novel, tr w/intro by William Weaver

The Ogura Hyakunin Isshu is one of Japan's most quoted and illustrated works, as influential to the development of Japanese literary traditions as The Tale of Genji and The Tales of Ise. The text is an anthology of one hundred waka poems, each written by a different poet from the seventh to the middle of the thirteenth century, which is when Fujiwara no Teika, a renowned poe...(展开全部)

The Ogura Hyakunin Isshu is one of Japan's most quoted and illustrated works, as influential to the development of Japanese literary traditions as The Tale of Genji and The Tales of Ise. The text is an anthology of one hundred waka poems, each written by a different poet from the seventh to the middle of the thirteenth century, which is when Fujiwara no Teika, a renowned poe...(展开全部)

Dorothy 'Dodie' Smith was born in 1896. While working as a shop assistant in London, she wrote five very successful plays and also started writing screenplays for Hollywood. She moved to America with her husband during the war and they didn't return to England until 1953 because she was reluctant to quarantine her beloved Dalmatians! In 1943, her Dalmatians had 15 puppies, like...(展开全部)

Visionary writer/artist Paul Pope presents a futuristic mystery of epic proportions set in a dark, dystopian world devoid of privacy and filled with government conspiracies, psychic police, holographic caller ID and absolutely no room for "secret identities." In Gotham City, 2039, a federal agent is murdered and a contingent of Washington's top agents is hot on the suspect's tr...(展开全部)

哈兰·科本(Harlan Coben，1962—)，美国当代作家，美国三代总统克林顿、小布什、奥巴马最喜欢的畅销书作家，《达?芬奇密码》作者丹·布朗的伯乐，第一位也是迄今为止唯一一位同时包揽国际最权威的埃德加·爱伦坡奖、莎马斯奖和安东尼奖的美国作家，第一位入选图书奥斯卡（英国年度图书奖）的美国人。1995年，他以(Deal Breaker)而走红，赢得评论家和读者的广泛好评。迄今为止，已经连续推出“米隆?波利塔系列小说”(Myron Bolitar series)共十本，并因此获得诸多殊荣。《纽约时报》称赞他的小说是“天才作品”，《洛杉矶时报》认为他的小说“充满洞见”，《休斯顿纪事》指出他的作品“始终给人带来愉悦”。许多报刊一致认为，哈兰·科本的作品是必读书。目前,科本的作品已经至少以三十二种语言出版，每一部作品都是世界范围的畅销书，从而牢固地确立了...(展开全部)

This book is a revised, updated and greatly expanded version of the authors' "Probability and Random Processes: Problems and Solutions", first published in 1992. The 1000+ exercises contained within are not merely drill problems but have been chosen to illustrate the concepts, illuminate the subject, and both inform and entertain the student. Topics cover a broad range of subje...(展开全部)

加西亚•马尔克斯（Gabriel García Márquez）1927年出生于哥伦比亚马格达莱纳海滨小镇阿拉卡塔卡。童年与外祖父母一起生活。1936年随父母迁居苏克雷。1947年考入波哥大国立大学。1948年因内战辍学，进入报界。五十年代开始发表文学作品。六十年代初移居墨西哥。1967年出版《百年孤独》。1982年获诺贝尔文学奖。

In the book which put South America on the l iterary map, Marquez tells the haunting story of a community in which the political, the personal and the spiritual worl ds interwine '

在线阅读本书 One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Inventive, amusing, magnetic, sad, and alive with unforgettable men and women -- brimming with truth, compassion, and a lyrical magic that strikes the soul -- this novel is a masterpiece in the art of fictio...(展开全部)