I can't tell you how long I've dreamt about writing this book. It's the biggest book I've ever done, and I've really tried to make it a timeless, modern-day classic. Whether you're a student, a young couple, an established cook or a novice, I'll take you through a whole load of simple and accessible recipes that will blow the socks off your family and any guests you might have ...(展开全部)

Thanks to Facebook and Instagram, our childhoods have been captured and preserved online, never to go away. But what happens when we can’t leave our most embarrassing moments behind? Until recently, the awkward moments of growing up could be forgotten. But today we may be on the verge of losing the ability to leave our pasts behind. In The End of Forgetting, Kate Eichhorn explo...(展开全部)

一九四六年生于和歌山县新宫市。十八岁时，在校内参与发行文艺校刊《车轮》，发表过小说、诗歌。高中毕业后前往东京准备考大学，后来更加入人才辈出的同人志《文艺首都》，受到更大的创作影响，发表了《十八岁》，并开始在《诗学》、《文学界》等杂志上投稿。二十七岁时，发表《十九岁的地图》，被提名角逐第六十九届芥川赏，之后发表的作品多部被提名角逐芥川赏。三十岁时，终于以《岬》获得第七十四届芥川赏。小说《枯木滩》获得第二十八届艺术选奖文部大臣新人赏。四十六岁因肾脏癌病逝。中上健次被评为“日本最后的一位文学家”，他的作品皆以故乡纪洲为背景，内容多反射自己的一生，以文学性强烈且笔触细腻的作品，深受日本广大读者的热爱。

By 1938, Maugham had become a legend as a playwright, novelist and magician of the short story. He then wrote The Summing Up to give some account of how he learned his craft and why he became such an acute observer of human beings.

Impelled by the desire to recapitulate and amplify those 'subjects that have chiefly interested me during the course of my life', Somerset Maugham wrote The Summing Up when he was sixty-four. Autobiographical without being an autobiography, confessional without disclosing the private self, The Summing Up is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo. It...(展开全部)

Every Sunday Mrs Badger walks up the mountain near her house. She knows the name of every animal and every plant on the way and helps everyone in need. One particular Sunday she meets a little cat, Leo, who would like to join her on her journey. This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship and many more walks up the mountain. What will happen when Mrs Badger is too old to jo...(展开全部)

Compiled and published after Fitzgerald's death by his friend, the prominent critic and editor Edmund Wilson, The Crack-Up is a collection of writings that chronicle the author's state of mind and personal perspective on events, fellow writers and public figures of the 1920s and 1930s. In addition to articles and essays such as the celebrated title piece, this volume includes a...(展开全部)

By 1938, Maugham had become a legend as a playwright, novelist and magician of the short story. He then wrote The Summing Up to give some account of how he learned his craft and why he became such an acute observer of human beings.

Impelled by the desire to recapitulate and amplify those 'subjects that have chiefly interested me during the course of my life', Somerset Maugham wrote The Summing Up when he was sixty-four. Autobiographical without being an autobiography, confessional without disclosing the private self, The Summing Up is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo. It...(展开全部)

After "Toy Story", "Ratatouille", "W.A.L.L.E", and other blockbusters, where else could Pixar Animation Studios go but UP? Their latest film is a heartwarming and hilarious coming-of-age story about a 78-year-old widower. It features Carl Fredrickson (voiced by Ed Asner).