埃尔默•伦纳德（1925—2013） 美国著名作家、编剧、制片人。他从1950年代起写作，共创作了45部著作，是全美极具影响力的畅销书作家之一，曾被美国推理作家协会（MWA）授予 “大师奖”，并被誉为“底特律的狄更斯”。 乔治•克鲁尼、昆汀•塔伦蒂诺等知名影人都是他的粉丝。 埃尔默•伦纳德的作品以形态各异的角色和耐人寻味的对话著称，他的主要作品都被搬上了大银幕，包括《矮子当道》、《战略高手》、新旧两版的《决斗尤马镇》、《一酷到底》、《危险关系》等等，这些电影在好莱坞获得了巨大成功。

<p align="left">Ordell "Whitebread" Robbie makes a fine living selling illegal high-powered weaponry to the wrong people. Jackie Burke couriers Ordell's profits from Freeport to Miami. But the feds are on to Jackie -- and now the aging, but still hot, flight attendant will have to do prison time or play ball, which makes her a prime "loose end" that Ordell needs to tie up perma...(展开全部)

As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships--but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Oliv...(展开全部)

As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships--but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Oliv...(展开全部)

埃尔默•伦纳德（1925—2013） 美国著名作家、编剧、制片人。他从1950年代起写作，共创作了45部著作，是全美极具影响力的畅销书作家之一，曾被美国推理作家协会（MWA）授予 “大师奖”，并被誉为“底特律的狄更斯”。 乔治•克鲁尼、昆汀•塔伦蒂诺等知名影人都是他的粉丝。 埃尔默•伦纳德的作品以形态各异的角色和耐人寻味的对话著称，他的主要作品都被搬上了大银幕，包括《矮子当道》、《战略高手》、新旧两版的《决斗尤马镇》、《一酷到底》、《危险关系》等等，这些电影在好莱坞获得了巨大成功。

In the first century a.d., Ovid, author of the groundbreaking epic poem Metamorphoses , came under severe criticism for The Art of Love , which playfully instructed women in the art of seduction and men in the skills essential for mastering the art of romantic conquest. In this remarkable translation, James Michie breathes new life into the notorious Roman’s mock-didactic ele...(展开全部)

Alice Munro, who received the National Book Critics Circle Award for her latest collection of stories, The Love of a Good Woman , is widely acknowledged as a modern master of the short story. In this earlier collection, she demonstrates all of those strengths that have won her so many literary accolades. A divorced woman returns to her childhood home where she confronts the m...(展开全部)

A collection of stories which explore varieties and degrees of love - filial, platonic, sexual, parental and imagined - in the lives of apparently ordinary folk.

阿敏娜妲·芙娜（Aminatta Forna），生于苏格兰，长于西非，现居伦敦。2007年，被《名利场》评为非洲最重要的新作家之一。 其处女作《在水面跳舞的恶魔》（The Devil That Danced on the Water）获得2003年萨缪尔·约翰逊奖决选，《祖先石》（Ancestor Stones）获得2008年项豪斯顿·莱特遗产奖、都柏林文学奖的提名，及被《华盛顿时报》列为2006年最有影响力的文学作品。 阿敏娜妲也为杂志、报纸、广播和电视写稿，撰写了一部关于非洲历史与艺术的电视纪录片。

Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1969. On a hot January evening that he will remember for decades, Elias Cole first catches sight of Saffia Kamara, the wife of a charismatic colleague. He is transfixed. Thirty years later, lying in the capital's hospital, he recalls the desire that drove him to acts of betrayal he has tried to justify ever since. Elsewhere in the hospital, Kai, a gift...(展开全部)