This affordably-priced collection presents masterpieces of short fiction from 52 of the greatest story writers of all time. From Sherwood Anderson to Virginia Woolf, this anthology encompasses a rich global and historical mix of the very best works of short fiction and presents them in a way students will find accessible, engaging, and relevant. The book's unique integration o...(展开全部)

Why does an international footballer with the World at his feet decide to take his own life? On 10 November 2009 the German national goalkeeper, Robert Enke, stepped in front of a passing train. He was thirty two years old. Viewed from the outside, Enke had it all. Here was a professional goalkeeper who had played for a string of Europe's top clubs including Jose Mourinho's Ben...(展开全部)

From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending and one of Britain’s greatest writers: a brilliant collection of essays on the books and authors that have meant the most to him throughout his illustrious career. In these seventeen essays (plus a short story and a special preface, “A Life with Books”), Julian Barnes examines the British, French and American...(展开全部)

文学成就比肩海明威、福克纳、马尔克斯的大师 改变侦探小说书写规则，引领“美国革命”的巨匠 硬汉派小说鼻祖，“黑色电影”的创始人 被誉为欧美侦探文学最后一位先知 * * * 达希尔·哈米特全名萨缪尔·达希尔·哈米特，出生于美国马里兰州西岸的圣玛利县，在费城和巴尔的摩长大。 哈米特十三岁辍学，之后数年间做过报童、码头装卸工、机关勤杂人员和证券公司小职员，后来加入位于巴尔的摩的“平克顿全国侦探事务所”。一九一五年至一九二一年期间，他在平克顿事务所任职，这段经历为他后来创作侦探小说提供了广泛的素材。在第一次世界大战期间，达希尔应召入伍，但是后来因结核病而被迫长期疗养，继而导致他的婚姻破裂。之后他开始依赖酒精，曾尝试广告业，最终踏上了写作一途。他贫寒的出身、在下层社会摸爬滚打的青年时代，以及在当时全美最大的平克顿侦探社任职多年所获得的丰富经验，使他的作品独树一...(展开全部)

Winner of the Caldecott Medal Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them. This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.

Winner of the Caldecott Medal Once, all the stories in the world belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. He kept them in a box beside his throne. But Ananse, the Spider man, wanted them -- and caught three sly creatures to get them. This story of how we got our own stories to tell is adapted from an African folktale.

哈罗德•布鲁姆，当代美国极富影响的文学理论家、批评家。1930年生于纽约，曾执教于耶鲁大学、纽约大学和哈佛大学等知名高校。主要研究领域包括诗歌批评、理论批评和宗教批评，代表作有《西方正典》（1994）、《如何读，为什么读》（2000）、《影响的剖析》（2001）等。被誉为“西方传统中最有天赋、最具原创性和最富煽动性的一位文学批评家”。

Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called Spider Stories .

Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the "spider man," are called, "Spider Stories." This book is about how that came to be. The African storyteller begins: "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A Story, a story; let it come, let it go." And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth f...(展开全部)

Recounts how most African folk tales came to be called Spider Stories .