在《時時刻刻》中，作者麥可·康寧漢，極具創意地以維吉尼亞·吳爾芙的生平與作品為背景，描述一群在愛與傳承、期望與絕望的衝突中掙扎的當代人物的故事。這本小說以回溯吳爾芙在一九四一年自殺的最後的日子開場，隨後發展至兩個現代美國婦女的故事，她們罔顧自己朋友、愛人、及家人的要求，試圖爭取自己的天空。 克勞麗莎是個住在紐約格林威治村的出版社編輯；我們見到她時，她正要為她朋友理察舉辦宴會而出門買花；理察是個纏綿病榻的詩人，剛榮獲一項重要的文學獎。蘿拉·布朗是二次大戰後住在加州的家庭主婦，她撫養她的獨子並在她窒悶的婚姻之外尋求生活的真諦。康寧漢藉著罕見的輕鬆與自信的筆觸，使這兩個女人的生活與維吉尼亞·吳爾芙的生活以一種出人意表並令心碎的方式，在替理察舉辦宴會期間融為一體。隨著小說在二十世紀各年代間跳躍，每一行都與康寧漢清晰、鏗鏘有力、熱情奔放的當代之聲起共鳴。作品熱...(展开全部)

在《時時刻刻》中，作者麥可·康寧漢，極具創意地以維吉尼亞·吳爾芙的生平與作品為背景，描述一群在愛與傳承、期望與絕望的衝突中掙扎的當代人物的故事。這本小說以回溯吳爾芙在一九四一年自殺的最後的日子開場，隨後發展至兩個現代美國婦女的故事，她們罔顧自己朋友、愛人、及家人的要求，試圖爭取自己的天空。 克勞麗莎是個住在紐約格林威治村的出版社編輯；我們見到她時，她正要為她朋友理察舉辦宴會而出門買花；理察是個纏綿病榻的詩人，剛榮獲一項重要的文學獎。蘿拉·布朗是二次大戰後住在加州的家庭主婦，她撫養她的獨子並在她窒悶的婚姻之外尋求生活的真諦。康寧漢藉著罕見的輕鬆與自信的筆觸，使這兩個女人的生活與維吉尼亞·吳爾芙的生活以一種出人意表並令心碎的方式，在替理察舉辦宴會期間融為一體。隨著小說在二十世紀各年代間跳躍，每一行都與康寧漢清晰、鏗鏘有力、熱情奔放的當代之聲起共鳴。作品熱...(展开全部)

Featuring an international constellation of notable authors, this anthology explores and celebrates childhood with tales touching on abuse and rejection, loneliness and love, the joys of friendship and discovery, and the first confused inklings of adolescent love. Participants in the project include acclaimed and award-winning authors such as David Almond, Margaret Atwood, Andr...(展开全部)

In After War Zoë H. Wool explores how the American soldiers most severely injured in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars struggle to build some kind of ordinary life while recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center from grievous injuries like lost limbs and traumatic brain injury. Between 2007 and 2008, Wool spent time with many of these mostly male soldiers and their families and...(展开全部)

In After War Zoë H. Wool explores how the American soldiers most severely injured in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars struggle to build some kind of ordinary life while recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center from grievous injuries like lost limbs and traumatic brain injury. Between 2007 and 2008, Wool spent time with many of these mostly male soldiers and their families and...(展开全部)

In spring of 1960, Japan’s government passed Anpo, a revision of the postwar treaty that allows the United States to maintain a military presence in Japan. This move triggered the largest popular backlash in the nation’s modern history. These protests, Nick Kapur argues in Japan at the Crossroads, changed the evolution of Japan’s politics and culture, along with its global role...(展开全部)

In this brisk, engaging chronicle of one of the most stunning success stories in American business history, Adam Cohen takes us inside eBay the corporation--where all the important players, including eBay's founder Pierre Omidyar and CEO Meg Whitman, demystify their roles and tell the story straight--as well as inside the community of eBay's passionate users, who buy and sell e...(展开全部)

In this brisk, engaging chronicle of one of the most stunning success stories in American business history, Adam Cohen takes us inside eBay the corporation--where all the important players, including eBay's founder Pierre Omidyar and CEO Meg Whitman, demystify their roles and tell the story straight--as well as inside the community of eBay's passionate users, who buy and sell e...(展开全部)