Follow the story of Beatrice in Volume One, "Lady Pokingham," where sordid adventures in the sexual underworld are commonplace, and virginal fantasies, flagellation, and Catholic guilt manifest themselves as streams of erotic poetry. In Volume Two, "La Rose d'Amour," a young man is influenced by his lusty young cousins, who invite him to join an illicit club of debauchery and b...(展开全部)

“There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon.” Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Today, nearly forty years after his death, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck remains one of Americas greatest writers and cultural figures. Over the next year, his many works published as black-spine Penguin Classics for the first time and will feature eye-catching, newly commissioned art. Penguin Classics is proud to present these seminal works to a new generation ...(展开全部)

对于潜水员基诺来说，找到一颗瑰丽的珍珠意味着他贫困的家庭有望过上更好的生活。 梦想蒙蔽了他的双眼，让他看不到珍珠给引发的贪婪和灾祸。斯坦贝克的这部经典作品揭示了美国梦的荒谬——财富可以解决一切问题——以及我们是如何从纯真中堕落继而又重返纯真的。

对于潜水员基诺来说，找到一颗瑰丽的珍珠意味着他贫困的家庭有望过上更好的生活。 梦想蒙蔽了他的双眼，让他看不到珍珠给引发的贪婪和灾祸。斯坦贝克的这部经典作品揭示了美国梦的荒谬——财富可以解决一切问题——以及我们是如何从纯真中堕落继而又重返纯真的。

●作者简介 汉密尔顿•达尔比•佩里（Hamilton Darby Perry，1924-2009），美国军事史学者。毕业于普林斯顿大学，第二次世界大战期间，曾于美国海军服役，获得过嘉奖。退役后从事 文稿写作，担任过多家媒体的记者、出版人，著有《“帕内”号疑云》《利比•霍尔曼》等多部非虚构类图书。 ●译者简介 汪伟，独立制作人、编剧、导演， 1990年毕业于国际关系学院，1998年毕业于北京电影学院，获电影学硕士学位。曾任中央电视台电影频道《世界电影之旅》制作总监，拍摄纪录片作品《霞客行》 等。

希拉里·斯波林，是亨利·马蒂斯的传记《绘画大师马蒂斯》一书的作者。希拉里·斯波林凭借该书获得2005年度惠特布莱德奖。她也为小说家艾维·康普顿-伯内特写过传记并荣获海涅曼文学奖和库珀奖。她是《观察家》报的文学编辑。她还定期为《观察家》报和《每日电讯报》撰写评论。

The Joy of Cooking grows with the times-it has a full roster of American and foreign dishes such as strudel, zabaglione, rijsttafel, and couscous, among many others. All the classic terms found on menus, such as Provençale, bonne femme, meuniére, and Florentine are not merely defined but fully explained so that readers can easily concoct the dish in their own home. ...(展开全部)

"The Road to Victory: From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa".