Shroud for a Nightingale is a 1971 detective novel by English writer P. D. James, part of her Adam Dalgliesh series. Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate the death of two student nurses at the hospital nursing school of Nightingale House. Student nurses Heather Pearce and Josephine Fallon have died of mysterious circumstances in the h...(展开全部)

Shroud for a Nightingale is a 1971 detective novel by English writer P. D. James, part of her Adam Dalgliesh series. Chief Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate the death of two student nurses at the hospital nursing school of Nightingale House. Student nurses Heather Pearce and Josephine Fallon have died of mysterious circumstances in the h...(展开全部)

约翰•班维尔（1945— ）： 当代最伟大的小说文体家之一。1945年出生于爱尔兰，曾担任《爱尔兰时报》文学编辑。现居住于都柏林。班维尔是一位敏锐而多产的作家，至今已著有二十余部小说，其主题涉及面广，创作技法新颖脱俗，语言清晰流畅。《哥白尼博士》、《证词》、《无法企及》、《海》等都是享誉国际的代表作。班维尔获得过无数国际文学大奖，包括布莱克纪念奖、卫报小说奖、弗朗茨•卡夫卡文学奖等，其代表作《海》于2005年荣获最高英语文学奖——布克奖。

One part Nietzsche, one part Humbert Humbert, and a soupcon of Milton’s Lucifer, Axel Vander, the dizzyingly unreliable narrator of John Banville’s masterful new novel, is very old, recently widowed, and the bearer of a fearsome reputation as a literary dandy and bully. A product of the Old World, he is also an escapee from its conflagrations, with the wounds to prove it. And e...(展开全部)

约翰•班维尔（1945— ）： 当代最伟大的小说文体家之一。1945年出生于爱尔兰，曾担任《爱尔兰时报》文学编辑。现居住于都柏林。班维尔是一位敏锐而多产的作家，至今已著有二十余部小说，其主题涉及面广，创作技法新颖脱俗，语言清晰流畅。《哥白尼博士》、《证词》、《无法企及》、《海》等都是享誉国际的代表作。班维尔获得过无数国际文学大奖，包括布莱克纪念奖、卫报小说奖、弗朗茨•卡夫卡文学奖等，其代表作《海》于2005年荣获最高英语文学奖——布克奖。

One part Nietzsche, one part Humbert Humbert, and a soupcon of Milton’s Lucifer, Axel Vander, the dizzyingly unreliable narrator of John Banville’s masterful new novel, is very old, recently widowed, and the bearer of a fearsome reputation as a literary dandy and bully. A product of the Old World, he is also an escapee from its conflagrations, with the wounds to prove it. And e...(展开全部)

Ten-year-old Jasper has been waiting all spring for his beloved nightingale to return to his garden and sing. But it's not there, and neither is his sister, Rosie. His parents seem sad and preoccupied, so gathering his courage, his backpack and his treasured Book of Birds, Jasper sets out alone on a walk to find them both. The expedition takes Jasper through town and countr...(展开全部)

凯特·迪卡米洛生于美国宾夕法尼亚州，在佛罗里达州长大。大学时代主修英美文学，并从事短篇小说的创作，曾经获得1998年迈克奈特基金会的作家奖助金。2001年，凯特凭借儿童小说处女作《傻狗温迪克》一举成名，作品获得了纽伯瑞儿童文学奖银奖。2004年，她又以《浪漫鼠德佩罗》斩获纽伯瑞儿童文学奖金奖。《爱德华的奇妙之旅》《魔术师的小象》《高飞》《弗罗拉与松鼠侠》，一部部优秀作品的问世，奠定了凯特在儿童文学界的地位。 凯特笔下的人物都显得十分真实。她说，她并没有塑造这些人物，而是专心聆听这些人对她说什么，然后把他们说的东西转述出来。她不喜欢刻意介入或扭转故事的发展，也不刻意挑选故事的题材或背景，一切都是自然而然流露出来的。

A #1 New York Times bestseller, Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, and soon to be a major motion picture, this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war has enthralled a generation. With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom s...(展开全部)

France, 1939 - In the quiet village of Carriveau, Vianne Mauriac says goodbye to her husband, Antoine, as he heads for the Front. She doesn't believe that the Nazis will invade France … but invade they do, in droves of marching soldiers, in caravans of trucks and tanks, in planes that fill the skies and drop bombs upon the innocent. When a German captain requisitions Vianne's h...(展开全部)