Before long, and without intending it, I found that jewelry had become part of my personal diplomatic arsenal. Former president George H. W. Bush had been known for saying "Read my lips." I began urging colleagues and reporters to "Read my pins." It would never have happened if not for Saddam Hussein. When U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine Albright criticize...(展开全部)

伊凡·克里玛，捷克著名作家。1931年出生于布拉格一个犹太人家庭，10岁时随父母被关进纳粹集中营，在那里度过三年时光。他所有儿童时代的同伴都死于毒气室。　　　　 1956年，克里玛毕业于布拉格大学文学语言系，在一家出版社任编辑，同时开始小说和剧本的创作。1968年苏军进入捷克后，克里玛应邀去美国一所大学做访问学者。一年后，他谢绝了朋友们的劝告回到捷克，随即失去了工作。为了生计他做过救护员、送信员、勘测员等工作，同时作为自由撰稿人写作。有20年时间他的作品在捷克完全遭到禁止，只能以“地下文学”的形式在读者中流传。 克里玛和哈维尔、昆德拉并称捷克文坛的三驾马车，近年来国际声誉日隆。有很多评论者认为，他的文学成就和社会声望都在昆德拉之上。

伊凡·克里玛，捷克著名作家。1931年出生于布拉格一个犹太人家庭，10岁时随父母被关进纳粹集中营，在那里度过三年时光。他所有儿童时代的同伴都死于毒气室。　　　　 1956年，克里玛毕业于布拉格大学文学语言系，在一家出版社任编辑，同时开始小说和剧本的创作。1968年苏军进入捷克后，克里玛应邀去美国一所大学做访问学者。一年后，他谢绝了朋友们的劝告回到捷克，随即失去了工作。为了生计他做过救护员、送信员、勘测员等工作，同时作为自由撰稿人写作。有20年时间他的作品在捷克完全遭到禁止，只能以“地下文学”的形式在读者中流传。 克里玛和哈维尔、昆德拉并称捷克文坛的三驾马车，近年来国际声誉日隆。有很多评论者认为，他的文学成就和社会声望都在昆德拉之上。

From his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War, to a career as a writer that took him from war-torn Cambodia to Beirut on the cusp of the 1982 Israeli invasion to Russia before and after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, le Carré has always written from the heart of modern times. In this, his first memoir, le Carré is as funny as he is incisive, reading into ...(展开全部)

From his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War, to a career as a writer that took him from war-torn Cambodia to Beirut on the cusp of the 1982 Israeli invasion to Russia before and after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, le Carré has always written from the heart of modern times. In this, his first memoir, le Carré is as funny as he is incisive, reading into ...(展开全部)

Robert Olen Butler's lyrical and poignant collection of stories about the aftermath of the Vietnam War and its impact on the Vietnamese was acclaimed by critics across the nation and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993. Now Grove Press is proud to reissue this contemporary classic by one of America's most important living writers, in a new edition of A Good Scent from a Strange Moun...(展开全部)

Rocks are time machines and the keepers of our history. This guide is a geological field trip through Earth’s incredible rock formations and the stories they hold Like rings on a tree stump hold the history of the tree, the history of Earth is written in its rocks. How to Read a Rock: Our Planet’s Hidden Stories teaches readers to decipher the rocks all around us, from backyard...(展开全部)

Rocks are time machines and the keepers of our history. This guide is a geological field trip through Earth’s incredible rock formations and the stories they hold Like rings on a tree stump hold the history of the tree, the history of Earth is written in its rocks. How to Read a Rock: Our Planet’s Hidden Stories teaches readers to decipher the rocks all around us, from backyard...(展开全部)

A box is just a box . . . unless it's not a box. From mountain to rocket ship, a small rabbit shows that a box will go as far as the imagination allows. Inspired by a memory of sitting in a box on her driveway with her sister, Antoinette Portis captures the thrill when pretend feels so real that it actually becomes real—when the imagination takes over and inside a cardboa...(展开全部)

A box is just a box . . . unless it's not a box. From mountain to rocket ship, a small rabbit shows that a box will go as far as the imagination allows. Inspired by a memory of sitting in a box on her driveway with her sister, Antoinette Portis captures the thrill when pretend feels so real that it actually becomes real—when the imagination takes over and inside a cardboa...(展开全部)