The Academy-Award winning actress and avid foodie shares a sumptuous collection of recipes and gorgeous photographs celebrating the joy of preparing food for loved ones, a passion she learned from her beloved father. As an actress, author, trendsetter, creator of goop.com, and host of the popular PBS series,Spain: On the Road Again, Gwyneth Paltrow is an icon of style and good ...(展开全部)

Senator John McCain learned about life and honor from his grandfather and father, both four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy. Both their careers and their courage helped prepare McCain for the biggest challenge of his life when, as a naval aviator, he was shot down over Hanoi in 1967 and seriously injured. When his captors realized McCain's impressive military legacy, they offere...(展开全部)

John McCain is one of the most admired leaders in the United States government, but his deeply felt memoir of family and war is not a political one and ends before his election to Congress. With candor and ennobling power, McCain tells a story that, in the words of Newsweek, "makes the other presidential candidates look like pygmies." John McCain learned about life and honor ...(展开全部)

John McCain is one of the most admired leaders in the United States government, but his deeply felt memoir of family and war is not a political one and ends before his election to Congress. With candor and ennobling power, McCain tells a story that, in the words of Newsweek, "makes the other presidential candidates look like pygmies." John McCain learned about life and honor ...(展开全部)

A beautiful, moving collection of short stories, in many of which Updike revisits the haunts of his childhood from the vantage point of old age. In "Fiftieth" old friends reconnect at a class reunion, and one of them is left wondering, 'What does it mean: the enormity of having been children and now being old, living next to death.' In the story "The Full Glass" the protagonist...(展开全部)

John Updike’s first collection of new short fiction since the year 2000, My Father’s Tears finds the author in a valedictory mood as he mingles narratives of his native Pennsylvania with stories of New England suburbia and of foreign travel. “Personal Archaeology” considers life as a sequence of half-buried layers, and “The Full Glass” distills a lifetime’s happiness into on...(展开全部)

"Drinking a toast to the visible world, his impending disappearance from it be damned." That's how John Updike describes an elderly character in his remarkable final collection. He might have been talking about himself. In My Father's Tears, Updike revisits his people, places, and themes--Americans in suburbs, cities, and small towns grappling with faith and infidelity--in vivi...(展开全部)

The classic fantasy trilogy of Elmer Elevator and the flying baby dragon has delighted children and their parents for generations. Now, on the occasion of their fiftieth anniversary, Random House is proud to bring the three timeless tales together in one beautiful commemorative edition, complete with the original delightful illustrations.A Newbery Honor Book and an ALA Notable ...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 帕特里西奥·普隆 Patricio Pron 1975年生于阿根廷罗萨里奥，著有长篇小说《春天的开始》《我们行走在梦中》《别为住在这条街上的人哭泣》《明天我们会有另外的名字》、短篇小说集《回家时带上一切》《室内植物的内心活动》等。作品屡获拉丁美洲及西班牙各大文学奖项。2010年，英国文学杂志《格兰塔》将其评选为22位杰出西班牙语新生代作家之一。2011年出版《我父母的灵魂在雨中升腾》。 【译者简介】 苑雨舒 外交学院外语系西班牙语教师，外交学院“一流学科高层次人才”学者，西班牙康普顿斯大学西语美洲文学博士。译有《中智建交五十年文选》《“一带一路”和拉丁美洲：新机遇与新挑战》（合译）等作品。

约翰·麦凯恩（John Sidney McCain Ⅲ）美国著名的政治家、共和党人，现为亚利桑那州国会参议员。 麦凯恩一九三六年出生于美国控制的巴拿马运河区域，父亲小约翰·西德尼·麦凯恩和祖父老约翰·西德尼·麦凯恩皆曾任美国海军上将二麦凯恩在弗吉尼亚州亚历山德里亚的圣公会中学和安那波利斯海军学院接受教育。其后他担任海军飞行员，在越南执行战斗任务，被浮后被拘禁长达五年半之久，由此成为全国知名人物。 获释回国后，麦凯恩在一九八二年当选亚利桑那州第一选区的众议员，并在一九八六年当选参议员目前是他作为参议员的第四个任期。 麦凯恩曾在二○○○年美国总统选举中角逐共和党的提名，但被乔治·沃克·布什击败；二○○八年他成为美国总统大选的共和党候选人，最终在与民主党候选人奥巴马参议员的对决中落败。