Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his leg. In the hours that followed, darkness fell and a blizzard raged as Yates tried to lower his friend to safety. Finally, Yates was forced to cut the rope, moments before he woul...(展开全部)

Joe Simpson and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, had just reached the top of a 21,000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck. Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge, breaking his leg. In the hours that followed, darkness fell and a blizzard raged as Yates tried to lower his friend to safety. Finally, Yates was forced to cut the rope, moments before he woul...(展开全部)

"A truly astounding account of suffering and fortitude."--The Times (London)Joe Simpson and his climbing partner， Simon Yates， had just reached the top of a 21，000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck.Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge， breaking his leg. In the hours that followed， darkness fell and a blizzard raged as Yates tried to lower his friend ...(展开全部)

"A truly astounding account of suffering and fortitude."--The Times (London)Joe Simpson and his climbing partner， Simon Yates， had just reached the top of a 21，000-foot peak in the Andes when disaster struck.Simpson plunged off the vertical face of an ice ledge， breaking his leg. In the hours that followed， darkness fell and a blizzard raged as Yates tried to lower his friend ...(展开全部)

An international bestseller with more than 300,000 copies sold in 17 countries, The Baby Void is an honest, personal account about emotions of loss and disappointment, laced with warmth and humor. One out of six couples experience problems with infertility, and while there are several medical and practical books on infertility and treatments, first-hand accounts of young women ...(展开全部)

Using the philosophy of Jean-Luc Nancy as an anchoring point, Jacques Derrida in this book conducts a profound review of the philosophy of the sense of touch, from Plato and Aristotle to Jean-Luc Nancy, whose ground-breaking book "Corpus" he discusses in detail. Emmanuel Levinas, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Edmund Husserl, Didier Franck, Martin Heidegger, Francoise Dastur, and Jean-...(展开全部)

On November 25, 1970, Japan's most renowned postwar novelist, Yukio Mishima, stunned the world by committing ritual suicide. Here, Marguerite Yourcenar, a brilliant reader of Mishima and a scholar with an eye for the cultural roles of fiction, unravels the author's life and politics: his affection for Western culture, his family and his homosexuality, his brilliant writings, an...(展开全部)

On November 25, 1970, Japan's most renowned postwar novelist, Yukio Mishima, stunned the world by committing ritual suicide. Here, Marguerite Yourcenar, a brilliant reader of Mishima and a scholar with an eye for the cultural roles of fiction, unravels the author's life and politics: his affection for Western culture, his family and his homosexuality, his brilliant writings, an...(展开全部)