As this urgent, genre-defying book opens, a woman who has recently been elevated to prominence for her social media posts travels around the world to meet her adoring fans. She is overwhelmed by navigating the new language and etiquette of what she terms "the portal," where she grapples with an unshakable conviction that a vast chorus of voices is now dictating her thoughts. Wh...(展开全部)

From Peter Mayle, a wonderful new novel steeped in wine—and the business of wine?and set in, bien sûr, Provence. Max Skinner is not exactly setting the London financial world on fire?and when his supervisor steals his biggest client, it’s definitely time to inspect the vineyard in Provence that his recently departed uncle left him. Heartily and happily distracted upon his...(展开全部)

《A Good Year》已改編為同名電影「A Good Year 美好的一年」，由名導雷利史考特(Ridley Scott)、金獎影帝羅素克洛(Russell Crowe)與法國凱撒獎女星瑪莉柯提拉(Marion Cotillard)合作，電影在法國普羅旺斯酒莊取景，即將於2006年底在台灣上映，強力問鼎問鼎明年奧斯卡之作！ 這個簡單、輕柔、如微風拂過的故事，是 Mayle 的第五本小說作品，主角 Max 從倫敦的金融職場回到法國的葡萄園，在假期中與 Henry 叔叔一起在葡萄園裡生活。當他漸漸溶入這種生活之後，過去的種種迷人記憶也開始回歸... Mayle 簡單、但契合人心的故事，帶著一貫的光明心態，溫暖所有讀者的心靈。 失意的英國上班族碰上開朗美麗的美國女孩，,一段相遇在普羅旺斯的愛情正在緩緩醞釀…… 馬克斯史基納在倫敦剛剛被上司擺了一道，一氣...(展开全部)

Have you ever felt out of place, as though you were living someone else's life? Assistant Bean Counter #1138 has only ever known a world in which numbers reign supreme, but there's a feeling he cannot shake that, deep down, he is more than an accountant. One day, he discovers a magical, mystical place that presents new and tantalizing horizons: a bookstore. For all those who ha...(展开全部)

Will Lightman is a Peter Pan for the 1990s. At 36, the terminally hip North Londoner is unmarried, hyper-concerned with his coolness quotient and blithely living off his father's novelty song royalties. Will sees himself as entirely lacking in hidden depths--and he's proud of it! The only trouble is, his friends are succumbing to responsibilities and children and he's increasin...(展开全部)

If the fact that they were single mothers meant that gorgeous women (who would not ordinarily look twice at Will) were willing to date him, then Will had it made. Inventing a son got him into a single parents support group, but rather than a fabulous new sex life, he found someone else's very real son -- a twelve-year-old with a lot to teach Will about being a grown up.

Richard Yates, who died in 1992, is today ranked by many readers, scholars, and critics alongside such titans of modern American ficiton as Updike, Roth, Irving, Vonnegut, and Mailer. In this work, he offers a spare and autumnal novel about a New England prep school. At once a meditation on the twilight of youth and an examination of America's entry into World War II, "A Good S...(展开全部)

Richard Yates, who died in 1992, is today ranked by many readers, scholars, and critics alongside such titans of modern American ficiton as Updike, Roth, Irving, Vonnegut, and Mailer. In this work, he offers a spare and autumnal novel about a New England prep school. At once a meditation on the twilight of youth and an examination of America's entry into World War II, "A Good S...(展开全部)

As a child and parent walk down the block to the bay and turn to walk back home, evening falls upon the neighborhood. As the walk begins, the squirrels are in the yards, the boys are mowing lawns, a neighbor is baking a pie, and someone is mailing a letter. When the child and parent turn to walk back home, the apple pie is down from the windowsill, the leaves are raked up, an...(展开全部)

Acting as a first book of whales, A Book About Whales teaches young readers everything they need to know about the largest mammals on earth: how they have evolved over millions of years, what and how they eat, their migration patterns, and more! Andrea Antinori’s whimsical black-and-white illustrations bring their underwater world to life. The book discusses a variety of whales...(展开全部)