Michael Millgate's classic biography of the great novelist and poet Thomas Hardy was first published in 1982. Much new information about Hardy has since become available, often in volumes edited or co-edited by Millgate himself, and many established assumptions have been challenged and revolutionized by scholarly research. In this extensively revised, fully reconsidered, and co...(展开全部)

Michael Millgate's classic biography of the great novelist and poet Thomas Hardy was first published in 1982. Much new information about Hardy has since become available, often in volumes edited or co-edited by Millgate himself, and many established assumptions have been challenged and revolutionized by scholarly research. In this extensively revised, fully reconsidered, and co...(展开全部)

As the Civil Rights movement begins to reach the black enclave of Frenchtown in segregated Tallahassee, Elwood Curtis takes the words of Dr. Martin Luther King to heart: He is "as good as anyone." Abandoned by his parents, but kept on the straight and narrow by his grandmother, Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But for a black boy in the Jim Crow South of th...(展开全部)

As the Civil Rights movement begins to reach the black enclave of Frenchtown in segregated Tallahassee, Elwood Curtis takes the words of Dr. Martin Luther King to heart: He is "as good as anyone." Abandoned by his parents, but kept on the straight and narrow by his grandmother, Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But for a black boy in the Jim Crow South of th...(展开全部)

伊丽莎白·斯特劳特 (Elizabeth Strout)美国当代著名作家。1956年生于美国缅因州的波特兰市，大学毕业后开始文学创作，作品散见于《纽约客》等重要文学杂志。1998年，出版长篇处女作《艾米和伊莎贝拉》（Amy and Isabelle），先后荣获《洛杉矶时报》最佳首作奖及《芝加哥论坛报》中心文学奖，并入选橘子奖决选名单和美国笔会/福克纳奖提名。2006年出版《与我同在》（Abide with Me），登上全美畅销榜，入选美国独立书商协会选书。2008年出版第三部作品《奥丽芙·基特里奇》（Olive Kitteridge），次年获得普利策小说奖。 《伯吉斯家的男孩们》是她的最新作品。作者用一个家庭的故事，精妙地刻画了文化之间、人性之间的冲突和矛盾。在美国出版后，即成为“《纽约时报》畅销书”“亚马逊十大精装书”，同时被《华盛顿邮报》、美国国...(展开全部)

艾伦·托马斯（1896-1969），出生于英国伦敦，就读于马莱温学院和剑桥，是一名律师兼文学编辑。他早年曾经游历欧洲大陆，1922年到1923年间还曾经环游世界。《电梯谜案》是他的处女作，于1928年在英国出版，1929年在美国出版。这部小说以电梯作为密室的载体，在不可能犯罪题材中颇具特色。他的另一部作品《出租车奇案》（1929）则是将移动的出租车作为密室载体，也是独树一帜的。

艾伦·托马斯（1896-1969），出生于英国伦敦，就读于马莱温学院和剑桥，是一名律师兼文学编辑。他早年曾经游历欧洲大陆，1922年到1923年间还曾经环游世界。《电梯谜案》是他的处女作，于1928年在英国出版，1929年在美国出版。这部小说以电梯作为密室的载体，在不可能犯罪题材中颇具特色。他的另一部作品《出租车奇案》（1929）则是将移动的出租车作为密室载体，也是独树一帜的。

Robert R. McCammon captivated millions of readers with his storytelling power in such bestsellers as Mine, Swan Song and Stinger. Now he has created his tour de force: "Boy's Life, " a masterpiece of magic and mystery, of the splendors of growing up in a small town, and of the wonders beyond. Narrated by one of the most engaging young voices in modern fiction, "Boy's Life" take...(展开全部)