Iris Murdoch's debut--a comic novel about work and love, wealth and fame Jake Donaghue, garrulous artist, meets Hugo Bellfounder, silent philosopher. Jake, hack writer and sponger, now penniless flat-hunter, seeks out an old girlfriend, Anna Quentin, and her glamorous actress sister, Sadie. He resumes acquaintance with the formidable Hugo, whose 'philosophy' he once presumptuou...(展开全部)

Iris Murdoch's debut--a comic novel about work and love, wealth and fame Jake Donaghue, garrulous artist, meets Hugo Bellfounder, silent philosopher. Jake, hack writer and sponger, now penniless flat-hunter, seeks out an old girlfriend, Anna Quentin, and her glamorous actress sister, Sadie. He resumes acquaintance with the formidable Hugo, whose 'philosophy' he once presumptuou...(展开全部)

Iris Murdoch's first novel is set in a part of London where struggling writers rub shoulders with successful bookies, and film starlets with frantic philosophers. Its hero, Jake Donaghue, is a drifting, clever, likeable young man who makes a living out of translation work and sponging on his friends. A meeting with Anna, an old flame, leads him into a series of fantastic advent...(展开全部)

This is the story of Dr Alfred Jones, a fisheries scientist - for whom diary-notable events include the acquisition of a new electric toothbrush and getting his article on caddis fly larvae published in 'Trout and Salmon' - who finds himself reluctantly involved in a project to bring salmon fishing to the Highlands of the Yemen - a project that will change his life, and the cou...(展开全部)

This is the story of Dr Alfred Jones, a fisheries scientist - for whom diary -notable events include the acquisition of a new electric toothbrush and getting his article on caddis fly larvae published in 'Trout and Salmon' - who finds himself reluctantly involved in a project to bring salmon fishing to the Highlands of the Yemen - a project that will change his life, and the co...(展开全部)

DEBUT FICTION UK BESTSELLERWhat does it take to make us believe in the impossible? For Dr. Alfred Jones, life is a quiet mixture of civil service at the National Centre for Fisheries Excellence and marriage to Mary--an ambitious, no-nonsense financier. But a strange turn of fate from an unexpected direction forces Jones to upend his existence and spend all of his time in pursu...(展开全部)

布莱恩•费根（Brian Fagan）  《纽约时报》畅销书作家  美国考古学学会“公共教育奖”“主席引文奖”  专业考古学家学会“杰出服务奖”  国家地理学会、《时代/生活》《大英百科全书》《微软电子百科全书》考古顾问 世界知名考古学家，加州大学圣巴巴拉分校荣誉退休教授。著有畅销书《大暖化》《小冰河时代》《世界史前史》《地球人：世界史前史导论》等50多本著作，其中包括8本考古学专业大学教科书。

Humanity’s last major source of food from the wild, and how it enabled and shaped the growth of civilization In this history of fishing—not as sport but as sustenance—archaeologist and best-selling author Brian Fagan argues that fishing was an indispensable and often overlooked element in the growth of civilization. It sustainably provided enough food to allow cities, nations, ...(展开全部)

布莱恩•费根（Brian Fagan）  《纽约时报》畅销书作家  美国考古学学会“公共教育奖”“主席引文奖”  专业考古学家学会“杰出服务奖”  国家地理学会、《时代/生活》《大英百科全书》《微软电子百科全书》考古顾问 世界知名考古学家，加州大学圣巴巴拉分校荣誉退休教授。著有畅销书《大暖化》《小冰河时代》《世界史前史》《地球人：世界史前史导论》等50多本著作，其中包括8本考古学专业大学教科书。

Humanity’s last major source of food from the wild, and how it enabled and shaped the growth of civilization In this history of fishing—not as sport but as sustenance—archaeologist and best-selling author Brian Fagan argues that fishing was an indispensable and often overlooked element in the growth of civilization. It sustainably provided enough food to allow cities, nations, ...(展开全部)