Surging out of the sea, the Bass Rock has for centuries watched over the lives that pass under its shadow on the Scottish mainland. And across the centuries the fates of three women are linked: to this place, to each other. In the early 1700s, Sarah, accused of being a witch, flees for her life. In the aftermath of the Second World War, Ruth navigates a new house, a new husband...(展开全部)

There is a spot. It is a good spot. It is the perfect spot to stand. There is no reason to ever leave. But somewhere above there is also a rock. A rock from the sky. Here comes The Rock from the Sky, a hilarious meditation on the workings of friendship, fate, shared futuristic visions, and that funny feeling you get that there’s something off somewhere, but you just can’t put y...(展开全部)

Thomas Clayton Wolfe (October 3, 1900 – September 15, 1938) was an important American novelist of the 20th century. He wrote four lengthy novels, plus many short stories, dramatic works, and novel fragments. He is known for mixing highly original, poetic, rhapsodical, and impressionistic prose with autobiographical writing. His books, written during the Great Depression, depict...(展开全部)

让•热内（Jean Genet 1910—1986），法国作家。出生后被遗弃，在教养院长大。早年流浪、偷窃、卖淫，多次被捕入狱。在狱中开始写作诗歌和小说，包括《死囚》、《鲜花圣母》、《小偷日记》等。作品被纪德、科克托等人发现，叹为天才，他们与萨特等数十位作家联名向法国总统请愿，要求终身赦免热内。出狱后，热内转入戏剧创作，代表作有《女仆》、《阳台》、《屏风》等，声誉鹊起。后参与社会运动，支持被压迫者的反抗，尤其是巴勒斯坦民族解放运动。

Inside the Whale is an essay in three parts written by George Orwell in 1940. It is primarily a review of Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller with Orwell discoursing more widely over English literature i

阿明·马洛夫，黎巴嫩裔法国著名小说家、学者，法兰西学院院士。1949年生于黎巴嫩贝鲁特。1976年移居至法国，以记者及作家为业。 被公认为研究阿拉伯及中东世界的专家。1983年出版论文集《阿拉伯人眼中的十字军东征》。 1993年凭小说《塔尼奥斯巨岩》荣获法国文学最高奖龚 古尔奖；2010年被授予阿斯图里亚斯王子文学奖；2016年获谢赫·扎耶德图书奖。 其他代表作有《塞纳河畔的一把椅子》《非洲人莱昂》《撒马尔罕》《光明花园》《贝阿翠丝之后的diyi个世纪》《地中海东岸之各阶层》《迷失的人》等。 作品已被翻译成近三十种语言出版。

A colourful and charmingly illustrated non-fiction book for very small children, with lots of flaps to lift, holes to peep through and farm animals to spot. Children can peep inside the hen house at sunrise in search of eggs, watch the cows being milked behind the big barn doors and spot the lambs frolicking in the fields. Little hands will love to lift the flaps to see the veg...(展开全部)

A sunny garden hums, buzzes, creeps and crawls with life. Lift the flaps and peep through the delicate laser-cut holes to discover a whole host of butterflies, birds and bees, caterpillars, squirrels, frogs and other garden wildlife. A delightful information book for the very young.