In this fascinating and exciting overview, Donald B. Freeman explores the role of the Pacific Ocean in human history. Covering over one third of the globe, the Pacific Ocean plays a vital role in the lives and fortunes of more than two billion people who live on its rim-lands and islands. It has played a crucial part in shaping the histories of the different Pacific cultures, ...(展开全部)

1984年12月史蒂夫·麦凯瑞（Steve McCurry）在巴基斯坦难民营中拍下了那幅著名的照片《阿富汗少女》。1985年6月号的《国家地理》用这张照片做了封面，全世界都知道了这位名叫莎巴特·古拉的"阿富汗少女"。 "Lard Ganash是孟卖的智慧与生活之神，每年在他9月份生日之时，总会吸引几百万人聚集到这里参加这个快乐的圣典。当我跑过去想给游行队伍拍照时，一个孩子的表情完全改变了，他好奇地望着相机的镜头，并做出动作让我拍照，所以我就毫不犹豫地按下了快门。"----史蒂夫·麦凯瑞 www.lommo.cn

1984年12月史蒂夫·麦凯瑞（Steve McCurry）在巴基斯坦难民营中拍下了那幅著名的照片《阿富汗少女》。1985年6月号的《国家地理》用这张照片做了封面，全世界都知道了这位名叫莎巴特·古拉的"阿富汗少女"。 "Lard Ganash是孟卖的智慧与生活之神，每年在他9月份生日之时，总会吸引几百万人聚集到这里参加这个快乐的圣典。当我跑过去想给游行队伍拍照时，一个孩子的表情完全改变了，他好奇地望着相机的镜头，并做出动作让我拍照，所以我就毫不犹豫地按下了快门。"----史蒂夫·麦凯瑞 www.lommo.cn

When his grandfather dies, a boy named Jay travels south with his family to the property he left them, a once flourishing farm that has fallen into disrepair. The trees are diseased, the fields parched from months of drought. Still, Jay’s father, Jack, sends him out to work the land, or whatever land is left. Over the course of these hot, dense days, Jay finds himself drawn to ...(展开全部)

Long-listed for the Booker Prize Named one of The New York Times’s Notable Books of the Year One of The Washington Post’s Best Fiction Books of the Year A radiant, intimate novel of the longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summer―about family, desire, and what we inherit. When his grandfather dies, Jay travels south with his family to the property they’ve...(展开全部)

Longlisted for the Booker Prize A radiant, intimate novel of the longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summer―about family, desire, and what we inherit. When his grandfather dies, Jay travels south with his family to the property they’ve inherited, a once flourishing farm that has fallen into disrepair. The trees are diseased, the fields parched from month...(展开全部)

著者： 大卫·霍布斯（David Hobbs），作者大卫·霍布斯在英国*家海军服役了33年，并担任舰队空军博物馆馆长，后来成为一名海军航空记者和作家。他另著有多部作品，包括近期的《海军航空世纪》（A Century of Carrier Aviation）等。 译者： 张宇翔，留学电子博士，主要兴趣为一战至二战期间的海军发展和战史。作品包括描述日德兰海战的《巨人的对决》，以及在其他刊物上发表的若干文章。

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。