The international publishing sensation--over two million copies sold A reluctant centenarian much like Forrest Gump (if Gump were an explosives expert with a fondness for vodka) decides it’s not too late to start over... After a long and eventful life, Allan Karlsson ends up in a nursing home, believing it to be his last stop. The only problem is that he's still in good hea...(展开全部)

New York Times bestselling author Lesley M.M. Blume reveals how one courageous American reporter uncovered one of the deadliest cover-ups of the 20th century—the true effects of the atom bomb—potentially saving millions of lives. Just days after the United States decimated Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear bombs, the Japanese surrendered unconditionally. But even before the s...(展开全部)

New York Times bestselling author Lesley M.M. Blume reveals how one courageous American reporter uncovered one of the deadliest cover-ups of the 20th century—the true effects of the atom bomb—potentially saving millions of lives. Just days after the United States decimated Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear bombs, the Japanese surrendered unconditionally. But even before the s...(展开全部)

When RBS collapsed and had to be bailed out by the taxpayer in the financial crisis of October 2008 it played a leading role in tipping Britain into its deepest economic downturn in seven decades. The economy shrank, bank lending froze, hundreds of thousands lost their jobs, living standards are still falling and Britons will be paying higher taxes for decades to pay the clean-...(展开全部)

When RBS collapsed and had to be bailed out by the taxpayer in the financial crisis of October 2008 it played a leading role in tipping Britain into its deepest economic downturn in seven decades. The economy shrank, bank lending froze, hundreds of thousands lost their jobs, living standards are still falling and Britons will be paying higher taxes for decades to pay the clean-...(展开全部)

戴维•洛奇（David John Lodge，1935—） 英国著名小说家和文学评论家，伯明翰大学荣誉教授，英国皇家文学院院士，以文学贡献获得不列颠帝国勋章和法国文艺骑士勋章。代表作品主要有“卢密奇学院三部曲”：《换位》《小世界》和《美好的工作》；“天主教三部曲”：《大英博物馆在倒塌》《你能走多远？》和《天堂消息》；其他重要作品还有《走出防空洞》《失聪宣判》《治疗》等。并著有《小说的艺术》和《意识与小说》等多部文学批评理论文集。

戴维•洛奇（David John Lodge，1935—） 英国著名小说家和文学评论家，伯明翰大学荣誉教授，英国皇家文学院院士，以文学贡献获得不列颠帝国勋章和法国文艺骑士勋章。代表作品主要有“卢密奇学院三部曲”：《换位》《小世界》和《美好的工作》；“天主教三部曲”：《大英博物馆在倒塌》《你能走多远？》和《天堂消息》；其他重要作品还有《走出防空洞》《失聪宣判》《治疗》等。并著有《小说的艺术》和《意识与小说》等多部文学批评理论文集。

First time in paperback: The definitive history of one of America's most enduring and important cultural institutions For more than seven decades, The New Yorker has been the embodiment of urban sophistication and literary accomplishment, the magazine where the best work of virtually every prose giant of the century first appeared. With all the authority and elegance such a...(展开全部)

First time in paperback: The definitive history of one of America's most enduring and important cultural institutions For more than seven decades, The New Yorker has been the embodiment of urban sophistication and literary accomplishment, the magazine where the best work of virtually every prose giant of the century first appeared. With all the authority and elegance such a...(展开全部)

A revised edition of the clasic study of American politics from the Founding Fathers to FDR.