"Last Days of Summer" is the story of Joey Margolis, neighborhood punching bag, growing up goofy and mostly fatherless in Brooklyn in the early 1940s. A boy looking for a hero, Joey decides to latch on to Charlie Banks, the all-star third baseman for the New York Giants. But Joey's chosen champion doesn't exactly welcome the extreme attention of a persistent young fan with an o...(展开全部)

史蒂夫·克卢格，美国剧作家、小说家，生于1952 年，属二战后的“婴儿潮世代”，在披头士音乐的孕育中长大。克卢格的作品多以棒球、历史（尤其是二战）题材而著称，曾为《今日美国》等报纸撰写社论；除了写作，他长年投身民权运动，并致力于辅导青少年各类成长问题。写作、棒球和他的九个侄子侄女是他的至爱。

在线阅读本书 Book Description The trial and condemnation of Socrates on charges of heresy and corrupting young minds is a defining moment in the history of Classical Athens. In tracing these events through four dialogues, Plato also developed his own philosophy, based on Socrates' manifesto for a life guided by self-responsibility. Euthyphro finds Socrates outside the court-house,...(展开全部)

Cecil Scott "C.S." Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 - 2 April 1966), an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of naval warfare. His most notable works were the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic era, and "The African Queen" (1935; filmed in 1951 by John Huston). His novels "A Shi...(展开全部)

A thriller of war that never was—of survival in an impossible city—of surreal cataclysm. In The Last Days of New Paris, China Miéville entwines true historical events and people with his daring, uniquely imaginative brand of fiction, reconfiguring history and art into something new.

柴纳·米耶维，1972年出生于英格兰，伦敦政经学院国际法学博士，以“新怪谭”风格奠定国际声誉，21世纪重要奇幻作家。代表作品有《鼠王》《帕迪杜街车站》《地疤》《伪伦敦》等。他的写作风格多半带有诡异幽默感，擅长借助奇境探讨真实人生和社会文化议题。

Moments of humour, surreal fantasy, and the sometimes devastating ways we interact with the people we love the most, are presented in Shaun Tan’s typical thought-provoking style. RULES OF SUMMER, is a deceptively simple story about two boys, one older and one younger, and the kind of ‘rules’ that might govern any relationship between close friends or siblings. Rules that are of...(展开全部)

Moments of humour, surreal fantasy, and the sometimes devastating ways we interact with the people we love the most, are presented in Shaun Tan’s typical thought-provoking style. RULES OF SUMMER, is a deceptively simple story about two boys, one older and one younger, and the kind of ‘rules’ that might govern any relationship between close friends or siblings. Rules that are of...(展开全部)

陈志勇（Shaun Tan）,1974年生于西澳大利亚的首府珀斯，在郊区长大。父亲是马来西亚华侨，母亲是澳大利亚人。从小，班里个子最小的他就是全校知名的画画高手，十几岁时即开始为科幻小说和恐怖故事绘制插图。1995年从西澳大利亚大学毕业，获得美术与英语语言文学双学位。后成为自由插画师，并在电影《霍顿与无名氏》和《机器人瓦力》中出任过造型设计。曾两次获得世界科幻协会颁发的“雨果奖最佳美术奖”，四度获得“世界奇幻奖最佳艺术家”称号。2011年，荣获由瑞典政府颁发的林格伦儿童文学奖。同年3月，改编自他的同名绘本并由他导演的动画《失物招领》也获得第83届奥斯卡最佳动画短片奖。绘本作品有《抵岸》（获2007年博洛尼亚书展特别评审奖）《绯红树》《别的国家都没有》《夏天守则》《蝉》等十几部。现居墨尔本。

A wry, tender portrait of a young woman—finally free to decide her own path, but unsure if she knows herself well enough to choose wisely—from a captivating new literary voice The plan is to leave. As for how, when, to where, and even why—she doesn’t know yet. So begins a journey for the twenty-four-year-old narrator of Days of Distraction. As a staff writer at a prestigious te...(展开全部)