A tribe is any group of people, large or small, who are connected to one another, a leader, and an idea. For millions of years, humans have been seeking out tribes, be they religious, ethnic, economic, political, or even musical (think of the Deadheads). It’s our nature. Now the Internet has eliminated the barriers of geography, cost, and time. All those blogs and social networ...(展开全部)

A tribe is any group of people, large or small, who are connected to one another, a leader, and an idea. For millions of years, humans have been seeking out tribes, be they religious, ethnic, economic, political, or even musical (think of the Deadheads). It’s our nature. Now the Internet has eliminated the barriers of geography, cost, and time. All those blogs and social networ...(展开全部)

我們是著了什麼魔？原本如此的快樂！那麼為什麼，我們會以所擁有的一切為賭注，投入這場豪賭，決定生小孩？ 1999年的一個星期四，即將滿16歲的凱文，在校園內射殺了9個人。他的母親艾娃在一連串寫給丈夫的懺悔信中，回溯懷胎前的猶豫及懷胎後生下凱文，一直到兒子成了殺人犯的整個過程。這位母親自兒子一出生起就討厭他。凱文隨著成長所展露出的毀滅性格更是令她心生畏懼。艾娃試圖從回顧中釐清自己所應背負的過錯與導致這樁慘劇的原因，到最後竟發展出始料未及的結果…… 在這本描繪扭曲母性的精彩小說裡，以校園慘案兇手母親的角度，尖銳地探討美國文化與青少年犯罪之間的關聯，更藉由凱文這個極端的例子，碰觸了一個極為敏感的問題──母親無法接受自己的孩子。作者不時在書中展現精闢的見解，讓讀者對艾娃在譴責與同情之間擺盪。故事接近尾聲時出現懾人心魄的驚悚、扣人心弦的領悟，...(展开全部)

我們是著了什麼魔？原本如此的快樂！那麼為什麼，我們會以所擁有的一切為賭注，投入這場豪賭，決定生小孩？ 1999年的一個星期四，即將滿16歲的凱文，在校園內射殺了9個人。他的母親艾娃在一連串寫給丈夫的懺悔信中，回溯懷胎前的猶豫及懷胎後生下凱文，一直到兒子成了殺人犯的整個過程。這位母親自兒子一出生起就討厭他。凱文隨著成長所展露出的毀滅性格更是令她心生畏懼。艾娃試圖從回顧中釐清自己所應背負的過錯與導致這樁慘劇的原因，到最後竟發展出始料未及的結果…… 在這本描繪扭曲母性的精彩小說裡，以校園慘案兇手母親的角度，尖銳地探討美國文化與青少年犯罪之間的關聯，更藉由凱文這個極端的例子，碰觸了一個極為敏感的問題──母親無法接受自己的孩子。作者不時在書中展現精闢的見解，讓讀者對艾娃在譴責與同情之間擺盪。故事接近尾聲時出現懾人心魄的驚悚、扣人心弦的領悟，...(展开全部)

A Barronâ‘’s best-seller for more than four decades, the brand-new sixth edition of 1100 Words You Need to Know has been expanded and updated with more-- Word lists and definitions Analogy exercises Words-in-context exercises All new words for students to learn are placed in the context of sentences that have been selected from well-known novels, plays, poems, newspaper editori...(展开全部)

This brand-new edition of 1100 Words You Need to Know has been expanded and updated, and includes: Word lists and definitions Analogy exercises Words-in-context exercises Idiom indexes An updated Pronunciation Guide All new words for students to learn are placed in the context of sentences that have been selected from well-known novels, plays, poems, newspaper editorials, and T...(展开全部)

Updated to meet the needs of students preparing for the latest versions of the SAT and ACT college entrance tests, the new edition of this helpful, longtime best-selling book features word lists with definitions, analogy exercises, word games, and words-in-context exercises. A special feature is the authors’ Panorama of Words, in which each of the book’s 1110 words is presente...(展开全部)

A Barronâ‘’s best-seller for more than four decades, the brand-new sixth edition of 1100 Words You Need to Know has been expanded and updated with more-- Word lists and definitions Analogy exercises Words-in-context exercises All new words for students to learn are placed in the context of sentences that have been selected from well-known novels, plays, poems, newspaper editori...(展开全部)

Updated to meet the needs of students preparing for the latest versions of the SAT and ACT college entrance tests, the new edition of this helpful, longtime best-selling book features word lists with definitions, analogy exercises, word games, and words-in-context exercises. A special feature is the authors’ Panorama of Words, in which each of the book’s 1110 words is presente...(展开全部)