Highly acclaimed for The End of Eddy, Edouard Louis in Who Killed My Father rips into France’s long neglect of the working class and its overt contempt for the poor, accusing the complacent French—at the minimum—of negligent homicide. “Racism,” he quotes Ruth Gilmore, “is the exposure of certain groups to premature death.” And Louis goes to visit the ugly gray town of his child...(展开全部)

“In twenty years I went from a complete unknown, to a comer, to being hailed as the most powerful man in Hollywood. After a few years of that, I became the most feared man in town. And once I left CAA, when it was safe for everyone to vent, I became the most hated.” Who is Michael Ovitz? He’s a striver who talked his way into the famous mailroom of the William Morris Agency wit...(展开全部)

“Stylish and sharp, with wicked hairpin turns, Who Is Maud Dixon? is part Patricia Highsmith, part All About Eve and pure fun.” (Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette?) Florence Darrow is a low-level publishing employee who believes that she's destined to be a famous writer. When she stumbles into a job as writer’s assistant to Maud Dixon, a world-famous, enigmatic...(展开全部)

亚莉珊卓·安德鲁斯曾在纽约和巴黎担任记者、编辑和文案。她文笔明快洗练，文章情节曲折离奇，《消失的悬疑小说家》是其第一本小说。

亚莉珊卓·安德鲁斯曾在纽约和巴黎担任记者、编辑和文案。她文笔明快洗练，文章情节曲折离奇，《消失的悬疑小说家》是其第一本小说。

The initial problem wasn't so much 'Who is Simon Warwick?' as 'Where is Simon Warwick?' When old Lord Charlton knew he was dying, he suddenly decided to alter his will and leave his vast fortune to a long-lost nephew. His family solicitor was instructed to trace the young man. Orphaned as a baby during the war, the boy had been adopted by an American officer and his English wif...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Joel's best friend Tony drowns while they are swimming in the forbidden, treacherous Vermilion River. Joel is terrified at having to tell of his disobedience and overwhelmed by his feelings of guilt.

When his best friend drowns while they are swimming in a treacherous river that they had promised never to go near, Joel is devastated and terrified at having to tell both sets of parents the terrible consequences of their disobedience. "A powerful, soul-stirring novel told simply and well."--"Booklist, " starred review. A Newbery Honor Book; ALA Notable Children's Book.

Joel dares his best friend, Tony, to a swimming race in a dangerous river. Both boys jump in, but when Joel reaches the sandbar, he finds Tony has vanished. How can he face their parents and the terrible truth?