For fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, The Postmistress , and Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, a story of love, war, loss, and the scars they leave set during the years of World War II and its aftermath. It’s 1941. Babe throws like a boy, thinks for herself, and never expects to escape the poor section of her quiet Massachusetts town. Then Worl...(展开全部)

For fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, The Postmistress , and Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, a story of love, war, loss, and the scars they leave set during the years of World War II and its aftermath. It’s 1941. Babe throws like a boy, thinks for herself, and never expects to escape the poor section of her quiet Massachusetts town. Then Worl...(展开全部)

After two years at the Russian front, Ernst Graeber finally receives three weeks' leave. But since leaves have been canceled before, he decides not to write his parents, fearing he would just raise their hopes. Then, when Graeber arrives home, he finds his house bombed to ruin and his parents nowhere in sight. Nobody knows if they are dead or alive. As his leave draws to a clo...(展开全部)

ow available in paperback, Positive Pushing gives parents clear and balanced instruction on how to encourage children just enough to produce a happy, successful, satisfied achiever. Taylor, an experienced achievement consultant, believes that, pushed properly, children will grow into adults ready to tackle life's many challenges. Using his three-pillared approach, Taylor focuse...(展开全部)

Tradition says that when you meet your double - your fetch - you are not long for this world. Many witnesses had seen the double of poor, harmless Faustina Crayle, the school-teacher. They were terrified. No school could afford to keep Faustina. Such is the strange case that Dr Basil Willing, psychiatrist and detective, undertakes to investigate.

Picture, if you can, a world without glass. There would be no microscopes or telescopes, no sciences of microbiology or astronomy. People with poor vision would grope in the shadows, and planes, cars, and even electricity probably wouldn't exist. Artists would draw without the benefits of three-dimensional perspective, and ships would still be steered by what stars navigators c...(展开全部)

Tradition says that when you meet your double - your fetch - you are not long for this world. Many witnesses had seen the double of poor, harmless Faustina Crayle, the school-teacher. They were terrified. No school could afford to keep Faustina. Such is the strange case that Dr Basil Willing, psychiatrist and detective, undertakes to investigate.

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。

Picture, if you can, a world without glass. There would be no microscopes or telescopes, no sciences of microbiology or astronomy. People with poor vision would grope in the shadows, and planes, cars, and even electricity probably wouldn't exist. Artists would draw without the benefits of three-dimensional perspective, and ships would still be steered by what stars navigators c...(展开全部)

This spare, elegant, best-selling memoir by a celebrated French journalist and writer has been impeccably translated into English by Sydney-born Julie Rose. The tale it tells is a deeply moving tribute to a much-loved woman, the author's British-born wife, lover and constant companion for 58 years. He wrote it for her alone, without thought of publication, after a routine back ...(展开全部)