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Presented together for the first time, here are the very first, and very best, definitive listener favorites that came to be known as Driveway Moments: the classic, spellbinding stories that keep getting better with repeated listening, selected from the National Public Radio archives. These tales were first heard on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and other NPR programs. Like the unforgettable "Amy's Answering Machine," in which comedian and author Amy Borkowsky shares quirky, hilarious messages left by her mother. And "My So-Called Lungs," an emotional audio diary by a young girl with cystic fibrosis. And "Hitching a Ride with Junior McGhee," in which musician/storyteller Charlie Barnett takes listeners on a hitchhiking adventure across the U.S. Literate, intelligent, mirthful, and moving, these stories are worth repeating—and hearing again and again.Contents: Amy's Answering MachineHis FatherMy So-Called LungsHitching a Ride with Junior McGeeDeath of a Child: Losing AdamMisunderstood Song LyricsDead GroundhogAn Unexpected Kitchen: The George Foreman GrillThere's Just Something About that CowbellRato InteressoMy Dad the Ex-ConCharlie Goes to CollegeSweet Potato Queen's Latest Dish.
A fresh and innovative cookbook that includes 200 quick and easy-to-follow visual recipes featuring simple photographic ingredients and steps. 1 ingredient + 1 ingredient + 1 ingredient 1 pot for 15 minutes = 1 delicious meal! Exhausted after a long, demanding day at work, most of us don't want to spend time at the stove hashing over recipes filled with detailed and sometimes confusing instructions. We just want to get dinner on the table quickly and with little fuss. In addition, many of us are novices when it comes to our kitchens, unfamiliar with a range of ingredients, from spices to fresh veggies. Look Cook Eat ingeniously takes the fuss out of cooking, showing how to create delicious, sophisticated yet simple dishes in a whole new way. The recipes are broken down into their essential ingredients (joined by + signs) and amounts for each. Then just follow the arrow (—›) to see which utentils, pots, and pans to use, and for cooking times. Every recipe is accompanied by a lush, full page-four color photo of the finished dish. The result is great, fast fare sure to please the whole family. The book also offers four-color pictures to help budding home cooks identify and learn about a range of ingredients. Welcome to the kitchen of simplicity. Look Cook Eat makes cooking convenient and fun!.
Loaded with meaty trivia and tasty, bite-sized facts! mental_floss is proud to offer a delicious, hearty helping of brain-food that's sure to fire up your neurons and tantalize your synapses. Condensed Knowledge is a mouthwatering mix of intriguing facts, lucid explanations, and mind-blowing theories that will satisfy even the hungriest mind! Ingredients include: 5 tiny nations that get no respect4 civilizations nobody remembers5 classics written under the influence4 things your boss has in common with slime mold3 schools of thought that will impress the opposite sex4 things Einstein got wrong5 classical tunes you know from the movies3 famous studies that would be illegal today2 religious mysteries solved by chemistry5 scandals that rocked art, and much more ...
As a 26-year old Marine radar intercept officer (RIO), Fleet Lentz flew 131 combat missions in the back seat of the supersonic F-4 B Phantom II during the wind-down of the Vietnam War. Overcoming military regulations, he and his fellow Marines at The Rose Garden (Royal Thai Air Base Nam Phong) kept sorely needed supplies moving in while moving combat troops out of Southeast Asia. His personal and accessible memoir describes how pilots and RIOs executed dangerous air-to-ground bombing missions in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos—quite different from the air-to-air warfare for which they had trained—and kept themselves mission-capable (and human) while surviving harsh circumstances.
Once Upon a Time in ShanghaiThis book is based on the diaries of Rena Krasno, from a Russian Jewish family growing up in Shanghai during World War II. The setting is multicultural, multilingual and multiracial, and the author provides fascinating details from the history of a city that no longer exists. The historic value of the book lies in the fact that Rena made daily diary entries and the entries included facts aboutthe social events and people's life at that time.
《上海往事》弗雷德·马克斯,1939年跟随父亲从纳粹德国逃至中国上海,在上海生活的十年间,坚持写日记。本书由弗雷德·马克斯的妻子根据他1939—1949十年间的日记撰写而成。(Once Upon a Time in Shanghai:This book is based on the diaries of Rena Krasno, from a Russian Jewish family growing up in Shanghai during World War II.The setting is multicultural, multilingual and multiracial, and the author provides fascinating details from the history of a city that no longer exists. The historic value of the book lies in the fact that Rena made daily diary entries and the entries included facts about the social events and people's life at that time.).
《论语》代表的是中国传统文化的源头,也是儒家文化的根基;"算盘 "意指商人的经营管理,追求赚钱之术、获取财富之道。 《论语与算盘》作者涩泽荣一先生用一生作为实践,从道德修养与物质 财富的关系出发,解读人心社会与商业经营的和谐之道,颠覆了鄙视金钱利 益的传统观念,创造性地提出"义利合一"、"士魂商才"的现代儒商根本 精神基础。 《论语与算盘》对日本企业,乃至日本经济都产生了深远影响。(The Analects represents the source of Chinese traditional culture and is the foundation of Confucian Culture; "the Abacus" means the operation and management of businessman, and the method to pursue money and acquire wealth. Shibusawa Eiichi, the author of the Analects and the Abacu, devotes himself to making practice, and starts from the relation between moral cultivation and material wealth to interpret the harmonious relationship between humanistic society and business operation, and overthrows the traditional concept of despising money and interest, and creatively proposes "unity of loyalty and interest" and "the theory of Samurai Soul and Commercial Talent", which are the fundamental spiritual basis for modern Confucian businessman. The Analects and The Abacu has deep effects on...
本书包括《警世通言》、《喻世明言》、《醒世恒言》。( This book includes Stories to Caution the World, Stories to Enlighten the World and Stories to Awaken the World.)
《史记》是西汉时期著名历史学家、文学家司马迁所著,记载了上起轩辕下至汉武帝太初年间,共3000多年的历史变迁。它规模宏大、体制完备,涉及了哲学、政治、经济、文学、美学、天文、地理甚至医学占卜等方面,几乎囊括了各个历史时期社会活动的全部内容,堪称一部百科全书式的鸿篇巨制。研读《史记》,除了可以丰富史学知识,更主要的是可以以史为镜,探寻社会发展与国家兴亡的规律、经验和教训,寻找人生道路上的坐标。本书遴选"史记》的本纪、世家、列传中最为人所称道的精华篇章,按照时间顺序,对其进行精准的译白,全方位、新视角、多层面地阐释原著。精练生动的文字、科学简明的体例、丰富精美的图片、注重传统文化与现代审美的设计理念,多种视觉元素有机结合,帮助读者从全新的角度和崭新的层面去考察历史、感受历史、思考历史。.
本书精选多篇在美国生活的外国移民学生的习作,讲述他们在成长过程中发生的一些故事,比如衣着习俗、餐桌礼仪、食物禁忌、用餐之道等。.
本书按照《圣经》的章节排序,将《旧约》与《新约》中的故事用通俗有趣的写作手法,将其转换为概略简要的"圣经故事",不仅保留了《圣经》原典的精神,也使读者轻松进入《圣经》世界。房龙讲述古老故事的同时,也演绎出了《圣经》故事背后的浩大人类历史进程。.
1944年,在硝烟弥漫的第二次世界大战中,美国军方"战略情报局"秘密聘请心理学家,利用大量资料,对战争狂人希特勒的个人心态和行为规律进行系统分析。这是"二战"期间对希特勒进行的独一无二的专业精神分析的秘密报告。这份报告曾经被多少人阅读过至今仍是个谜。该报告第一次指出,希特勒是一个接近精神分裂症边缘的"病人"。作者深刻地指出,应当"倒过来"阅读希特勒的历史:他的强悍是由于他太软弱;他的歇斯底里是过于抑郁的结果;他对童年的美好回忆,其实正是掩盖紧张、扭曲和创伤的情感慰藉。该报告自1969年解密后,就成为实用心理分析的经典之作。(In 1944, United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS) secretly engaged with psychologists to make a systematic analysis based on enormous amount of information of the war maniac Hitler on his mentality and behaviors in the context of smoke-filled World War II. This is a unique secret report on professional psychoanalysis of Hitler during World War II, the number of its readers still unknown. It is the first to indicate that Hitler is a "patient" on the verge of schizophrenia. The author points out with insights that the history of Hitler should be read "upside down": his intrepidness originates from his weakness; his hysteria results from his over-depression; his sweet memories of childhood are emotional solace for him to conceal his inner tension, mental contortion and the wounds he has suffered. Since decoded in 1969, this report has been regarded as a classic work of practical psychoanalysis. )
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。.
The only comprehensive guide for planning your ceremony, your way!Offering an abundance of elegant and heartfelt choices for ceremony elements, ten full sample ceremonies, and often-overlooked logistics, this is the absolute essential guide for anyone designing a wedding ceremony. Expert guidance helps you tailor your ceremony to your situation and beliefs. Includes downloadable text options and worksheets for ultimate convenience.Praise for The Wedding Ceremony Planner:"Weddings are sacred acts surrounded by material hoopla. The Wedding Ceremony Planner clarifies the worldly issues but keeps the spirit central. It's the balance that every couple needs."—Marianne Williamson, author of The Gift of Change"With countless samples of ceremony segments and worksheets to put them all together, The Wedding Ceremony Planner affirms what we all hope for: to communicate our love in a clear, heartfelt manner that truly reflects...
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Vietnam War in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Vietnam War, a brutal conflict that spanned two decades and resulted in catastrophic human and material losses. After the end of the First Indochina War in 1954, Vietnam was partitioned into two ideologically opposed states, namely the Communist North Vietnam under the leadership of Ho Chi Minh and the nationalist South Vietnam, which soon allied itself with the USA. This resulted in a lengthy conflict characterised by the use of guerrilla warfare which made a quick victory impossible, the intervention, whether covert or overt, of various foreign powers, and the widespread use of chemical weapons, the effects of which are still felt in Vietnam today.In just 50 minutes you will: Find out about the background to the Vietnam War, including the First Indochina War and the Geneva Accords Learn about the key events of the conflict, including the Tet Offensive in 1968 Understand the human and material costs of the war for American and Vietnamese soldiers and civiliansABOUT 50MINUTES.COM
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这本书一共收录了五篇文章:《我为什么拥护汉语拼音化》、《是一股逆流》、《拼音文字不光能传承文明,更能创造文明》、《汉语拼音化能够增强民族凝聚力》、《为啥把改成拼音版》。五篇文章虽然看上去独立,但是每篇文章的主题都是围绕"我为什么拥护汉语拼音化"展开的。我为什么拥护汉语拼音化?因为汉语拼音化能够增强民族凝聚力,拼音文字不光能传承文明,更能创造文明,"听书"的时代就要来了,汉语拼音化还会远吗?.
本书内容主要包括如何做好自己,如何涉世待人,如何过好生活,如何面对命运等方面,从方方面面教导人们如何超越现实人生的苦难和复杂的人际关系,正心、修身、养性、育德,让自己能够正义有效而又悠闲从容地活在世间。(The contents of this book mainly include how to be yourself, how to behave in the world and treat others, how to face the destiny and others, instructing people about how to survive the tribulation of the realistic life and the complicated interpersonal relations from all aspects, how to rectify the attitude, cultivate the moral, cultivate the character and cultivate the virtue so that one can live in justice effectively, leisurely and deliberately in the world.)
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.)
Over the course of World War II, two million American military personnel occupied bases throughout the South Pacific, leaving behind a human legacy of at least 4,000 children born to indigenous mothers. Based on interviews conducted with many of these American-indigenous children and several of the surviving mothers, Mothers' Darlings of the South Pacific explores the intimate relationships that existed between untold numbers of U.S. servicemen and indigenous women during the war and considers the fate of their mixed-race children. These relationships developed in the major U.S. bases of the South Pacific Command, from Bora Bora in the east across to Solomon Islands in the west, and from the Gilbert Islands in the north to New Zealand, in the southernmost region of the Pacific. The American military command carefully managed interpersonal encounters between the sexes, applying race-based U.S. immigration law on Pacific peoples to prevent marriage "across the color line." For indigenous women and their American servicemen sweethearts, legal marriage was impossible; giving rise to a generation of fatherless children, most of whom grew up wanting to know more about their American lineage. Mothers' Darlings of the South Pacific traces these children's stories of loss, emotion, longing, and identity—and of lives lived in the shadow of global war. Each chapter discusses the context of the particular island societies and shows how this often determined the ways intimate relationships developed and were accommodated during the war years and beyond. Oral histories reveal what the records of colonial governments and the military have largely ignored, providing a perspective on the effects of the U.S. occupation that until now has been disregarded by Pacific war historians. The richness of this book will appeal to those interested the Pacific, World War II, as well as intimacy, family, race relations, colonialism, identity, and the legal structures of U.S. immigration.
Since the late 1960s the Indonesian island of Batam has been transformed from a sleepy fishing village to a booming frontier town, where foreign investment, mostly from neighboring Singapore, converges with inexpensive land and labor. Indonesian female migrants dominate the island's economic landscape both as factory workers and as prostitutes servicing working class tourists from Singapore. Indonesians also move across the border in search of work in Malaysia and Singapore as plantation and construction workers or maids. Export processing zones such as Batam are both celebrated and vilified in contemporary debates on economic globalization. The Anxieties of Mobility moves beyond these dichotomies to explore the experiences of migrants and tourists who pass through Batam. Johan Lindquist's extensive fieldwork allows him to portray globalization in terms of relationships that bind individuals together over long distances rather than as a series of impersonal economic transactions. He offers a unique ethnographic perspective, drawing together the worlds of factory workers and prostitutes, migrants and tourists, and creating a compelling account of everyday life in a borderland characterized by dramatic capitalist expansion. The book uses three Indonesian concepts (merantau, malu, liar) to shed light on the mobility of migrants and tourists on Batam. The first refers to a person's relationship with home while in the process of migration. The second signifies the shame or embarrassment felt when one is between accepted roles and emotional states. The third, liar, literally means "wild" and is used to identify those who are out of place, notably squatters, couples in premarital cohabitation, and prostitutes without pimps. These sometimes overlapping concepts allow the book to move across geographical and metaphorical boundaries and between various economies. The Anxieties of Mobility is an ideal text for courses dealing with gender, globalization, and anthropology. A documentary film, B.A.T.A.M., directed and produced by the author, is available from Documentary Educational Resources.