Matt Scudder is finally leading a comfortable life.The crime rate's down and the stock market's up. Gentrification's prettying-up the old neighborhood. The New York streets don't look so mean anymore. Then all hell breaks loose. Scudder quickly discovers the spruced-up sidewalks are as mean as ever, dark and gritty and stained with blood. He's living in a world where the pas...(展开全部)

Matt Scudder is finally leading a comfortable life.The crime rate's down and the stock market's up. Gentrification's prettying-up the old neighborhood. The New York streets don't look so mean anymore. Then all hell breaks loose. Scudder quickly discovers the spruced-up sidewalks are as mean as ever, dark and gritty and stained with blood. He's living in a world where the pas...(展开全部)

New in mini edition! All living things do different sorts of poo. Some are different colours, others have different smells or sizes. Some do it on land, some poo in water. Some poo in a toilet, or in a potty, or in their nappies. This children's book has a no-nonsense approach to the bodily function to encourage children not to be ashamed about potty training.

死の床にある父親から、僕は三十五年前に別れた元恋人を捜すように頼まれた。手がかりは若かりし頃の彼女の画。僕は大学に通う傍ら、彼らが一緒に住んでいたアパートへ向かった。だが、そこにいたのは画と同じ美しい彼女と、若き日の父だった…(「イエスタデイズ」より)。異例のロングセラーとなり、新世代の圧倒的共感を呼んだ著者初の恋愛小説、待望の文庫化。

死の床にある父親から、僕は三十五年前に別れた元恋人を捜すように頼まれた。手がかりは若かりし頃の彼女の画。僕は大学に通う傍ら、彼らが一緒に住んでいたアパートへ向かった。だが、そこにいたのは画と同じ美しい彼女と、若き日の父だった…(「イエスタデイズ」より)。異例のロングセラーとなり、新世代の圧倒的共感を呼んだ著者初の恋愛小説、待望の文庫化。

'At 28 years old, I found myself living at home, with my 73-year-old father. As a child, my father never minced words, and when I screwed up, he had a way of cutting right through the bullshit and pointing out exactly why I was being an idiot. When I moved back in I was still, for the most part, an idiot. But this time, I was smart enough to write down all the things he said to...(展开全部)

This is the first collection of essays and critical writings by the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature of 1992 and the Caribbean's greatest poet. Derek Walcott has long held a unique position in the world of Caribbean letters and - beyond that - in the literary consciousness of Great Britain, the United States and the rest of the world. He is one of the most accomplished p...(展开全部)

This is the first collection of essays and critical writings by the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature of 1992 and the Caribbean's greatest poet. Derek Walcott has long held a unique position in the world of Caribbean letters and - beyond that - in the literary consciousness of Great Britain, the United States and the rest of the world. He is one of the most accomplished p...(展开全部)

大人になるにつれ、時間はだんだん早くなる。物事は思った以上に早いスピードで流され、手のうちからこぼれおちていく。そんな時、大切な何かをひとつずつ失ってはいないだろうか?例えばそれは恋、信頼、友情だったり…。そうして残されるのは自分だけ。喪失を越え、人はたったひとりの本当の自分に出会う。希代のストーリーテラーが贈るかなしくも、いとおしい自分探しの物語。 たとえば恋、信頼、友情だったり…。大人になるにつれ、ひとつずつ何かを失くしていく。そして残るのは自分。喪失を越え、人はたったひとりの本当の自分に出会う。かなしくも、いとおしい自分探しの物語。 --このテキストは、絶版本またはこのタイトルには設定されていない版型に関連付けられています。