本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

本书作者 威廉•萨洛扬（Willam Saroyan，1908—1981 ） 祖籍亚美尼亚，生于美国加州弗雷斯诺城。一九三四年，他的短篇小说《高空秋千上的大胆男青年》和《七万亚述人》在新近崛起的《故事杂志》上发表，遂为世人所知。同年十月，他的第一个短篇小说集出版，为他赢得了声誉和经济支持。次年，他访问了当时已属苏联治下的亚美尼亚共和国。 接下来数年，萨洛扬创作了包括舞台剧、短篇小说等体裁的许多作品，都非常成功。一九三六年起，他与好莱坞电影公司数度合作。他的剧本《浮生岁月》在百老汇公演，获得一九四〇年的普利策戏剧奖，他却以商业界无权评判艺术为由谢绝领奖，不过在声誉上仅次于普利策奖的“纽约戏剧批评家圈子”所颁发给他的奖项，他还是欣然接受了。同年，《我叫阿拉木》出版，佳评如潮。 萨洛扬是位多产作家，生前发表的短篇小说集多达十五六部，发表于报刊杂志、未收入合...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 The place is Ithaca, in California's San JoaquinValley. The time is World War II. The family isthe Macauley's -- a mother, sister, and threebrothers whose struggles and dreams reflect those ofAmerica's second-generation immigrants.. Inparticular, fourteen-year-old Homer, determined to becomeone of the fastest telegraph messengers in theWest, finds himself caught betwe...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Illuminating the dark side of the American century, "The Monster Show" uncovers the surprising links between horror entertainment and the great social crises of our time, as well as horror's function as a pop analogue to surrealism and other artistic movements. With penetrating analyses and revealing anecdotes, David J. Skal chronicles one of our most popular and pervasive mode...(展开全部)

A serial killer is burning people alive in the Lake District's prehistoric stone circles. He leaves no clues and the police are helpless. When his name is found carved into the charred remains of the third victim, disgraced detective Washington Poe is brought back from suspension and into an investigation he wants no part of. Reluctantly partnered with the brilliant but sociall...(展开全部)

A serial killer is burning people alive in the Lake District's prehistoric stone circles. He leaves no clues and the police are helpless. When his name is found carved into the charred remains of the third victim, disgraced detective Washington Poe is brought back from suspension and into an investigation he wants no part of. Reluctantly partnered with the brilliant but sociall...(展开全部)

Devastated by the death of his world famous dancer mother, Theo Galland abandons his dancing career for Hollywood acting and meets the famous actor Daren Ferguson. What should have been a joking kiss shared between them takes a sudden turn, however, when Daren asks, "So what comes next?" Theo answers, "That depends on the scenario." As lustful passions boil over, will Theo be a...(展开全部)

This Everyman’s Library edition–containing in one volume all three cantos, Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso–includes an introduction by Nobel Prize—winning poet Eugenio Montale, a chronology, notes, and a bibliography. Also included are forty-two drawings selected from Botticelli's marvelous late-fifteenth-century series of illustrations. Translated in this edition by Allen Ma...(展开全部)

This Everyman’s Library edition–containing in one volume all three cantos, Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso–includes an introduction by Nobel Prize—winning poet Eugenio Montale, a chronology, notes, and a bibliography. Also included are forty-two drawings selected from Botticelli's marvelous late-fifteenth-century series of illustrations. Translated in this edition by Allen Ma...(展开全部)