Mob-connected loanshark Chili Palmer is sick of the Miami grind -- plus his "friends" have a bad habit of dying there. So when he chases a deadbeat client out to Hollywood, Chili figures he might like to stay. This town with its dreammakers, glitter, hucksters, and liars -- plus gorgeous, partially clad would -be starlets everywhere you look -- seems ideal for an enterprising...(展开全部)

Loan shark Chili Palmer didn't say anything when Ray Bones stole his leather jacket from Vesuvio's in Miami. He just went to Ray's house, broke his nose, took the jacket, and left. Twelve years later, on account of his boss getting whacked, Chili finds himself working for Bones and ordered to collect on a bad debt from Leo Devoe, a guy who died in a plane crash. But it turns ou...(展开全部)

<p>In a novel filled with his signatures--nerve-shattering suspense, crackling dialogue, scathing wit--Elmore Leonard shows once again why he sets the standard against which all other crime novels are measured.??In <em>Get Shorty</em>, he takes a mobster to Hollywood, where the women are gorgeous, the men are corrupt, and making it big isn't all that different from making your ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer follows the inner lives of characters confronted by unforeseen circumstances. Paul Bannerman, an ecologist in South Africa, believes he understands the trajectory of his life, with the usual markers of vocation and marriage. But when he??s diagnosed with thyroid cancer and, after surgery, prescribed treatment that will leave him radioa...(展开全部)

From the evidence presented, Brad may be one of the world's top experts in how to "get things done," especially within the team environment. In this book he shares how he has been successful by presenting ten of his most important secrets for creating and leading exceptional teams. As Brad says, "You only get difficult things done through the efforts of the exceptional team."On...(展开全部)

戴维•洛奇（David John Lodge，1935—） 英国著名小说家和文学评论家，伯明翰大学荣誉教授，英国皇家文学院院士，以文学贡献获得不列颠帝国勋章和法国文艺骑士勋章。代表作品主要有“卢密奇学院三部曲”：《换位》《小世界》和《美好的工作》；“天主教三部曲”：《大英博物馆在倒塌》《你能走多远？》和《天堂消息》；其他重要作品还有《走出防空洞》《失聪宣判》《治疗》等。并著有《小说的艺术》和《意识与小说》等多部文学批评理论文集。

戴维•洛奇（David John Lodge，1935—） 英国著名小说家和文学评论家，伯明翰大学荣誉教授，英国皇家文学院院士，以文学贡献获得不列颠帝国勋章和法国文艺骑士勋章。代表作品主要有“卢密奇学院三部曲”：《换位》《小世界》和《美好的工作》；“天主教三部曲”：《大英博物馆在倒塌》《你能走多远？》和《天堂消息》；其他重要作品还有《走出防空洞》《失聪宣判》《治疗》等。并著有《小说的艺术》和《意识与小说》等多部文学批评理论文集。

在线阅读本书 Outperform the vast majority of investment professionals while paying nothing in sales charges, brokerage fees, or commissions by modifying your investment strategy. Learn how to make your investment dreams come true with the advice in The Gone Fishin′ Portfolio: Get Wise, Get Wealthy...and Get on With Your Life, a guide that’s based on a Nobel Prize–winning investment ...(展开全部)