Many beloved novels have place at their heart—and often even in their title. Novel Houses visits unforgettable dwellings in twenty legendary works of English and American fiction, exploring how Uncle Tom’s Cabin came to start the American Civil War, why Bleak House is used as the name of a happy home, and what Jane Austen had in mind when she worked out the plot for Mansfield P...(展开全部)

The riotous, raucous and deeply resonant debut novel from “one of the best story writers in the English language today” (Financial Times) Wild Houses follows two outsiders caught in the crosshairs of a small-town revenge kidnapping gone awry. With his acclaimed and award-winning collections Young Skins and Homesickness Colin Barrett cemented his reputation as one of contemporar...(展开全部)

The riotous, raucous and deeply resonant debut novel from “one of the best story writers in the English language today” (Financial Times) Wild Houses follows two outsiders caught in the crosshairs of a small-town revenge kidnapping gone awry. With his acclaimed and award-winning collections Young Skins and Homesickness Colin Barrett cemented his reputation as one of contemporar...(展开全部)

露易丝·佩妮（Louise Penny，1958— ） ·加拿大女作家，五获“阿加莎最佳推理小说奖”，其中四次蝉联，被封 “新锐推理天后”，其“伽马什探长”系列小说已先后被翻译成近三十种语言。 ·2005年，作为“伽马什探长”系列的开篇之作，《伊甸园的蛇》（Still Life）一举夺得匕首奖、亚瑟·艾利斯奖、黛利丝奖、安东尼奖、巴瑞奖等诸多推理小说大奖。 ·“伽马什探长”连发数弹，蔚然成为当今推理小说界最重要系列，每部都收获各大犯罪推理小说奖项，入选各权威推荐榜单，稳踞各大图书网站畅销榜。 ·2013年被授予加拿大勋章——加拿大给予国民的最高勋章。 ·佩妮的作品优美而危险，人物刻画细腻饱满，犯罪设计大胆创新。伽马什探长则取代阿加莎、詹姆斯、铁伊笔下的神探们，成为新世纪一位擅长烧脑、手法缜密，慈祥、坚韧又睿智的名侦探。

[日] 雨穴 恐怖小说家，知名Youtuber，以面具形象出现的作家。 2020年开始，凭借《怪屋谜案》等一系列视频，在日本引发社会话题。本书在日本出版后，长期占据各类推理悬疑榜单前列。 其作品中常常充满莫名真实的诡异气氛。

[日] 雨穴 恐怖小说家，知名Youtuber，以面具形象出现的作家。 2020年开始，凭借《怪屋谜案》等一系列视频，在日本引发社会话题。本书在日本出版后，长期占据各类推理悬疑榜单前列。 其作品中常常充满莫名真实的诡异气氛。

From a dazzling new literary voice, a debut novel about a Palestinian family caught between present and past, between displacement and home On the eve of her daughter Alia’s wedding, Salma reads the girl’s future in a cup of coffee dregs. She sees an unsettled life for Alia and her children; she also sees travel, and luck. While she chooses to keep her predictions to herself th...(展开全部)

Widely recognized as the father of Scandinavian modern design, Alvar Aalto's repertoire includes a sizeable number of houses of which ten have been selected for this classic and elegantly designed publication. The Villa Mairea, Aalto House & Studio and the Aalto Summer House are all included, along with Maison Carr a little known and somewhat mysterious work from his later peri...(展开全部)

National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Award-winner Charles Yu delivers his debut novel, a razor-sharp, ridiculously funny, and utterly touching story of a son searching for his father . . . through quantum space-time. Minor Universe 31 is a vast story-space on the outskirts of fiction, where paradox fluctuates like the stock market, lonely sexbots beckon failed protagonists,...(展开全部)