For disgraced TV presenter Martin Sharp the answer's pretty simple：he has，in his own words，‘issed his life away’.And on New Year's Eve he's going to end it all …But not，as it happens，alone.Because first single-mum Maureen，then eighteen-year-old Jess and lastly American rock-god JJ turn up and crash Martin's private party.They've stolen his idea-but brought their own reasons. Ye...(展开全部)

For disgraced TV presenter Martin Sharp the answer's pretty simple：he has，in his own words，‘issed his life away’.And on New Year's Eve he's going to end it all …But not，as it happens，alone.Because first single-mum Maureen，then eighteen-year-old Jess and lastly American rock-god JJ turn up and crash Martin's private party.They've stolen his idea-but brought their own reasons. Ye...(展开全部)

In his eagerly awaited fourth novel, "New York Times"-bestselling author Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost souls who connect just when they've reached the end of the line. Meet Martin, JJ, Jess, and Maureen. Four people who come together on New Year's Eve: a former TV talk show host, a musician, a teenage girl, and a mother. Three are British, one is Americ...(展开全部)

Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestseller Jason Reynolds’s fiercely stunning novel that takes place in sixty potent seconds—the time it takes a kid to decide whether or not he’s going to murder the guy who killed his brother. A cannon. A strap. A piece...(展开全部)

逆向操作療傷系之最 敗德、桎梏、瘋狂、失志……還有什麼不能失去！？ 人生充滿大小坑疤，神啊請賜我個什麼塞滿破洞！ 「我能解釋為什麼想從大廈樓頂跳下去嗎？」 對於名聲敗壞的電視節目主持人馬汀來說，他能，因為面對不再有意義的生命，那就是最合乎邏輯的作法。在除夕夜他準備結束一切……不料天不從人願，除夕夜的大廈樓頂居然是個自殺勝地。 一開始是單親媽媽莫琳，然後是十八歲的叛逆少女潔西，最後是不得志的搖滾樂團主唱阿傑，馬汀的個人派對被一再打斷。 身後有不耐的觀眾在排隊等你時，往下跳突然變得很難。 吐出幾句憤怒的話語；吞下幾片冷披薩後，陌路人轉眼變成同伴。這段不尋常的友誼會是繼續活下去的好理由嗎？

【作者简介】 塞巴斯蒂安‧巴里，他是爱尔兰当代最优秀的作家、诗人与剧作家之一，爱尔兰影星琼‧奥哈拉之子。其文学生涯始于诗歌，近年来，小说创作上的成就为其赢得了极高的文学地位，其作品多次获得布克奖提名，长篇小说《绝密手稿》获包括科斯塔年度图书奖在内的多项文学大奖。巴里的小说语言优美，富有诗意，善用深沉忧郁的历史视角探究爱尔兰与爱尔兰人充满悲欢离合的曲折命运。 【译者简介】 苏福忠，人民文学出版社编审，从事编辑工作三十余年，编辑过《莎士比亚全集》《伍尔芙文集》《福斯特文集》等大型图书及多种散本图书。他曾翻译《月亮与六便士》《汤姆索亚历险记》《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》等多部文学名著，代表著作有《译事余墨》《编译曲直》《席德这个小人儿》等。

【作者简介】 塞巴斯蒂安‧巴里，他是爱尔兰当代最优秀的作家、诗人与剧作家之一，爱尔兰影星琼‧奥哈拉之子。其文学生涯始于诗歌，近年来，小说创作上的成就为其赢得了极高的文学地位，其作品多次获得布克奖提名，长篇小说《绝密手稿》获包括科斯塔年度图书奖在内的多项文学大奖。巴里的小说语言优美，富有诗意，善用深沉忧郁的历史视角探究爱尔兰与爱尔兰人充满悲欢离合的曲折命运。 【译者简介】 苏福忠，人民文学出版社编审，从事编辑工作三十余年，编辑过《莎士比亚全集》《伍尔芙文集》《福斯特文集》等大型图书及多种散本图书。他曾翻译《月亮与六便士》《汤姆索亚历险记》《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》等多部文学名著，代表著作有《译事余墨》《编译曲直》《席德这个小人儿》等。

With acclaimed works like "The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty," Irish author Sebastian Barry has earned a reputation as a amaster storytellera ("The Wall Street Journal"). In "A Long Long Way" he has created an unforgettable portrait of the horrors of war through the story of Willie Dunne, a young man who leaves his native Dublin in 1914 to join the Allies on the Western Front. C...(展开全部)

内容简介： 联合国儿童基金会，受战争影响儿童代言人伊斯梅尔·比亚震撼世界的战争回忆 全球35个国家联手推出，美国2007年连印35版行销65万的最畅销自传 2007年纽约时报华盛顿邮报年选佳作，2007年亚马逊书店非虚构类最佳图书 联合国儿童基金会报告，二零零七年武装组织雇佣的儿童超过二十五万，其中年龄最小的只有六岁。这些童兵颁在全球十多个冲突地区。武装组织往往使用物质诱饵误导他们对战争产生兴趣，继而达到雇佣童兵的目的。武装组织不仅仅会把这些孩子当作战争工具，而且洞天福地让他们充当报信者、间谍和搬运工的角色。更为严重的是，相当数量的孩子还被武装人员当作性奴。全球现有童兵中，女孩约占百分之四十，她们通常最易受到性侵害。保护儿童权益，帮助儿童尽早回归社会，为儿童创造一个可以享有权利的世界，是人类一个迫在眉睫的挑战。 这是世界上所有人都应该阅读的一本书。不...(展开全部)

Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space—and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the universe—in this light-hearted debut space opera from a rising sci-fi star. Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer. While the patched-up ship has seen better days, it offers her a be...(展开全部)