特雷西•基德尔（Tracy Kidder），1945年出生于美国纽约，毕业于哈佛大学英文系，是一位优秀的非虚构类文学作家。他的代表作《新机器的灵魂》（The Soul of a New Machine）获得了非凡的成功，荣获了普利策非虚构类大奖、美国国家图书非虚构类大奖等奖项，并受到了批评家与媒体人的极大好评。此外，他的《学童之中》（Among Schoolchildren）曾获得肯尼迪图书奖、美国学会大使图书奖。《山外有山》（Mountains Beyond Mountains）也于2004年斩获了国际报告文学奖。本书是他的最新著作。

In Strength in What Remains , Tracy Kidder gives us the story of one man’s inspiring American journey and of the ordinary people who helped him, providing brilliant testament to the power of second chances. Deo arrives in the United States from Burundi in search of a new life. Having survived a civil war and genocide, he lands at JFK airport with two hundred dollars, no Englis...(展开全部)

Internationally acclaimed photographer Sally Mann offers a five-part meditation on mortality.

Internationally acclaimed photographer Sally Mann offers a five-part meditation on mortality.

In 1941, the first Neumann family member was taken by the Nazis, arrested in German-occupied Czechoslovakia for bathing in a stretch of river forbidden to Jews. He was transported to Auschwitz. Eighteen days later his prisoner number was entered into the morgue book. Of thirty-four Neumann family members, twenty-five were murdered by the Nazis. One of the survivors was Hans Neu...(展开全部)

On October 27, 1930, during a sports meet at Musha Elementary School on an aboriginal reservation in the mountains of Taiwan, a bloody uprising occurred unlike anything Japan had experienced in its colonial history. Before noon, the Atayal tribe had slain one hundred and thirty-four Japanese in a headhunting ritual. The Japanese responded with a militia of three thousand, heavy...(展开全部)

This title is aimed at strength training and fitness enthusiasts. It is a useful reference for strength training professionals, personal trainers and fitness instructors. It provides an introduction to the terminology, principles, equipment, muscle groups, exercises and programmes available in modern strength training. It outlines a wide variety of training techniques and varia...(展开全部)

This revised and updated 2nd edition of Professor Charlotte Robert's best-selling Practical Handbook provides the very latest guidance on all aspects of the recovery, handling and study of human remains. Professon Roberts is one of the UK's leading experts in bioarchaeology, and is internationally renowned in the field. It begins by asking why we should study human remains, and...(展开全部)

With reburial and repatriation very much a current focus of debate, this new handbook presents a hugely useful and stimulating overview of just how much we can learn from the study of human remains. The book kicks off with a balanced summary of the legal framework and ethical concerns regarding the excavation and display of human remains, which emphasises public interest in ske...(展开全部)

With reburial and repatriation very much a current focus of debate, this new handbook presents a hugely useful and stimulating overview of just how much we can learn from the study of human remains. The book kicks off with a balanced summary of the legal framework and ethical concerns regarding the excavation and display of human remains, which emphasises public interest in ske...(展开全部)