When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do what any sensible family would do: sell their house and relocate to the sunny Greek isle of Corfu. My Family and Other Animals was intended to embrace the natural history of the island but ended up as a delightful account of Durrell’s family’s experiences, from the many ecc...(展开全部)

阎连科 1958年出生于河南嵩县田湖，1978年应征入伍，1979年开始写作，1991年毕业于解放军艺术学院文学系，现为中国人民大学文学院教授、香港科技大学冼为坚中国文化客座教授。 曾获第一、二届鲁迅文学奖及第三届老舍文学奖，入围2012年度法国费米娜文学奖短名单、2013年布克国际文学奖短名单；获得第十二届马拉西亚花踪世界华文文学奖、2014年卡夫卡文学奖、2015年日本推特文学奖、2016年第六届世界华文长篇小说奖“红楼梦”奖。 作品已被译为日、韩、越、法、英、德、意、荷、挪威、以色列、西班牙、塞尔维亚等二十多种语言出版。 代表作品 长篇小说 《日光流年》《坚硬如水》《受活》《风雅颂》《炸裂志》 中篇小说 《年月日》《黄金洞》《耙耧天歌》《朝着东南走》 短篇小说 《黑猪毛白猪毛》 散 文 《我与父辈》《田湖的孩子》

Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle meet Knives Out and The Thursday Murder Club in this fiendishly clever blend of classic and modern murder mystery. I was dreading the Cunningham family reunion even before the first murder. Before the storm stranded us at the mountain resort, snow and bodies piling up. The thing is, us Cunninghams don’t really get along. We’ve only got one...(展开全部)

In Shadow Family, Miyuki Miyabe draws readers into the amorphous world of Internet chat rooms-a world of people from all walks of life attracted by the possibility of being whomever they want to be. Police investigating the murder of a middle-aged office worker discover e-mail correspondence on the victim's computer that indicates he had been a regular participant in an Intern...(展开全部)

In this absorbing account of life with the great atomic scientist Enrico Fermi, Laura Fermi tells the story of their emigration to the United States in the 1930s--part of the widespread movement of scientists from Europe to the New World that was so important to the development of the first atomic bomb. Combining intellectual biography and social history, Laura Fermi traces her...(展开全部)

In this absorbing account of life with the great atomic scientist Enrico Fermi, Laura Fermi tells the story of their emigration to the United States in the 1930s--part of the widespread movement of scientists from Europe to the New World that was so important to the development of the first atomic bomb. Combining intellectual biography and social history, Laura Fermi traces her...(展开全部)

An intimate and powerful memoir by the trailblazing former CEO of PepsiCo For a dozen years as one of the world’s most admired CEOs, Indra Nooyi redefined what it means to be an exceptional leader. The first woman of color and immigrant to run a Fortune 50 company — and one of the foremost strategic thinkers of our time — she transformed PepsiCo with a unique vision, a vigorous...(展开全部)

Written by the author of "The Land", "Portrait of a Marriage" and "All Passion Spent", this is the story of Mr Jerrold who is proud of his fortune. He has no pride in his sons, but his daughter-in-law is his favourite until she develops a relationship with a rising Labour politician.

Evelyn, aged thirty-nine, is an attractive widow living an irreproachable life. Then she meets Miles, fifteen years her junior, and falls passionately in love. But both lovers have strong personalities and passion does not equal happiness. Evelyn, deeply jealous and conventional is shocked at her lover's casual ways and his insistence on working all day. Miles’s love for Evelyn...(展开全部)