By the 1860s, the Pilasters are one of the world's greatest banking families, with connections that reach from the City of London to far-afield colonies. However, as the family grow ever richer in the shadow of oppression and tragedy, their very future is threatened - by the self-same ambition and greed that first earned them their fortune. 'A full-blooded melodrama, complete w...(展开全部)

In 1866, tragedy strikes at the  exclusive Windfield School. A young student drowns  in a mysterious accident involving a small circle  of boys. The drowning and its aftermath initiates a  spiraling circle of treachery that will span three  decades and entwine many loves... From the  exclusive men's club and brothels that cater to every  dark desire of London's upper classes to...(展开全部)

Astonishing prose brings to life a forgotten woman and a lost world in a strange and bittersweet Southern pastoral. Since his award-winning debut collection of stories, Last Days of the Dog-Men, Brad Watson has been expanding the literary traditions of the South, in work as melancholy, witty, strange, and lovely as any in America. Now, drawing on the story of his own great-aunt...(展开全部)

"It does a man no good to be free until he learns how to live." These were the words of Amos Fortune, born the son of a king of the At-mun-shi tribe in Africa. When Amos was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction. Although his freedom had been taken, Amos never lost his dignity and courage. He dreamed...(展开全部)

The notorious Miss Swamp reappears at the Horace B. Smedley School, this time to shape up the football team and help them to win at least one game.

The notorious Miss Swamp reappears at the Horace B. Smedley School, this time to shape up the football team and help them to win at least one game.

The notorious Miss Swamp reappears at the Horace B. Smedley School, this time to shape up the football team and make them win at least one game. "Children of any age will relish the raucous carrying on at what has to be the most gloriously awful school in the entire state of Texas".--The Horn Book.

The notorious Miss Swamp reappears at the Horace B. Smedley School, this time to shape up the football team and help them to win at least one game.

Winifred Watson 温妮弗瑞德·沃森（1906-2002） 长期居住在英国泰恩河畔的纽卡斯尔，因家道中落没进大学，为贴补家用做了打字员。沃森说过“我的雇主从没派给我什么工作，有天他让我带点毛线活儿来干，所以我在办公室里写完了整部小说”。她的第一部小说《四脚朝天》（Fell Top）就是在办公室里写出来的。小说放了一年，因为她妹妹看到一个出版商张贴的征稿广告而得以出版，后被改编为BBC广播剧。除了《派蒂格鲁小姐的大日子》，沃森的其他小说都是以乡村为背景。《派蒂格鲁小姐》1937年出版，在英国、澳大利亚和美国大获成功，并被翻译成法文在法国出版，二战开始时还计划在德国出版。在那时就打算翻拍成电影，由碧莉·伯克主演，却因战争之故泡汤。之后沃森结婚生子，那时她已出版了六部小说。佩塞芬妮出版社最初分别在2001年、2003年至2005年都出版过《派蒂...(展开全部)