威廉·特雷弗（1928—2016），爱尔兰著名作家，被视为当代英语文坛最杰出的短篇小说家之一。他生于爱尔兰一个中产阶级新教家庭，毕业于都柏林圣三一大学历史系，成为职业作家前，先后做过雕塑家、教师和广告公司文案撰写人。从1954年起，他和妻子移居英国。 特雷弗一生出版近四 十部长篇小说、短篇小说集、戏剧以及散文集。他的作品曾五次入围布克奖，四次获得欧·亨利奖，三次获得英国惠特布雷德奖，2008年，他获得爱尔兰图书奖终身成就奖，一度是诺贝尓文学奖热门人选。 2016年11月，特雷弗病逝于英格兰萨默塞特郡。

威廉·特雷弗（1928—2016），爱尔兰著名作家，被视为当代英语文坛最杰出的短篇小说家之一。他生于爱尔兰一个中产阶级新教家庭，毕业于都柏林圣三一大学历史系，成为职业作家前，先后做过雕塑家、教师和广告公司文案撰写人。从1954年起，他和妻子移居英国。 特雷弗一生出版近四 十部长篇小说、短篇小说集、戏剧以及散文集。他的作品曾五次入围布克奖，四次获得欧·亨利奖，三次获得英国惠特布雷德奖，2008年，他获得爱尔兰图书奖终身成就奖，一度是诺贝尓文学奖热门人选。 2016年11月，特雷弗病逝于英格兰萨默塞特郡。

One of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker in 1948. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. Today it is considered a classic work of short fiction, a story remarkable for its combination of subtle suspense and pitch-perfect desc...(展开全部)

One of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker in 1948. "Power and haunting," and "nights of unrest" were typical reader responses. Today it is considered a classic work of short fiction, a story remarkable for its combination of subtle suspense and pitch-perfect desc...(展开全部)

The award-winning author of Fifteen Dogs conjures up worlds―real, invented, uncanny ―in this ingenious, electrifying collection. A Trinidadian obeah man finds himself reborn, a hundred years after his death, in the body of a Canadian child; a writer takes up a seasonal job as a caretaker for a set of mysterious large sacks hanging from the rafters of the houses in a small town;...(展开全部)

I imagined lamplight, shadows, soft voices, clothes put away, the low sound of late news on the radio. And I thought as I crossed the bridge at Baggot Street to face the last stretch of my own journey home that no matter what I had done, I had not done that.' In the captivating stories that make up "The Empty Family" Colm Toibin delineates with a tender and unique sensibility l...(展开全部)

From the internationally celebrated author of Brooklyn and The Master , and winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, comes a stunning new book of fiction. In the captivating stories that make up The Empty Family , Colm Tóibín delineates with a tender and unique sensibility, lives of unspoken or unconscious longing, of individuals often willingly cast adrift...(展开全部)

From the internationally celebrated author of Brooklyn and The Master, and winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, comes a stunning new book of fiction. In the captivating stories that make up The Empty Family, Colm Tóibín delineates with a tender and unique sensibility, lives of unspoken or unconscious longing, of individuals often willingly cast adrift from t...(展开全部)

I imagined lamplight, shadows, soft voices, clothes put away, the low sound of late news on the radio. And I thought as I crossed the bridge at Baggot Street to face the last stretch of my own journey home that no matter what I had done, I had not done that.' In the captivating stories that make up "The Empty Family", Colm Toibin delineates with a tender and unique sensibility ...(展开全部)

Most textbooks on regression focus on theory and the simplest of examples. Real statistical problems, however, are complex and subtle. This is not a book about the theory of regression. It is about using regression to solve real problems of comparison, estimation, prediction, and causal inference. Unlike other books, it focuses on practical issues such as sample size and missin...(展开全部)