A Good Morning America Book Club Pick, an Indie Next Pick, and a LibraryReads Pick • Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by The Washington Post, Bustle, Goodreads, and She Reads Perfect for fans of Me Before You and One Day—a striking, powerful, and moving love story following an ambitious lawyer who experiences an astonishing vision that could change her life forever. Where ...(展开全部)

[美] 库尔特•冯内古特（Kurt Vonnegut，1922—2007） 20世纪美国极具影响力的黑色幽默文学作家。格雷厄姆•格林推崇他为“美国当代zui有才能的作家”。在1960年代的美国大学校园，冯内古特的小说几乎人手一册，他被称为“几代美国青年的偶像”。 冯内古特擅长以黑色幽默描绘时代的荒谬。当暴力、愚蠢、敌视、仇恨泛滥成灾，绝望的人们遭受无法愈合的创伤。在笑声下，是冯内古特对全人类深切的关爱和疗愈。 他的许多文学创作与其在二战中的亲身经历息息相关。 1945年，年仅23岁的冯内古特遭德军俘虏，被囚禁在德累斯顿战俘营。英美联军发动大轰炸时，冯内古特身处屠场的地下室内。整座城市在炮火中烧成废墟，他是幸存的7名美军战俘之一。 战争在冯内古特心底留下难以磨灭的创伤：“我目睹过德累斯顿的毁灭……我的反应之一当然是笑。上帝知道，这是灵魂在寻找宽慰。”2...(展开全部)

约翰·本杰明·鲍威尔（John B．Powell，1888-1947），著名记者、报人，美国“密苏里新闻帮”远东采访报道的先驱。1917年，鲍威尔初次来到中国上海，从此与中国结下25年之缘。他先是就职于《密勒氏评论报》，五年后成为报社老板兼主编。1936年，该报刊登了埃德加·斯诺的采访及多幅照片，首次公开发表了毛泽东的身世和言论，在海内外产生强烈反响。1937年抗战全面爆发后，鲍威尔作为记者，经常披露日军的侵略阴谋与罪行，多次遭到打击报复。1941年太平洋战争爆发后，他被日军关入集中营，遭受非人虐待，双足致残。1942年，美国政府通过交换战俘将他解救回国。1947年，他在华盛顿猝然离世，终年59岁。他在逝世前完成了这本在华回忆录——《我在中国的二十五年》。 刘志俊，甘肃人，武汉理工大学毕业，2007年起从事编辑出版工作，现为自由撰稿人。

Jane had always lived in somebody's shadow. Escaping a childhood of abuse by marrying oceanographer Oliver Jones, she finds herself taking second place to his increasingly successful career. However, when her daughter Rebecca is similarly treated, Jane's dramatic stand takes them all by surprise. Jane and Rebecca set out to drive across America to the sanctuary of the New Engla...(展开全部)

It is a privilege to comply with the request of Dr. Fisher to write a brief introduction to his biography of the late Calvin W. Mateer, D.D., LL.D. I knew Dr. Mateer intimately, corresponded with him for thirteen years and visited him in China. He was one of the makers of the new China, and his life forms a part of the history of Christian missions which no student of that subj...(展开全部)

A poignant and witty graphic novel by a leading New Yorker cartoonist, following a millennial's journey from performing his life to truly connecting with people . Nick, a young illustrator, can’t shake the feeling that there is some hidden realm of human interaction beyond his reach. He haunts lookalike fussy, silly, coffee shops, listens to old Joni Mitchell albums too loudly,...(展开全部)

A poignant and witty graphic novel by a leading New Yorker cartoonist, following a millennial's journey from performing his life to truly connecting with people . Nick, a young illustrator, can’t shake the feeling that there is some hidden realm of human interaction beyond his reach. He haunts lookalike fussy, silly, coffee shops, listens to old Joni Mitchell albums too loudly,...(展开全部)

"In America" is a kaleidoscopic portrait of America on the cusp of modernity. As she did in her enormously popular novel "The Volcano Lover," Susan Sontag casts a story located in the past in a fresh, provocative light to create a fictional world full of contemporary resonance. In 1876 a group of Poles led by Maryna Zalezowska, Poland's greatest actress, emigrate to the United ...(展开全部)