在线阅读本书 Rickie Elliot, a sensitive and intelligent young man with an intense imagination and a certain amount of literary talent, sets out from Cambridge full of hopes to become a writer. But when his stories are not successful, he decides instead to marry the beautiful but shallow Agnes, agreeing to abandon his writing and become a schoolmaster at a second-rate public school...(展开全部)

Ira Levinson is in trouble. At ninety-one years old, in poor health and alone in the world, he finds himself stranded on an isolated embankment after a car crash. Suffering multiple injuries, he struggles to retain consciousness until a blurry image materializes and comes into focus beside him: his beloved wife Ruth, who passed away nine years ago. Urging him to hang on, she fo...(展开全部)

A woman abandons her city life and marriage to return to the place of her childhood, holing up in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of the Monaro. She does not believe in God, doesn't know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive life almost by accident. As she gradually adjusts to the rhythms of monastic life, she finds herself...(展开全部)

A woman abandons her city life and marriage to return to the place of her childhood, holing up in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of the Monaro. She does not believe in God, doesn't know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive life almost by accident. As she gradually adjusts to the rhythms of monastic life, she finds herself...(展开全部)

Many books have been written about Japan's surrender in World War II, but the definitive story can only be told by the Japanese themselves. This brilliant reconstruction of the bitter hours preceding the surrender announcement of Emperor Hirohito is based on material compiled by the Pacific War Research Society, a panel of distinguished Japanese authors and journalists. In minu...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 THE CLASSIC ACCOUNT OF THE ALLIED INVASION OF NORMANDY The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan's unsurpassed account of D-Day, a book that endures as a masterpiece of military history. In this compelling tale of courage and heroism, glory and tragedy, Ryan painstakingly recreates the fateful hours that preceded and followed the massive invasion of Normandy to retell...(展开全部)

布伦丹•西姆斯 英国知名历史学家，剑桥大学国际关系史专家。他的研究涉及英国、德国、美国的近现代外交关系史。他的主要作品包括《欧洲》《德意志的权力之争：1779—1850》《最糟的时刻》，以及《三次胜利与一次失败》。其中，《欧洲》入围莱昂内尔•吉尔伯图书奖，《最糟的时刻》获塞缪尔•约翰逊奖提名。

New York Times Bestseller What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? According to the directors of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest scientific study of happiness ever conducted, the answer to these questions may be closer than you realize. What makes a life fulfilling and meaningful? The simple but surprising answer is: relationships. The st...(展开全部)

罗伯特·瓦尔丁格（Robert Waldinger）博士，是哈佛医学院精神病学教授，麻省总医院精神动力治疗与研究中心主任，哈佛大学成人发展研究项目主任，著名TED演讲人。瓦尔丁格博士曾在哈佛大学获得文学学士学位，在哈佛医学院获得医学博士学位。他出版过《医学生的精神病学》(超过1/3的美国医学院使用的畅销医学生教材)和《对边缘病人的有效心理治疗:案例研究》。他也是一名执业精神病学家和精神分析学家，哈佛医学院精神病学住院医师，以及波士顿精神分析学院教师。 马克·舒尔茨（Marc Schulz）博士，是哈佛大学成人发展研究项目副主任，美国布林莫尔学院心理学教授。他在加州大学伯克利分校获得临床心理学博士学位。他在布林莫尔学院指导临床发展心理学博士项目超过10年，同时是一名执业心理学家。

Award-winning travel writer and actor Andrew McCarthy delivers a revealing and insightful memoir about how travel helped him become the man he wanted to be, helping him overcome life-long fears and confront his resistance to commitment. From time immemorial, travel has been a pursuit of passion—from adventurers of old seeking gold or new lands, to today’s spiritual and pleasur...(展开全部)