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.

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”。

“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)

A twisty, compelling new novel about one woman's complicated relationship with her mother-in-law that ends in death... From the moment Lucy met her husband’s mother, she knew she wasn’t the wife Diana had envisioned for her perfect son. Exquisitely polite, friendly, and always generous, Diana nonetheless kept Lucy at arm’s length despite her desperate attempts to win her over. ...(展开全部)

罗纳德·M. 莱文（Ronald M. Levin），华盛顿大学圣路易斯分校（Washington University at St. Louis）法学院教授。美国行政会议（Administrative Conference of the United States）资深研究员、美国法学会（American Law Institute）会员。主要著作有：Stateand Federal Administrative Law(West Publishing, 5th ed. 2020) (with M. Asimow); Administrative Law of the European Union: Judicial Review (ABA BookPublishing, 2008) (with Frank Emmert & Christoph F...(展开全部)

罗纳德·M. 莱文（Ronald M. Levin），华盛顿大学圣路易斯分校（Washington University at St. Louis）法学院教授。美国行政会议（Administrative Conference of the United States）资深研究员、美国法学会（American Law Institute）会员。主要著作有：Stateand Federal Administrative Law(West Publishing, 5th ed. 2020) (with M. Asimow); Administrative Law of the European Union: Judicial Review (ABA BookPublishing, 2008) (with Frank Emmert & Christoph F...(展开全部)