保羅．克里夫 Paul Cleave 紐西蘭基督城人。他出版的所有小說場景均設定於此。曾於零售店及當鋪打工，特別是當鋪的工作經驗幫助他得以觀察到基督城許多不為人知的陰暗面。嗜讀犯罪小說，同時也熱愛恐怖電影。寫作之餘，他花不下於寫作的時間看動畫《辛普森家庭》。 從小就熱愛寫作的克里夫自十九歲起開始在課堂上偷寫小說。二十五歲完成《清掃魔》，六年後《清掃魔》出版後於國際書市造成轟動，售出美、英、法、德、日、澳洲、波蘭、土耳其、巴西、俄羅斯、捷克……等多國版權，並將改編為電影。二○○七年四月於德國出版銷售隨即突破二十五萬本！新書上市期間銷售成績僅次於最新一集的《哈利波特》，成為該年德國最暢銷的紐西蘭翻譯作品，更榮登德國亞馬遜書店犯罪小說年度銷售排行冠軍，堪稱紐西蘭最具代表性的國際級暢銷犯罪小說。 目前克里夫正著手撰寫他的下一本小說。

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

One Joe was in his 97th year when he died in 2005; the other Joe died the same year at age 45. Both died before their time. This book explores the interplay between personal creativity and the craft of animation storytelling, as seen through the lives and art of two of its greatest practicioners: Joe Grant and Joe Ranft. Grant and Ranft were unique influences on storytellin...(展开全部)

A vulnerable young girl wins a dream assignment on a big-time New York fashion magazine and finds herself plunged into a nightmare. An autobiographical account of Sylvia Plath's own mental breakdown and suicide attempt, The Bell Jar is more than a confessional novel, it is a comic but painful statement of what happens to a woman's aspirations in a society that refuses to...(展开全部)

A vulnerable young girl wins a dream assignment on a big-time New York fashion magazine and finds herself plunged into a nightmare. An autobiographical account of Sylvia Plath's own mental breakdown and suicide attempt, The Bell Jar is more than a confessional novel, it is a comic but painful statement of what happens to a woman's aspirations in a society that refuses to...(展开全部)

The Bell Jar chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under -- maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther s breakdown with such intensity that Esther s insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the mov...(展开全部)

玛格丽特•桑德斯（1861~1947），出生在美国，后移居加拿大。1892年她遇到了小狗狗“美丽的乔”，被他的遭遇深深打动，特意来到小狗狗的主人家，与他们一起生活了6个月后写就了本书。1893年本书出版后，获得巨大成功，很快被翻译成法、西班牙、荷兰、日、汉等54种语言，广为传播。

High in the pine forests of the Spanish Sierra, a guerrilla band prepares to blow up a vital bridge. Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer, ahs been sent to handle the dynamiting. There, in the mountains, he finds the dangers and the intense comradeship of war. And there he discovers Maria, a young woman who has escaped from Franco's rebels. (20031208)

在线阅读本书 In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from "the good fight," For Whom the Bell Tolls. The story of Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains of Spain, it...(展开全部)

《The Bell Jar》为美国著名女作家西尔维娅·普拉斯代表作。 该小说记录了埃丝特·格林伍德（Esther Greenwood）的崩溃过程：她才华横溢、美丽动人、天赋异禀、事业有成，但却慢慢走向崩溃——也许是最后一次崩溃。西尔维娅·普拉斯巧妙地将读者带入埃丝特的精神崩溃之中，使埃丝特的精神错乱变得完全真实，甚至合理，就像看电影一样容易接受。如此深入地揭示心理的阴暗角落，是一项非凡的成就，也使该小说成为美国文学经典。