"King is a major achievement. With eloquence, compassion, and grace, Jonathan Eig offers a stirringly contemporary and complex portrait of a fully human―and humane―King . . . A resounding triumph." ―Peniel E. Joseph, author of The Sword and the Shield "Eig has pulled off a kind of miracle. Here is the King we know, think we know and ought to know. Here is the leader, the preach...(展开全部)

Philip II is not only the most famous king in Spanish history, but one of the most famous monarchs in English history: the man who married Mary Tudor and later launched the Spanish Armada against her sister Elizabeth I. This compelling biography of the most powerful European monarch of his day begins with his conception (1526) and ends with his ascent to Paradise (1603), two oc...(展开全部)

以《死神的精確度》風靡文壇影壇 愛與和平好青年－－伊坂幸太郎 成功背叛讀者預期，寫作至今爭議性最高的異數作品！ 伊坂主題樂園中，唯一無法歸類的任性之作 「我想寫一個天才的一生。」 這是屬於伊坂的馬克白，是屬於王者的悲劇寓言 2010日本「大學讀書人大獎」入圍！ （＊每年由日本全國216所大學的文藝社團選出年度大學生必讀的5本書。2010年，本書與《1Q84》、《春宵苦短，少女們前進吧！》、《植物圖鑑》、《瓶頸》共同入圍。） 背負「King of 棒球」宿命誕生的王者－－山田 王求 從出生至殞落，令人討厭的一生…… 全書多章採取第二人稱觀點的俯瞰式敘述， 加上三名預言女巫與一頭奇獸不時串場的魔幻設定， 埋伏許多莎士比亞四大悲劇之一《馬克白》的經典梗概， 天才打者王求的一生， 形同一齣動人心魄的紙上舞臺劇， 透過一干凡人的雙眼， 看著王之○歲 → 十多歲...(展开全部)

What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies,...(展开全部)

What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies,...(展开全部)

"The best, most comprehensive, and most balanced single-volume biography of Washington ever written." -Gordon S. Wood, The New York Review of Books Celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation. With a breadth and depth matched by no other onevolume life of George Washington, this crisply paced narrative carries the reade...(展开全部)

胡安·卡洛斯·奥内蒂 （Juan Carlos Onetti，1909-1994） 乌拉圭作家。1909年生于乌拉圭蒙得维的亚。年少时家境贫寒，未受高等教育。曾任左翼杂志《前进》周刊秘书，后担任路透社驻布宜诺斯艾利斯办事处主任，1955年回国后任蒙得维的亚市图书馆馆长，1974年因受军政府迫害流亡到西班牙，1994年病逝于马德里。在生命的最后十二年里，他足不出户，终日躺在床上阅读、吸烟、喝威士忌，在位于马德里美洲大道31号的家中接受读者和记者的拜访。 1939年，奥内蒂凭借长篇小说《井》走上文坛，他在二十世纪四五十年代创作出的《无主之地》《为了今夜》《离别》等作品被文学界认为是拉丁美洲“新小说”的奠基之作。在1950年出版的小说《短暂的生命》中，奥内蒂虚构出了一个名叫 “圣玛利亚”的城镇，这座城镇也与加西亚·马尔克斯的马孔多、胡安·鲁尔福的科马拉等地...(展开全部)

Written in 1950, "A Brief Life" is the first novel to feature Onetti's mythical town of Santa Maria. His protagonist Brausen eavesdrops on the conversation of his neighbours, a husband and wife, imagining their gestures, their expressions.Brausen lives with his wife, who has undergone major surgery after being diagnosed with breast cancer. To compensate for this physical void w...(展开全部)

The epic autobiography of a manga master Acclaimed for his visionary short-story collections "The Push Man and Other Stories," "Abandon the Old in Tokyo," and "Good-Bye"--originally created nearly forty years ago, but just as resonant now as ever--the legendary Japanese cartoonist Yoshihiro Tatsumi has come to be recognized in North America as a precursor of today's graphic nov...(展开全部)