A Certain Smile, Francoise Sagan's second book, also was a bestseller. It told about a student's love affair with a middle-aged man. Like Cécile, she is slightly bored of life, but she suddenly realizes that "some day I would die, that my hand would no longer touch the chromium rim, nor would the sun shine in my eyes." Another variation of the formula was presented in Aimez-vou...(展开全部)

A Certain Smile, Francoise Sagan's second book, also was a bestseller. It told about a student's love affair with a middle-aged man. Like Cécile, she is slightly bored of life, but she suddenly realizes that "some day I would die, that my hand would no longer touch the chromium rim, nor would the sun shine in my eyes." Another variation of the formula was presented in Aimez-vou...(展开全部)

Published when she was only nineteen, Francoise Sagan's astonishing first novel "Bonjour Tristesse" became an instant bestseller. It tells the story of Cecile, who leads a carefree life with her widowed father and his young mistresses until, one hot summer on the Riviera, he decides to remarry - with devastating consequences. In "A Certain Smile" Dominique, a young woman bored ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Ah, think of the serene gardens, tatami mats, Zen-inspired de cor, sliding doors, and shoji screens of the typical Japanese home. Think again. Tokyo: A Certain Style , the mini-sized decor book with a difference, shows how, for those living in one of the world s most expensive and densely packed metropolises, closet-sized apartments stacked to the ceiling with gadget...(展开全部)

Raina Telgemeier is the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award–winning creator of Smile, Sisters, and Guts, which are all graphic memoirs based on her childhood. She is also the creator of Drama and Ghosts, and is the adapter and illustrator of the first four Baby-sitters Club graphic novels. Raina lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. To learn more, visit her onli...(展开全部)

米尔顿·哈通（Milton Hatoum），巴西当代著名作家、翻译家。1952年出生于巴西亚马孙州首府玛瑙斯，父亲为黎巴嫩移民。哈通十五岁到巴西利亚求学，后又赴圣保罗和法国巴黎深造。1989年出版长篇小说处女作《一个东方人的故事》并在1990年凭借此书荣获巴西雅布提文学奖。其代表作还有《黄金城的孤儿》《两兄弟》《北方的灰烬》等。 马琳，中国社会科学院外国文学研究所编辑。巴西坎皮纳斯州立大学文学理论与文学史专业博士。巴西文学研究者、译者。主要研究方向为巴西当代族裔文学、巴西女性文学。现有已出版译著：米亚·科托《母狮的忏悔》、克里斯托旺·泰扎《永远的菲利普》、米尔顿·哈通《两兄弟》等。

Emilie, the matriarch, is on her deathbed. Returning to her childhood home to say goodbye, her granddaughter becomes enveloped in memories, as family and friends gather round to tell their own tales, one by one. We hear of how Uncle Hanna first left Lebanon for Brazil early in the twentieth century; of Soraya Angela, the illegitimate deaf-mute child whose short life was blighte...(展开全部)

Welcome to a world where mysticism and science collide, and supernatural powers are derived from either science or religion. At the heart of this world is Academy City, an advanced metropolis whose population is comprised mostly of students. The majority of students are enrolled in the city's "Power Curriculum Program," where they must learn to master their latent psychic power...(展开全部)

Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth, and what follows is a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. And on top of all that, there's still more to deal with: a major earthquake, boy...(展开全部)

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. In sixth grade, the author tripped while running and lost her two front teeth. She describes the torturous dental surgeries and repairs. Accompanying the physical treatment came social rough spots, while growing up.