Robert Burns, the son of a tenant farmer in Ayshire, Scotland, endured great hardship before emerging as a poet and songwriter in his native dialect, as well as in English. This "Bard of Scotland" caught the spirit of his country, as these 23 verses and songs so vividly show. Though his works frequently focused on two of his greatest pleasures--women and Scotch--he also found inspiration in local subjects. His "Tam O'Shanter" is one of the finest examples of narrative verse ever written: it vividly evokes the Scottish landscape and weather, the native inns and native folk, all while telling a compelling, almost supernatural story of the drunken Tam. From "The Twa Dogs" to "Death and Doctor Hornbook," this colorful collection is a pure delight.
Writing at flame intensity,Gibson conjures a world that seems just a breath away from the here and now SALON Laney, living on blue cough medicine in a cardboard city,is scanning for nodality,for the future.A future that depends on Rei Toei,the idoru-beautiful girl,virtual icon,post-human being.Rydell-ex-cop,ex-security for Lucky Dragon convenience stores-is working for Laney,sort of ,but he's looking for a future too,and for Chevette,who was once his girl（and is now on the run）.And now Rydell's back in San Francisco,back on the Bridge,where it all began,and where it looks like it might all end, possibly with a number of big bangs. But endings are also beginnings.... William Gibson,author of the paradigm-busting NEUROMANCER,has done it again:All tomorrow's parties is the future-made hyperreal,ultra-sharp and supercool. With more insight,wit and sheer style than any of his contemporaries Gibson continues to patrol the nebulous zones that separate science fiction,contemporary thrillers and ge
