As dramatised on BBC Radio 4, Edna O'Brien's iconic trilogy of novels - The Country Girls, The Lonely Girl and Girls in their Married Bliss - depicts the lives and loves of two girls in rural 1950s Ireland. The trilogy follows the lives of Kate Brady and her friend Baba Brennan from the confines of a convent school in the Irish countryside to the bright lights of Dublin, and on...(展开全部)

As dramatised on BBC Radio 4, Edna O'Brien's iconic trilogy of novels - The Country Girls, The Lonely Girl and Girls in their Married Bliss - depicts the lives and loves of two girls in rural 1950s Ireland. The trilogy follows the lives of Kate Brady and her friend Baba Brennan from the confines of a convent school in the Irish countryside to the bright lights of Dublin, and on...(展开全部)

The concept of yingyang lies at the heart of Chinese thought and culture. The relationship between these two opposing, yet mutually dependent, forces is explored in this brilliant book. Rooted in the Chinese philosophical tradition, the book also demonstrates how yinyang thought manifested itself in diverse cultural practices from divination to the art of war.

Trilogy is Jon Fosse’s critically acclaimed, luminous love story about Asle and Alida, two lovers trying to find their place in this world. Homeless and sleepless, they wander around Bergen in the rain, trying to make a life for themselves and the child they expect. Through a rich web of historical, cultural, and theological allusions, Fosse constructs a modern parable of injus...(展开全部)

Trilogy is Jon Fosse’s critically acclaimed, luminous love story about Asle and Alida, two lovers trying to find their place in this world. Homeless and sleepless, they wander around Bergen in the rain, trying to make a life for themselves and the child they expect. Through a rich web of historical, cultural, and theological allusions, Fosse constructs a modern parable of injus...(展开全部)

In recent years, scholars have successfully challenged the perception that Chinese civilization, especially in its early phase, existed in isolation with little or no influence from other regions of the world. Similarly, the passive role of Chinese dynasties in their interactions with neighboring societies, emphasized in earlier studies, also has come under serious scrutiny. Ta...(展开全部)

While the first healers were musicians who relied on rhythm and song to help cure the sick, over time Western thinkers and doctors lost touch with these traditions. In the West, for almost two millennia, the roles of the healer and the musician have been strictly separated. Until recently, that is the situation. Over the past few decades there has been a resurgence of interest ...(展开全部)

很兴奋的想给这个东西写评介，开了文档后就不知从何下手了。心里被很多情绪涨得满满的，Nick Hornby的部部小说中的场景和对白一下子涌上来，有点害怕自己写出的介绍会不会糟蹋了这么些精彩的作品。 这张名为《31 Songs》的双CD音乐合辑，是英国现代作家尼克·宏比（Nick Hornby）自选的31首改变他一生的歌曲，2003年搭配其同名散文集发行。作为一位著名的作家和乐评人，他给人们的感觉和美国的著名编剧、导演和乐评人卡梅隆·克罗（Cameron Crowe，《几近成名》《香草天空》《伊丽莎白小镇》）很相似，都喜欢讲述青春迷惘和寻找方向的故事，都深受当代流行文化的浸淫，都有极佳的音乐品位和独立于世的生活态度。但跟克罗的美国摇滚情节不同的是，尼克·宏比深谙现代年轻人的生活节奏，并以精湛的英式幽默掳获读者的心。 Nick Hornby的几部作品，大都...(展开全部)