Based on real events during 1960 in Lisbon, Pires's novel won Portugal's highest literary prize and is being adapted into a film. If it were the "dossier of a crime," as the author calls it, the story would be more accessible to readers of Fitton's translation, which seems a true conveyance of an often obscure original. When Major Castro's corpse is found on Dogs' Beach, Inspec...(展开全部)

Based on real events during 1960 in Lisbon, Pires's novel won Portugal's highest literary prize and is being adapted into a film. If it were the "dossier of a crime," as the author calls it, the story would be more accessible to readers of Fitton's translation, which seems a true conveyance of an often obscure original. When Major Castro's corpse is found on Dogs' Beach, Inspec...(展开全部)

Blexbolex，本名贝尔纳·格朗热（Bernard Granger），是一位屡获殊荣的法国绘本作家，绘本作品《人们》获得“世界最美的书”评选最高荣誉金奖，《四季》《歌谣》入选《纽约时报》年度十佳绘本。目前，这些作品已被翻译为英语、西班牙语、意大利语、波兰语、 德语、捷克语等多种语言，在世界各地出版。 于歌，艺术策展人，创意策划人，终身学习者，法语译者，专注于“艺术社区”的研究与实践。热衷于观察日常和促成各种跨文化与跨领域交流。译作有《人们》《四季》《歌谣》。

奥维达（1839～1908），英国维多利亚时代的著名女作家，生于英格兰，在巴黎长大，成年后移居伦敦。在英国，她开始写小说，并获得巨大成功。1871年，奥维达从英国来到佛兰德斯的安特卫普参观，为佛兰德斯画家鲁本斯所震撼，于是在第二年写出了在西方世界脍炙人口的经典故事——《佛兰德斯的狗》。 奥维达非常喜欢动物，总是积极地保护动物权益，她救助过很多动物，曾经喂养过30条狗。假如没有这些经历，她就不会把《佛兰德斯的狗》中的帕奇写得那么真实感人，令无数读者感动落泪。

This hilarious, brilliantly inventive novel by the author of The Master and Margarita tells the story of a scroungy Moscow mongrel named Sharik. Thanks to the skills of a renowned Soviet scientist and the transplanted pituitary gland and testes of a petty criminal, Sharik is transformed into a lecherous , vulgar man who spouts Engels and inevitably finds his niche in the bureau...(展开全部)

A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast. They're polar oppos...(展开全部)

约翰·瓦利（美） John Varley 约翰·瓦利，美国著名科幻作家，1947年出生于美国得州奥斯汀市，毕业于密歇根州立大学，主修物理。瓦利1974年出道，随即一鸣惊人，被誉为美国20世纪70年代最为成功的科幻作家。瓦利风格独特，长篇作品是畅销榜常客，中篇作品更是被誉为“艺术品”。他曾三获雨果奖，两获星云奖，其他奖项和提名数十次，代表作有“八星”系列中的《按回车键》《蛇夫座热线》《钢铁海滩》等，多以太阳系为场景，展示近未来的人类社会。

约翰·瓦利（美） John Varley 约翰·瓦利，美国著名科幻作家，1947年出生于美国得州奥斯汀市，毕业于密歇根州立大学，主修物理。瓦利1974年出道，随即一鸣惊人，被誉为美国20世纪70年代最为成功的科幻作家。瓦利风格独特，长篇作品是畅销榜常客，中篇作品更是被誉为“艺术品”。他曾三获雨果奖，两获星云奖，其他奖项和提名数十次，代表作有“八星”系列中的《按回车键》《蛇夫座热线》《钢铁海滩》等，多以太阳系为场景，展示近未来的人类社会。

In this charming picture book, a cheerful family tumbles out of the car and onto the beach, ready for a perfect day. Buoyant verse just right for reading aloud and bright, playful illustrations capture the singular feeling of a hazy, lazy day by the ocean, complete with a ball game with new friends, water-skiers and sailboats, and a picnic lunch of fried chicken and deviled egg...(展开全部)