Thaxter，1835—1894），美国著名诗人、散文家、园艺家，自然文学代表人物之一。她是霍桑笔下“可爱的米兰达”，是同时代女作家眼中“最精彩的人物”，对哈萨姆等同时代极具天赋的艺术家有着深切而非凡的影响。她用诗歌、散文与花草、飞鸟、岩石和大海对话，被人们称为“岛屿诗人”和“开在岩石上的花朵”，是其所处时代美的象征。出版《诗集》《海岛生活》《浮木》《儿童诗歌》《田园牧歌》《神秘之旅和其他诗歌》等作品。其中，《海岛生活》《岛上花园》是其流传最广的两部作品，一版再版。 柴尔德·哈萨姆（Childe Hassam，1859—1935），19世纪末20世纪初美国著名的印象派画家，其画作被纽约大都会艺术博物馆等文化机构收藏。他是西莉亚的朋友，也是阿普尔多尔岛的度假客，持续在这座岛上绘画近30年，留下了岛...(展开全部)

In her introduction to this new edition, the gardener, writer, illustrator, and craftsperson Tasha Tudor explores the space Celia Thaxter made for herself on one of the Isles of Shoals and the place her gentle, commonsense journal has held in the hearts of gardeners and artists for over a hundred years. A popular poet in her day, Thaxter is best remembered for AN ISLAND GA...(展开全部)

In her introduction to this new edition, the gardener, writer, illustrator, and craftsperson Tasha Tudor explores the space Celia Thaxter made for herself on one of the Isles of Shoals and the place her gentle, commonsense journal has held in the hearts of gardeners and artists for over a hundred years. A popular poet in her day, Thaxter is best remembered for AN ISLAND GA...(展开全部)

For most of New York's early history, Ellis Island had been an obscure little island that barely held itself above high tide. Today the small island stands alongside Plymouth Rock in our nation's founding mythology as the place where many of our ancestors first touched American soil. Ellis Island's heyday—from 1892 to 1924—coincided with one of the greatest mass movements of in...(展开全部)

For most of New York's early history, Ellis Island had been an obscure little island that barely held itself above high tide. Today the small island stands alongside Plymouth Rock in our nation's founding mythology as the place where many of our ancestors first touched American soil. American Passage captures a time and a place unparalleled in American immigration and his...(展开全部)