Maman was exigeante—there is no English word–and I had the benefit of her training. Others may not be so fortunate. If some other young girl, with two million dollars at stake, finds this of use I shall count myself justified. Raised in Marrakech by a French mother and English father, a 17-year-old girl has learned above all to avoid mauvais ton ("bad taste" loses something in ...(展开全部)

Maman was exigeante—there is no English word–and I had the benefit of her training. Others may not be so fortunate. If some other young girl, with two million dollars at stake, finds this of use I shall count myself justified. Raised in Marrakech by a French mother and English father, a 17-year-old girl has learned above all to avoid mauvais ton ("bad taste" loses something in ...(展开全部)

休•豪伊　Hugh Howey 一九七五年生于美国，深爱海洋，热爱读书和写作。他是得奖作品《莫莉•菲黛传奇》的作者，也就是他创造了超级畅销书《羊毛战记》系列作品。 二〇一一年夏天，他自助出版电子书《羊毛战记》，在网络上一炮而红，引爆读者狂热口碑，迅速窜上亚马逊电子书总榜第一位。随即《羊毛战记》的风潮蔓延至全球各国。各国图书版权纷纷售出。《异形》导演雷德利•斯科特一举收下电影版权，携手《辛德勒的名单》编剧史蒂夫•柴里安联手打造这部科幻史诗巨片。 休•豪伊和妻子在佛州的朱庇特岛生活，养了一条叫贝拉的狗。当他不在写作的时候，就在阅读或是拍照。

More and more law students seeking a legal qualification find that their English language skills let them down. Legal English will enable students to confidently write on and discuss legal topics as well as conduct legal work -- such as drafting legal documentation, negotiating, litigating, advising, presenting, writing and acting as an advocate. Review "This is a much needed t...(展开全部)

Thousands of them have lived underground. They've lived there so long, there are only legends about people living anywhere else. Such a life requires rules. Strict rules. There are things that must not be discussed. Like going outside. Never mention you might like going outside. Or you'll get what you wish for. What the press is saying: Boing Boing's Official Review: "This stor...(展开全部)

The final curtain is closing on the Second World War, and Hana, a nurse, stays behind in an abandoned Italian villa to tend to her only remaining patient. Rescued by Bedouins from a burning plane, he is English, anonymous, damaged beyond recognition and haunted by his memories of passion and betrayal. The only clue Hana has to his past is the one thing he clung on to through th...(展开全部)

[英]乔纳森·李尔，芝加哥大学社会思想委员会杰出教授、芝加哥大学哲学教授。主要研究领域为古代哲学、哲学心理学、克尔凯郭尔、人类精神生活中的哲学概念等。

This is a 1988 philosophical introduction to Aristotle, and Professor Lear starts where Aristotle himself starts. The first sentence of the Metaphysics states that all human beings by their nature desire to know. But what is it for us to be animated by this desire in this world? What is it for a creature to have a nature; what is our human nature; what must the world be like t...(展开全部)

[英]乔纳森·李尔，芝加哥大学社会思想委员会杰出教授、芝加哥大学哲学教授。主要研究领域为古代哲学、哲学心理学、克尔凯郭尔、人类精神生活中的哲学概念等。

In WATCHING THE ENGLISH anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks, habits and foibles of the English people. She puts the English national character under her anthropological microscope, and finds a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and byzantine codes of behaviour. The rules of weather-speak. The ironic-gnome rule. T...(展开全部)