The Ark of Speech investigates the interplay of speech and silence in the dialogue between God and human beings, one human being and another, and human beings and the world. Ranging from the Old Testament and its depiction of God's creative word and responsiveness to human beings, via the New Testament and its focus on the life and words of Jesus as the Word of the Father, the...(展开全部)

The mechanism of speech is a very complex one and in order to undertake any analysis of language it is important to understand the processes that go to make up the message that a speaker transmits and a listener receives. Professor Fry therefore first takes the reader through the various stages of the speech chain: from language units to nerve impulses to muscle movements to so...(展开全部)

The mechanism of speech is a very complex one and in order to undertake any analysis of language it is important to understand the processes that go to make up the message that a speaker transmits and a listener receives. Professor Fry therefore first takes the reader through the various stages of the speech chain: from language units to nerve impulses to muscle movements to so...(展开全部)

Savor the colors, treasure the details, and marvel at the intricate behaviors of more than 300 species of birds reflected in the striking book by award-winning photographer Joel Sartore and birder extraordinaire Noah Strycker. Remarkable photographic portraits from Sartore’s National Geographic Photo Ark project and Strycker’s inspiring words portray the diversity of birds from...(展开全部)

Speech perception has emerged as a major field of research over the past two decades, as enormous theoretical and technical changes have occurred. The study of speech perception has broadened in scope to encompass and appeal to a wide variety of disciplines including phonetics, auditory and speech science, cognitive science, experimental psychology, computer science, and inform...(展开全部)

Tom Rob Smith-the author whose debut, Child 44, has been called "brilliant" (Chicago Tribune), "remarkable" (Newsweek) and "sensational" (Entertainment Weekly)-returns with an intense, suspenseful new novel: a story where the sins of the past threaten to destroy the present, where families must overcome unimaginable obstacles to save their loved ones, and where hope for a bette...(展开全部)

The Soviet Union 1956: after Stalin's death, a violent regime is beginning to fracture. Stalin's successor Khrushchev pledges reform. But there are forces at work that are unable to forgive or forget the past. Leo Demidov, former MGB officer, is facing his own turmoil. His adopted daughters have yet to forgive him for his part in the brutal murder of their parents. They are not...(展开全部)

本书为2008年全球公认的最为出色的推理作品《第四十四个孩子（Child 44）》的续集。故事发生在1956年，赫鲁晓夫当政之后，发表了一份谴责斯大林滥用职权、个人崇拜的秘密报告。利奥·德米多夫在本书中调任为负责凶杀案的警察，早已远离他在MGB工作的时光。但是他从前的同事，害怕那些受害者的报复，开始担心他们的生命受到威胁。利奥曾将一名牧师下狱，牧师的妻子弗瑞拉现在成为一个暴力团伙的首领，弗瑞拉绑架了利奥的养女佐娅，威胁说，如果利奥不把他丈夫从古拉格放出来，她就杀死佐娅…… 本书的场景从莫斯科直到西伯利亚，还牵涉到1956年的匈牙利事件，描绘了后斯大林时代的黎明景象。本书剧情明快，事件众多，堪称苏联社会的缩影。

‘When we claim to have been injured by language, what kind of claim do we make?’ - Judith Butler, Excitable Speech Excitable Speech is widely hailed as a tour de force and one of Judith Butler’s most important books. Examining in turn debates about hate speech, pornography and gayness within the US military, Butler argues that words can wound and linguistic violence is its own ...(展开全部)