Maugham spent the winter months of 1919-20 travelling 1500 miles up the Yangtze River. Always more interested in people than places, he gave full rein to a sensitive and philosophical nature. On a Chinese Screen is the refined accumulation of the countless scraps of paper on which he had taken notes. Within the narrow confines of their colonial milieu, missionaries, consuls, ...(展开全部)

Maugham spent the winter months of 1919-20 travelling 1500 miles up the Yangtze River. Always more interested in people than places, he gave full rein to a sensitive and philosophical nature. On a Chinese Screen is the refined accumulation of the countless scraps of paper on which he had taken notes. Within the narrow confines of their colonial milieu, missionaries, consuls, ...(展开全部)

TOO LOUD A SOLITUDE is a tender and funny story of Hant'a - a man who has lived in a Czech police state - for 35 years, working as compactor of wastepaper and books. In the process of compacting, he has acquired an education so unwitting he can't quite tell which of his thoughts are his own and which come from his books. He has rescued many from jaws of hydraulic press and now ...(展开全部)

只要经历过战场，每个人都会对战争有着更为痛彻的思考，科尼利厄斯•瑞恩就是其中一位。 身为二战时期杰出的战地记者，瑞恩曾随同美国陆军第8、第9航空队参与14次轰炸行动，亲历诺曼底登陆，跟随巴顿将军的第3集团军挺进法国和德国，直至攻克柏林。在前线，瑞恩与成千上万的亲历者密切接触。不论是艾森豪威尔、巴顿、蒙哥马利这些军事天才，还是登陆诺曼底、参与市场-花园行动的年轻士兵，抑或纳粹将领海因里希、沦陷区的柏林市民，都在他的笔下保留了当时历史的真实记忆。《时代》周刊评论道，科尼利厄斯•瑞恩以近距离观察战争的眼光，历经鲜血和死亡的灵魂，完成了普通作家“不可能完成的任务”。 战争带来的伤痛，曾经深深嵌入亲历者的生命，让他们重拾那段记忆并不容易。从1956年起，瑞恩陆续奔赴德、法、苏联，耗时近20年寻找幸存者，在寻访5000多位见证人之后，最终完成这部杰作“二战史诗三...(展开全部)

TOO LOUD A SOLITUDE is a tender and funny story of Hant'a - a man who has lived in a Czech police state - for 35 years, working as compactor of wastepaper and books. In the process of compacting, he has acquired an education so unwitting he can't quite tell which of his thoughts are his own and which come from his books. He has rescued many from jaws of hydraulic press and now ...(展开全部)

小袋鼠有妈妈吗？有啊！就跟你我一样。那小狮子、小企鹅、小海豚呢？这位全球知名度最高的幼儿绘本作家，一贯鲜艳的彩图，轻松学习的重复句型，让阅读变成充满趣味的亲子游戏。书末页亦附上各种动物的家族称呼列表，例如：小羊－lamb； 羊妈妈－ewe；羊爸爸－ram；一群羊－a flock。人类和动物在外观上也许不同，但母爱表现却是一样伟大的喔

Set in late 1980s Europe at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Black Dogs is the intimate story of the crumbling of a marriage, as witnessed by an outsider. Jeremy is the son-in-law of Bernard and June Tremaine, whose union and estrangement began almost simultaneously. Seeking to comprehend how their deep love could be defeated by ideological differences Bernard and Jun...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings deal with their mother’s death and her hidden past—a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake. “At turns delightfully juicy and then stunningly wise, Black Cake is a w...(展开全部)

***Listed in THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION's Weekly Book List, April 4, 2011*** Interview with the author: http: //dgeneratefilms.com/critical-essays/cinematalk-a-conversation-with-professor-guo-juin-hong-on-taiwan-cinema-1949-and-documentaries/ A groundbreaking study of Taiwan cinema, this is the first English language book that covers its entire history. Hong revises how ...(展开全部)

Kiese Laymon is a fearless writer. In his essays, personal stories combine with piercing intellect to reflect both on the state of American society and on his experiences with abuse, which conjure conflicted feelings of shame, joy, confusion and humiliation. Laymon invites us to consider the consequences of growing up in a nation wholly obsessed with progress yet wholly disinte...(展开全部)