Filled with adventure, passion, and intrigue, The Narrow Corner is a classic tale of the sea by one of the twentieth-century's finest writers.Island hoping across the South Pacific, the esteemed Dr. Saunders is offered passage by Captain Nichols and his companion Fred Blake, two men who appear unsavory, yet any means of transportation is hard to resist. The trip turns turbulent...(展开全部)

This sea tale par excellence evolved from a passage in The Moon and Sixpence , written twelve years earlier.

Filled with adventure, passion, and intrigue, The Narrow Corner is a classic tale of the sea by one of the twentieth-century's finest writers.Island hoping across the South Pacific, the esteemed Dr. Saunders is offered passage by Captain Nichols and his companion Fred Blake, two men who appear unsavory, yet any means of transportation is hard to resist. The trip turns turbulent...(展开全部)

This sea tale par excellence evolved from a passage in The Moon and Sixpence , written twelve years earlier.

In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Burma Death Railway, surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle’s young wife two years earlier. Struggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever. Hailed as a masterpiece, Richard Flanagan’s epic novel tells the unf...(展开全部)

In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Burma Death Railway, surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle’s young wife two years earlier. Struggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever. Hailed as a masterpiece, Richard Flanagan’s epic novel tells the unf...(展开全部)

These Twelve Mysteries by the Author of 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' Concern a Mysterious Armchair Detective who Solves Crimes from Reports and Using Logic. The Stories Describe Murders, Blackmail, Theft and Deception, but All Have as Their Setting the Fog-Cloaked Edwardian Streets: Fenchurch Street, Percy Street and Lisson Grove in London. Dublin, Glasgow, and Liverpool are Also Ho...(展开全部)

E·B·怀特（1899—1985）是20世纪最伟大的美国随笔作家，作为《纽约客》主要撰稿人的怀特一手奠定了影响深远的“《纽约客》文风”。怀特对这个世界上的一切都充满关爱，他的道德与他的文章一样山高水长。除了他终生挚爱的随笔之外，他还为孩子写了三本书：《精灵鼠小弟》、《夏洛的网》与《吹小号的天鹅》，同样成为儿童与成人共同喜爱的文学经典。《纽约时报》为怀特逝世发表的讣告中称“如同宪法第一修正案一样，E·B·怀特的原则与风范长存”。

E·B·怀特（1899—1985）是20世纪最伟大的美国随笔作家，作为《纽约客》主要撰稿人的怀特一手奠定了影响深远的“《纽约客》文风”。怀特对这个世界上的一切都充满关爱，他的道德与他的文章一样山高水长。除了他终生挚爱的随笔之外，他还为孩子写了三本书：《精灵鼠小弟》、《夏洛的网》与《吹小号的天鹅》，同样成为儿童与成人共同喜爱的文学经典。《纽约时报》为怀特逝世发表的讣告中称“如同宪法第一修正案一样，E·B·怀特的原则与风范长存”。

艾略特·列堡，曾担任国家精神卫生研究所劳动与精神健康研究中心的负责人。《泰利的街角》是作为列堡在美国天主教大学的博士论文而写作的。他还在1993年出版了《告诉他们我是谁》，这是一项有关美国无家可归妇女的研究。