6 whimsical short stories by brilliant, witty, English author, poet and critic. Improbable plots, marvelously funny episodes, evocative descriptions of late Victorian London distinguish delightful tales focusing on a club devoted to completely original and unusual professions. First republication to include all 32 of Chesterton's own original illustrations.

简介：他们一起出生，一起生活，一起上学，一起吃饭，一起学习，从小形影不离。沈曦辰一直以为他俩是哥们关系，但他总感觉他们的关系越来越复杂了，渐渐变得不清不楚，不停的有别的女生来接近顾曜景，他终于忍不住了，也终于想明白了他们之间的关系。   沈曦辰:你今天不会还要吧？我明天可是要拍戏的！真不能了，今天差点要被人发现了！  某男将某男抵到墙角，对他说。  顾曜景:行呀，但是今天那女的谁？你给我解释清楚。  那人只能尴尬的笑了笑    ……

The No Club started when four women, crushed by endless to-do lists, banded together over $10 bottles of wine to get their work lives under control. Running faster than ever, they still trailed behind their male colleagues. And so, they vowed to say no to requests that pulled them away from the work that mattered most to their careers. This book reveals how their over-a-decade-...(展开全部)

During her treatment for cancer, Mary Anne Schwalbe and her son Will spent many hours sitting in waiting rooms together. To pass the time, they would talk about the books they were reading. Once, by chance, they read the same book at the same time—and an informal book club of two was born. Through their wide-ranging reading, Will and Mary Anne—and we, their fellow readers—are r...(展开全部)

Willy the chimp is lonely, but then he bumps into the gorilla, Hugh Jape, and, though the pair are very different, a friendship grows between them. Hugh may have to protect little Willy from the attentions of Buster Nose, but Willy can read to Hugh and save him when a spider comes along.

Willy hasn't got any friends and no-one ever lets him join in with their games. He is lonely...until the day he bumps into Hugh Jape in the park. Willy and Hugh are very different but they make a great team!

THE FIRST BOOK IN THE #1 BESTSELLING, MULTI MILLION COPY SELLING SERIES BY TV PRESENTER RICHARD OSMAN ---------------------------------------------- In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders. But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves in the middle of th...(展开全部)

A New York Times bestseller | Soon to be a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg at Amblin Entertainment “Witty, endearing and greatly entertaining.” —Wall Street Journal “Don’t trust anyone, including the four septuagenarian sleuths in Osman’s own laugh-out-loud whodunit.” —Parade Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her first big cas...(展开全部)