'Can books conduct electricity?' 'My children are just climbing your bookshelves: that's ok...isn't it?' A John Cleese Twitter question ['What is your pet peeve?'], first sparked the "Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops" blog, which grew over three years into one bookseller's collection of ridiculous conversations on the shop floor. From 'Did Beatrix Potter ever write a boo...(展开全部)

'Can books conduct electricity?' 'My children are just climbing your bookshelves: that's ok...isn't it?' A John Cleese Twitter question ['What is your pet peeve?'], first sparked the "Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops" blog, which grew over three years into one bookseller's collection of ridiculous conversations on the shop floor. From 'Did Beatrix Potter ever write a boo...(展开全部)

Filled with fun and quirky illustrations by the award-winning Brothers McLeod and featuring contributions from booksellers across the United States and Canada, as well as the author's native UK, Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores is a celebration of bookstores, large and small, and of the brilliant booksellers who toil in those literary fields, as well as the myriad of co...(展开全部)

弗•伊•涅米罗维奇－丹钦科（1858—1943），生于格鲁吉亚奥祖尔盖蒂，苏联戏剧导演、剧作家、戏剧教育家、评论家。早年从事剧本和小说创作，1898年与斯坦尼斯拉夫斯基共同创建莫斯科艺术剧院，此后联合执导了契诃夫的《海鸥》《万尼亚舅舅》《三姊妹》《樱桃园》和高尔基的《底层》等名剧。1928年以后成为剧院的主要负责人，先后将托尔斯泰的小说《复活》《安娜•卡列尼娜》搬上舞台，并重排了《三姊妹》。1936年获“苏联人民艺术家”称号。 译者简介： 焦菊隐（1905—1975），生于天津，原名焦承志，戏剧导演、戏剧理论家、翻译家，北京人民艺术剧院的创建人之一。1928年毕业于燕京大学，1938年获巴黎大学文学博士学位。1952年被任命为北京人民艺术剧院第一副院长兼总导演，开创了北京人艺演剧学派。导演代表作有《龙须沟》《虎符》《茶馆》《关汉卿》《蔡文姬》等，译著...(展开全部)

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Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops was a Sunday Times bestseller, and could be found displayed on bookshop counters up and down the country. The response to the book from booksellers all over the world has been one of heartfelt agreement: it would appear that customers are saying bizarre things all over the place – from asking for books with photographs of Jesus in them, t...(展开全部)

Book Description Step-by-step guide to creating compelling, memorable presentations A chart that once took ten hours to prepare can now be produced by anyone with ten minutes and a computer keyboard. What hasn't changed, however, are the basics behind creating a powerful visual - what to say, why to say it, and how to say it for the most impact. In Say It With Charts, Fourth E...(展开全部)

Duration: 14:40:28 One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR - TIME MAGAZINE ONE OF THE BEST 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR - WASHINGTON POST NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD "Masked intruders dragged Jean McConville, a 38-year-old widow and mo...(展开全部)

Duration: 14:40:28 One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR - TIME MAGAZINE ONE OF THE BEST 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR - WASHINGTON POST NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD "Masked intruders dragged Jean McConville, a 38-year-old widow and mo...(展开全部)