In The Summer Book Tove Jansson distills the essence of the summer—its sunlight and storms—into twenty-two crystalline vignettes. This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl awakening to existence, and Sophia’s grandmother, nearing the end of hers, as they spend the summer on a tiny unspoiled island in the Gulf of Finland. The grandmother is unsentimental ...(展开全部)

"The Family Meal" is the first home cooking cookbook by the world's greatest chef, Ferran Adri . It features nearly 100 delicious recipes by Ferran Adri that anyone can prepare, inspired by the dishes eaten every day by the staff at his legendary restaurant El Bulli, awarded World's Best Restaurant five times. The recipes in "The Family Meal" are easy-to-prepare and meant for f...(展开全部)

An elderly artist and her six-year-old grand-daughter while away a summer together on a tiny island in the gulf of Finland. As the two learn to adjust to each other's fears, whims and yearnings, a fierce yet understated love emerges - one that encompasses not only the summer inhabitants but the very island itself. Written in a clear, unsentimental style, full of brusque humour,...(展开全部)

In this absorbing account of life with the great atomic scientist Enrico Fermi, Laura Fermi tells the story of their emigration to the United States in the 1930s--part of the widespread movement of scientists from Europe to the New World that was so important to the development of the first atomic bomb. Combining intellectual biography and social history, Laura Fermi traces her...(展开全部)

In this absorbing account of life with the great atomic scientist Enrico Fermi, Laura Fermi tells the story of their emigration to the United States in the 1930s--part of the widespread movement of scientists from Europe to the New World that was so important to the development of the first atomic bomb. Combining intellectual biography and social history, Laura Fermi traces her...(展开全部)

A hilariously spooky novelisation by US author, Calliope Glass, based on the new animated family film, The Addams Family. The Addams Family animated movie features an all-star cast including Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Bette Midler, Allison Janney and Elsie Fisher. Together Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Uncle Fester and Gr...(展开全部)

FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THEN SHE WAS GONE In a large house in London’s fashionable Chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. Well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up. In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Close to them is a hastily scrawled note. They’ve been dead for several days. Who has been looking after the baby? And where did ...(展开全部)

The Golovlyov Family was decried by D. S. Mirsky as the gloomiest book in all Russian literature — all the more gloomy because the effect is attained by the simplest means without any theatrical, melodramatic, or atmospheric effects. The most remarkable character of this novel is Porfiry Golovlev, nicknamed 'Little Judas', the empty and mechanical hypocrite who cannot stop talk...(展开全部)

多丽丝•莱辛 英国著名作家，诺贝尔文学奖得主。囊括毛姆文学奖、英国皇家文学会荣誉奖等几十项文学大奖，被誉为继弗吉尼亚•伍尔芙之后英国最伟大的女作家。 1919年出生于波斯（现伊朗），英裔，年随父母迁居南非罗得西亚（现津巴布韦）。家境困窘，因眼疾辍学，16岁开始工作谋生，做过电话接线员、保姆、速记员等。1949年回到英国故乡，翌年以处女作《野草在歌唱》步入文坛，一举成名。自1952年起，五部曲系列小说《暴力的儿女们》的陆续发表，为她赢来世界声誉。1962年，代表作《金色笔记》问世，引起剧烈反响，堪称当代世界文学经典之作。1973年，里程碑力作《天黑前的夏天》隆重面市，以独到的眼光审视中年女性的精神危机，获得如潮好评，被《纽约时报》誉为“继马尔克斯的《百年孤独》之后最好的小说。” 1974年，又一部重磅作品《幸存者回忆录》以富于哲人气质的深邃和诗人的想象...(展开全部)

多丽丝•莱辛 英国著名作家，诺贝尔文学奖得主。囊括毛姆文学奖、英国皇家文学会荣誉奖等几十项文学大奖，被誉为继弗吉尼亚•伍尔芙之后英国最伟大的女作家。 1919年出生于波斯（现伊朗），英裔，年随父母迁居南非罗得西亚（现津巴布韦）。家境困窘，因眼疾辍学，16岁开始工作谋生，做过电话接线员、保姆、速记员等。1949年回到英国故乡，翌年以处女作《野草在歌唱》步入文坛，一举成名。自1952年起，五部曲系列小说《暴力的儿女们》的陆续发表，为她赢来世界声誉。1962年，代表作《金色笔记》问世，引起剧烈反响，堪称当代世界文学经典之作。1973年，里程碑力作《天黑前的夏天》隆重面市，以独到的眼光审视中年女性的精神危机，获得如潮好评，被《纽约时报》誉为“继马尔克斯的《百年孤独》之后最好的小说。” 1974年，又一部重磅作品《幸存者回忆录》以富于哲人气质的深邃和诗人的想象...(展开全部)