The Stars Shine Down is Sidney Sheldons twelfth and most passionate novel, set against the glamorous world of international business and featuring a complex and compelling heroine faced with a series of life-shattering decisions. Lara Cameron is young and beautiful. Rising from a past she seeks to repress, she achieves her wildest ambition, creating a much envied business empi...(展开全部)

The Stars Shine Down is Sidney Sheldons twelfth and most passionate novel, set against the glamorous world of international business and featuring a complex and compelling heroine faced with a series of life-shattering decisions. Lara Cameron is young and beautiful. Rising from a past she seeks to repress, she achieves her wildest ambition, creating a much envied business empi...(展开全部)

Lara Cameron, a young and beautiful self-made tycoon, has worked relentlessly for success, power and control of her life and personal relationships. But a discarded lover has vengeance in mind. By the author of "The Other Side of Midnight", "Master of the Game" and "Rage of Angels".

Originally released as a song by indie rock band Cub Country, this gorgeous lullaby is perfect for a parent to share with his or her child at bedtime. May the Stars Drip Down contains wonderful lyrics and imagery inspired by nature and the intense bond and love between parent and child. Acclaimed artist Nikki McClure's tender and intricate papercuts perfectly complement Chatela...(展开全部)

"Let it Come Down" tells the story of Dyar, a New York bank clerk who throws up his secure, humdrum job to find a reality abroad with which to identify himself, and his macabre experiences in the inferno of Tangiers.

保罗•鲍尔斯 美国传奇作家、翻译家、作曲家。一生只创作过四部长篇小说，却被视为20世纪美国极具代表性的作家，《时代》周刊称他为那个年代独一无二的作家。2002年，其作品由美国著名非营利性出版机构——美国文库收录出版，成为传世经典。 ◆鲍尔斯深受存在主义文学影响，曾翻译过萨特、博尔赫斯等作家的作品，美国评论界称：“没有哪位作家能像鲍尔斯那样对存在主义哲学作出这样全面的阐释。” ◆1929年，鲍尔斯辍学前往巴黎学习音乐创作，随后为田纳西•威廉斯等著名剧作家作曲，迅速成为美国当代著名作曲家之一。 ◆鲍尔斯一生游离于美国之外，视自己为旅人。1947年，他移居摩洛哥丹吉尔，直到去世。丹吉尔也因为鲍尔斯而吸引了众多文学家，成了一个时代的文学圣地。 · 译者简介 陆汉臻，资深英美文学译者。毕业于北京外国语大学，现任浙江越秀外国语学院教师，浙江省翻译协会理事。代表译...(展开全部)

In "Let It Come Down," Paul Bowles plots the doomed trajectory of Nelson Dyar, a New York bank teller who comes to Tangier in search of a different life and ends up giving in to his darkest impulses. Rich in descriptions of the corruption and decadence of the International Zone in the last days before Moroccan independence, Bowles's second novel is an alternately comic and horr...(展开全部)

You want a play to be challenging, ambitious, nuanced and complicated. You also want it to sell tickets. You want to make art, and you know you’re in show business. These are some of the balancing acts that the National Theatre, and this book, is about. This is the inside story of twelve years at the helm of Britain’s greatest theatre. It is a story of lunatic failures and spec...(展开全部)

This is the fascinating inside story of twelve years at the helm of Britain's greatest theater. Nicholas Hytner's highly entertaining memoir combines gossip with serious insight into what is involved in bringing a production to life. It tells vivid, lively stories about working with some of the world's most celebrated actors and writers and explores many variations on the colla...(展开全部)

From the Tony Award and Laurence Olivier Award-winning former director of London's National Theatre--this is a fascinating, candid, eloquent memoir about his career directing theater, producing films and opera, and working closely with some of the world's most celebrated actors. The list of Nicholas Hytner's accomplishments is long and distinguished: as Artistic Director of Lon...(展开全部)