Nell is 26 and has never been to Paris. She has never even been on a weekend away with her boyfriend. Everyone knows she is just not the adventurous type. But, when her boyfriend doesn't turn up for heir romantic mini-break, Nell has the chance to prove everyone wrong. Alone in Paris, Nell meets the mysterious moped-riding Fabien and his group of carefree friends. Could this tu...(展开全部)

Book Description This is the story of a man named Charley who loses his job, leaves his family, and decides, one night, to end his life. Somewhere between this world and the next, he encounters his mother, who died years ago, and he spends one last day with her - a day he never had on earth. This 'ordinary' day covers the whole of their existence, and reveals how Charley, like...(展开全部)

乔·昆南（Joe Queenan） 美国记者、评论家，《华尔街日报》《福布斯》《GQ》和《间谍杂志》的专栏作家，文章还常见于《时代周刊》《新闻周刊》《滚石》《花花公子》《高尔夫文摘》《华盛顿邮报》《洛杉矶时报》《新共和》《纽约时报》《卫报》等媒体。他上过“大卫·莱特曼晚 间秀”“早安美国”“今日”和“每日秀”等节目。他的回忆录《闭馆时间》获得各大媒体的赞誉，被《纽约时报》列为2009年度100本值得关注的书之一。书曾支撑他度过毫无乐趣的费城童年，他成了狂热的读者，并立志此生为书辩护。 译者简介 陈丹丹 毕业于东英吉利大学文学，主修文学翻译专业，译过诗歌、戏剧、历史等各种文类。译作另有《遇见星期二》等。

乔·昆南（Joe Queenan） 美国记者、评论家，《华尔街日报》《福布斯》《GQ》和《间谍杂志》的专栏作家，文章还常见于《时代周刊》《新闻周刊》《滚石》《花花公子》《高尔夫文摘》《华盛顿邮报》《洛杉矶时报》《新共和》《纽约时报》《卫报》等媒体。他上过“大卫·莱特曼晚 间秀”“早安美国”“今日”和“每日秀”等节目。他的回忆录《闭馆时间》获得各大媒体的赞誉，被《纽约时报》列为2009年度100本值得关注的书之一。书曾支撑他度过毫无乐趣的费城童年，他成了狂热的读者，并立志此生为书辩护。 译者简介 陈丹丹 毕业于东英吉利大学文学，主修文学翻译专业，译过诗歌、戏剧、历史等各种文类。译作另有《遇见星期二》等。

'Every family is a ghost story ...' As a child, Charley Benetto was told by his father, 'You can be a mama's boy or a daddy's boy, but you can't be both.' So he chooses his father, only to see him disappear when Charley is on the verge of adolescence. Decades later, Charley is a broken man. His life has been destroyed by alcohol and regret. He loses his job. He leaves his famil...(展开全部)

《寡居的一年》以委婉的叙述方式剥开了爱的各个复杂层面，直达其最神秘、最黑暗的深层角落……纽约州东汉普顿的海滩上，这个夏天之于着名的儿童读物作家泰德·科尔亦或他美丽的妻子玛丽恩来说，都是生命中最为不平凡的一段时光。俩人也曾拥有甜蜜幸福的时光，却因为十几年前突如其来的惨剧而彻底粉碎--那场车祸中，他们失去了两个儿子。十年蹉跎，两人虽然表面上恩爱如昔，婚姻已名存实亡。现在，他们惟一能够达成共识的就是对聪明可爱的小女儿罗丝不可逆转的爱。本来，科尔一家虽然不幸，却在情感上达成了某种程度的平衡共同维系着这个家，可是泰德的不忠却打破了这一平衡……然后，埃迪·奥海尔出现了。 泰德表面上雇用埃迪作为自己的助手，实则希望他可以成为自己和妻子所面对难堪的婚姻关系的催化剂。可以说，埃迪一直将泰德视为自己的偶像。然而泰德不稳定甚至古怪的工作习惯很快使得满怀热情的埃迪整日无所事...(展开全部)

Lachie MacLachlan, the generous hero of this enchanting tale, is the exception to the rule that the Scots are a thrifty lot. In his "wee house in the heather," Lachie lives with his family of twelve, and he welcomes to his hearth every weary traveler who passes by on a stormy night. "There's always room for one more," says Lachie, and how his grateful guests say a wonderful "th...(展开全部)

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. In this Scottish folk song, a generous family always has room for another person and invites in everyone who passes by.

Winner of the Caldecott Medal. Lachie MacLachlan, the generous hero of this enchanting tale, is the exception to the rule that the Scots are a thrifty lot. In his "wee house in the heather," where he lives with his family of twelve, he welcomes to his hearth every weary traveler who passes by on a stormy night. "There's always room for one more," says Lachie, and how his grate...(展开全部)

Ruth Cole is a complex， often self-contradictory character--a "difficult" woman.??By no means is she conventionally "nice，" but she will never be forgotten.Ruth s story is told in three parts， each focusing on a crucial time in her life.??When we first meet her--on Long Island， in the summer of 1958--Ruth is only four.The second window into Ruth s life opens in the fall of 1990...(展开全部)