弗兰克·迈考特爱尔兰裔美籍教师，作家。1930年生于纽约，4岁时举家迁往爱尔兰，在贫民窟度过悲惨的童年。13岁辍学，19岁重返美国，当过兵，做过码头工人。“家国不幸诗人幸”，迈考特为这句话作了最好的诠释。苦难童年没有消磨他的斗志，反而让他学会在挫折中成长，在灰烬中微笑。1996年，处女作、自传体小说《安琪拉的灰烬》出版，一举获得普利策文学奖、全美书评奖、洛杉矶时报图书奖、美国年度好书奖等，连续117周雄踞<纽约时报》畅销书榜。之后陆续推出《就是这里了》和《教书匠》，好评如潮，使一个“教书匠”誉满全球。 《教书匠》于2005年11月出版，一周内即登上《纽约时报》畅销书榜首，后迅速被译成20多种文字，受到全世界教师、学生和广大读者的普遍好评：“自传体故事中最真诚的作品”、“教师的《圣经》”、“每个学生需要至少熟读10遍的温馨文字”。 《教书匠》以一个个生...(展开全部)

From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a chilling story of twisted secrets and long-awaited revenge. Lesson #1: Trust no one. Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except… Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teach...(展开全部)

From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a chilling story of twisted secrets and long-awaited revenge. Lesson #1: Trust no one. Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except… Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teach...(展开全部)

弗兰克·迈考特爱尔兰裔美籍教师，作家。1930年生于纽约，4岁时举家迁往爱尔兰，在贫民窟度过悲惨的童年。13岁辍学，19岁重返美国，当过兵，做过码头工人。“家国不幸诗人幸”，迈考特为这句话作了最好的诠释。苦难童年没有消磨他的斗志，反而让他学会在挫折中成长，在灰烬中微笑。1996年，处女作、自传体小说《安琪拉的灰烬》出版，一举获得普利策文学奖、全美书评奖、洛杉矶时报图书奖、美国年度好书奖等，连续117周雄踞<纽约时报》畅销书榜。之后陆续推出《就是这里了》和《教书匠》，好评如潮，使一个“教书匠”誉满全球。 《教书匠》于2005年11月出版，一周内即登上《纽约时报》畅销书榜首，后迅速被译成20多种文字，受到全世界教师、学生和广大读者的普遍好评：“自传体故事中最真诚的作品”、“教师的《圣经》”、“每个学生需要至少熟读10遍的温馨文字”。 《教书匠》以一个个生...(展开全部)

A richly mythic, colour-saturated tale of mothers and daughters from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of Swimming Home. Two women arrive in a Spanish village - a dreamlike place caught between the desert and the ocean - seeking medical advice and salvation. One of the strangers suffers from a mysterious illness: spontaneous paralysis confines her to a wheelchair, her legs unus...(展开全部)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016 Plunge into this hypnotic tale of female sexuality and power - from the author of Swimming Home and The Man Who Saw Everything 'Propulsive, uncanny, dreamlike. A feverish coming-of-age novel' Daily Telegraph 'A triumph of storytelling' Literary Review _________________________________ 'Today I dropp...(展开全部)

It's summer in the city, and this hot dog has had enough! Enough of sizzling sidewalks, enough of wailing sirens, enough of people's feet right in his face. When he plops down in the middle of a crosswalk, his owner endeavors to get him the breath of fresh air he needs. She hails a taxi, hops a train, and ferries out to the beach. Here, a pup can run! With fluid art and lyrical...(展开全部)

【奥森·斯科特·卡德（Orson Scott Card） 】 ★1951年出生于华盛顿州。在加利福尼亚州、亚利桑那州和犹他州长大。 美国作家、评论家、公众演说家、散文作家、专栏作家、 反对同性婚姻的政治家，同时也是摩尔门教拥护者和终身执业成员。 当今美国科幻界最受人瞩目的 人物之一。 美国科幻史上唯一两年内连续两次将“雨果奖”和“星云奖”两大科幻奖尽收囊中的作者。 ★作为科幻小说家十分多产，共有12个系列， 《天贼》是他首部科幻小说。 目前和妻子一起定居于北卡罗来纳州，为当地一份报纸撰写专栏文章， 空余时间在阳台上喂养鸟、松鼠、花栗鼠、负鼠和浣熊。 ★代表作： 《天贼》 《沃辛传奇》 《安德的游戏》 《安德的代言》 《安德的影子》 《背叛之星》

A richly mythic, colour-saturated tale of mothers and daughters from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of Swimming Home. Two women arrive in a Spanish village - a dreamlike place caught between the desert and the ocean - seeking medical advice and salvation. One of the strangers suffers from a mysterious illness: spontaneous paralysis confines her to a wheelchair, her legs unus...(展开全部)

In this moving and insightful memoir, set against a backdrop of Fascist Italy and the Tyrolean Alps, Pound's daughter Mary de Rachewiltz reveals a side of the poet which is seldom touched upon, that of the devoted father. A scholar and poet in her own right, who has translated Pound's Cantos into Italian, de Rachewiltz offers a window not only into Pound's life, but also throug...(展开全部)