At the heart of Africa is Congo, a country the size of Western Europe, bordering nine other nations, that since 1996 has been wracked by a brutal and unstaunchable war in which millions have died. And yet, despite its epic proportions, it has received little sustained media attention.In this deeply reported book, Jason K. Stearns vividly tells the story of this misunderstood co...(展开全部)

At the heart of Africa is Congo, a country the size of Western Europe, bordering nine other nations, that since 1996 has been wracked by a brutal and unstaunchable war in which millions have died. And yet, despite its epic proportions, it has received little sustained media attention. In this deeply reported book, Jason Stearns vividly tells the story of this misunderstood c...(展开全部)

贾森·斯特恩斯（Jason Stearns），美国政治学者，纽约大学高级研究员，致力于研究非洲地区的暴力形势和社会动态，尤其关注刚果民主共和国。曾先后任职于国际危机组织、大裂谷研究院和联合国维和部队等机构。2001年开始集中精力研究刚果的冲突问题。2014年于纽约大学国际合作中心成立刚果调查研究小组，推动与冲突相关的外交政策朝着更加透明化和负责任的方向发展。

Combat Monsters brings together twenty award-winning and bestselling speculative fiction authors who each bring their own spin on an alternate history of World War II. New research has uncovered deeply buried military secrets -- both the Allied and Axis special operations during World War II included monsters. Did the Soviets use a dragon to win the Battle of Kursk? Did a vampi...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Winner of The Independent Foreign Fiction Award, this “hauntingly beautiful novel, written by a North Vietnamese Army veteran, manages to humanize completely a people who up until now have usually been cast as robotic fanatics.” — Sunday Times

In the riveting conclusion to the acclaimed dystopian series, a boy and girl caught in the chaos of war face devastating choices that will decide the fate of a world. As a world-ending war surges around them, Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions. The indigenous Spackle, thinking and acting as one, have mobilized to avenge their murdered people. Ruthless human leaders prepa...(展开全部)

With the sophisticated graphics of Toy Story, A Bug's Life, and Toy Story 2 to their credit, Pixar has become the studio to watch for brilliant animation. Their next movie, Monsters, Inc., (releasing on November 2nd) stars John Goodman and Billy Crystal as two working-class monsters whose job it is to scare children. Graphically innovative and wildly imaginative, this book take...(展开全部)

At the heart of Africa is Congo, a country the size of Western Europe, bordering nine other nations, that since 1996 has been wracked by a brutal and unstaunchable war in which millions have died. And yet, despite its epic proportions, it has received little sustained media attention. In this deeply reported book, Jason Stearns vividly tells the story of this misunderstood c...(展开全部)

贾森·斯特恩斯（Jason Stearns），美国政治学者，纽约大学高级研究员，致力于研究非洲地区的暴力形势和社会动态，尤其关注刚果民主共和国。曾先后任职于国际危机组织、大裂谷研究院和联合国维和部队等机构。2001年开始集中精力研究刚果的冲突问题。2014年于纽约大学国际合作中心成立刚果调查研究小组，推动与冲突相关的外交政策朝着更加透明化和负责任的方向发展。