波姬·小丝（Brooke Christa Shields）， 美国 著名 女演员 和 模特 ，1965年生于 纽约 城，拥有 意大利 、 法国 、 爱尔兰 和 英国 的贵族血统，其祖母是意大利公主Donna Marina Torlonia。小丝出生11个月就为香皂拍过广告，14岁就成为Vogue杂志封面年轻的时装模特；更是用家喻户晓的广告成就了Calvin Klein品牌牛仔装。13岁就在1978年的影片《漂亮宝贝》(Pretty Baby)中扮演一个童妓；1980年的《青春珊瑚岛/蓝色泻湖》(Blue Lagoon)中，出演因海上事故流落荒岛逐渐长大成为少年的两个孩子中的女孩，青春靓丽脱俗的形象让年仅15岁的波姬·小丝红极一时。
In 1955, Garcia Marquez was working for El Espectador, a newspaper in Bogota, when in February of that year eight crew members of the Caldas, a Colombian destroyer, were washed overboard and disappeared. Ten days later one of them turned up, barely alive, on a deserted beach in northern Colombia. This book, which originally appeared as a series of newspaper articles, is Garcia Marquez's account of that sailor's ordeal. Translated by Randolf Hogan.
Jeanne Marie Laskas had a dream of fleeing her otherwise happyurban life for fresh air and open space — a dream she woulddiscover was about something more than that. But she never expectedher fantasy to come true — until a summer afternoon’s drive in thecountry. That’s when she and her boyfriend, Alex — owner of Marley thepoodle — stumble upon the place she thought existed only in herdreams. This pretty-as-a-picture-postcard farm with an Amish barn,a chestnut grove, and breathtaking vistas is real ... and for sale.And it’s where she knows her future begins. But buying a postcard — fifty acres of scenery — and living onit are two entirely different matters. With wit and wisdom, Laskaschronicles the heartwarming and heartbreaking stories of thecolorful two- and four-legged creatures she encounters onSweetwater Farm. Against a backdrop of brambles, a satellite dish, and sheep,she tells a tender, touching, and hilarious tale about life, love,and the unexpected complic
A majestic literary biography, a truly new, surprisingly freshportrait. -- Newsday A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice National Book Critics Circle Award finalist A biography wholly worthy of the brilliant woman it chronicles. .. . It rediscovers Virginia Woolf afresh." --The Philadelphia Inquirer While Virginia Woolf--one of our century's most brilliant andmercurial writers--has had no shortage of biographers, none hasseemed as naturally suited to the task as Hermione Lee. Subscribingto Virginia Woolf's own belief in the fluidity and elusiveness ofidentity, Lee comes at her subject from a multitude ofperspectives, producing a richly layered portrait of the writer andthe woman that leaves all of her complexities and contradictionsintact. Such issues as sexual abuse, mental illness, and suicideare brought into balance with the immensity of her literaryachievement, her heroic commitment to her work, her generosity andwit, and her sanity and strength. It
In 1987, John Rember returned home to Sawtooth Valley, wherehe had been brought up. He returned out of a homing instinct: thesame forty acres that had sustained his family’s horses hadsustained a vision of a place where he belonged in the world, alife where he could get up in the morning, step out the door, andcatch dinner from the Salmon River. But to his surprise, he foundthat what was once familiar was now unfamiliar. Everything mighthave looked the same to the horses that spring, but to Rember thiswas no longer home. In Traplines , Rember recounts his experiences of growing upin a time when the fish were wild in the rivers, horses werebrought into the valley each spring from their winter pasture, andelectric light still seemed magical. Today those same experiencesno longer seem to possess the authenticity they once did. In hisjourney home, Rember discovers how the West, both as a place inwhich to live and as a terrain of the imagination, has beentransformed. And he wonders whether his recollections o
In this beautifully written and profoundly stirringautobiography, Geoffrey Wolff unravels the enigma of hisGatsby-esque father, an inveterate liar who falsified everythingbut love. 8 pages of black-and-white photos.
When Anne Rice stopped crafting stories about vampires andbegan writing about Jesus, many of her fans were shocked. Thisautobiographical spiritual memoir provides an account of how theauthor rediscovered and fully embraced her Catholic faith afterdecades as a self-proclaimed atheist. Rice begins with herchildhood in New Orleans, when she seriously considered entering aconvent. As she grows into a young adult she delves into concernsabout faith, God and the Catholic Church that lead her away fromreligion. The author finally reclaims her Catholic faith in thelate 1990s, describing it as a movement toward total surrender toGod. She writes beautifully about how through clouds of doubt andpain she finds clarity, realizing how much she loved God anddesired to surrender her being, including her writing talent, toGod. Covering such a large sequence of time and life events is noteasy, and some of the author's transitions are a bit jarring. Fansof Rice's earlier works will enjoy discovering more about her lifean
Hard Driving is the dramatic story of one man’s doggeddetermination to live the life he loved, and to compete, despitedaunting obstacles, at the highest level of his sport.Wendell Scottfigured he was signing up for trouble when he became nascar’sversion of Jackie Robinson in the segregated 1950s. Some speedwaysrefused to let him race. “Go home, nigger,” spectators yelled. Andafter a bigoted promoter refused to pay him, Scott appealeddirectly to the sport’s founder, nascar czar Bill France Sr.Francemade a promise Scott would never forget – that nascar would nevertreat him with prejudice.For the next two decades, Scott chased adream whose fulfillment depended on France backing up that promise.Persevering through crashes, health problems, and money troubles,Scott remained convinced he had the talent to become one ofnascar’s best. Hard Driving documents a previously untold chapterin the history of integration, politics, and sports in America. Itreveals how France, founder of the multibillion-
Robert Hughes, who has stunned us with comprehensive works onsubjects as sweeping and complex as the history of Australia (TheFatal Shore), the modern art movement (The Shock of the New), thenature of American art (American Visions), and the nature ofAmerica itself as seen through its art (The Culture of Complaint),now turns his renowned critical eye to one of art history’s mostcompelling, enigmatic, and important figures, Francisco José deGoya y Lucientes. With characteristic critical fervor and sure-eyedinsight, Hughes brings us the story of an artist whose life andwork bridged the transition from the eighteenth-century reign ofthe old masters to the early days of the nineteenth-centurymoderns. With his salient passion for the artist and theart, Hughes brings Goya vividly to life through dazzling analysisof a vast breadth of his work. Building upon the historicalevidence that exists, Hughes tracks Goya’s development, as man andartist, without missing a beat, from the early works commissionedby the
