One Saturday morning in February 1972, an impoundment dam owned by the Pittston Coal Company burst, sending a 130 million gallon, 25 foot tidal wave of water, sludge, and debris crashing into southern West Virginia's Buffalo Creek hollow. It was one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history. 125 people were killed instantly, more than 1,000 were injured, and over 4,000 were sudde...(展开全部)

"It probably arose," he answered, "from the spontaneous combustion of the cotton. The case is rare, but it is far from unknown. Unless the cotton is perfectly dry when it is shipped, its confinement in a damp or ill-ventilated hold will sometimes cause it to ignite; and I have no doubt it is this that has brought about our misfortune."

Modern history is haunted by the disasters of the century - world wars, concentration camps, Hiroshima, and the Holocaust - grief, anger, terror, and loss beyond words, but still close, still impending. How can we write or think about disaster when by its very nature it defies speech and compels silence, burns books and shatters meaning? "The Writing of the Disaster" reflects u...(展开全部)

Modern history is haunted by the disasters of the century - world wars, concentration camps, Hiroshima, and the Holocaust - grief, anger, terror, and loss beyond words, but still close, still impending. How can we write or think about disaster when by its very nature it defies speech and compels silence, burns books and shatters meaning? "The Writing of the Disaster" reflects u...(展开全部)

关于作者 莫里斯•布朗肖（Maurice Blanchot），法国著名作家、思想家，1907年生于索恩-卢瓦尔，2003年逝世于巴黎。布朗肖一生行事低调，中年后不接受采访与摄影，但他的作品和思想影响了整个法国当代思想界，对法国许多大知识分子和大作家如乔治‧巴塔耶、列维纳斯、萨特、福柯、罗兰‧巴特、德里达等都影响深远。 关于译者 魏舒 南京大学法语系硕士，曾执教于法国公立大学，现居北京，担任童书策划人及译者，策划并翻译《花园小象波米诺》《书中有座美术馆》等畅销童书。邮箱：[email protected] 吴博， 男，1982年生。法国勒芒大学英语语言文学学士、巴黎四大(索邦)英语文学硕士；曾就读于法国勒芒大学法语强化学习班，获巴黎三大法语对外教育硕士学位及法语深度学习证书（DALF）。现为南京大学法语系博士研究生。译著有《在适当时刻》（莫里斯...(展开全部)

关于作者 莫里斯•布朗肖（Maurice Blanchot），法国著名作家、思想家，1907年生于索恩-卢瓦尔，2003年逝世于巴黎。布朗肖一生行事低调，中年后不接受采访与摄影，但他的作品和思想影响了整个法国当代思想界，对法国许多大知识分子和大作家如乔治‧巴塔耶、列维纳斯、萨特、福柯、罗兰‧巴特、德里达等都影响深远。 关于译者 魏舒 南京大学法语系硕士，曾执教于法国公立大学，现居北京，担任童书策划人及译者，策划并翻译《花园小象波米诺》《书中有座美术馆》等畅销童书。邮箱：[email protected] 吴博， 男，1982年生。法国勒芒大学英语语言文学学士、巴黎四大(索邦)英语文学硕士；曾就读于法国勒芒大学法语强化学习班，获巴黎三大法语对外教育硕士学位及法语深度学习证书（DALF）。现为南京大学法语系博士研究生。译著有《在适当时刻》（莫里斯...(展开全部)

The Battle of the Atlantic was the single most important - and longest - campaign of the Second World War. If Britain lost this vital supply route it lost the war. In Jonathan Dimbleby's brilliant and dramatic new account we see how this epic struggle for maritime mastery played out, from the politicians and admirals to the men on and under the sea and their families waiting at...(展开全部)

The secret history of the invention that changed everything and became the most profitable product in the world. Odds are that as you read this, an iPhone is within reach. But before Steve Jobs introduced us to 'the one device', as he called it, a mobile phone was merely what you used to make calls on the go. How did the iPhone transform our world and turn Apple into the most v...(展开全部)