When David Shannon was only five years old, he wrote and illustrated a story in which an unruly little boy breaks all of his mother's rules -- he jumps on the beds; he chews with his mouth open; he plays ball in the house. Any child who is tired of hearing his parents say "No " will readily identify with this boldly illustrated, comical story.

When David Shannon was only five years old, he wrote and illustrated a story in which an unruly little boy breaks all of his mother's rules -- he jumps on the beds; he chews with his mouth open; he plays ball in the house. Any child who is tired of hearing his parents say "No " will readily identify with this boldly illustrated, comical story.

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) was the most important European artist in a period of extraordinary upheaval. A participant in the French Revolution, he then witnessed the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. A revolutionary in both art and life, David took painting away from the frivolity of the Rococo towards the dramatic moral force of neoclassicism. Passionate, intense, fie...(展开全部)

Grâce à cette exposition consacrée à Jacques-Louis David, découvrez près de 60 oeuvres de cet artiste, chef de file incontesté du néoclassicisme et homme politique engagé auprès de Robespierre sous la Révolution puis de Napoléon, jusqu'à devenir premier peintre de l'Empire. Il laisse surtout des tableaux d'histoire et des portraits, témoins de la réalité de son temps.

Young Jane Young's heroine is Aviva Grossman, an ambitious Congressional intern in Florida who makes the life-changing mistake of having an affair with her boss‑‑who is beloved, admired, successful, and very married‑‑and blogging about it. When the affair comes to light, the Congressman doesn’t take the fall, but Aviva does, and her life is over before it hardly begins. She bec...(展开全部)

Young Jane Young's heroine is Aviva Grossman, an ambitious Congressional intern in Florida who makes the life-changing mistake of having an affair with her boss‑‑who is beloved, admired, successful, and very married‑‑and blogging about it. When the affair comes to light, the Congressman doesn’t take the fall, but Aviva does, and her life is over before it hardly begins. She bec...(展开全部)

In this witty, candid, and revealing account of himself, which is in the tradition of Cellini's Autobiography, Hockney tells of his early years in art school; his studies at the Royal College of Art in London, during which he first came to public attention; his sojourn in California, which inspired his best-known paintings, drawings and prints; and his present phase in Paris, w...(展开全部)

Introduction and Notes by Dr Adrienne Gavin, Canterbury Christ Church University College Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz) Dickens wrote of David Copperfield: Of all my books I like this the best . Millions of readers in almost every language on earth have subsequently come to share the author s own enthusiasm for this greatly loved classic, possibly because of it...(展开全部)

大卫·无聊的冒险：一个19岁的保安，有着痛苦的内心生活和痴迷的天性。当他遇到梦中的女孩时，事情开始出错：看起来好得令人难以置信的事情显然是，在无聊的生活中，最真实的事情是，在适当的情况下（在这种情况下，复仇、羞辱和谋杀的狂欢级联），人类的原始本性将无情地凸显出来。