In the middle of the night, a father and his daughter step off a Greyhound bus in Florida and head straight to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. They ring the bell, though no one is expecting them and they don’t speak English. The two have arrived from Russia with only seven hundred dollars and the conviction that this six-year-old will be the next tennis star. Amazingly, th...(展开全部)

Disgust originated to prevent us from eating poisonous food but this safety mechanism has evolved into a uniquely human emotion that dictates how we treat others, shapes our cultural norms and even has implications for our health. That's Disgusting illuminates the science behind disgust, tackling such colourful topics as cannibalism, humour and pornography to address the larger...(展开全部)

This book is the first to tell in detail the story of the passionate and secret love affair between two of the most prominent philosophers of the twentieth century, Hannah Arendt and Martin Heidegger. Drawing on their previously unknown correspondence, Elzbieta Ettinger describes a relationship that lasted for more than half a century, a relationship that sheds startling light...(展开全部)

Hannah Arendt's work offers a powerful critical engagement with the cultural and philosophical crises of mid-twentieth-century Europe. Her idea of the banality of evil, made famous after her report on the trial of the Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann, remains controversial to this day. In the face of 9/11 and the 'war on terror', Arendt's work on the politics of freedom and ...(展开全部)

Interpreting the work of one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, The Reluctant Modernism of Hannah Arendt rereads Arendt's political philosophy in light of newly gained insights into the historico-cultural background of her work. Arguing against the standard interpretation of Hannah Arendt as an anti-modernist lover of the Greek polis, author Seyla Benhabib co...(展开全部)

Clarice Bean’s beloved picture books are in paperback for the very first time! With dynamic new covers featuring flaps, die-cuts, foil, and more. When your annoying little brother shares your room, your older brother is in the tunnel of adolescence, your dad hides in his office swaying to Frank Sinatra, and your mother listens to foreign language tapes in the bathtub, what ca...(展开全部)

因為年幼喪母在孤兒院長大的中村詩春，為了成為托兒所老師，所以在托兒所打工，在那認識了一對可愛的雙胞胎松本葵、松本茜。然而他們的爸爸因為承受不住妻子過世的打擊，把他們托給自己在電視台當主播的弟弟松本政二。不善照顧小孩的政二，被小葵小茜整得團團轉，因此請詩春到家裡擔任褓母。經過相處後，政二開始對詩春產生不同的情感……。 在孤兒院長大的詩春，在打工的托兒所遇到一對母親過世、父親失蹤的雙胞胎，缺乏親情的詩春開始到松永家擔任褓母。且看詩春和可愛的小葵、小茜之間有趣的互動。

立志成為托兒所老師的高中生－中村詩春，目前是如天使般可愛的雙胞胎－小葵和小茜的保母。和雙胞胎及他們的超人氣主播叔叔－松永政二生活的每一天，對在孤兒院長大的詩春來說，增添了不少對家庭生活溫暖的回憶。 BABY SITTER詩春的HEARTFUL DAYS第二集。