Best known for his novels and plays, Somerset Maugham also produced delightfully engaging and absorbing non-fiction, of which The Gentleman in the Parlour is a prime example. First published in 1935 it describes a journey the author took from Rangoon to Haipong. Whether by river to Mandalay, on horse through the mountains and forests of the Shan States to Bangkok, or onwards ...(展开全部)

The days are beginning to draw in. The sky is dark by seven in the evening. I lie on the floor and gaze out of the window. Women’s calves, men’s shoes, heels trodden down by the weight of bodies borne for too long. It is summer in Tokyo. Claire finds herself dividing her time between tutoring twelve-year-old Mieko, in an apartment in an abandoned hotel, and lying on the floor a...(展开全部)

From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility—a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel “In all ways a great novel, a nonstop pleasure brimming with charm, personal wisdom, and philosophic insight . . .this book more than fulfills the promise of Towles' stylish debut, Rules of Civility." – Kirkus Review...(展开全部)

埃默`托尔斯（Amor Towles） 1964年出生于美国波士顿。本科和硕士学位分别在耶鲁大学和斯坦福大学获得。被《华尔街日报》称为“纽约最后的绅士”。曾因处女作《上流法则》获得菲茨杰拉德奖。《莫斯科绅士》一经发售就登上了《纽约时报》畅销榜，被《华盛顿邮报》等多家知名媒体评为年度畅销图书，至今销量仍居高不下。

From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility—a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel “In all ways a great novel, a nonstop pleasure brimming with charm, personal wisdom, and philosophic insight . . .this book more than fulfills the promise of Towles' stylish debut, Rules of Civility." – Kirkus Review...(展开全部)

埃默`托尔斯（Amor Towles） 1964年出生于美国波士顿。本科和硕士学位分别在耶鲁大学和斯坦福大学获得。被《华尔街日报》称为“纽约最后的绅士”。曾因处女作《上流法则》获得菲茨杰拉德奖。《莫斯科绅士》一经发售就登上了《纽约时报》畅销榜，被《华盛顿邮报》等多家知名媒体评为年度畅销图书，至今销量仍居高不下。

"What kind of person do I want my child to be?" There are hundreds of books that give parents advice on everything from weaning to toilet training, from discipline to nutrition. But in spite of this overwhelming amount of information, there is very little research-based advice for parents on how to raise their children to be well rounded and achieve their full potential, ...(展开全部)

A Best Book of the Year The Wall Street Journal * Publishers Weekly * Huffington Post * Cosmopolitan A Chicago Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle Notable Book It is 1950 when Norton Perina, a young doctor, embarks on an expedition to a remote Micronesian island in search of a rumored lost tribe. There he encounters a strange group of forest dwellers who appear to have attained...(展开全部)

In 1950 Norton Perina, a young doctor, embarks on an expedition to a remote Micronesian island in search of a rumoured lost tribe. There he encounters a strange group of forest dwellers who appear to have attained a form of immortality that preserves the body but not the mind. Perina uncovers their secret and returns with it to America, where he soon finds great success. But hi...(展开全部)

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