Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him. Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death. When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the b...(展开全部)

Should I really read to my baby? Is all TV bad, or only some TV? What kind of toys do babies need? Can teaching a baby sign language really boost IQ? How should my caregiver be stimulating my baby? Should I pipe classical music into the nursery? New parents are often overwhelmed with information and advice, and in an effort to give their babies the best chanc...(展开全部)

Nan Goldin's seminal second book The Other Side is finally back in print. Ever since the early 1970's Goldin has lived with and among drag queens, documenting both their glamour and their struggles. The Other Side is her very personal declaration of love and gratitude to these drag queens, who showed her a way out of the captivity of pre-packaged, socially prescribed identity. ...(展开全部)

Agatha Christie's audacious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. One minute, silly Heather Badcock had been gabbling on at her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Gregg. The next, Heather suffered a massive seizure. But for whom was the deadly poison really intended? Marina's froze...(展开全部)

罗恩·拉什（Ron Rash，1953— ）美国当代诗人、小说家，目前担任西卡罗来纳大学阿巴拉契亚文化研究帕里斯杰出教授，在该校英语系讲授诗歌和小说写作。 拉什出生于南卡罗来纳州，在北卡罗来纳州度过童年，毕业于加德纳-韦伯大学和克莱门森大学。一九九四年出版首部短篇小说集《新耶稣呱呱落地之夜》，此后创作不断，截至目前已出版七部长篇小说、六部短篇小说集和四本诗集，获得众多奖项和荣誉。 拉什的文学创作受到评论界高度评价，曾获得过通用电气青年作家奖、舍伍德·安德森奖、阿巴拉契亚年度图书奖，两次获得欧·亨利短篇小说奖，并凭借短篇小说集《化学》和长篇小说《萨琳娜》两度入围美国笔会/福克纳奖决选。

Not only is Turner Buckminster the son of the new minister in a small Maine town, he is shunned for playing baseball differently than the local boys. Then he befriends smart and lively Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from Malaga Island, a poor community founded by former slaves. Lizzie shows Turner a new world along the Maine coast from digging clams to rowing a boat next to a wh...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 It only takes a few hours for Turner Buckminster to start hating Phippsburg, Maine. No one in town will let him forget that he's a minister's son, even if he doesn't act like one. But then he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a smart and sassy girl from a poor nearby island community founded by former slaves. Despite his father's-and the town's-disapproval of their friendshi...(展开全部)

Not only is Turner Buckminster the son of the new minister in a small Maine town, he is shunned for playing baseball differently than the local boys. Then he befriends smart and lively Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from Malaga Island, a poor community founded by former slaves. Lizzie shows Turner a new world along the Maine coast from digging clams to rowing a boat next to a wh...(展开全部)

李德·哈特爵士（Basil H.Liddell Hart，1895-1970），英国军事记者、军事理论家、战略学家。生于法国巴黎。早年就读于英国剑桥大学。第一次世界大战期间服役，任步兵团军官，并曾在战斗中负伤。后来加入英国皇家军事教育协会。一战结束后，先后服务于《英国每日电讯报》（1925-1935）和《英国泰晤士报》（1935-1939），从事军事记者工作。李德·哈特同时也是著名的军事战略家，在军事学上提出了“间接路线”的观念以及涵盖军事以外领域的“大战略”概念，同时他也是现代战争“装甲兵”作战的鼓吹者。李德哈特与克劳塞维兹同时被誉为西方战略思想史中的两位现代战略大师。主要著作有：《大战略——间接路线》、《第一次世界大战战史》、《第二次世界大战战史》、《沙漠之狐隆美尔》等。1966年被英国皇家授予爵士勋章。

李德·哈特爵士（Basil H.Liddell Hart，1895-1970），英国军事记者、军事理论家、战略学家。生于法国巴黎。早年就读于英国剑桥大学。第一次世界大战期间服役，任步兵团军官，并曾在战斗中负伤。后来加入英国皇家军事教育协会。一战结束后，先后服务于《英国每日电讯报》（1925-1935）和《英国泰晤士报》（1935-1939），从事军事记者工作。李德·哈特同时也是著名的军事战略家，在军事学上提出了“间接路线”的观念以及涵盖军事以外领域的“大战略”概念，同时他也是现代战争“装甲兵”作战的鼓吹者。李德哈特与克劳塞维兹同时被誉为西方战略思想史中的两位现代战略大师。主要著作有：《大战略——间接路线》、《第一次世界大战战史》、《第二次世界大战战史》、《沙漠之狐隆美尔》等。1966年被英国皇家授予爵士勋章。