查尔斯·狄更斯，十九世纪英国最著名的现实议作家，一生写有十多部长篇小说。他写作《雾都孤儿》时，年仅二十五岁。这部小说曾被改编、拍摄成多种电影、电视片，放映和播映，影响广泛、深远。他一生写有十多部长篇小说，被称为杰出的语言大师。他擅长运用讽刺、幽默和夸张的手法，他笔下的人物风貌和语言风格，都富有浓厚的浪漫主义特色。《雾都孤儿》（即《奥立弗·退斯特》）是狄更斯的一部伟大的社会小说，在世界文学史上占有重要的位置。 《雾都孤儿》是狄更斯的第一部社会批判小说。富人的弃婴奥利佛在孤儿院里挣扎了9年，又被送到棺材店老板那儿当学徒。难以忍受的饥饿、贫困和侮辱，迫使奥利佛逃到伦敦，又被迫无奈当了扒手。他曾被富有的布莱罗先生收留，不幸让小扒手发现又入贼窝。善良的女扒手南希为了营救奥利佛，不顾贼头的监视和威胁，向布莱罗报信，说奥利佛就是他找寻已久的外孙儿。南希被贼窝头目杀...(展开全部)

查尔斯·狄更斯，十九世纪英国最著名的现实议作家，一生写有十多部长篇小说。他写作《雾都孤儿》时，年仅二十五岁。这部小说曾被改编、拍摄成多种电影、电视片，放映和播映，影响广泛、深远。他一生写有十多部长篇小说，被称为杰出的语言大师。他擅长运用讽刺、幽默和夸张的手法，他笔下的人物风貌和语言风格，都富有浓厚的浪漫主义特色。《雾都孤儿》（即《奥立弗·退斯特》）是狄更斯的一部伟大的社会小说，在世界文学史上占有重要的位置。 《雾都孤儿》是狄更斯的第一部社会批判小说。富人的弃婴奥利佛在孤儿院里挣扎了9年，又被送到棺材店老板那儿当学徒。难以忍受的饥饿、贫困和侮辱，迫使奥利佛逃到伦敦，又被迫无奈当了扒手。他曾被富有的布莱罗先生收留，不幸让小扒手发现又入贼窝。善良的女扒手南希为了营救奥利佛，不顾贼头的监视和威胁，向布莱罗报信，说奥利佛就是他找寻已久的外孙儿。南希被贼窝头目杀...(展开全部)

Fifteen highly original and darkly unsettling supernatural stories, performed by some of Britain's finest actresses 'This is what we know about The Hotel. It is bigger on the inside than on the outside. Do not go into Room 63. Doors and windows do not stay in the same places. The Hotel listens when you speak. The Hotel watches... We'll be at The Hotel soon.' A place of myths, r...(展开全部)

'I've written three books and our deal is over.' That's what reluctant author Anthony Horowitz tells ex-detective Daniel Hawthorne in an awkward meeting. The truth is that Anthony has got other things on his mind. His new play, a thriller called 'Mindgame', is about to open at the famous Vaudeville theatre in Shoreditch. Not surprisingly, Hawthorne declines a ticket to the open...(展开全部)

'I've written three books and our deal is over.' That's what reluctant author Anthony Horowitz tells ex-detective Daniel Hawthorne in an awkward meeting. The truth is that Anthony has got other things on his mind. His new play, a thriller called 'Mindgame', is about to open at the famous Vaudeville theatre in Shoreditch. Not surprisingly, Hawthorne declines a ticket to the open...(展开全部)

Oliver Twist, subtitled The Parish Boy's Progress, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. Naïvely unaware of their unlawful activities, Oliver is led to the lair of their elderly criminal trainer Fagin.

Oliver Twist, subtitled The Parish Boy's Progress, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. Naïvely unaware of their unlawful activities, Oliver is led to the lair of their elderly criminal trainer Fagin.

出生于伊朗，从小在社会的底层与中层之间流动，满眼都是社会与人生的创痕，后在美国和瑞士接受高等教育，当代西方最有实力的小说作家。代表作《孔雀哀鸣》（Cry of the Peacock）、《信仰大道上的月光》（Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith）等问世，风行全球，令整个世界文坛大开眼界，一些评论家将之媲美于马尔克斯。曾负责为美国国防部研究伊朗政治，经常就伊朗犹太人历史和流亡主题发表演讲。目前，那海女士与家人居住在洛杉矶，并在南加州大学教授小说写作。

Bestselling author Steven Johnson recounts—in dazzling, multidisciplinary fashion—the story of the brilliant man who embodied the relationship between science, religion, and politics for America’s Founding Fathers . The Invention of Air is a book of world-changing ideas wrapped around a compelling narrative, a story of genius and violence and friendship in the midst of swee...(展开全部)

From the author of The Ghost Map and Everything Bad Is Good for You , a new national bestseller: the "exhilarating"( Los Angeles Times ) story of "a founding father long forgotten."( Newsweek ) National bestselling author Steven Johnson tells the fascinating story of Joseph Priestley-scientist and theologian, protégé of Benjamin Franklin, friend of Thomas Jefferson-an eig...(展开全部)