"Last Days of Summer" is the story of Joey Margolis, neighborhood punching bag, growing up goofy and mostly fatherless in Brooklyn in the early 1940s. A boy looking for a hero, Joey decides to latch on to Charlie Banks, the all-star third baseman for the New York Giants. But Joey's chosen champion doesn't exactly welcome the extreme attention of a persistent young fan with an o...(展开全部)

Ailsa doesn't trust MCC Berkshire, the young man helping out in her mother's antique shop. He tells wonderful stories about all the antiques and dazzles the customers, but everything he says is a pack of lies, isn't it? Adventure, romance, comedy, mystery--MCC tells a tale to suit every taste. But what is his story? Where is he from and why does he tell these lies? The truth is...(展开全部)

From the senior White House correspondent for The New York Times comes the definitive history of the Bush and Cheney White House—a tour de force narrative of those dramatic and controversial eight years. Taking readers into the offices of the West Wing and the cabins of Air Force One, Peter Baker tells the gripping inside story of the Bush and Cheney era. Theirs was th...(展开全部)

A wry, tender portrait of a young woman—finally free to decide her own path, but unsure if she knows herself well enough to choose wisely—from a captivating new literary voice The plan is to leave. As for how, when, to where, and even why—she doesn’t know yet. So begins a journey for the twenty-four-year-old narrator of Days of Distraction. As a staff writer at a prestigious te...(展开全部)

（美）库尔特•艾肯沃德（Kurt Eichenwald） ★美国著名记者 ★两届乔治•波尔卡奖获得者 ★两届普利策奖提名 ★《纽约时报》畅销书作家 库尔特•艾肯沃德为《纽约时报》撰稿已超过20 年，同时也是《名利场》特约编辑。 著有畅销书《傻瓜的阴谋》、《告密者》和《岩上毒蛇》等。其中《告密者》曾被《纽约时报》评为“10 年来最杰出的纪实文学作品”，于2009 年被搬上荧幕，男主角马特•戴蒙获金球奖最佳男主角提名；《傻瓜的阴谋》将由莱昂纳多•迪卡普里奥主演，于2013 年上映。

（美）库尔特•艾肯沃德（Kurt Eichenwald） ★美国著名记者 ★两届乔治•波尔卡奖获得者 ★两届普利策奖提名 ★《纽约时报》畅销书作家 库尔特•艾肯沃德为《纽约时报》撰稿已超过20 年，同时也是《名利场》特约编辑。 著有畅销书《傻瓜的阴谋》、《告密者》和《岩上毒蛇》等。其中《告密者》曾被《纽约时报》评为“10 年来最杰出的纪实文学作品”，于2009 年被搬上荧幕，男主角马特•戴蒙获金球奖最佳男主角提名；《傻瓜的阴谋》将由莱昂纳多•迪卡普里奥主演，于2013 年上映。

A tale of counterterrorism from an author who "ranks with Graham Greene in his knowledge of espionage and the human heart" (Publishers Weekly). Roger Ferris is one of the CIA's soldiers in the war on terrorism. He has come out of Iraq with a shattered leg and an intense mission—to penetrate the network of a master terrorist known only as "Suleiman." Ferris's plan for gett...(展开全部)

In this stunning debut, author Scott Lynch delivers the wonderfully thrilling tale of an audacious criminal and his band of confidence tricksters. Set in a fantastic city pulsing with the lives of decadent nobles and daring thieves, here is a story of adventure, loyalty, and survival that is one part Robin Hood, one part Ocean’s Eleven , and entirely enthralling.… An orphan’s...(展开全部)

They say that the Thorn of Camorr can beat anyone in a fight. They say he steals from the rich and gives to the poor. They say he's part man, part myth, and mostly street-corner rumor. And they are wrong on every count. Only averagely tall, slender, and god-awful with a sword, Locke Lamora is the fabled Thorn, and the greatest weapons at his disposal are his wit and cunning. He...(展开全部)