這本在二○○五年一月才由哈寇特(Harcourt)出版社出版的插圖本童書,書名取為《巴斯拉的圖書館長猁猁一個伊拉克的真實故事》(The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq),雖然只有三十二頁,卻是美國童書界少有的以戰爭和異國文化為題材的書籍。
二○○三年的七月二十七日,《紐約時報》報導了伊拉克巴斯拉中央圖書館館長艾莉亞‧穆罕默德‧貝克(Alia Muhammad Baker)的一段捍衛圖書的真實事蹟。五十歲的貝克女士擔任圖書館長已十四年,熱愛圖書也積極推廣閱讀。貝克常引回教聖典說:「在《可蘭經》裡,上帝告訴阿拉的第一件事就是『閱讀』」(In the Koran, the first thing God said to Muhammad was 〝Read〞)。
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發佈日期: 2005.01.24 發佈時間: 下午 3:16
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The Last Song
Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Yesterday you came to lift me up
As light as straw and brittle as a bird
Today I weigh less than a shadow on the wall
Just one more whisper of a voice unheard
Tomorrow leave the windows open
As fear grows please hold me in your arms
Won't you help me if you can to shake this anger
I need your gentle hands to keep me calm
'Cause I never thought I'd lose
I only thought I'd win
I never dreamed I'd feel
This fire beneath my skin
I can't believe you love me
I never thought you'd come
I guess I misjudged love
Between a father and his son
Things we never said come together
The hidden truth no longer haunting me
Tonight we touched on the things that were never spoken
That kind of understanding sets me free