Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake. Their closest neighbors are more than two miles in either direction along a rutted dirt road. One afternoon, as Wen catches grasshoppers in the front yard, a stranger unexpectedly appears in the driveway. Leonard is the largest man Wen has ever seen but he is yo...(展开全部)

费莉希蒂·海斯-麦科伊出生在爱尔兰的都柏林。作为一名撰稿人，她的作品所涉及的领域包括电视和广播戏剧、故事片、纪录片、剧本和改编本，电影剧本，音乐剧本，儿童文学和互动多媒体作品。 她的丈夫威尔弗雷德·贾锝是一名歌剧导演，他们夫妻二人平时居住在爱尔兰的寇卡戴瑞夫尼和伦敦的博蒙德塞区。烹饪，园艺和写作是她最喜欢的事情。 《世界尽头的图书馆》是她的小说处女作。

Outside the island there is nothing: the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. 122 villagers and 3 scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they're told by the scientists. Until, to the horror of the islanders, one of thei...(展开全部)

Located only blocks from Tokyo's glittering Ginza, Tsukiji―the world's largest marketplace for seafood―is a prominent landmark, well known but little understood by most Tokyoites: a supplier for countless fishmongers and sushi chefs, and a popular and fascinating destination for foreign tourists. Early every morning, the worlds of hi-tech and pre-tech trade noisily converge as ...(展开全部)

Located only blocks from Tokyo's glittering Ginza, Tsukiji—the world's largest marketplace for seafood—is a prominent landmark, well known but little understood by most Tokyoites: a supplier for countless fishmongers and sushi chefs, and a popular and fascinating destination for foreign tourists. Early every morning, the worlds of hi-tech and pre-tech trade noisily converge as ...(展开全部)

作者簡介 湯瑪士．麥登Thomas F. Madden 美國聖路易大學歷史系教授暨中古世紀與文藝復興研究中心主任，古根漢基金會研究員、美國學術團體聯合會ACLS及美國中世紀研究中心成員。個人網站：thomasmadden.org 譯者簡介 林玉菁 紐約市立大學政治學博士班，劍橋大學印度研究碩士，政大新聞系。曾任職IFRC國際紅十字與紅星月會聯合會美洲辦公室，雲門基金會，北藝大傳統藝術研究中心及國內外NGO組織。現為專職口譯、筆譯。

作者簡介 湯瑪士．麥登Thomas F. Madden 美國聖路易大學歷史系教授暨中古世紀與文藝復興研究中心主任，古根漢基金會研究員、美國學術團體聯合會ACLS及美國中世紀研究中心成員。個人網站：thomasmadden.org 譯者簡介 林玉菁 紐約市立大學政治學博士班，劍橋大學印度研究碩士，政大新聞系。曾任職IFRC國際紅十字與紅星月會聯合會美洲辦公室，雲門基金會，北藝大傳統藝術研究中心及國內外NGO組織。現為專職口譯、筆譯。

The pioneering anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner combines her trademark ethnographic expertise with critical film interpretation to explore the independent film scene in New York and Los Angeles since the late 1980s. Not Hollywood is both a study of the lived experience of that scene and a critical examination of America as seen through the lenses of independent filmmakers. Based...(展开全部)

The pioneering anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner combines her trademark ethnographic expertise with critical film interpretation to explore the independent film scene in New York and Los Angeles since the late 1980s. Not Hollywood is both a study of the lived experience of that scene and a critical examination of America as seen through the lenses of independent filmmakers. Based...(展开全部)

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