For more than forty years Miles Davis has been in the front rank of American music. Universally acclaimed as a musical genius, Miles is one of the most important and influential musicians in the world. The subject of several biographies, now Miles speaks out himself about his extraordinary life. Miles: The Autobiography, like Miles himself, holds nothing back. For the first t...(展开全部)

迈尔斯•戴维斯（Miles Davis） 迈尔斯被认作是20世纪最有影响力的爵士大师，没有之一。一生中多次引领新的音乐潮流，凭其扎实功底和探索精神获誉无数，多次被《Downbeat》评为“最佳小号手”，囊括了9次格莱美大奖。迈尔斯的舞台没有终点，他除了为自己创造了一次次新的事业高峰外，也帮助多位乐队成员成为爵士界一流的大师。 昆西•特鲁普（Quincy Troupe） 诗人，编辑，著名记者，加州大学圣地亚哥分校名誉教授。1980年，其诗作获得美国国家图书奖。1990年，本书再次斩获美国国家图书奖。电影《幸福来敲门》原创小说作者之一。

UNIVERSALLY ACCLAIMED AS A MUSICAL GENIUS, MILES DAVIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL MUSICIANS IN THE WORLD. HERE, MILES SPEAKS OUT ABOUT HIS EXTRAORDINARY LIFE. Miles: The Autobiography, like Miles himself, holds nothing back. He speaks frankly and openly about his drug problem and how he overcame it. He condemns the racism he encountered in the music business...(展开全部)

A frank autobiography of the jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. This book records his life - the music, the women and the drugs. It talks about the white promotors and producers who exploited black musicians as well as the critics.

The young Thomas Hardy, working as an architect, but fired with literary ambition, tried for years to get into print. He finally succeeded with Desperate Remedies, a 'sensation novel' in the mode of Wilkie Collins. Here was a racy specimen of the genre, replete with sudden death, dark mysteries, intriguing clues, fire and storm, flight and pursuit. Anyone who enjoys The Woman i...(展开全部)

托马斯·哈代(1840-1928)，英国最杰出的乡土小说家、诗人，著有多部长篇小说、中短篇小说及诗集，作品多以故乡英格兰多切斯特为背景，富有浓厚的地方色彩。他是横跨两个世纪的作家，继承和发扬了维多利亚时代的文学传统，开拓了英国20世纪的文学。其最著名的作品有《德伯家的苔丝》《无名的裘德》《还乡》《卡斯特桥市长》等。

在线阅读本书 Hardy described "Desperate Remedies" as a tale of 'mystery, entanglement, surprise and moral obliquity'. Cytherea has taken a position as lady's maid to the eccentric arch-intriguer Miss Aldclyffe. On discovering that the man she loves, Edward Springrove, is already engaged to his cousin, Cytherea comes under the influence of Miss Aldclyffe's fascinating, manipulative...(展开全部)

This deluxe hardcover features the next 24 issues of the hit series, "The Walking Dead", along with the covers for the issues all in one massive, over sized slip-cased volume. Perfect for long-time fans, new readers, and anyone needing a heavy object with which to fend off the walking dead! This title collects "The Walking Dead", numbered 24-48.

Alec and Jerry shouldn't have been friends: Alec's life was one of privilege, while Jerry's was one of toil. But this hardly mattered to two young men whose shared love of horses brought them together and whose whole lives lay ahead of them. When war breaks out in 1914, both Jerry and Alec sign up - yet for quite different reasons. On the fields of Flanders they find themselves...(展开全部)