Through a beautiful and compelling narrative, Schoppa traces the lives and history at Xiang Lake, a reservoir from its creation in 1112 to the present. Combining evocative historical description and cogent analysis, Song Full of Tears is a chronicle of nine hundred years of life in southeast China. It reveals the workings of Chinese society in times of environmental and m...(展开全部)

Through a beautiful and compelling narrative, Schoppa traces the lives and history at Xiang Lake, a reservoir from its creation in 1112 to the present. Combining evocative historical description and cogent analysis, Song Full of Tears is a chronicle of nine hundred years of life in southeast China. It reveals the workings of Chinese society in times of environmental and militar...(展开全部)

The theme of this extraordinary book is the evolution of the modern conception of family life and the modern image; of the nature of children. Aries traces the evolution of the concept of childhood from the end of the Middle Ages, when the child was regarded as a small adult, to the present child-centered society, by means of diaries, paintings, games, and school curricula. Ir...(展开全部)

In this pioneering and important book, Philippe Aries surveys children and their place in family life from the Middle Ages to the end of the eighteenth century. The first section of the book explores the gradual change from the medieval attitude to children, looked upon as small adults as soon as they were past infancy, to the seventeenth and eighteenth century awareness of the...(展开全部)

Jimmy Carter, thirty-ninth President, Nobel Peace Prize winner, international humanitarian, fisherman, reflects on his full and happy life with pride, humor, and a few second thoughts. At ninety, Jimmy Carter reflects on his public and private life with a frankness that is disarming. He adds detail and emotion about his youth in rural Georgia that he described in his magnificen...(展开全部)

吉米•卡特——美国第39任总统，原名詹姆斯•厄尔•卡特，但他一生中都使用昵称吉米•卡特。 卡特1924 年 10 月 1 日生于美国佐治亚州普兰斯一个农场主家庭，早年在海军服役，父亲过世之后返乡经营农场并进入政界。 1970年，卡特竞选成功，成为佐治亚州第76届州长。卡特在任内精简机构、整顿财政、保护自然和历史资源，被誉为“最有成就州长”。 1976年11月，卡特击败在职总统杰拉尔德•福特当选为美国总统。卡特任内实现中美正式建交，帮助埃及与以色列达成停战协议，取得了出色的外交成就。但由于1979年伊朗人质危机的影响，卡特未能获得连任。 卸任后，卡特建立卡特中心，协调战争冲突、促进人权与和平。2002年，由于“数十年来一直坚持不懈为国际冲突寻找和平解决方案，致力于增进民主、改善人权以及促进经济和社会发展的努力”，卡特获得诺贝尔和平奖。 卡特与夫人罗莎琳...(展开全部)

吉米•卡特——美国第39任总统，原名詹姆斯•厄尔•卡特，但他一生中都使用昵称吉米•卡特。 卡特1924 年 10 月 1 日生于美国佐治亚州普兰斯一个农场主家庭，早年在海军服役，父亲过世之后返乡经营农场并进入政界。 1970年，卡特竞选成功，成为佐治亚州第76届州长。卡特在任内精简机构、整顿财政、保护自然和历史资源，被誉为“最有成就州长”。 1976年11月，卡特击败在职总统杰拉尔德•福特当选为美国总统。卡特任内实现中美正式建交，帮助埃及与以色列达成停战协议，取得了出色的外交成就。但由于1979年伊朗人质危机的影响，卡特未能获得连任。 卸任后，卡特建立卡特中心，协调战争冲突、促进人权与和平。2002年，由于“数十年来一直坚持不懈为国际冲突寻找和平解决方案，致力于增进民主、改善人权以及促进经济和社会发展的努力”，卡特获得诺贝尔和平奖。 卡特与夫人罗莎琳...(展开全部)

Song of Solomon explores the quest for cultural identity through an African American folktale about enslaved Africans who escape slavery by fleeing back to Africa. The novel tells the story of Macon "Milkman" Dead, a young man alienated from himself and estranged from his family, his community, and his historical and cultural roots. Author Toni Morrison, long renowned for her d...(展开全部)

Song of Kali is a horror novel by American writer Dan Simmons, published in 1985. It was the winner of the 1986 World Fantasy Award. The story deals with an American intellectual who travels to Calcutta, India, where he becomes embroiled in mysterious and horrific events at the centre of which lies a cult of Kapalikas that worships Kali. Think you know true fear? You don't. Thi...(展开全部)

- 丹•西蒙斯Dan Simmons（1948 ~ ） - 美国才华横溢的小说家，写遍奇幻、科幻、恐怖、推理、惊悚、历史、主流文学。任何类型，只要他一出手，必定叫好又叫座，捧回无数大奖，是名副其实的“跨界大师”。 - 科幻小说《海伯利安》囊括全球所有科幻重要奖项，与《银河帝国》并称为科幻文学史不可逾越的两座丰碑！ - 恐怖小说《魔鬼在你身后》将恐怖小说界超重量级的三大奖项——布拉姆•斯托克奖、英伦奇幻奖和轨迹奖收入囊中，是二十世纪不可不读的恐怖经典。 - 奇幻小说《迦梨之歌》获得奇幻小说的至高奖项——世界奇幻文学奖，是世界上首部获得世界奇幻文学奖的奇幻处女作。