Synopsis It was 1956 and he was in Port Said. About these two facts he was reasonably certain but a murderous attack left him certain about little else – maybe just the conviction that the British usually did the right thing and that to be a crook a man must assume the society he lived in was honest.

Synopsis It was 1956 and he was in Port Said. About these two facts he was reasonably certain but a murderous attack left him certain about little else – maybe just the conviction that the British usually did the right thing and that to be a crook a man must assume the society he lived in was honest.

An award-winning, internationally acclaimed Chinese bestseller, originally banned in China but recently named one of the last decade’s ten most influential books there, To Live tells the epic story of one man’s transformation from the spoiled son of a rich landlord to an honorable and kindhearted peasant. After squandering his family’s fortune in gambling dens and brothels...(展开全部)

【英】马丁•吉尔伯特（Martin Gilbert） 著 著名历史学家，牛津大学默顿学院研究员。他是28卷本官方丘吉尔传记作者，曾因人类历史研究领域的杰出成就获2012年丹•大卫奖，并连续入选六界英国首相智囊团，是英国政府首席政策顾问。代表作品有《丘吉尔传》《五千年犹太文明史》《以色列：一部历史》《来自地球的尽头：二十世纪的犹太人》《永不再来：一部纳粹大屠杀的历史》等。

【英】马丁•吉尔伯特（Martin Gilbert） 著 著名历史学家，牛津大学默顿学院研究员。他是28卷本官方丘吉尔传记作者，曾因人类历史研究领域的杰出成就获2012年丹•大卫奖，并连续入选六界英国首相智囊团，是英国政府首席政策顾问。代表作品有《丘吉尔传》《五千年犹太文明史》《以色列：一部历史》《来自地球的尽头：二十世纪的犹太人》《永不再来：一部纳粹大屠杀的历史》等。

From New York Times bestselling author and blogger Heather B. Armstrong comes an honest and irreverent memoir—reminiscent of the New York Times bestseller Brain on Fire—about her experience as one of only a few people to participate in an experimental treatment for depression involving ten rounds of a chemically induced coma approximating brain death. For years, Heather B. Arms...(展开全部)

Bestselling author Bruce Feiler was a young father when he was diagnosed with cancer. He instantly worried what his daughters' lives would be like without him. "Would they wonder who I was? Would they wonder what I thought? Would they yearn for my approval, my love, my voice?" Three days later he came up with a stirring idea of how he might give them that voice. He would ...(展开全部)

A moving, hopeful, and refreshingly candid memoir by the husband of former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg about growing up gay in his small Midwestern town, his relationship with Pete, and his hope for America’s future. Throughout the past year, teacher Chasten Glezman Buttigieg has emerged on the national stage, having left his classroom in South Bend, Indian...(展开全部)

This guide reveals how writers can utilize cognitive storytelling strategies to craft stories that ignite readers’brains and captivate them through each plot element. Imagine knowing what the brain craves from every tale it encounters, what fuels the success of any great story, and what keeps readers transfixed. Wired for Story reveals these cognitive secrets—and it’s a game...(展开全部)