A newly reissued edition of Agatha Christie's 'Mary Westmacott' novel, a Crime of the Heart novel about a mother who comes to resent her daughter's success. 'These books are dramatic, and concentrate on the solution to situations which arise out of the high tensions in life.' Max Mallowan Ann Prentice falls in love with Richard Cauldfield and hopes for new happiness. Her only...(展开全部)

A newly reissued edition of Agatha Christie's 'Mary Westmacott' novel, a Crime of the Heart novel about a mother who comes to resent her daughter's success. When Ann falls in love she hopes for new happiness but her only child, Sarah, wrecks any chance of her remarriage. Resentment and jealousy corrode their relationship as each seeks relief in different directions.

It was just one small hilltop in a small, unnamed war in the late 1990s, but it would send out ripples that are still felt worldwide today. The hill, in Lebanon, was called the Pumpkin; flowers was the military code word for “casualties.” Award-winning writer Matti Friedman re-creates the harrowing experience of a band of young Israeli soldiers charged with holding this remote ...(展开全部)

Intimidated by her father, the rector of Knype Hill, Dorothy performs her submissive roles of dutiful daughter and bullied housekeeper. Her thoughts are taken up with the costumes she is making for the church school play, by the hopelessness of preaching to the poor and by debts she cannot pay in 1930s Depression England. Suddenly her routine shatters and Dorothy finds herself ...(展开全部)

乔治•奥威尔（1903—1950），英国伟大的人道主义作家、新闻记者和社会评论家，传世之作《一九八四》、《动物农场》脍炙人口，历久弥新，被誉为“一代英国人的冷峻良心”。

哈维尔•塞尔卡斯（1962— ），西班牙作家，生于卡塞雷斯省，毕业于巴塞罗那自治大学文哲系。他先后在美国伊利诺伊大学和西班牙赫罗纳大学任教。此外，他为《国家报》等报纸杂志撰稿。他力图打破文学类别的限制，将小说、散文、自传和新闻报道等文学体裁融会贯通。2015年凭借《骗子》获得“21世纪年度最佳外国小说”和“邹韬奋年度外国小说”奖。 侯健，文学博士，西安外国语大学欧洲学院西班牙语专业教师、拉丁美洲研究中心成员、中国拉丁美洲学会理事、文学翻译者。译有《普林斯顿文学课》《五个街角》《33场革命》等书。

哈维尔•塞尔卡斯（1962— ），西班牙作家，生于卡塞雷斯省，毕业于巴塞罗那自治大学文哲系。他先后在美国伊利诺伊大学和西班牙赫罗纳大学任教。此外，他为《国家报》等报纸杂志撰稿。他力图打破文学类别的限制，将小说、散文、自传和新闻报道等文学体裁融会贯通。2015年凭借《骗子》获得“21世纪年度最佳外国小说”和“邹韬奋年度外国小说”奖。 侯健，文学博士，西安外国语大学欧洲学院西班牙语专业教师、拉丁美洲研究中心成员、中国拉丁美洲学会理事、文学翻译者。译有《普林斯顿文学课》《五个街角》《33场革命》等书。

“Sure to be one of the best memoirs of 2021.” ―Kirkus Reviews, starred review “So clear, sharp, and smooth that the reader sees, in vivid focus, Ford’s complicated childhood, brilliant mind, and golden heart. Ford is a writer for the ages, and Somebody’s Daughter will be a book of the year.” ―Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed “Ford’s wrenchingly bri...(展开全部)

From Publishers Weekly Gowda's debut novel opens in a small Indian village with a young woman giving birth to a baby girl. The father intends to kill the baby (the fate of her sister born before her) but the mother, Kavita, has her spirited away to a Mumbai orphanage. Meanwhile, in San Francisco, Somer, a doctor who can't bear children, is persuaded by her Indian husband, Krish...(展开全部)

“Sure to be one of the best memoirs of 2021.” ―Kirkus Reviews, starred review “So clear, sharp, and smooth that the reader sees, in vivid focus, Ford’s complicated childhood, brilliant mind, and golden heart. Ford is a writer for the ages, and Somebody’s Daughter will be a book of the year.” ―Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed “Ford’s wrenchingly bri...(展开全部)