Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets his old aunt for the first time in over 50 years. She persuades him to travel with her. Through his aunt, a veteran of Europe's hotel bedrooms, Henry joins a shiftless, twilight society coming alive after a dull suburban lifetime.

A witty, inventive read with anyone for a passion for travel. Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time in over fifty years at what he supposes to be his mother's funeral. Soon after, she persuades Henry to abandon Southwood, his dahlias and the Major next door to travel her way, Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, Paraguay. Through ...(展开全部)

格雷厄姆•格林（Graham Greene，1904-1991）英国作家、剧作家、文学评论家。一生获得21次诺贝尔文学奖提名（但终未获奖），被誉为诺贝尔文学奖评选史上“最大的输家”。文学界形容其风格为“格林国度”（Greeneland）。他被誉为20世纪最严肃、最悲观、最具宗教意识的作家，可同时又是讲故事的圣手，是20世纪整个西方世界最具明星效应的大师级作家之一。他的作品探讨了当今世界充满矛盾的政治和道德问题，将通俗文学和严肃文学有机地结合在一起，获得了广泛好评。

(Twentieth Century Classics)

Batman and Superman - two of history's greatest cultural icons - are side-by-side as they do battle to save the Earth once more from destruction! Warned by his future self that he will instigate a coming global Armageddon, Superman is on the run after Lex Luthor, new US president and old Superman nemesis, blames him for luring a chunk of the planet Krypton on a collision course...(展开全部)

Batman has discovered something strange on the bottom of Gotham Bay which leads him to a mysterious and powerful teenaged girl who's bent on destroying Gotham City! What's her connection to Superman? Why does Wonder Woman want to hide her from the outside world? Will Darkseid succeed in recruiting her into doing his bidding? This volume also includes an introduction by Loeb as ...(展开全部)

A tale of loyalty and unlikely friendship featuring two of the most recognizable and popular super-heroes on the planet, SUPERMAN/BATMAN: PUBLIC ENEMIES pairs the Man of Steel with the Dark Knight. The iconic super-heroes unite when longtime Superman enemy Lex Luthor, now president of the United States, accuses Superman of a horrible act against mankind, and assembles a top-sec...(展开全部)

The original superstar team of Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuiness return for one of the most talked about storylines of the year. The fourth volume of the enormously popular SUPERMAN/BATMAN series finds our heroes confronting a new challenge: The Maximums, a group of super-heroes closely tied to the U.S. Government. Someone has killed one of their team, and the Maximums are on the hunt...(展开全部)

Comics' most iconic characters join forces in this fantasticnew hardcover collection written by Smallville writer/ Verheiden (Battlestar Galactica) and illustrated by Ethan Van Sciver, the artist of hit series of 2007, GREEN LANTERN: SINESTRO CORPS WAR. The JLA's Martian Manhunter attacks Batman! The villainous Parasite and Titano return! Superman's allegiances this story invol...(展开全部)

J.迈克尔•斯特拉辛斯基 是多次获奖的电影电视以及漫画编剧。曾担任《洛杉矶时报》以及《时代》杂志的记者，他参与的剧集包括《迷离时空》以及《弗莱彻夫人谋杀小说集》，并主创了《耶利米书》《十字军》以及《巴比伦5号》，并因最后这部剧而被熟知。为克林特•伊斯伍德的电影《换子疑云》撰写剧本，因此片获得英国学院奖提名；并为沃卓斯基姐弟的电影《忍者刺客》撰写剧本。他的作品为他赢得了两次雨果奖，以及土星奖、艾斯纳奖、墨瓶奖、雷•布莱德伯里奖，以及其他许多奖项。他的漫画作品包括顶牛公司的《冉冉新星》《午夜之国》，漫威公司的《神奇蜘蛛人》《至高战队》以及《雷神》，而他现在同时在为DC漫画撰写《超人》以及《神奇女郎》。 尚恩•戴维斯 是获奖美国漫画家。尚恩绘制铅笔稿的作品包括《正义联盟：闪光传说》，《太空之谜》以及《超人与蝙蝠侠：寻找氪石》等。