'Spring was already in the air, in the town; there was no rain but there was still less sun - one wondered what had become of it, on this side of the world - and the grey mildness, shading away into black at any pretext, appeared in itself a promise.' Henry James left America for England in 1876 and remained in his adopted country for the next three decades. Arriving in Liverpo...(展开全部)

在《時時刻刻》中，作者麥可·康寧漢，極具創意地以維吉尼亞·吳爾芙的生平與作品為背景，描述一群在愛與傳承、期望與絕望的衝突中掙扎的當代人物的故事。這本小說以回溯吳爾芙在一九四一年自殺的最後的日子開場，隨後發展至兩個現代美國婦女的故事，她們罔顧自己朋友、愛人、及家人的要求，試圖爭取自己的天空。 克勞麗莎是個住在紐約格林威治村的出版社編輯；我們見到她時，她正要為她朋友理察舉辦宴會而出門買花；理察是個纏綿病榻的詩人，剛榮獲一項重要的文學獎。蘿拉·布朗是二次大戰後住在加州的家庭主婦，她撫養她的獨子並在她窒悶的婚姻之外尋求生活的真諦。康寧漢藉著罕見的輕鬆與自信的筆觸，使這兩個女人的生活與維吉尼亞·吳爾芙的生活以一種出人意表並令心碎的方式，在替理察舉辦宴會期間融為一體。隨著小說在二十世紀各年代間跳躍，每一行都與康寧漢清晰、鏗鏘有力、熱情奔放的當代之聲起共鳴。作品熱...(展开全部)

Featuring an international constellation of notable authors, this anthology explores and celebrates childhood with tales touching on abuse and rejection, loneliness and love, the joys of friendship and discovery, and the first confused inklings of adolescent love. Participants in the project include acclaimed and award-winning authors such as David Almond, Margaret Atwood, Andr...(展开全部)

The Battle is the book Balzac always wanted to write and, beginning his story with Balzac's own words ('On Tuesday 16th May 1809 ...'), Rambaud has finally achieved his predecessor's dream. The eponymous battle now commonly described as Napoleon's first major defeat on land in Europe took place at Essling, near Vienna; forty thousand men died in forty-eight hours. With vivid de...(展开全部)

The winner of the Prix Goncourt and Grand Prix du Roman de l'Academie Francaise, The Battle is a brilliant, compelling novelization of the battle of Essling, Napoleon's first major defeat. The battle of Essling has long been overlooked by historians and novelists, but Rambaud, relying on research notes compiled by Honore de Balzac, has re-created the confrontation with exceptio...(展开全部)

马克·L. 唐纳德（Mark L. Donald） 曾经的美军海豹突击队员兼医护兵。 他最初由美国海军陆战队侦察兵的身份参加并通过了海豹突击队的基本选拔训练BUD/S，从此成为这支世界上最精锐的特种作战部队的一员。 其后，马克通过海军内部的医师助理培训项目，且拿到了内布拉斯加大学的学士学位，并在“9.11事件”之后担任海豹突击队反恐特遣分队的队员兼医护人员，随队几度部署至海外一线战场。回国后，唐纳德因其在战场上的卓越表现获得海军十字勋章及银星勋章、铜心勋章、紫心勋章。 斯科特·麦克塔维什（Scott Mactavish） 作家、企业家、电影制片人，也是一名美国海军老兵。他拍摄过电影《上帝与国家：美军不为人知的故事》（God And Country: Untold Stories Of The American Military）。

As a SEAL and combat medic, Mark Donald served his country with valorous distinction for almost twenty-five years and survived some of the most dangerous combat actions imaginable. From the rigors of BUD/S training to the horrors of the battlefield, "Battle Ready" dramatically immerses the reader in the unique life of the elite warrior-medic who advances into combat with life-s...(展开全部)

[应版权方要求,该小说已经下架,请大家支持正版阅读~]故事的主角是42位就读於香川县城岩中学3年B班的学生。他们靠著政府配给的指南针、基本食粮与饮水，还有随机配给的武器，与自己的同学互相残杀。在毫无人性的游戏规则之下，前一刻还是同班同学，下一刻便变成了敌人。面对「不是你死，就是我亡」的恐惧，几...

A daring, deeply affecting third novel by the author of A Home at the End of the World and Flesh and Blood. In The Hours, Michael Cunningham, widely praised as one of the most gifted writers of his generation, draws inventively on the life and work of Virginia Woolf to tell the story of a group of contemporary characters struggling with the conflicting claims of love and inhe...(展开全部)

A daring, deeply affecting third novel by the author of A Home at the End of the World and Flesh and Blood. In The Hours, Michael Cunningham, widely praised as one of the most gifted writers of his generation, draws inventively on the life and work of Virginia Woolf to tell the story of a group of contemporary characters struggling with the conflicting claims of love and inheri...(展开全部)