In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Mann uses a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps--a community devoted exclusively to sickness--as a microcosm for Europe, which in the years before 1914 was already exhibiting the first symptoms of its own terminal irrationality. The Magic Mountain is a monumental work of erudition and irony, sexual tension and intellectual ferment, a book that p...(展开全部)

In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Mann uses a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps--a community devoted exclusively to sickness--as a microcosm for Europe, which in the years before 1914 was already exhibiting the first symptoms of its own terminal irrationality. The Magic Mountain is a monumental work of erudition and irony, sexual tension and intellectual ferment, a book that p...(展开全部)

作者簡介 彼得‧Peter Boardman 彼得．博德曼出生於1950年聖誕節，其後成為英國最受敬重的高海拔登山家之一。他曾是凱恩戈姆國家公園格蘭莫爾山屋（Glenmore Lodge）的登山指導員，也是英國登山協會的全國事務官，之後被任命為瑞士萊辛（Leysin）國際登山學校總監。 他是1975年克里斯．鮑寧頓聖母峰遠征隊的一員，1976年他與喬．塔斯克成功登上難度幾近無法攀越的強卡邦峰，接著又攀登了干城章嘉峰（Kangchenjunga），並且嘗試攻克K2的峰頂，但惡劣天氣加上體力耗竭而功敗垂成。 隨後是1981年的公格爾峰（Mount Kongur），並在1982年3月參加克里斯．鮑寧頓、喬．塔斯克和迪克．阮修的小型遠征隊，他試圖首攀高難度的聖母峰東北脊，途中與喬．塔斯克兩人不幸喪命。 彼得和喬留下了兩則傳奇。一則是他們偉大的努力，以大膽、輕...(展开全部)

作者簡介 彼得‧Peter Boardman 彼得．博德曼出生於1950年聖誕節，其後成為英國最受敬重的高海拔登山家之一。他曾是凱恩戈姆國家公園格蘭莫爾山屋（Glenmore Lodge）的登山指導員，也是英國登山協會的全國事務官，之後被任命為瑞士萊辛（Leysin）國際登山學校總監。 他是1975年克里斯．鮑寧頓聖母峰遠征隊的一員，1976年他與喬．塔斯克成功登上難度幾近無法攀越的強卡邦峰，接著又攀登了干城章嘉峰（Kangchenjunga），並且嘗試攻克K2的峰頂，但惡劣天氣加上體力耗竭而功敗垂成。 隨後是1981年的公格爾峰（Mount Kongur），並在1982年3月參加克里斯．鮑寧頓、喬．塔斯克和迪克．阮修的小型遠征隊，他試圖首攀高難度的聖母峰東北脊，途中與喬．塔斯克兩人不幸喪命。 彼得和喬留下了兩則傳奇。一則是他們偉大的努力，以大膽、輕...(展开全部)

The Living Mountain is a lyrical testament in praise of the Cairngorms. It is a work deeply rooted in Nan Shepherd's knowledge of the natural world, and a poetic and philosophical meditation on our longing for high and holy places. Drawing on different perspectives of the mountain environment, Shepherd makes the familiar strange and the strange awe-inspiring. Her sensitivity a...(展开全部)

Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times and shockingly harsh at others. Her intense, poetic prose explores and records the rocks, rivers, creatures and hidden aspects of this remarkable landscape. Shepherd spent a lifetime in search of the "essential nature" of the C...(展开全部)

Every Sunday Mrs Badger walks up the mountain near her house. She knows the name of every animal and every plant on the way and helps everyone in need. One particular Sunday she meets a little cat, Leo, who would like to join her on her journey. This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship and many more walks up the mountain. What will happen when Mrs Badger is too old to jo...(展开全部)

The sweep of a century, the hand of history, three women whose lives will never be the same again. As the twentieth century dawns, so begins one of the most dramatic periods in the history of South America. Women are emancipated, Che Guevara and Fidel Castro free Cuba, the Perons take power in Argentina, and three generations of Firielli women are to live, love, and fight for ...(展开全部)

The Living Mountain is a lyrical testament in praise of the Cairngorms. It is a work deeply rooted in Nan Shepherd's knowledge of the natural world, and a poetic and philosophical meditation on our longing for high and holy places. Drawing on different perspectives of the mountain environment, Shepherd makes the familiar strange and the strange awe-inspiring. Her sensitivity a...(展开全部)

The Gregg family loves hunting, but their eight-year-old neighbor can't stand it. After countless pleas for them to stop are ignored, she has no other choice -- she has to put her magic finger on them. Now the Greggs are a family of birds, and like it or not, they're going to find out how it feels to be on the other end of the gun.