"From the first pagethe reader is back in the moody, brooding atmosphere of Rebecca." The New York Times "From the bestselling author of Rebecca, another classic set in beautiful and mysterious Cornwall." Philip Ashley's older cousin Ambrose, who raised the orphaned Philip as his own son, has died in Rome. Philip, the heir to Ambrose's beautiful English estate, is crushed that ...(展开全部)

I threw the piece of paper on the fire. She saw it burn ...Orphaned at an early age, Philip Ashley is raised by his benevolent older cousin, Ambrose. Resolutely single, Ambrose delights in Philip as his heir, a man who will love his grand home as much as he does himself. But the cosy world the two construct is shattered when Ambrose sets off on a trip to Florence. There he fall...(展开全部)

"From the first pagethe reader is back in the moody, brooding atmosphere of Rebecca." The New York Times "From the bestselling author of Rebecca, another classic set in beautiful and mysterious Cornwall." Philip Ashley's older cousin Ambrose, who raised the orphaned Philip as his own son, has died in Rome. Philip, the heir to Ambrose's beautiful English estate, is crushed that ...(展开全部)

Highly acclaimed for The End of Eddy, Edouard Louis in Who Killed My Father rips into France’s long neglect of the working class and its overt contempt for the poor, accusing the complacent French—at the minimum—of negligent homicide. “Racism,” he quotes Ruth Gilmore, “is the exposure of certain groups to premature death.” And Louis goes to visit the ugly gray town of his child...(展开全部)

Nine years before the Senate campaign that made him one of the most influential and compelling voices in American politics, Barack Obama published this lyrical, unsentimental, and powerfully affecting memoir, which became a #1 New York Times bestseller when it was reissued in 2004. Dreams from My Father tells the story of Obama’s struggle to understand the forces that shaped ...(展开全部)

When Will skips school to slip off to a movie theater near Johannesburg, he is shocked to see his father. An ordinary mishap, but his father is no ordinary man. He is a "colored" and revered anti-apartheid hero, and his female companion is a white activist fiercely dedicated to the cause. As Will struggles with confusion and bitterness, My Son's Story unravels the consequences ...(展开全部)

纳丁•戈迪默，生于南非约翰内斯堡。因其“壮丽宏伟的史诗创作对人类的贡献”而成为非洲第三个诺贝尔文学奖得主。她也是继奈丽•萨克斯１９６６年获奖之后，２５年来膺此殊荣的又一位杰出女作家，是诺贝尔文学奖颁发９０年历史上第七位女性获奖人。

纳丁•戈迪默，生于南非约翰内斯堡。因其“壮丽宏伟的史诗创作对人类的贡献”而成为非洲第三个诺贝尔文学奖得主。她也是继奈丽•萨克斯１９６６年获奖之后，２５年来膺此殊荣的又一位杰出女作家，是诺贝尔文学奖颁发９０年历史上第七位女性获奖人。

When Will skips school to slip off to a movie theater near Johannesburg, he is shocked to see his father. An ordinary mishap, but his father is no ordinary man. He is a "colored" and revered anti-apartheid hero, and his female companion is a white activist fiercely dedicated to the cause. As Will struggles with confusion and bitterness, My Son's Story unravels the consequences ...(展开全部)

富兰克林·罗斯福，第三十二届美国总统，也是美国历史上惟一蝉联四届（病逝于第四届任期中）的总统（1933—1945）。 美国政治家。推行新政克服经济大萧条；带领美国赢得“二战”胜利，使美国摆脱经济危机；三度荣登《时代周刊》年度风云人物。 美国历史上最伟大的总统之一，同华盛顿和林肯齐名。美国在线曾于2005年举办票选活动《最伟大的美国人》，富兰克林·罗斯福被选为美国最伟大的人物中的第十位。