When Souad was seventeen she fell in love. In her village, as in so many others, sex before marriage was considered a grave dishonour to one's family and was punishable by death. This was her crime. Her brother-in-law was given the task of arranging her punishment. One morning while Souad was washing the family's clothes, he crept up on her, poured petrol over her and set her a...(展开全部)

A man is booted out of his home after his wife discovers that the sweat-smudged footprint on the inside of his windscreen doesn't match her own. Teenage cousins, drugged by summer, meet with a reckoning in the woods. A boy runs off to the carnival after his stepfather bites him in a brawl. In the stories of Wells Tower, families fall apart and messily, hilariously try to reasse...(展开全部)

A man is booted out of his home after his wife discovers that the sweat-smudged footprint on the inside of his windscreen doesn't match her own. Teenage cousins, drugged by summer, meet with a reckoning in the woods. A boy runs off to the carnival after his stepfather bites him in a brawl. In the stories of Wells Tower, families fall apart and messily, hilariously try to reasse...(展开全部)

Viking marauders descend on a much-plundered island, hoping some mayhem will shake off the winter blahs. A man is booted out of his home after his wife discovers that the print of a bare foot on the inside of his windshield doesn't match her own. Teenage cousins, drugged by summer, meet with a reckoning in the woods. A boy runs off to the carnival after his stepfather bites him...(展开全部)

Viking marauders descend on a much-plundered island, hoping some mayhem will shake off the winter blahs. A man is booted out of his home after his wife discovers that the print of a bare foot on the inside of his windshield doesn't match her own. Teenage cousins, drugged by summer, meet with a reckoning in the woods. A boy runs off to the carnival after his stepfather bites him...(展开全部)

弗朗西斯•陈（Francis Chan）：美国著名牧师、作家和演讲家。著有畅销书《一个被忘却的神》（Forgotten God）和几本广受欢迎的儿童书。他同时是系列节目《要素》（BASIC）的主持人，永恒圣经学院（Eternity Bible College）的创始人，也是以扶贫为宗旨的国际人道主义援助基金会——儿童饥饿基金（Children’s Hunger Fund）的董事会成员，及致力于美国贫困城区教会建立的城市宣教组织——世界影响基金（World Impact）的董事会成员。弗朗西斯•陈是华裔，中文名为陈恩藩，他与妻子丽莎和四个孩子住在加州。

弗朗西斯•陈（Francis Chan）：美国著名牧师、作家和演讲家。著有畅销书《一个被忘却的神》（Forgotten God）和几本广受欢迎的儿童书。他同时是系列节目《要素》（BASIC）的主持人，永恒圣经学院（Eternity Bible College）的创始人，也是以扶贫为宗旨的国际人道主义援助基金会——儿童饥饿基金（Children’s Hunger Fund）的董事会成员，及致力于美国贫困城区教会建立的城市宣教组织——世界影响基金（World Impact）的董事会成员。弗朗西斯•陈是华裔，中文名为陈恩藩，他与妻子丽莎和四个孩子住在加州。

王小波：男，1952年生于北京。他是唯一一位两次荣获世界华语文学界的重要奖项——台湾联合报系文学奖中篇小说大奖（第13届和第16届）的中国大陆作家。他经历、学历复杂，先后当过知青，民办教师，工人，工科大学生，后到美国匹兹堡大学取得文学硕士学位，再学计算机，在统计系当助教， 回国后在中国人民大学和北京大学任教。