The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the work farm where he has just served a year for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his fathe...(展开全部)

埃默·托尔斯（Amor Towles） 1964年出生于美国波士顿地区，本科毕业于耶鲁大学,后在斯坦福大学取得文学硕士学位。其后二十年间托尔斯在纽约一家投资公司任职。 他47岁出版第*一部小说《上流法则》，此书一鸣惊人，成为当年的书市黑马，并获得《华尔街日报》2011年度十大好书、2012年的菲茨杰拉德文学奖等多项殊荣。他的第二和第三部长篇小说《莫斯科绅士》《林肯公路》出版后也都高踞各大年度好书榜，被比尔·盖茨和美国前总统奥巴马列入个人喜爱书单。 目前他的三部作品已被翻译成三十多种语言。

The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the work farm where he has just served a year for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his fathe...(展开全部)

埃默·托尔斯（Amor Towles） 1964年出生于美国波士顿地区，本科毕业于耶鲁大学,后在斯坦福大学取得文学硕士学位。其后二十年间托尔斯在纽约一家投资公司任职。 他47岁出版第*一部小说《上流法则》，此书一鸣惊人，成为当年的书市黑马，并获得《华尔街日报》2011年度十大好书、2012年的菲茨杰拉德文学奖等多项殊荣。他的第二和第三部长篇小说《莫斯科绅士》《林肯公路》出版后也都高踞各大年度好书榜，被比尔·盖茨和美国前总统奥巴马列入个人喜爱书单。 目前他的三部作品已被翻译成三十多种语言。

I may only be in fourth grade, but I know more than most adults. I take notes every day and read all kinds of books, so I have a solid grasp on the world around me. But suddenly, there are penguins in my town! I know it has something to do with the lady at the dentist and her weird powers, and I'm going to get to the bottom of it...

Discover Pakistan & the Karakoram Highway Travel the Karakoram Highway along the route of the fabled Silk Road Come face to face with ancient Indus Valley civilizations at Moenjodaro Answer the call of a million-dollar mosque with rocketing minarets and tent-like design Wind along narrow roads from Peshawar to the legendary Khyber Pass In This Guide: Six authors beating every p...(展开全部)

How did ordinary people live through the extraordinary changes that have swept across modern China? How did peasants transform themselves into urbanites? How did the citizens of Shanghai cope with the epic upheavals—revolution, war, and again revolution—that shook their lives? Even after decades of scholarship devoted to modern Chinese history, our understanding of the daily li...(展开全部)

How did ordinary people live through the extraordinary changes that have swept across modern China? How did peasants transform themselves into urbanites? How did the citizens of Shanghai cope with the epic upheavals--revolution, war, and again revolution--that shook their lives? Even after decades of scholarship devoted to modern Chinese history, our understanding of the daily ...(展开全部)