From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a chilling story of twisted secrets and long-awaited revenge. Lesson #1: Trust no one. Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except… Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teach...(展开全部)

From the New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a chilling story of twisted secrets and long-awaited revenge. Lesson #1: Trust no one. Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except… Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teach...(展开全部)

埃尔夫丽德·耶利内克，1946年10月20日生于奥地利的米尔茨楚施拉格一个有捷克犹太血统的家庭。自幼开始学习钢琴、管风琴和长笛，后进入维也纳音乐学院就读。1964年毕业后，进入维也纳大学学习戏剧和艺术史。1971年在维也纳大学获得管风琴硕士学位。70年代初，她辗转柏林、罗马等地。1974年与戈特弗里德·许恩斯贝格结婚，居住在慕尼黑和维也纳。耶利内克很早就开始写诗，1967年出版诗集《丽莎的影子》。1970年发表讽刺小说《宝贝，我们是诱饵》。此后写下了大量的小说、戏剧、散文和诗歌作品。代表作是带有自传成分的《钢琴教师》。主要作品有长篇小说《女情人们》(1975)、《钢琴教师》(1983)、《欲》(1989)、《死者的孩子们》(1995)、《贪婪》(2000)，戏剧《克拉拉S》(1981)、《城堡戏剧》(1985)、《在阿尔卑斯山上》(2002)、《死亡...(展开全部)

The final curtain is closing on the Second World War, and Hana, a nurse, stays behind in an abandoned Italian villa to tend to her only remaining patient. Rescued by Bedouins from a burning plane, he is English, anonymous, damaged beyond recognition and haunted by his memories of passion and betrayal. The only clue Hana has to his past is the one thing he clung on to through th...(展开全部)

In WATCHING THE ENGLISH anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks, habits and foibles of the English people. She puts the English national character under her anthropological microscope, and finds a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and byzantine codes of behaviour. The rules of weather-speak. The ironic-gnome rule. T...(展开全部)

In WATCHING THE ENGLISH anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks, habits and foibles of the English people. She puts the English national character under her anthropological microscope, and finds a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and byzantine codes of behaviour. The rules of weather-speak. The ironic-gnome rule. T...(展开全部)

弗兰克·迈考特爱尔兰裔美籍教师，作家。1930年生于纽约，4岁时举家迁往爱尔兰，在贫民窟度过悲惨的童年。13岁辍学，19岁重返美国，当过兵，做过码头工人。“家国不幸诗人幸”，迈考特为这句话作了最好的诠释。苦难童年没有消磨他的斗志，反而让他学会在挫折中成长，在灰烬中微笑。1996年，处女作、自传体小说《安琪拉的灰烬》出版，一举获得普利策文学奖、全美书评奖、洛杉矶时报图书奖、美国年度好书奖等，连续117周雄踞<纽约时报》畅销书榜。之后陆续推出《就是这里了》和《教书匠》，好评如潮，使一个“教书匠”誉满全球。 《教书匠》于2005年11月出版，一周内即登上《纽约时报》畅销书榜首，后迅速被译成20多种文字，受到全世界教师、学生和广大读者的普遍好评：“自传体故事中最真诚的作品”、“教师的《圣经》”、“每个学生需要至少熟读10遍的温馨文字”。 《教书匠》以一个个生...(展开全部)

This is a fun guide to everything American for the English language learner! Written by seasoned ESL instructors, this handy guidebook was designed for people who already have a good grasp of English, but want to improve how they speak the language as it is spoken in the United States. Written in a lighthearted and easy-to-follow style, this book is a great resource for people ...(展开全部)

Maman was exigeante—there is no English word–and I had the benefit of her training. Others may not be so fortunate. If some other young girl, with two million dollars at stake, finds this of use I shall count myself justified. Raised in Marrakech by a French mother and English father, a 17-year-old girl has learned above all to avoid mauvais ton ("bad taste" loses something in ...(展开全部)

Maman was exigeante—there is no English word–and I had the benefit of her training. Others may not be so fortunate. If some other young girl, with two million dollars at stake, finds this of use I shall count myself justified. Raised in Marrakech by a French mother and English father, a 17-year-old girl has learned above all to avoid mauvais ton ("bad taste" loses something in ...(展开全部)