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《麦格希中英双语阅读文库·成长励志系列:影响世界的名人故事(第3辑)》撷取了世界著名人物的生平事迹,他们来自政治、经济、文化、艺术和体育等各个领域,如美国文学之父马克·吐温,钢琴诗人肖邦等。他们的经历和成就并不相同,但每个人都是真正意义上的成功者。成功的人生不可复制,但成功的故事可以分享和启迪。...
《麦格希中英双语阅读文库·成长励志系列:影响世界的名人故事(第1辑)》撷取了世界著名人物的生平事迹,他们来自政治、经济、文化、艺术和体育等各个领域,既有如雷贯耳的莎士比亚,也有不太为中国人所熟悉的山崎实、霍华德,休斯等。他们的经历和成就并不相同,但每个人都是真正意义上的成功者。成功的人生不可复制,但成功的故事可以分享和启迪。...
透过名人看世界,每个孩子都有属于自己的英雄,中外名人全方位展示,手绘名人故事趣味解读,人生课堂、成长之路、生活感悟......多板块内容延伸,著名诗人、儿童文学家徐鲁倾情推荐,走进每一位影响了这个世界的"他们"......他们勤于钻研,敢于创新!.
邓肯在《我的爱,我的自由》中讲述了自己在多灾多难的生活中与坎坷命运相抗争的曲折经历,展现了其富有传奇色彩的一生。作者从自己的幼年说起,到1921年赴苏联前为止。她的一生是一个传奇,更是一部艰辛而多姿多彩的奋斗史。自幼在贫困中挣扎,由舞蹈崭露头角,为自由奔赴世界各地,甚至还曾赴希腊建造神庙......她在舞蹈艺术上也取得了非凡的成就,找到了人体与音乐的最佳结合形式,创造了无与伦比的优雅舞蹈,不仅开创了世界现代舞的先河,还以特立独行的观念与作风影响了一个时代。(Duncan relates her twist experience of struggling with bumpy destiny in troubled life in My Life, which expresses her legendary life. This book starts from her childhood and ends before she went to the Soviet Union in1921. Her life is a legend, full of hardships and struggle. She was born in poverty, cut a figure by dance, rushed to the entire world for freedom, and she even went to Greece to build a temple. She also achieved greatly in dance, and found the best combination of body and music. She created unparalleled elegant dance, which created a world of modern dance, and affected a generation with specific spirit and style. )
《林肯传》分为四部分,长大成人、不幸婚姻、南北战争、人生落幕,记录了林肯尽人皆知但也不为人看到的故事:胜利背后的屡次折磨、解放黑奴的迫不得已、不胜其烦的情感诅咒,以及日理万机中一则插播的幽默清口,这些难得的天然冲突和独特细节,让传记如电影般异彩纷呈,所有对故事感兴趣的人,都可从中拼凑出对伟大林肯的平常理解。.
大航海时代拉开了世界全球化的序幕,人类历史因此有了巨大的演进,人类文明的中心由此从地中海区域转移到了大西洋区域,可以说,也开启了西方崛起的海洋文明时代。本书作者是牛津大学名誉博士,有着"美国文学之父"美誉的华盛顿·欧文。他带着饱满的感情,以哥伦布的航行为线索,用生动的笔触带我们领略了诸多大航海时代的传奇。向我们展示了波澜壮阔的大航海时代各国众生相。.
1945年4月,由于德国面临失败,希特勒把第三帝国最有价值的囚犯集结起来,将他们作为人质,以展开对盟军的最后一战;并命令如果军事局势恶化,将处决全部139名囚犯。囚犯中包括欧洲总统、总理、将军、英国特工,以及德国反纳粹神职人员、社会名流,1944年7月炸弹事件中协助刺杀希特勒的官员和囚犯家属。于是一场紧张而致命的行动开始了。囚犯们为逃亡进行的种种谋划、党卫队和国防军之间的对峙、美军的疯狂营救......各方势力盘根错节,在明暗之间进行着激烈的博弈。本书首次披露了许多未经发表和曾被忽视的信息,综合许多碎片信息,逐渐拼出了这个"二战"中令世人震惊和着迷的故事。.
本书以南宋政治史上著名的四明史氏家族为研究对象,分析他们得以长期占据显赫政治地位的原因,强调科举成就是他们维持家族地位的关键。 本书对史氏家族中的杰出成员史浩、史弥远、史嵩之等人在南宋孝宗至理宗诸朝的政坛作为亦进行深入研究,尤其是对史弥远相关政治事件的分析,对于南宋政治史研究具有启发意义。 (This book takes the Siming Shi family of Southern Song political history as its object of research and analyzes the reasons behind their lasting and celebrated long-term position in the politics of the time, while emphasizing how good results in the Imperial examinations was key to the families' political success. This book conducts in depth research into the talented members of the Shi family including Shi Hao, Shi Miyuan, Shi Songzhi and other members in the political circles from the Southern Song reigns of Xiao Zong to Li Zong, and particularly analyzes the relevant political affairs of Shi Miyuan, representing research of enlightening significance in Southern Song political history.)
Spanning the underworld haunts of Montreal to Havana and Miami in the early days of the Cold War, Satellite Boy reveals the unlikely connection between an audacious bank heist and the “other Space Race” that gave birth to the modern communication age On April 6, 1965, Georges Lemay was relaxing on his yacht in a south Florida marina following one of the largest and most daring bank heists in Canadian history. For four years, the roguishly handsome criminal mastermind hid in plain sight, eluding capture and the combined efforts of the FBI, Interpol, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. His future appeared secure. What Lemay didn’t know was that less than two hundred miles away at Cape Canaveral, a brilliant engineer named Harold Rosen was about to usher in the age of global live television with the launch of the world’s first twenty-four-hour commercial communications satellite. Rosen’s extraordinary accomplishment would not only derail Lemay’s cushy life but change the world forever. Brimming with criminal panache and technological intrigue, and set against a turbulent and iconic period that includes the moon landing and the civil rights movement, Satellite Boy tells the largely forgotten, high-stakes story of the two equally driven men who inadvertently launched the modern era.
"A delightful page-turner...that will put the lucky reader within the feverish excitement of a hopeful and tragic time."—Andrei Codrescu, NPR commentator and author of The Posthuman Dada Guide: Tzara and Lenin Play ChessA memoir of being young and female in the Clinton White HouseStacy Parker Aab was born in Detroit in 1974, the only daughter of a white Kansas farm girl and a young black Detroiter fresh from two tours of Vietnam. An excellent student, Aab gravitated toward public service and moved to Washington, D.C., for college in the hopeful days of 1992.Not only would Aab study political communication at The George Washington University, but she would also intern at the White House. For three years, she worked for George Stephanopoulos. In 1997 she became White House staff, serving as Paul Begala's special assistant.At first, life was charmed, with nurturing mentors, superstar politicos, and handsome Secret Service agents. In January 1998, the world of the Clinton White House changed radically. Monica Lewinsky became a household name, and Aab learned quickly that in Washington, protectors can become predators, investigators will chase you like prey, and if you make mistakes with a powerful man, the world will turn your name into mud.Government Girl is a window into the culture of the Clinton White House, as seen through the eyes of an idealistic young female aide. Stacy Parker Aab's intimate memoir tells of her coming-of-age in the lion's den. Her story provides a searing look at the dynamics between smart young women and the influential older men who often hold the keys to their dreams.
The man who shattered Babe Ruth's lifetime home run record, Henry "Hammering Hank" Aaron left his indelible mark on professional baseball and the world. But the world also left its mark on him. I Had a Hammer is much more than the intimate autobiography of one of the greatest names in pro sports--it is a fascinating social history of twentieth-century America. With courage and candor, Aaron recalls his struggles and triumphs in an atmosphere of virulent racism. He relives the breathtaking moment when, in the heat of hatred and controversy, he hit his 715th home run to break Ruth's cherished record--an accomplishment for which Aaron received more than 900,000 letters, many of them vicious and racially charged. And his story continues through the remainder of his milestone-setting, barrier-smashing career as a player and, later, Atlanta Braves executive--offering an eye-opening and unforgettable portrait of an incomparable athlete, his sport, his epoch, and his world.
There was nothing Michael Jordan could not do on the basketball court. He could soar through the lane and dunk over opponents, he could shoot from the outside with great accuracy, and he was one of the best defenders to ever play the game. Nathan Aaseng tells the story of how Michael Jordan became a living NBA legend.
The Number One Colombian Bestseller Oblivion is a memorial to the author's father, Héctor Abad Gómez, whose criticism of the Colombian regime led to his murder by paramilitaries in 1987. A work of deep feeling and consummate skill, it paints an unforgettable picture of a man who followed his conscience and paid for it with his life, during one of the darkest periods in Latin America's recent history. Oblivion has been magnificently translated into English by Anne McLean, two-time winner of the Independent Prize for Foreign Fiction.
Catch Me If You Can is the true story of Frank W. Abagnale—alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo—one of the most daring con men, forgers, imposters, and escape artists in history. In his brief but notorious criminal career, Abagnale donned a pilot's uniform and copiloted a Pan Am jet, masqueraded as the supervising resident of a hospital, practiced law without a license, passed himself off as a sociology professor, and cashed over $2.5 million in forged checks—all before he was twenty-one. Abagnale lived a sumptuous life on the lam—until the law caught up with him. Now recognized as the nation's leading authority on financial foul play, Abagnale is a charming rogue whose hilarious, stranger-than-fiction international escapades and ingenious escapes make Catch Me If You Can an irresistible tale of deceit.
Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who stood up, spoke up and rose up against the odds! As the first American woman in space, Sally Ride broke barriers and made her dreams come true. But she wanted to do even more! After leaving NASA, she created science and engineering programs that would help other girls and women make their dreams come true as well. In this chapter book biography by award-winning author Atia Abawi, readers learn about the amazing life of Sally Ride—and how she persisted . Complete with an introduction from Chelsea Clinton!.
'Probably my favourite book about the wilderness' Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild In this shimmering masterpiece of American nature writing, Edward Abbey ventures alone into the canyonlands of Moab, Utah, to work as a seasonal ranger for the United States National Park Service. Living out of a trailer, Abbey captures in rapt, poetic prose the landscape of the desert; a world of terracotta earth, empty skies, arching rock formations, cliffrose, juniper, pinyon pine and sand sage. His summers become spirit quests, taking him in search of wild horses and Ancient Puebloan petroglyphs, up mountains and across tribal lands, and down the Glen Canyon by river. He experiences both sides of his new home; its incredible beauty and its promise of liberation, but also its isolating, cruel side, at one point discovering a dead tourist at an isolated area of the Grand Canyon. In his own irascible style, Abbey uses his time in the desert to meditate on the tension between nature and civilisation, and outlines a personal philosophy that would come to heavily influence the environmentalist movement. Now published in a special edition to celebrate its 50th Anniversary, this classic seems remarkably prescient, and has lost none of its power.
Jacob Abbott was one of the most prolific American writers of history in the nineteenth century, writing many biographies on the world's most influential leaders in a clear and exciting style. This comprehensive volume, first published in 1849 and part of Abbott's Illustrated Histories series, details the remarkable and fascinating life of William the Conqueror, the first Norman King of England. The king's life is researched and recorded thoroughly, chronicling the years from his illegitimate birth to his calamitous burial. Born in Normandy and promised the throne of England by King Edward, William decided to invade the country after another contender for the crown took the throne. Abbott recounts the famous Battle of Hastings in great detail, and with an enthralling narrative captures the young conqueror's struggles, ambition, and aspirations during his time in power. William the Conqueror's reign in England significantly transformed the country, whose residents resented being ruled by a foreigner who relied entirely upon his army to keep the country in subjugation and who suppressed their many revolts. With a brief history of the Saxon and Danish kings of England and the dukes of Normandy, and original engravings, this book is great for anyone interested in the political struggles of the Middle Ages, and is a valuable addition to any history buff's library.
On an overcast September day in 1993, Jim Abbott took the mound at Yankee Stadium and threw one of the most dramatic no-hitters in major-league history. The game was the crowning achievement in an unlikely success story, unseen in the annals of professional sports. In Imperfect, the one-time big league ace retraces his remarkable journey. Born without a right hand, Jim Abbott as a boy dreamed of being a great athlete. Raised in Flint, Michigan, by parents who saw in his condition not a disability but an extraordinary opportunity, Jim became a two-sport standout in high school, then an ace pitcher for the University of Michigan. But his journey was only beginning. As a nineteen-year-old, Jim beat the vaunted Cuban National Team. By twenty-one, he'd won the gold medal game at the 1988 Olympics and--without spending a day in the minor leagues--cracked the starting rotation of the California Angels. In 1991, he would finish third in the voting for the Cy Young Award. Two years later, he would don Yankee pinstripes and deliver a one-of-a-kind no-hitter. It wouldn't always be so good. After a season full of difficult losses--some of them by football scores--Jim was released, cut off from the game he loved. Unable to say good-bye so soon, Jim tried to come back, pushing himself to the limit--and through one of the loneliest experiences an athlete can have. But always, even then, there were children and their parents waiting for him outside the clubhouse doors, many of them with disabilities like his, seeking consolation and advice. These obligations became Jim's greatest honor. In this honest and insightful memoir, Jim Abbott reveals the insecurities of a life spent as the different one, how he habitually hid his disability in his right front pocket, and why he chose an occupation in which the uniform provided no front pockets. With a riveting pitch-by-pitch account of his no-hitter providing the ideal frame for his story, this unique athlete offers readers an extraordinary and unforgettable memoir.From the Hardcover edition.
NATIONAL BESTSELLERAmerica was flying high in the Roaring Twenties. Then, almost overnight, the Great Depression brought it crashing down. When the dust settled, people were primed for a star who could distract them from reality. Enter Gypsy Rose Lee, a strutting, bawdy, erudite stripper who possessed a gift for delivering exactly what America needed. With her superb narrative skills and eye for detail, Karen Abbott brings to life an era of ambition, glamour, struggle, and survival. Using exclusive interviews and never-before-published material, she vividly delves into Gypsy's world, including her intense triangle relationship with her sister, actress June Havoc, and their formidable mother, Rose, a petite but ferocious woman who literally killed to get her daughters on the stage. Weaving in the compelling saga of the Minskys--four scrappy brothers from New York City who would pave the way for Gypsy Rose Lee's brand of burlesque and transform the entertainment landscape--Karen Abbott creates a rich account of a legend whose sensational tale of tragedy and triumph embodies the American Dream.