Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox. " He wrote in an off-hand, whimsical prose studded with startling formulations. He is one of...(展开全部)

Armed with a donkey cart filled with rum, cheese and a tavern signpost, pub owner Humphrey Hump and a companion take to the road in this rollicking, madcap adventure, extending good cheer to a cast of memorable characters. A hilarious, satirical romp in which Chesterton inveighs against Prohibition, vegetarianism, theosophy, and other oppressive forms of modernity.

G. K. 切斯特顿(1874—1936)：作家、文学评论家、神学家。英国文学史上的大师级人物，创作了80部著作、200篇短篇小说、4000篇杂文、数百首诗及若干戏剧。作品体裁丰富，横跨传记、推理小说、历史和神学论著。著有《新诗集》《罗伯特·布朗宁》《布朗神父探案集》《诺丁山的拿破仑》等。其创造的最著名的角色是牧师侦探布朗神父，开创以犯罪心理学方式推理案情之先河。

&quote;Keep the Aspidistra Flying&quote;, first published in 1936, is a socially critical novel by George Orwell. It is set in 1930s London. The main theme is Gordon Comstock's romantic ambition to de

在线阅读本书 Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Only Rosemary, ever-faithful Rosemary, has the strength to challenge his commitment to his ch...(展开全部)

Gordon Comstock is a poor young man who works in a grubby London bookstore and spends his evenings shivering in a rented room, trying to write. He is determined to stay free of the “money world” of lucrative jobs, family responsibilities, and the kind of security symbolized by the homely aspidistra plant that sits in every middle-class British window.

G. K. 切斯特顿(1874—1936)：作家、文学评论家、神学家。英国文学史上的大师级人物，创作了80部著作、200篇短篇小说、4000篇杂文、数百首诗及若干戏剧。作品体裁丰富，横跨传记、推理小说、历史和神学论著。著有《新诗集》《罗伯特·布朗宁》《布朗神父探案集》《诺丁山的拿破仑》等。其创造的最著名的角色是牧师侦探布朗神父，开创以犯罪心理学方式推理案情之先河。

‘How can a man disappear from a locked bathroom on a plane in mid-flight? That’s the mind-bending puzzle at the heart of... Vailati’s stellar mystery... Golden Age fans will be delighted by the baffling crime and the logical and plausible solution.’ Publishers Weekly As the principal investigator explains, there seem to be four alternative explanations: accident, suicide, murde...(展开全部)

A suspenseful behind-the-scenes look at the dysfunction that contributed to one of the worst tragedies in modern aviation: the 2018 and 2019 crashes of the Boeing 737 MAX. An "authoritative, gripping and finely detailed narrative that charts the decline of one of the great American companies" (New York Times Book Review), from the award-winning reporter for Bloomberg. Boeing is...(展开全部)

彼得‧羅比森Peter Robison 出身於美國明尼蘇達州聖保羅市，擁有史丹佛大學歷史系榮譽學位，現任彭博社（Bloomberg ）與彭博商業週刊（Bloomberg Businessweek）的調查記者，曾獲傑拉爾德•勒伯獎 （Gerald Loeb Award）、富比世獎（the Malcolm Forbes Award）與四座由美國商業編輯和作家協會（Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing）頒發的最佳商業類獎（“Best in Business”）。 他曾是一九九○年代波音收購麥克唐納─道格拉斯公司（McDonnell Douglas）時的跑線記者，《死亡盲飛》整理了他多年來的第一線觀察，訴說一段悲劇性的真實故事：曾經炙手可熱的模範公司，淪為不惜一切代價取勝心態下的犧牲品，危及整個...(展开全部)