In 1848, two young men published what would become one of the defining documents of modern history, The Communist Manifesto. It rapidly realigned political faultlines all over the world and its aftershock resonates to this day. In the many years since its publication, no other social program has inspired such divisive and violent debate. Ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the world s first regime to adopt the Manifesto s tenets, historians have debated its intent and its impact. In the current era of market democracy in Russia and Eastern Europe, nationalism on every continent, and an ever tightening global economy, does the specter of Communism still haunt the world? Were the seeds of Communism s ultimate destruction already planted in 1848? Is there anything to be learned from Marx s envisioned uia? 《共产党宣言》，是马克思和恩格斯为共产主义者同盟（Communist League）起草的纲领，在这个纲领性文献中，阐述了矛盾对人类历史的影
like all young elephants,Elly sometimes forgets her manners!In this beautifully illustrated story,Elly finds out how good table manners can make meal times much more fun.
Ferrari-in the world of cars,no other name generates such passion.Enzo Ferrari began building racing cars in 1947,and within a few years Ferrari had won most of the major races in the world.Alongside the racing cars,Ferrari have always produced the most thrilling of road cars.The gigantic racing success of the past ensures that Ferrari road cars are the most coveted cars today-combining fabulously exciting,powerful engines with stunning,elegant lines. Nothing can equal the sight and sound of a Ferrari,and this fascinating book brings you all the thrills of those road cars with superb color photographs and informative,detailed text and specifications for each model. That there have been more books written on the subject of Ferrari cars than any other motoring subject is really not surprising,as no other manufacturer can match the glamour and excitement produced by the blood-red cars from Maranello.This book covers the cars built by Ferrari for the road,but inevitably this overlap with some GT racers whi
Two essays representing a search for the balance between the rights of the individual and the power of the state discuss such issues as equality, authority, happiness, justice, and virtue. Reprint.
In a natural follow-up her national bestseller Front at the White House,the dean of the White House press corps presents a vivid and personal chronicle of the Americal presidency.Currently a columnist for Hearst and a former White House bureau chief for UPI,Helen Thomas has covered an astounding nine presidential administrations-from Kennedy through George W.Bush-endearing herself with her trademark“Thand you,Mr.President”at the conclusion of White House press conferences.Here,in a riveting chapter for each administration she has covered,Thomas delights,informs,spins yarns,and offers opinions on the commanders in chief and their families,She tells about Kennedy’s love of sparring with the press,the memorable invitation LBJ extended to Hubert Humphrey to become his running mate,and Reagan’s down-home ways of avoiding the press's tougher questions.As entertaining and compelling as Helen Thomas herself,Thanks for the Memories,Mr,President is a unique glimpse into presidential history.
In a memoir of great tenderness and eloquence,Louise Kehoe portrays a family in thrall to a brilliant, volatile and profoundly secretive father,a man of stark contrasts and inexplicable contradictions whose ability to charm his children coexisted unpredictably with his ability to tyrannize them. At the beginning of World War II the acclaimed British architect Berthold Lubetkin stunned the London art world by abruptly abandoning his thriving architectural practice and moving to a desolate farm with the forbidding name of World s End.It was here,in this isolated corner of rural England,that he raised a family that had to endure not only the rigors of hard physical labor on the farm,but also their father s own brand of doctri-naire communism. It was not until after his death that his daughter was able to bring to light the tragic past he had tried so hard to hide Her search for the truth about her father brought her to the place where individual lives are caught and transformed by the tumultuous even
Learn how to hot-pepper marmalade and make homemade itching powder and whoopee cushions among other time-tested pranks in this charming little book.
THE SIXTIES IN PICTURES is one of a series of books that together provide a comprehensive pictoriaL history of the 20th century, decade by decade.With over 250 pictures, this voLume is a unique record of the moments of wonder and terror that can never be forgotten: from the assassination of JFK to the massacre at SharpeviLle, from the building of the BerLin WaLl to the first manned space fLight, from the March on Washington to BeatLemania, from the CuLtural RevoLution to the coming of Bond. Here are the Swinging Sixties in aLL their dizzy detaiL.
First published in 1913, Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country is a scathing novel of ambition featuring one of the most ruthless heroines in literature. Undine Spragg is as unscrupulous as she is magnetically beautiful. Her rise to the top of New York's high society from the nouveau riche provides a provocative commentary on the upwardly mobile and the aspirations that eventually cause their ruin. One of Wharton's most acclaimed works, The Custom ofthe Country is a stunning indictment of materialism and misplaced values that is as powerful today forits astute observations about greed and power as when it was written nearly a century ago.
In this extraordinary volume of selections from Aristotle-culled from the monumental Oxford translation by authorities including W.D.Ross,Benjamin Jowett,and Ingram Bywater-editor Justin D.Kaplan has included the most widely read,studied,and quoted works of the great philosopher.Informative notes give the reader a convenient and concise review of each work,illuminating the main ideas.Thoughtfully assembled,The Pocket Aristotle is the essential guide to the man who has often been called the world's most important thinker.
