In the J.D. Salinger benchmark "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," Seymour Glass floats his beach mate Sybil on a raft and tells her about these creatures' tragic flaw. Though they seem normal, if one swims into a hole filled with bananas, it will overeat until it's too fat to escape. Meanwhile, Seymour's wife, Muriel, is back at their Florida hotel, assuring her mother not to worr...(展开全部)

Nine Stories is a collection of short stories by American fiction writer J. D. Salinger published in April 1953. It includes two of his most famous short stories, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and "For Esmé – with Love and Squalor". (Nine Stories is the U.S. title; the book is published in many other countries as For Esmé - with Love and Squalor, and Other Stories.) The storie...(展开全部)

From the author of The Last Mughal , an enlightening book that explores with remarkable compassion and expansive insight nine varieties of religious devotion in India today. In portraits of people we might otherwise never know William Dalrymple distills his twenty-five years of travel in India to explore the challenges faced by practitioners of traditional forms of faith in c...(展开全部)

Nine Stories is a collection of short stories by American fiction writer J. D. Salinger published in April 1953. It includes two of his most famous short stories, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and "For Esmé – with Love and Squalor". (Nine Stories is the U.S. title; the book is published in many other countries as For Esmé - with Love and Squalor, and Other Stories.) The storie...(展开全部)

In the J.D. Salinger benchmark "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," Seymour Glass floats his beach mate Sybil on a raft and tells her about these creatures' tragic flaw. Though they seem normal, if one swims into a hole filled with bananas, it will overeat until it's too fat to escape. Meanwhile, Seymour's wife, Muriel, is back at their Florida hotel, assuring her mother not to worr...(展开全部)

Nine stories: Profession; The Feeling of Power; The Dying Night; I'm in Marsport without Hilda; The Gentle Vultures; All the Troubles of the World; Spell my Name with an S; The Last Question (one of Asimov's most often requested stories); and The Ugly Little Boy (Asimov's own personal favorite).

迈克尔•康奈利是美国前总统比尔•克林顿、摇滚巨星米克•贾格尔等人最喜欢的推理小说家，他也被称为世界上最好的警探小说作家。他的小说迄今为止销售了700万册，被翻译成31种文字，并年年蝉联《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜榜首。惊悚小说大师斯蒂芬•金非常赏识康奈利的作品，还特为他的《诗人》一书作序。 自出道以来，康奈利获奖无数，其中包括爱伦、坡奖、安东尼奖、尼罗•伍尔美奖、夏姆斯奖、马耳他之鹰奖，以及法国的.38Caliber、Grand Prix及意大利的Premio Bancarella等奖项。他还曾担任美国推理小说作家协会(MWA)主席一职。 迈克尔•康奈利从事小说创作之前，在《洛杉矶时报》担任犯罪新闻记者，丰富的体验为他的写作提供了坚实的基础。1992年康奈利创作了以洛杉矶警探哈里•博斯为主角的小说《黑色回声》，获得当年爱伦•坡奖的最佳处女作奖。截止200...(展开全部)

Harry Bosch is assigned a homicide call in South L.A. that takes him to Fortune Liquors, where the Chinese owner has been shot to death behind the counter in an apparent robbery. Joined by members of the department's Asian Crime Unit, Bosch relentlessly investigates the killing and soon identifies a suspect, a Los Angeles member of a Hong Kong triad. But before Harry can close...(展开全部)