From the two-time Booker Prize–winning author and recipient of the Commonwealth Prize comes this new novel about obsession, deception, and redemption, at once an engrossing psychological suspense story and a work of highly charged, fiendishly funny literary fiction. Michael—a.k.a. “Butcher”—Boone is an ex–“really famous” painter: opinionated, furious, brilliant, ...(展开全部)

彼得·凯里(Pete r carey)，1943年生于墨尔本市郊小镇，曾在大学学习化学，未及毕业改做广告设计，后游历欧洲并转向文学创作，现居住在纽约。 凯里是当代澳大利亚文学领军人物，作品已被翻译成二十多种文字。是世界惟一的两位二度荣获布克奖的作家之一，另一位则是南非的诺贝尔文学奖得主库切。因此有评论家预言，凯里将是诺贝尔文学奖最有力的竞争者。凯里的作品怪诞、幽默，具有寓言式小说和科幻小说的特征。 因书写《凯利帮真史》等历史题材的小说而被誉为澳大利亚“民族神话创造者”的凯里，是一位关注现代人生存困境、具有国际色彩的作家。

Michael "Butcher" Boone is an ex-“really famous" painter, now reduced to living in a remote country house and acting as caretaker for his younger brother, Hugh. Alone together they've forged a delicate equilibrium, a balance instantly destroyed when a mysterious young woman named Marlene walks out of a rainstorm and into their lives. Beautiful, smart, and ambitious, she's also ...(展开全部)

Book Description How odd, Anne Beddingfeld thought, that the stranger caught her eye, recoiled in horror, and fell to his death on the rails of Hyde Park Underground Station. Odder still was a doctor in a brown suit who pronounced him dead and vanished into the crowd. But what really aroused Anne's suspicion was when she learned of the doctor's link to the murder of a famous b...(展开全部)

奈绪·布朗患有强迫症，但并非人们常开玩笑说的那种爱洗手、过分爱整洁的类型。奈绪患有暴力、病态的强迫症，而她的强迫行为往往以看不见的心理仪式的形式出现。 奈绪在一家“设计师”乙烯基玩具店兼职，努力让自己的插画事业起步，同时仍在寻找那份难以捉摸的爱情——完美的爱情。在遇到梦中情人后，她意识到……梦境有时很奇妙。 奈绪的冥想练习是为了平静思绪、敞开心扉，正是通过冥想，她逐渐明白，事物并非非黑即白。事实上，它们远不止……黑色。 新版包含八页补充资料，包括此前未公开的艺术作品，让读者深入了解格林·狄龙的创作历程。 Nao Brown suffers from OCD, but not the hand-washing, overly tidy type that people often refer to jokingly. Nao suffers from ...(展开全部)

The most trusted and authoritative name in handbooks, The Little, Brown Compact Handbook is an easy-to-use reference that will answer any question you may have in grammar, writing, or research. This edition offers the latest information on writing with computers, writing online, analyzing visuals, and researching effectively on the Internet. With clear explanations, a wealth ...(展开全部)

The Little, Brown Handbook is an essential reference tool and classroom resource designed to help students find the answers they need quickly and easily. While keeping pace with rapid changes in writing and its teaching, it offers the most comprehensive research and documentation available–with grammar coverage that is second to none. With detailed discussions of critical read...(展开全部)

Twenty-eight-year-old Nao Brown, who’s hafu (half Japanese, half English), is not well. She’s suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and fighting violent urges to harm other people. But that’s not who she really wants to be. Nao has dreams. She wants to quiet her unruly mind; she wants to get her design and illustration career off the ground; and she wants to find l...(展开全部)

Once again Vivian Paley takes us into the inquiring minds and dramatic worlds of young children learning in the kindergarten classroom. As she enters her final year of teaching, Paley tells in this book a story of farewell and a story of self-discovery - through the thoughts and blossoming spirit of Reeny, a little girl with a fondness for the color brown and an astonishing sen...(展开全部)