In the predawn hours of a gloomy February day in 1994, two thieves entered the National Gallery in Oslo and made off with one of the world's most famous paintings, Edvard Munch's Scream . It was a brazen crime committed while the whole world was watching the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Baffled and humiliated, the Norwegian police turned to the one...(展开全部)

In the predawn gloom of a February day in 1994, two thieves entered the National Gallery in Oslo. They snatched one of the world's most famous paintings, Edvard Munch's <em>The Scream</em>, and fled with their $72 million trophy. The thieves made sure the world was watching: the Winter Olympics, in Lillehammer, began that same morning. Baffled and humiliated, the Norwegian po...(展开全部)

When Pulp Fiction was released in theaters in 1994, it was immediately hailed as a masterpiece. The New York Times called it a “triumphant, cleverly disorienting journey,” and thirty-one-year-old Quentin Tarantino, with just three feature films to his name, became a sensation: the next great American director. Nearly twenty years later, those who proclaimed Pulp Fiction an ins...(展开全部)

Winner of the Caldecott Medal Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them. This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.

Winner of the Caldecott Medal Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them. This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.

雅 · 伊瓦什凯维奇（ Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, 1894—1980 )，波兰小说家、诗人、剧作家，代表了二战后波兰文学最高成就。他是跨性别者，曾服役于波兰第三军团，之后加入斯卡曼德尔诗社，二战后长期担任波兰作家协会主席，及议会议员、波兰保卫和平委员 会主席。代表作有诗集《回到欧洲》《另一种生活》，长篇小说《名望与光荣》，戏剧《诺昂之夏》《假面舞会》等。四次获诺贝尔文学奖提名。 译者： 易丽君，1934年生，湖北黄冈人。北京外国语大学教授，博士生导师，长年从事波兰文学翻译及研究。获波兰总统和波兰文化、教育、外交各部部长授予的勋章、功勋章及各种荣誉称号，2018 年获中国翻译协会颁发的“翻译文化终身成就奖”。 裴远颖（1936—2017），江西南昌人。资深外交官，曾任中国驻波兰大使、驻立陶宛大使、驻印度大使。 校者： 袁汉镕，193...(展开全部)

雅 · 伊瓦什凯维奇（ Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, 1894—1980 )，波兰小说家、诗人、剧作家，代表了二战后波兰文学最高成就。他是跨性别者，曾服役于波兰第三军团，之后加入斯卡曼德尔诗社，二战后长期担任波兰作家协会主席，及议会议员、波兰保卫和平委员 会主席。代表作有诗集《回到欧洲》《另一种生活》，长篇小说《名望与光荣》，戏剧《诺昂之夏》《假面舞会》等。四次获诺贝尔文学奖提名。 译者： 易丽君，1934年生，湖北黄冈人。北京外国语大学教授，博士生导师，长年从事波兰文学翻译及研究。获波兰总统和波兰文化、教育、外交各部部长授予的勋章、功勋章及各种荣誉称号，2018 年获中国翻译协会颁发的“翻译文化终身成就奖”。 裴远颖（1936—2017），江西南昌人。资深外交官，曾任中国驻波兰大使、驻立陶宛大使、驻印度大使。 校者： 袁汉镕，193...(展开全部)

Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, your brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman for a journey into the questions at the mysterious heart of our existence. What is reality? Who are “you”? How do you make decisions? Why does your brain need other people? How is technology poised to change wha...(展开全部)

Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, your brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman for a journey into the questions at the mysterious heart of our existence. What is reality? Who are “you”? How do you make decisions? Why does your brain need other people? How is technology poised to change wha...(展开全部)

杰弗里·阿切尔生于1940年。迄今为止，他已经有25部作品出版，累积销量超过1.3亿。他曾11次荣登《星期日泰晤士报》畅销作者排名榜第一位，他的作品为他带来了巨大的经济收益和声誉，是国际知名畅销书作家。杰弗里·阿切尔还有非常传奇的个人经历，他曾经在政治上辉煌一时，又曾亲历四年的牢狱生涯，1992年女王诞辰纪念日，阿切尔还受封为爵位不能世袭的终身贵族，本身就可谓就是一个传奇人物。　　事实上，《华盛顿邮报》称他为“可以与亚历山大·大仲马相提并论的叙事者”，《星期日邮报》则评价他为“我们这个时代最伟大的叙事者和小说家。”