在线阅读本书 Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of dust bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, it tells of the Joad family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel West in search of the promised land. Their story is one of false hopes, ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of dust bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, it tells of the Joad family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel West in search of the promised land. Their story is one of false hopes, ...(展开全部)

First published in 1939, Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads—driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America div...(展开全部)

In the mist-shrouded haze of the past, the world of Azeroth teemed with wondrous creatures of every kind. Mysterious Elves and hardy Dwarves walked among tribes of man in relative peace and harmony -- until the arrival of the demonic army known as Burning Legion shattered the world's tranquility forever. Now Orcs, Dragons, Goblins, and Trolls all vie for supremacy over the s...(展开全部)

马尔库斯·汤普森二世（Marcus Thompson II） 湾区新闻集团旗下《水星报》和《东湾区时报》的体育专栏作家。毕业于克拉克·亚特兰大大学，获得大众传媒艺术学士学位，专注于媒体行业研究。在将业务扩展到NFL以及其他旧金山海湾地区职业和大学体育项目之前，他在金州勇士队担任专属跟队记者长达十个赛季之久，如今与妻子道恩、女儿莎伦在加利福尼亚州的奥克兰生活。

马尔库斯·汤普森二世（Marcus Thompson II） 湾区新闻集团旗下《水星报》和《东湾区时报》的体育专栏作家。毕业于克拉克·亚特兰大大学，获得大众传媒艺术学士学位，专注于媒体行业研究。在将业务扩展到NFL以及其他旧金山海湾地区职业和大学体育项目之前，他在金州勇士队担任专属跟队记者长达十个赛季之久，如今与妻子道恩、女儿莎伦在加利福尼亚州的奥克兰生活。

An elderly butler is on a five-day motoring trip through the West Country in the 1950s. The climax of his journey is to be a reunion with his former housekeeper. This 1989 Booker Prize-winner attempts to capture a period in British history and draw a portrait of a man in old age.

The Remains of the Day is a profoundly compelling portrait of the perfect English butler and of his fading, insular world postwar England. At the end of his three decades of service at Darlington Hall, Stevens embarks on a country drive, during which he looks back over his career to reassure himself that he has served humanity by serving ;a great gentleman. ; But lurking in his...(展开全部)

The Jackal. A tall, blond Englishman withopaque, gray eyes. A killer at the top of hisprofession. A man unknown to any secret service in theworld. An assassin with a contract to kill theworld's most heavily guarded man. Oneman with a rifle who can change the course ofhistory. One man whose mission is so secretive noteven his employers know his name. And as theminutes count dow...(展开全部)

Tod Hackett is a brilliant young artist - and a man in danger of losing his heart. Brought to an LA studio as a set-designer, he is soon caught up in a fantasy world where the cult of celebrity rules. But when he becomes besotted by the beautiful Faye, an aspiring actress and occasional call-girl, his dream rapidly becomes a nightmare. For, with little in the way of looks and n...(展开全部)