In Tenements, Towers & Trash, Julia Wertz takes us behind the New York that you think you know. Not the tourist's New York-the Statue of Liberty makes a brief appearance and the Empire State Building not at all-but the guts, the underbelly, of this city that never sleeps. With drawings and comics in her signature style, Wertz regales us with streetscapes "Then and Now" and litt...(展开全部)

在现在美国英语专横跋扈的年代，说一口地道的英式英语不那么容易了，而且网上关于英式英语的资料也是寥寥无几，当然就更难找到关于伦敦音、苏格兰音等口音的资料了。 这个《Acting with an accent》挺有意思的，我想对于那些要去英国的人来说非常有用，对于其他的英语爱好者来说，这也是一个非常有价值的资料。这个教程是专门教美国人说英式英语的，语速稍快，不过语句相对比较简单。 一共是四种口音：Standard British,Cockney,Scottish,Irish.

When acclaimed historian Sarah Knott became pregnant, she asked herself this question. But accounts of motherhood are hard to find. For centuries, historians have concerned themselves with wars, politics and revolutions, not the everyday details of carrying and caring for a baby. Much to do with becoming a mother, past or present, is lost or forgotten. Using the arc of her own ...(展开全部)

Naturally identified with the Big Apple, New York City cabdrivers hold a special place in the American folk culture writ large. Cabbies proverbially counsel, console, and confound, all the while flitting through the snarling traffic and bustling masses of the nation's largest city. Variously seen as the key to street-level opinion, a source of reliable information, or mysteriou...(展开全部)

As a state, Romania has only been in existence since 1859, but the history of its people stretches to the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age, to the Geto-Dacians and Romans. This concise history tells the fascinating story of the evolution of the Romanian people, the creation of the Romanian Principalities, their struggle against empire-building powers, and their eventual unifi...(展开全部)

As a state, Romania has only been in existence since 1859, but the history of its people stretches to the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age, to the Geto-Dacians and Romans. This concise history tells the fascinating story of the evolution of the Romanian people, the creation of the Romanian Principalities, their struggle against empire-building powers, and their eventual unifi...(展开全部)

泰勒·安宾德 美国历史学家、作家，乔治华盛顿大学历史学荣誉退休教授，专注于美国移民和内战时期的历史研究与教学。曾担任电影《纽约黑帮》的历史顾问。著有《本土主义与奴隶制》《五点》《丰饶之地》。

泰勒·安宾德 美国历史学家、作家，乔治华盛顿大学历史学荣誉退休教授，专注于美国移民和内战时期的历史研究与教学。曾担任电影《纽约黑帮》的历史顾问。著有《本土主义与奴隶制》《五点》《丰饶之地》。