阿拉伯国家今天在国际舞台上所占有的重要位置,是不言而喻的。它们的过去如何呢?知道了过去,可以更好地了解它们的今天。希望这个译本能够为读者提供一些可用的资料。 本书的作者希提(Philip K. Hitti),1886年生于黎巴嫩,毕业于贝鲁特的美国大学,后去美国深造,获得哥伦比亚大学哲学博士学位。1920年,希提加入了美国籍。他一直在大学...
Kristin Burns has lived her life by the philosophy "Don't think, just shoot"--pictures, that is. Struggling to make ends meet, she works full-time as the nanny for the fabulously w...
SUMMARY: Set against the backdrop of a devastating forest fire that Henry David Thoreau accidentally set in 1844, John Pipkin's novel brilliantly illuminates the mind of the young ...
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SUMMARY: A young insurance saleswoman is found strangled at Mitsuse Pass. Her family and friends are shocked and terrified. The pass-which tunnels through a mountainous region of s...