Since its publication in 1939, countless would-be readers of Finnegans Wake - James Joyce's masterwork, which consumed a third of his life - have given up after a few pages, dismissing it as a "perverse triumph of the unintelligible." In 1944, a young professor of mythology and literature named Joseph Campbell, working with Henry Morton Robinson, wrote the first "key" or guide ...(展开全部)

Working as a secret agent for Britain’s most exclusive agency, Alex Rider has seen it all. He’s been shot at by international terrorists, stood face-to-face with pure evil, and saved the world—twice. But fifteen-year-old Alex is about to face something more dangerous than he can imagine: A man who’s lost everything he cared for—his country, his son—a man who has a nuclear weapo...(展开全部)

The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature Experimental novel by James Joyce. Extracts of the work appeared as Work in Progress from 1928 to 1937, and it was published in its entirety as Finnegans Wake in 1939. The book is, in one sense, the story of a publican in Chapelizod (near Dublin), his wife, and their three children; but Mr. Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker, Mrs. Anna Li...(展开全部)

The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature Experimental novel by James Joyce. Extracts of the work appeared as Work in Progress from 1928 to 1937, and it was published in its entirety as Finnegans Wake in 1939. The book is, in one sense, the story of a publican in Chapelizod (near Dublin), his wife, and their three children; but Mr. Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker, Mrs. Anna Li...(展开全部)

安东尼·赫洛维兹 被誉为“少年007之父”的安东尼·赫洛维兹是当今英国著名的小说家和剧作家。1955年生于伦敦。他八岁时就梦想成为一个作家。如今，“少年007系列”的成功终于使他获得了世界性的声誉。该系列小说已在全球二十多个国家畅销。第一部《风暴突击者》获2001年英国儿童文学奖(现称红房子奖，是最负盛名的儿童图书奖)提名，也是2002年世界图书日特别推荐的21本超级好书之一；第二部《直射点》获阿斯库图书奖和2002年红房子奖提名；第三部《万能钥匙》获蓝彼得文学奖之“我最爱不释手的书”，并荣获2003年红房子奖(在它的历年获奖人物中，就有“哈利·波特”的作者J. K.罗琳这样风靡世界的作家)；第四部《鹰击》一经推出即获英国月度好书奖；第五部《斯科皮娅》2004年4月1日上市，第2天就高居英国亚马逊网站儿童畅销书榜的第1名。 安东尼是一个同时为成人和儿...(展开全部)

Don Gifford's annotations to Joyce's great modern classic comprise a specialized encyclopedia that will inform any reading of "Ulysses". The suggestive potential of minor details was enormously fascinating to Joyce, and the precision of his use of detail is a most important aspect of his literary method. The annotations in this volume illuminate details which are not in the pub...(展开全部)

Don Gifford's annotations to Joyce's great modern classic comprise a specialized encyclopedia that will inform any reading of "Ulysses". The suggestive potential of minor details was enormously fascinating to Joyce, and the precision of his use of detail is a most important aspect of his literary method. The annotations in this volume illuminate details which are not in the pub...(展开全部)

The return of a classic: This biography of the young James Joyce is "a remarkable exposition of the relationship between a famous man and [his] brother."--T. S. Eliot. Stanislaus Joyce was more than his brother's keeper: he was at various times his brother's co-dependent, touchstone, conscience, and biggest fan. The two shared the same genius, the same childhood influences, a...(展开全部)

确认了北平川樱岛逝去的事实，黑尾浬澍深陷悲痛的泥沼难以自拔。在樱岛的亲人们面前，他就像条败犬灰溜溜地逃走了。 　　失魂落魄的黑尾茫然地走在街上，意外结识了一位从天而降的银发少女米娅。 　　从少女的口中，黑尾得知了“自己现在所处的世界，甚至身...

确认了北平川樱岛逝去的事实，黑尾浬澍深陷悲痛的泥沼难以自拔。在樱岛的亲人们面前，他就像条败犬灰溜溜地逃走了。 　　失魂落魄的黑尾茫然地走在街上，意外结识了一位从天而降的银发少女米娅。 　　从少女的口中，黑尾得知了“自己现在所处的世界，甚至身...