Solomon: 694 books

This anthology of black writers traces the evolution of African-American perspectives throughout American history, from the early years of slavery to the end of the 20th century. The essays, manifestos, interviews, and documents assembled here, contextualized with critical commentaries from Marable...

Sport? Entertainment? Art form? Perhaps a bit of all three, with a certain intangible extra something thrown in for good measure, making professional wrestling a truly unique entity unto itself. From its origins in carnivals and sideshow attractions of the 19th century, right up to the multimillion-dollar,...

In 1929, Hollywood mogul William Fox (1879–1952) came close to controlling the entire motion picture industry. His Fox Film Corporation had grown from a $1600 investment into a globe-spanning $300 million empire; he also held patents to the new sound-on-film process. Forced into a series of bitter...

The handsome multicolored streetcar is a nostalgic icon of the some of the most romantic and heritage-rich locales in America, including San Francisco, New Orleans and Chicago, immortalised on stage and screen in classics including 'Meet Me In St Louis' and 'A Streetcar Named Desire'. Streetcars of...

Raise self-confident, self-reliant children using the RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers) Approach. Your baby knows more than you think. That's the heart of the principles and teachings of Magda Gerber, founder of RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers), and Educaring. BABY KNOWS BEST is based...

Are you a real fan of World Wrestling Entertainment ®? Do you have ruthless aggression? Do you have to know it all -- and beyond? Now you can step up and prove it! Here for the first time, test just how much you really know in The Ultimate World Wrestling Entertainment Trivia Book. Not for the fan...

The idea of writing my lifetime memory during my childhood time and adulthood period goes back to the last twenty years. Unfortunately, I did not have the courage and the willpower to embark on this task. I was always hindered by a silent feeling that I did not have the potential and capacity to write...

When Alexander the Great bridged the gulf dividing Occident and Orient, the Greeks had attained to a state of maturity in the development of their national art and literature. Greek culture and civilisation, passing beyond the boundaries of their national domain, crossed this bridge and spread over...

This book presents an academic introduction to the life and teachings of five Middle Eastern founders of religion –- five individuals whose systems of faith, thought, and action have won the allegiance of millions. All believed to have experienced a personal encounter with the divine - a “voice”...

This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Judaism covers the history of the Jewish religion through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 800 cross-referenced entries on important personalities in Jewish religious history,...

Published in 1920, these buoyant essays, which originally appeared in the New Statesman, display the author's critical analyses of men of letters and literature.  Contents includes "Was Cromwell an Alligator?," "Mr. Barclay Sees it Through," "The Muse in Liquor," and "Wordsworth’s Personal Dullness."     

REA’s Essentials provide quick and easy access to critical information in a variety of different fields, ranging from the most basic to the most advanced. As its name implies, these concise, comprehensive study guides summarize the essentials of the field covered. Essentials are helpful when preparing...

War Made Easy cuts through the dense web of spin to probe and scrutinize the key "perception management" techniques that have played huge roles in the promotion of American wars in recent decades. This guide to disinformation analyzes American military adventures past and present to reveal...

**　　榮獲2015中時開卷年度翻譯類好書獎** **　　我知道他的人生將會艱難又可悲，身為母親能怎麼幫忙？光是母愛夠不夠？ 　　本想當個正常的父親，結果夢就這樣在眼前粉碎。** 　　養兒育女，絕不是完美主義者的遊戲。 　　西方有個諺語：「蘋果落地，離樹不遠」，也就是「有其父必有其子」。但事實卻是，世上有許多孩子都落到了別處，可能是幾座園子外，也可能落到世界的另一端，完全背離父母的預期和想像，而這些家庭也因此走入完全不同的人生。 　　作者窮盡十年時間，針對三百個擁有異常孩子的家庭進行深入且多次的拜訪：聽力正常的父母生出聾人後代、芭蕾舞者生出侏儒女兒、華爾街精英生出唐氏症寶寶、異性戀父母生出同性戀、平庸的父母生出神童、慈愛的父母生出殺人犯，以及自閉症、殘障、跨性別、思覺失調（舊譯：精神分製），甚至遭姦成孕生下的孩子……這本書就是探討這些掉到另一個世界的果實，他們作為與家庭成員及社會大眾都格格不入的差異分子，如何尋找自我的身分認同，同時也探討了為人父母的重大意義。 　　這些離樹甚遠的果子與親代毫不相像，沒有從垂直的血緣關係遺傳到相同的外型、能力、智商或性向，因此也無法從傳承自親緣關係的「垂直身分」獲致身分認同。他們很多必須從同樣類型的同伴之間獲致「水平身分」，才能尋找到身分認同。垂直身分是社會對他們的認知，水平身分是他們對自己的認知，而當這兩種身分認知出現巨大鴻溝，父母往往得用肉身造橋，才能橫渡這條如深淵般的惡水。 　　這些父母一開始大多無法接受這樣的孩子，也不確信自己是否能勝任父母的角色。在生與不生、親自養育與送至安置機構之間痛苦地掙扎徬徨，許多人憑藉著對孩子的情感，激發出內在無與倫比的想像力、創造力以及愛的能力，去為孩子爭取生存的空間，而且以一種有尊嚴、有意義的姿態存活下來，從而重新發現為人父母的重大意義。 　　作者開宗明義提到：「從來就沒有複製這回事。」所有的生育都是一種製造，沒有子代會完全複製親代。在訪查過程中，他也見識了父母最深沉的絕望、瀕臨崩潰的邊緣。這些父母原先千方百計要避免這樣的處境，卻被迫拖入原先並不願意進入的世界，然而，最後他們卻對此滿心感激──這是本書最大的謎題。 　　這些與眾不同的孩子會讓父母經歷痛苦的改變，但也讓父母更了解自己。孩子就像容器，裝著憤怒也裝著喜悅，甚至救贖。愛孩子，就會把實際存在的事物看得比想像中的事物還重要。 　　他並未要求所有父母都得堅強樂觀地面對孩子帶來的挑戰，而是不帶偏見、平和地訴說這些家庭所經歷的艱難，並對父母在愛中的掙扎寬厚以待。作者並不頌揚苦難，他透過本書告訴我們，珍貴的並不是苦難本身，而是我們對苦難如同珍珠般的包容。 　　這是本兼具心理學和社會學意義的專著，而很少人能把意義如此嚴肅的研究寫得如此溫柔、動人而心碎，而這正是因為作者在書寫他人的經歷時，也注入了自己的生命經驗，並反思自己傷痕累累的人生。作者身為同志，他在摸索「我是誰」的過程中讓母親驚心，父親憂慮，雙方皆飽受折磨。這是他進行這項研究的初衷，藉由探查其他差異份子的家庭，試圖了解這樣的傷害究竟是源於個人、家庭，還是社會？ 　　作者自述：「展開這項研究時，我滿腹委曲；結束時，我學會寬容。一開始我想了解的是自己，到最後我了解的是父母。在這一頁頁的書寫中，幸福激發了寬恕。父母總是在愛中原諒我，而我最後也在愛中原諒了父母。」 　　奔流不息的水把世界粗礪崎嶇的表面磨得光滑細緻，這些飽嘗差異之苦的家庭，也正砥礪著世界粗糙的善意。在地球磨平之前，愛將在重重威脅中繼續壯大。願所有讀者都能在本書中找到愛所需要的勇氣，並在釋卷後，以全新的眼光去評判個人價值及生命價值。 本書特色 　　封面的黑影，以及周身的水紋，第一眼讓人聯想到的，是在胎兒在母腹中的超音波影像。父母在看到超音波影像時的心情，是興奮、期待，充滿對未來的想像。那必定是一幅很美好的景象，縱使知道其中會包含很多辛苦和勞碌，仍舊在看到影像的第一眼就注入了滿滿的感情。 　　但他的真實面目，不是儀器可以看得出來的，未來必定有太多「意外」以及無限「驚訝」。那就是為何孩子的影像會是個黑影，也一定要是個黑影。 得獎記錄 　　．2015中時開卷年度翻譯類好書獎 　　．2012年美國國家書評獎（National...