Herein is the unexpurgated first-person narrative of nineteen-year-old Skyler Rampike, the only surviving child of an "infamous" American family destroyed a decade ago by the murder of Skylers six-year-old ice-skating champion sister, Bliss, and the media scrutiny that followed. Part investigation into the unsolved murder, part elegy for the lost Bliss and for his own lost chil...(展开全部)

乔伊斯·卡罗尔·欧茨1938年出生于纽约州的工人家庭，1960年毕业于锡拉丘兹大学，次年在威斯康星大学获文学硕士学位，1968至1978年在加拿大温索尔大学教英美文学，1978年以后，她搬到新泽西的普林斯顿，在普林斯顿大学教授文学创作。同时她和丈夫还经营一家小出版社，出版文学杂志《安大略评论》，直到她丈夫于2008年去世。 欧茨的创作力极为旺盛，以多产而闻名。自处女作短篇小说集《北门畔》问世以来，迄今她已出版一百余部作品，包括长篇小说、短篇小说集、诗集、剧本和文学评论等。1970年以长篇小说代表作《他们》获得美国国家图书奖，《漆黑的水》等三部作品曾获普利策提名，《大瀑布》获2005年度法国费米纳文学奖。《我们是马尔瓦尼一家》于2001年入选“奥普拉读书俱乐部”的推荐书。她被认为是1960年代以来最重要的美国小说家之一。

A dark, wry, captivating tale, inspired by an unsolved American true crime mystery. 'My Sister, My Love' is based on the controversial true-crime mystery of the JonBenet Ramsey murder. When a beautiful, ice-skating child prodigy is found brutally murdered, suspicion immediately mounts against friends, neighbours -- and even the young girl's own family. Told from the point of v...(展开全部)

富兰克林·罗斯福，第三十二届美国总统，也是美国历史上惟一蝉联四届（病逝于第四届任期中）的总统（1933—1945）。 美国政治家。推行新政克服经济大萧条；带领美国赢得“二战”胜利，使美国摆脱经济危机；三度荣登《时代周刊》年度风云人物。 美国历史上最伟大的总统之一，同华盛顿和林肯齐名。美国在线曾于2005年举办票选活动《最伟大的美国人》，富兰克林·罗斯福被选为美国最伟大的人物中的第十位。

纳丁•戈迪默，生于南非约翰内斯堡。因其“壮丽宏伟的史诗创作对人类的贡献”而成为非洲第三个诺贝尔文学奖得主。她也是继奈丽•萨克斯１９６６年获奖之后，２５年来膺此殊荣的又一位杰出女作家，是诺贝尔文学奖颁发９０年历史上第七位女性获奖人。

When Will skips school to slip off to a movie theater near Johannesburg, he is shocked to see his father. An ordinary mishap, but his father is no ordinary man. He is a "colored" and revered anti-apartheid hero, and his female companion is a white activist fiercely dedicated to the cause. As Will struggles with confusion and bitterness, My Son's Story unravels the consequences ...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 埃米琳·潘克赫斯特 （Emmeline Pankhurst，1858－1928） 英国政治活动家，被誉为英国“妇女选举权之母”。 1903 年，她创建妇女社会政治联盟。 20世纪初她掀起了一场英国历史上绝无仅有的妇女参政运动，她的思想理念决定了这场运动的方向。 1999 年，美国《时代周刊》把她评为20 世纪最重要的百位人物之一，称她“塑造了我们这个时代女性的观念，使社会进入一个全新模式，从此再没有回头路”。 每年的7月15日被英国定为埃米琳·潘克赫斯特日，以纪念这位为妇女选举权作出重要贡献的倡导者。 【译者简介】 孙洁，世界史硕士，前图书编辑，现素质教育行业从业者，擅长社科图书的策划、翻译。

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JESS PHILLIPS Soldier, criminal, militant, hooligan, revolutionary: these labels Emmeline Pankhurst took up and wore proudly in her long struggle for women’s suffrage. This shortened edition of her autobiography tells the inside story of this struggle: the tireless campaigning, the betrayals by men in power, the relentless round of arrests and hunger str...(展开全部)

Emmeline Pankhurst was a leading political activist who founded the British suffragette movement which helped women earn the right to vote. Pankhurst was often criticized for her militant tactics but she is undoubtedly one of the most important figures in achieving women's suffrage in Britain. My Own Story, published in 1914, is an autobiography which provides rare insight into...(展开全部)

No tennis player since Andre Agassi has captivated the world like Rafael Nadal. He's a rarity in today's sporting arena - a true sportsman who chooses to let his raw talent, dedication and humility define him. This autobiography, written by Nadal with award-winning journalist John Carlin, includes memorable highlights such as winning the Wimbledon 2008 final in what John McEnro...(展开全部)