When Grandma says she's seen a tiger in the garden, Nora doesn't believe her. She's too old to play Grandma's silly games! Everyone knows that tigers live in jungles, not gardens. So even when Nora sees butterflies with wings as big as her arm, and plants that try and eat her toy giraffe, and a polar bear that likes fishing, she knows there's absolutely, DEFINITELY no way there...(展开全部)

Is there really a human race? </p> Is it going on now all over the place? </p> When did it start? </p> Who said, "Ready, Set, Go"? </p> Did it start on my birthday? </p> I really must know. </p> With these questions, our hero's imagination is off and running. Is the human race an obstacle course? Is it a spirit? Does he get his own lane? Does he get his own...(展开全部)

Is there really a human race? Is it going on now all over the place? When did it start? Who said, "Ready, Set, Go"? Did it start on my birthday? I really must know. With these questions, our hero's imagination is off and running. Is the human "race" an obstacle course? Is it a spirit? Does he get his own lane? Does he get his own coach? Written with Jamie Lee Curtis's hu...(展开全部)

Music is one of humanity’s oldest medicines. From the Far East to the Ottoman Empire, Europe to Africa and the pre-colonial Americas, many cultures have developed their own rich traditions for using sound and rhythm to ease suffering, promote healing, and calm the mind. In his latest work, neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author Daniel J. Levitin (This Is Your Bra...(展开全部)

As Katherine Verdery observes, "There's nothing like reading your secret police file to make you wonder who you really are." In 1973 Verdery began her doctoral fieldwork in the Transylvanian region of Romania, ruled at the time by communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. She returned several times over the next twenty-five years, during which time the secret police—the Securitate—...(展开全部)

Best-selling picture book creator Mo Willems continues his charming Elephant and Piggie first reader series. The books feature two lovable and funny characters: an optimistic (andsometimes reckless) pig and a cautious, pessimistic elephant. Children who sat on their parents' laps to have Pigeon read to them will eagerly take the plunge with these books to start reading o...(展开全部)

维尔纳·桑巴特，Werner Sombart (1863～1941)，德国经济学家、社会学家。1863年1月19日生于德国埃姆斯勒本的富裕的中产阶级家庭，1882年起在华河大学和柏林大学学习法律和经验，1888年获得柏林大学博士学位，后留学意大利。1888—1890年任布莱门商会会长，1890年-1906年任布莱斯劳大学副教授（经济学特别教职），在这里，桑巴特开始了资本主义和社会主义问题的研究，并取得了丰富的成果。 1906年，在完成《为什么美国没有社会主义》一书后不久，他离开了布列斯劳大学，来到柏林商业大学，并在那里获得教授职位。1918年任柏林大学教授。1931年他成为荣誉退休教授，结束了正式的学术生涯。1941年5月18日卒于柏林。桑巴特曾与马克斯·韦伯、费迪南·滕尼斯共同创立德国社会学学会，并合办了《社会科学与社会政策》杂志。桑巴特一生著述甚...(展开全部)

维尔纳·桑巴特，Werner Sombart (1863～1941)，德国经济学家、社会学家。1863年1月19日生于德国埃姆斯勒本的富裕的中产阶级家庭，1882年起在华河大学和柏林大学学习法律和经验，1888年获得柏林大学博士学位，后留学意大利。1888—1890年任布莱门商会会长，1890年-1906年任布莱斯劳大学副教授（经济学特别教职），在这里，桑巴特开始了资本主义和社会主义问题的研究，并取得了丰富的成果。 1906年，在完成《为什么美国没有社会主义》一书后不久，他离开了布列斯劳大学，来到柏林商业大学，并在那里获得教授职位。1918年任柏林大学教授。1931年他成为荣誉退休教授，结束了正式的学术生涯。1941年5月18日卒于柏林。桑巴特曾与马克斯·韦伯、费迪南·滕尼斯共同创立德国社会学学会，并合办了《社会科学与社会政策》杂志。桑巴特一生著述甚...(展开全部)

奥尔罕•帕慕克（Orhan Pamuk, 1952— ） 诺贝尔文学奖得主，当代欧洲最杰出的小说家之一。生于伊斯坦布尔，自幼学画，大学主修建筑，后从文。2006年获诺贝尔文学奖，授奖词称：“在探索他故乡忧郁的灵魂时，发现了文明之间的冲突和交错的新象征。”他的作品已经被译为60多种语言出版。