In this final volume of the beloved American saga that began with All Over but the Shoutin’ and continued with Ava’s Man, Rick Bragg closes his circle of family stories with an unforgettable tale about fathers and sons inspired by his own relationship with his ten-year-old stepson. He learns, right from the start, that a man who chases a woman with a child is like a dog wh...(展开全部)

In this final volume of the beloved American saga that began with All Over but the Shoutin’ and continued with Ava’s Man, Rick Bragg closes his circle of family stories with an unforgettable tale about fathers and sons inspired by his own relationship with his ten-year-old stepson. He learns, right from the start, that a man who chases a woman with a child is like a dog wh...(展开全部)

The final volume of Rick Bragg's bestselling and beloved American saga documents a mesmerizing journey back in time to the lush Alabama landscape of Rick's youth, to Jacksonville's one-hundred-year-old mill and to Rick's father, the troubled, charismatic hustler coming of age in its shadow. Inspired by Rick Bragg's love for his stepson, The Prince of Frogtown also chronicles...(展开全部)

In this final volume of the beloved American saga that began with All Over but the Shoutin’ and continued with Ava’s Man, Rick Bragg closes his circle of family stories with an unforgettable tale about fathers and sons inspired by his own relationship with his ten-year-old stepson. He learns, right from the start, that a man who chases a woman with a child is like a dog wh...(展开全部)

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas s...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Book Description Widely read for its insights into history and politics, "The Prince is one of the most provocative works of the Italian Renaissance. Based on Niccolo Machiavelli's observations of the effectiveness of both ancient and contemporary statesmen, the rules for governing set forth in his manual were considered radical and harsh by his contemporaries and sho...(展开全部)

'What then is to be done? said Rasselas; the more we inquire, the less we can resolve.' Rasselas and his companions escape the pleasures of the 'happy valley' in order to make their 'choice of life'. By witnessing the misfortunes and miseries of others they may come to understand the nature of happiness, and value it more highly. Their travels and enquiries raise important pr...(展开全部)

'What then is to be done? said Rasselas; the more we inquire, the less we can resolve.' Rasselas and his companions escape the pleasures of the 'happy valley' in order to make their 'choice of life'. By witnessing the misfortunes and miseries of others they may come to understand the nature of happiness, and value it more highly. Their travels and enquiries raise important pr...(展开全部)

[英]西蒙·塞巴格·蒙蒂菲奥里(Simon Sebag Montefiore)，荣获多项大奖的历史学家，其著作已被翻译成四十余种语言。《叶卡捷琳娜大帝与波将金》入选塞缪尔·约翰逊奖、达夫·库珀奖和马什传记奖的短名单；Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar获得英国图书奖年度历史著作奖；《青年斯大林》获得英国科斯塔传记奖、美国《洛杉矶时报》传记奖、法国政治传记大奖和奥地利克莱斯基政治文学奖；《耶路撒冷三千年》获得文津图书奖和美国犹太图书理事会“年度好书”；《罗曼诺夫皇朝》入选《纽约时报》十大好书榜单，并荣获意大利“卢皮凯亚·德尔·特里奇奥文学奖”（Lupicaia del Terriccio Literature Prize）。他的作品还包括得到高度赞扬的“莫斯科三部曲”（小说）：《萨申卡》、Red Sky at Noon 和...(展开全部)

The Education of a Christian Prince is a new student edition of Erasmus's crucial treatise on political theory. It contains a new, excerpted translation from his Panegyric, making it possible for the first time to compare two works which Erasmus himself regarded as closely related. The Education of a Christian Prince was published in 1516 and dedicated to Prince Charles, the fu...(展开全部)