The tragicomedy of a young man in NYC, struggling with the reality of his mother's death, alienation and the seductive pull of drugs.

杰伊·麦金纳尼（Jay McInerney，1955— ） 美国作家。1955年生于康涅狄格州哈特福德，曾任职于美国《纽约客》杂志。 1981年师从雷蒙德·卡佛和托拜厄斯·沃尔夫学习写作。1982年在《巴黎评论》上发表第一部短篇小说《现在清晨六点，你知道你在哪吗？》，从此走上作家道路。1984年，他的短篇小说集《如此灿烂，这个城市》出版，创造了口碑奇迹，畅销至今。这部书被誉为“1980年代的《麦田里的守望者》”。此后，他又陆续出版了《赎金》《我生活的故事》《最后一个野蛮人》《他们是怎样玩完的》等著作，均大获好评，奠定了他当代美国文坛优秀作家的地位。他最新的作品是2016年出版的《闪亮而珍贵的日子》。

A sequel to the critically acclaimed My First Movie , Stephen Lowenstein once again talks to some of our most celebrated filmmakers about their debut films. Lowenstein interviews ten directors about their career-launching film and how they got the movie off the ground: how they raised the finance, found actors, searched for locations, worked with the crew and saw the project t...(展开全部)

The city is a big and busy place for a little puppy—there are tall buildings, honking cars, and all kinds of new friends to make!

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Each edition includes: • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play • Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play • Scene-by-scene plot summaries • A key to famous lines and phrases • An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language • An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play •...(展开全部)

In this new account of Richard the Lionheart's reign, John Gillingham scrutinises the king's fluctuating reputation over the centuries and provides a convincing revised interpretation. Neither a feckless knight-errant nor a neglectful king, Richard I was in reality a masterful and businesslike ruler. This paperback edition includes an updated bibliography.

Neither a feckless knight-errant nor a king who neglected his kingdom, Richard I was in reality a masterful and businesslike ruler. In this wholly rewritten version of a classic account of the reign of Richard The Lionheart, John Gillingham scrutinizes the reasons for the King’s fluctuating reputation over successive centuries and provides a convincing new interpretation of the...(展开全部)

Book Description The Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles. This work tells the story of an extremely cunning and fearsome whale which becomes the focus of fear and superstition among its pursuers. The one-legged Ca...(展开全部)

A masterful adaptation of the timeless literary classic, faithfully and beautifully rendered by an award-winning artist. In striking black-and-white illustrations, Chabouté retells the story of the Great American Novel. Captain Ahab strikes out on a voyage, obsessively seeking revenge on the great white whale that took his leg. This hardcover edition collects both of the Vents ...(展开全部)