The days are beginning to draw in. The sky is dark by seven in the evening. I lie on the floor and gaze out of the window. Women’s calves, men’s shoes, heels trodden down by the weight of bodies borne for too long. It is summer in Tokyo. Claire finds herself dividing her time between tutoring twelve-year-old Mieko, in an apartment in an abandoned hotel, and lying on the floor a...(展开全部)

Best known for his novels and plays, Somerset Maugham also produced delightfully engaging and absorbing non-fiction, of which The Gentleman in the Parlour is a prime example. First published in 1935 it describes a journey the author took from Rangoon to Haipong. Whether by river to Mandalay, on horse through the mountains and forests of the Shan States to Bangkok, or onwards ...(展开全部)

《红发姑娘》为“书虫•牛津英汉双语读物”系列入门级读物。马克非常喜欢他在梅森百货商店的工作。他观察众人，并提出问题。那个男人把什么放进了自己的口袋？为什么那名妇女穿了两件外套？马克提出问题，然后找出答案。有一天,马克看见了一位红头发的姑娘，从此无法忘怀。现在他有几个不同的问题了：这个红发姑娘是谁？那个小男孩是她儿子吗？那个穿着黑色茄克的英俊男人又是谁？有太多太多的问题，而马克却无法知道所有的答案。但是他想再次看到那双漂亮的绿色眼睛……本书英汉双语，简单语言不减故事之精彩，配合文后练习，适合英语初学者阅读。

在线阅读本书 According to advertising legend Phil Dusenberry, business ideas may or may not be valuable, but true insights are much rarer than ideas and much more precious. A good idea can inspire one commercial. But a good insight can fuel a thousand ideas, a thousand commercials. An insight gives you an entirely new way of thinking about your business. Consider just a few of t...(展开全部)

The Great Good Place argues that "third places" - where people can gather, put aside the concerns of work and home, and hang out simply for the pleasures of good company and lively conversation - are the heart of a community's social vitality and the grassroots of democracy.