Best known for his novels and plays, Somerset Maugham also produced delightfully engaging and absorbing non-fiction, of which The Gentleman in the Parlour is a prime example. First published in 1935 it describes a journey the author took from Rangoon to Haipong. Whether by river to Mandalay, on horse through the mountains and forests of the Shan States to Bangkok, or onwards ...(展开全部)

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)

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)

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)

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)

托德•洛克伍德（1957-） 美国著名插画师，毕业于科罗拉多艺术学院。长期为各类杂志、小说、游戏等绘制科幻、奇幻题材的插画，其画作以卓越的叙事性而闻名。 洛克伍德多才多艺。绘制插画之余，洛克伍德也自己创作小说。事实证明，他在文学创作方面也有天赋。其长篇奇幻处女作《夏日之龙》一经上市便好评如潮，多次加印。书中建构了独特的世界观，对人物和龙的描写精致、细腻，故事情节跌宕起伏，可见作者在创作奇幻题材作品时的得心应手。 目前，洛克伍德正在撰写《夏日之龙》的续作。

Maia and her family raise dragons for the political war machine. As she comes of age, she hopes for a dragon of her own to add to the stable of breeding parents. But the war goes badly, and the needs of the Dragonry dash her hopes. Her peaceful life is shattered when the Summer Dragon—one of the rare and mythical High Dragons—makes an appearance in her quiet valley. The Summer ...(展开全部)

托德•洛克伍德（1957-） 美国著名插画师，毕业于科罗拉多艺术学院。长期为各类杂志、小说、游戏等绘制科幻、奇幻题材的插画，其画作以卓越的叙事性而闻名。 洛克伍德多才多艺。绘制插画之余，洛克伍德也自己创作小说。事实证明，他在文学创作方面也有天赋。其长篇奇幻处女作《夏日之龙》一经上市便好评如潮，多次加印。书中建构了独特的世界观，对人物和龙的描写精致、细腻，故事情节跌宕起伏，可见作者在创作奇幻题材作品时的得心应手。 目前，洛克伍德正在撰写《夏日之龙》的续作。

In Japanese folklore, a ghost that arise from the burial of a pregnant woman is an Ubume . The Summer of Ubume is the first of Japan's hugely popular Kyogokudo series, which has 9 titles and 4 spinoffs thus far. Akihiko "Kyogokudo" Chuzenji, the title's hero, is an exorcist with a twist: he doesn't blieve in ghosts. To circumnavigate his clients' inability to come to gri...(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)