The only account of the life of the man known as the "Boss of Bosses." Charles "Lucky" Luciano was an Italian-born, naturalized American mobster born in Sicily. Luciano is considered the father of modern organized crime in the United States for splitting New York City into five different Mafia crime families and the establishment of the first Commission. He was, along with his...(展开全部)

Considers the traditional Christian ideas of the hereafter against modern beliefs, arguing that we need not the New Testament message but a Last Testament for the Last World that we live in.

讲的是美国禁酒令时期黑手党教父Charlie“Lucky”Luciano的一生，非常真实，而且透露了大量不为人知的细节。据作者自述：Luciano本来要拍一部有自己人物原型的电影，但因为可能损害Meyer Lansky的利益而被威胁，于是决定将自己的生平为人所记述，并且要求该书作者在所有相关人员去世至少十年后再公开。本书涉及Luciano的发家，壮大，失势，和他的爱情…… 我国出版过一个非常精准严谨的中译本，由北京出版社在1988年出版，已绝版。

科尔姆•托宾，爱尔兰当代著名作家。他1955年生于爱尔兰韦克斯福德郡恩尼斯科西镇。毕业于都柏林大学。自1990年发表第一部小说《南方》以来，托宾已出版九部长篇小说，两部短篇小说集，多部戏剧、游记、散文集。《黑水灯塔船》（1999）、《大师》（2004）、《马利亚的自白》（2012）都入围布克奖决选名单，《大师》荣获2006年度都柏林国际文学奖等文学奖。《布鲁克林》获2009年度英国科斯塔最佳小说奖。《名门》（2017）是他最新一部长篇小说。2011年，英国《观察家报》将其选入“英国最重要的三百位知识分子”，同年，他获得爱尔兰笔会文学奖，以表彰他对爱尔兰文学做出的贡献。2014年，他当选美国艺术与文学院外籍荣誉院士。 目前，托宾担任哥伦比亚大学英文与比较文学系Irene and Sidney B. Silverman 人文讲席教授，自2017年起也担任...(展开全部)

A highly original and provocative imagining of the life of the Christian and cultural icon Mary—from one of today’s most “immensely gifted and accomplished” ( The Washington Post ) novelists. Provocative, haunting, and indelible, Colm TÓibÍn’s portrait of Mary presents her as a solitary older woman still seeking to understand the events that become the narrative of the New Tes...(展开全部)

The perfect gift for every dog owner. In the early 1940s, famed playwright Eugene O'Neill wrote a moving piece of prose about his dog, Silverdene Emblem O'Neill (Blemie). In "The Last Will and Testament of an Extremely Distinguished Dog," O'Neill eloquently and compassionately articulates what all dog owners feel as their pet nears the of its life. O'Neill's elegy has been lovi...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Book Description Heart of darkness... In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his death just hours away, Troy Phelan wants to send a message to his children, his ex-wives, and his minions, a message that will touch off a vicious legal battle and transform dozens of lives. Because Troy Phelan's new will names a sole su...(展开全部)

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away, while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life.

【96年6月誠品選書】連續兩個月的選書都出自紐伯瑞文學獎的得獎作品，繼上個月推薦二○○六銀牌獎的作品之後，這次我們推薦的選書則是二○○七年剛出爐熱騰騰的金牌獎得獎作品。本書出自一位圖書館員的筆下，從小到大Susan Patron大部分的時光都是在洛杉磯公共圖書館渡過，現在更在鍾愛的圖書館中工作。 Susan Patron住在加州的沙漠小鎮裡，也就是這本書裡的發生場景。書中描述十歲的小女孩Lucky與母親住在只有四十三人的加州沙漠小鎮。但是母親忽然在一場暴風中意外喪生，於是Lucky缺席的父親請他在法國的前妻Brigitte前來照顧她。不過，Lucky認為Brigitte一定無法適應沙漠中的無聊日子，定會一心想回法國，總有一天會將她遺棄在孤兒院，到時候她一定會被迫與心愛的小狗和好朋友分離。為自力救濟，Lucky偷偷整理了一個背包，決定展開尋找「更高力量...(展开全部)