In 1915, Edgar Lee Masters published a book of dramatic monologues written in free verse about a fictional town called Spoon River, based on the Midwestern towns where he grew up. The shocking scandals and secret tragedies of Spoon River were immediately recognized by readers as authentic. Masters raises the dead “sleeping on the hill” in their village cemetery to tell the trut...(展开全部)

This book documents in pictures the most exciting and diverse period in fashion: from 1900 to today, covering high society, uniforms, sportswear, streetwear and couture. It will appeal to everyone with an interest in fashion as well as students. The last hundred or so years bore witness to the transformation of womens fashion. The restrictive corsetry of the early twentieth cen...(展开全部)

"Finkel, a journalist, follows the soldiers who serve in the Iraq War as they struggle to reintegrate into American society"-- Provided by publisher. " In The Good Soldiers, his bestselling account from the front lines of Baghdad, Finkel shadowed the men of the 2-16 Infantry Battalion as they carried out the infamous surge, a grueling fifteen-month tour that changed all of them...(展开全部)

Thank You for Not Reading is a biting critique of book publishing: agents, subagents, and scouts, supermarket-like bookstores, Joan Collins, book fairs that have little to do with books, authors promoted because of sex appeal instead of merit, and editors trying to look like writers by having their photograph taken against a background of bookshelves. Nowadays, the best strateg...(展开全部)

Thank You for Not Reading is a biting critique of book publishing: agents, subagents, and scouts, supermarket-like bookstores, Joan Collins, book fairs that have little to do with books, authors promoted because of sex appeal instead of merit, and editors trying to look like writers by having their photograph taken against a background of bookshelves. Nowadays, the best strateg...(展开全部)

"Finkel, a journalist, follows the soldiers who serve in the Iraq War as they struggle to reintegrate into American society"-- Provided by publisher. " In The Good Soldiers, his bestselling account from the front lines of Baghdad, Finkel shadowed the men of the 2-16 Infantry Battalion as they carried out the infamous surge, a grueling fifteen-month tour that changed all of them...(展开全部)

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P. G.伍德豪斯(1881-1975)，英国当代著名作家。他的作品根植于英国社会生活，风格轻松诙谐而不失幽默。在超过半个世纪的写作生涯里，他创作了《万能管家吉夫斯》系列、《布兰丁斯城堡》系列等诸多作品。为纪念他的文学成就，“波灵格大众伍德豪斯奖”于2000年设立，每年嘉奖优秀的英国幽默作品。 《万能管家吉夫斯》系列是伍德豪斯的代表作，更是英式幽默的典范，其影响力已经超出了文学领域，成为英语世界的文化现象。书中管家吉夫斯的名字甚至被收入英语辞典，成为理想管家的代名词。该系列亦曾被改编为英剧《万能管家》，憨态可掬的伍斯特与足智多谋的吉夫斯，成为在世界各地都广受欢迎的荧幕形象。