A meditation on the big-box superstore, from 2022 Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux. “A dryly charming look at the way the French live now, through the sharp eyes of its most acclaimed chronicler.”—Kirkus Reviews For half a century, French writer Annie Ernaux has restlessly explored stories and subjects often considered unworthy of artistic reflection. In this exquisite meditation,...(展开全部)

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

In this luminous memoir, an MIT astrophysicist must reinvent herself in the wake of tragedy and discovers the power of connection on this planet, even as she searches our galaxy for another Earth. Sara Seager has always been in love with the stars: so many lights in the sky, so much possibility. Now a pioneering planetary scientist, she searches for exoplanets—especially that d...(展开全部)

"Refugee", I said, pointing at my chest. "Asylum". When Saleh Omar arrives at Gatwick Airport late one afternoon, he has a badly faked passport and exhibits no knowledge of English beyond these two words. He was once a furniture shop owner, a husband, and a father. Now he has arrived in England seeking asylum from his native Zanzibar, using silence and claiming ignorance as his...(展开全部)

On a late November afternoon Saleh Omar arrives at Gatwick Airport from Zanzibar, a far away island in the Indian Ocean. With him he has a small bag in which there lies his most precious possession - a mahogany box containing incense. He used to own a furniture shop, have a house and be a husband and father, but now he is an asylum seeker from paradise; silence his only protect...(展开全部)

On a late November afternoon Saleh Omar arrives at Gatwick Airport from Zanzibar, a far away island in the Indian Ocean. With him he has a small bag in which there lies his most precious possession - a mahogany box containing incense. He used to own a furniture shop, have a house and be a husband and father, but now he is an asylum seeker from paradise; silence his only protect...(展开全部)

芬德拉·维达（Vendela Vida），美国当代文坛新一代的美丽佳人，毕业于哥伦比亚大学，凭借处女作《现在你可以离开》一炮而红。她的全新力作《北极光》一经出版也大获好评，登上《旧金山纪事报》排行榜第三位、北加州独立书商协会选书第十一位，并入围2007年巴诺书店年度图书。

芬德拉·维达（Vendela Vida），美国当代文坛新一代的美丽佳人，毕业于哥伦比亚大学，凭借处女作《现在你可以离开》一炮而红。她的全新力作《北极光》一经出版也大获好评，登上《旧金山纪事报》排行榜第三位、北加州独立书商协会选书第十一位，并入围2007年巴诺书店年度图书。