In Pure Pleasure, John Carey, one of Britain's most respected literary critics, introduces us to what he believes are the fifty most enjoyable books of the twentieth century based on sheer reading pleasure. Mixing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, Carey includes literary heavyweights like James Joyce, Thomas Mann, and T. S. Eliot, as well as more populist writers like Arthur Con...(展开全部)

朱莉安娜·伯格特（Julianna Baggott），美国小说家、散文家、诗人。 朱莉安娜二十多岁开始写书。在北加利福尼亚大学获得硕士文凭后，出版了第一本小说《女孩间的谈话》（Girl Talk），当即成为畅销作品。之后推出了一系列畅销小说。在过去的十年中，她一共出版了十四本书，被翻译成三十多种语言出版。 曾用笔名N.E.伯德（N. E. Bode）创作了许多儿童文学作品。朱莉安娜同时也是一位诗人，出版过三部诗集。 目前，她和丈夫、孩子住在佛罗里达州，任教于佛罗里达州立大学（Florida State University）。

Pure Colour is a galaxy of a novel: explosive, celestially bright, huge, and streaked with beauty. It is a contemporary bible, an atlas of feeling, and an absurdly funny guide to the great (and terrible) things about being alive. Sheila Heti is a philosopher of modern experience, and she has reimagined what a book can hold. Here we are, just living in the first draft of Creatio...(展开全部)

This is not your father's list of classics. In these delightful essays, Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Dirda introduces nearly ninety of the world's most entertaining books. Writing with affection as well as authority, Dirda covers masterpieces of fantasy and science fiction, horror and adventure, as well as epics, history, essay, and children's literature. Organized thematicall...(展开全部)

This is not your father's list of classics. In these delightful essays, Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Dirda introduces nearly ninety of the world's most entertaining books. Writing with affection as well as authority, Dirda covers masterpieces of fantasy and science fiction, horror and adventure, as well as epics, history, essay, and children's literature. Organized thematicall...(展开全部)

This is not your father's list of classics. In these delightful essays, Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Dirda introduces nearly ninety of the world's most entertaining books. Writing with affection as well as authority, Dirda covers masterpieces of fantasy and science fiction, horror and adventure, as well as epics, history, essay, and children's literature. Organized thematicall...(展开全部)

This is not your father's list of classics. In these delightful essays, Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Dirda introduces nearly ninety of the world's most entertaining books. Writing with affection as well as authority, Dirda covers masterpieces of fantasy and science fiction, horror and adventure, as well as epics, history, essay, and children's literature. Organized thematicall...(展开全部)

Known for his quirky attitude and quirkier entr?es, Bob Blumer has been shaking up the food world for almost two decades. In his new book, Bob delivers the ultimate collection of his favorite kitchen creations (including many never seen in print) along with practical kitchen references for chefs of every skill level. Not sure what wine to pair with your meal? Uncertain of the b...(展开全部)

The year is 1858. Thomas Glover is a restless young man with dreams of escaping Aberdeen. Abandoning his childhood sweetheart, he takes a posting as a trader in Japan. Within ten years he amasses a great fortune, learns the ways of the samurai and helps overthrow the Shogun - a rapid rise from lowly shipping clerk to millionaire industrialist. Yet behind Glover's astonishing su...(展开全部)