With Saint Joan, Shaw reached the height of his fame as a dramatist. Fascinated by the story of Joan of Arc (canonized in 1920), but unhappy with "the whitewash which disfigures her beyond recognition," he presents a realistic Joan: proud, intolerant, naïve, foolhardy, always brave-a rebel who challenged the conventions and values of her day.

A witty, moving, piercingly insightful new novel about a marvelously complicated woman who can’t be anyone but herself, from the award-winning author of Chemistry “A deeply felt portrait . . . With gimlet-eyed observation laced with darkly biting wit, Weike Wang masterfully probes the existential uncertainty of being other in America.”—Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywh...(展开全部)

A witty, moving, piercingly insightful new novel about a marvelously complicated woman who can’t be anyone but herself, from the award-winning author of Chemistry “A deeply felt portrait . . . With gimlet-eyed observation laced with darkly biting wit, Weike Wang masterfully probes the existential uncertainty of being other in America.”—Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywh...(展开全部)

The iconic writer whose prose was as influential and as it is unmistakably hers is joined in conversation with Sheila Heti, Hilton Als, Dave Eggers, Hari Kunzru and many more. Some writers define a generation. Some a genre. Joan Didion did both, and much more. Didion rose to prominence with her nonfiction collection, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, and she quickly became the write...(展开全部)

The iconic writer whose prose was as influential and as it is unmistakably hers is joined in conversation with Sheila Heti, Hilton Als, Dave Eggers, Hari Kunzru and many more. Some writers define a generation. Some a genre. Joan Didion did both, and much more. Didion rose to prominence with her nonfiction collection, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, and she quickly became the write...(展开全部)

這一年的秋天， 在匈牙利、克羅地亞和南斯拉夫， 認識了許許多多的他們…… 他們請我喝辣椒魚湯， 我們又一起醃過生菜、跳匈牙利舞、也踏過滿山紅葉。 我更聽過他們的一些牢騷、蠢事和遙遠的夢…… 因為一本書，Joan隻身走進匈牙利布達佩斯的繁華旖旎，來到與匈牙利南部接壤的克羅地亞，認識了許多善良而樂觀的人；為了解更多族裔間戰爭的真相，再闖進塞爾維亞，這片種族衝突不斷的前南斯拉夫地區，去聽他們說他們的故事。 被一群小功夫迷包圍索簽名、被獻殷勤的年輕男子細心呵護──東方女子在這裡倍受歡迎，她從旅行中看見了人們的眼淚，卻也看見了他們眼淚背後堅毅而勇敢的微笑。隻身的旅行，她看見了自己的恐懼與脆弱，卻也堅定地建立了更深的自信與成長。 用心靈去旅行、感受當地人民的Joan，用清新、稚嫩的手繪圖畫，畫下許多旅程中的遭遇及感想；看著在她鏡頭下自在留...(展开全部)

This 1973 classic is an unforgettable chronicle of John Kennedy's Camelot and its legacy--featuring remarkable portraits of the men who conceived and executed the Vietnam War, including Robert McNamara, McGeorge Bundy, Dean Rusk, and Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.

Joseph Heller's powerful, wonderfully funny, deeply moving novel is the story of David -- yes, King David -- but as you've never seen him before. You already know David as the legendary warrior king of Israel, husband of Bathsheba, and father of Solomon; now meet David as he really was: the cocky Jewish kid, the plagiarized poet, and the Jewish father. Listen as David tells his...(展开全部)

After Rita is found dead in a church she used to attend, the official investigation into the incident is quickly closed. Her sickly mother is the only person still determined to find the culprit. Chronicling a difficult journey across the suburbs of the city, an old debt and a revealing conversation, Elena Knows unravels the secrets of its characters and the hidden facets of au...(展开全部)