In 1973 Moll Gladney goes missing from the Tipperary hillside where she was born. Slowly her parents, Paddy and Kit, begin to accept that she’s gone forever. But she returns, changed, and with a few surprises for her family and neighbours. Nothing is ever the same again for the Gladneys, who learn that fate cares little for duty, that life rarely conforms to expectation, that G...(展开全部)

多纳尔·瑞安 （1976— ） 爱尔兰作家，被誉为“爱尔兰文学新浪潮的王者”，两度入围布克奖。 最早两部长篇小说《旋转的心》《十二月纪事》曾因大胆的写作手法47次被出版商拒绝，最终得到了公正评价：前者斩获都柏林书展十年最佳图书桂冠、爱尔兰图书奖（最佳综合奖和最佳新人奖双料冠军）、欧盟文学奖、《卫报》处女作奖；后者入围爱尔兰图书奖最佳小说奖、让·莫内欧洲文学奖短名单。 创作生涯常踞巅峰：短篇小说集《太阳斜照》荣膺爱尔兰图书奖最佳短篇小说奖；长篇小说《我们所应知道的一切》入围爱尔兰图书奖最佳小说奖短名单；《来自静谧的浅海》获让·莫内欧洲文学奖，入围爱尔兰图书奖最佳小说奖、科斯塔图书奖短名单；《奇花异果》荣获爱尔兰图书奖最佳小说奖，入围达尔基文学奖短名单；《污岛皇后》再次入围爱尔兰图书奖最佳小说奖短名单。

TOILETPAPER Maurizio Cattelan's newest body of work comprises startling photographs done in collaboration with commercial photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari and published in Cattelan's limited edition magazine Toilet Paper. Colliding commercial photography with twisted narrative tableaux and surrealistic imagery these images mark a new phase in Cattelan's art production. This impor...(展开全部)

The animals’ homes are disappearing. Tree by tree, the forest is being cut down. Clues! There must be clues. For instance, look—there is a mysterious bear carrying an ax! But what would a bear want with so many trees? Perhaps the discarded paper airplanes littering the forest floor have a story to tell? Oliver Jeffers’ quirky, childlike humor and lovable illustrations are in f...(展开全部)

We’ve all seen red roses, blue irises, and yellow daffodils. But when we really look closely at a flower, whole new worlds of beauty and intricacy emerge. Using a unique process that far surpasses conventional macro photography, Robert Llewellyn shows us details that few of us have ever seen: the amazing architecture of stamens and pistils; the subtle shadings on a petal; the s...(展开全部)

With more than five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intellige...(展开全部)

With more than five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intellige...(展开全部)

“Feeney lives up to her reputation as the “queen of the twist”…This page-turner will keep you guessing.” ―Real Simple Think you know the person you married? Think again… Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wr...(展开全部)

What do reading a book, smoking a cigarette, throwing confetti and voting in an election have in common? The answer, of course, is paper. Paper serves nearly every function of our lives. It is the technology with which we have made sense of the world. Yet the age of paper is ending. Ebooks now outsell their physical counterparts. Still, there are some uses of paper that seem un...(展开全部)