Once upon a time the Wapshots of St. Botolphs were distinguished for their unshakeable good opinion of themselves. But the family members have drifted far from their New England village - and into the demented caprices of the mighty, the bad graces of the IRS and the humiliating abyss of adulterous passion. A novel of large and tender vision, "The Wapshot Scandal" is filled wit...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

远藤周作（1923—1996） 日本著名小说家，出生于东京，毕业于庆应义塾大学法文系。幼时因父亲工作调动举家迁往中国大连，回国后受洗，战后前往法国里昂大学进修法国文学。与吉行淳之介、安冈章太郎等同为战后日本文坛的“第三代新人”。 1955年短篇小说《白种人》获芥川奖。1958年《海与毒药》获每日出版文化奖。1966年《沉默》获谷崎润一郎奖。1980年《武士》获野间文艺奖。1994年《深河》获每日艺术奖。1995年远藤周作被授予日本文化勋章。 远藤周作被称为日本信仰文学的先驱，他致力于探讨日本的精神风土与基督教信仰问题，在他的创作中始终贯穿着对“罪与罚”的沉重思考 译者简介 林水福，日本文学研究者，翻译家，台湾芥川龙之介学会会长，台湾石川啄木学会会长，日本东北大学文学博士，南台科技大学教授；研究范畴以日本文学与日本文学翻译为主，并延伸到台湾文学研究及散...(展开全部)

A shocking exposé of Volkswagen’s fraud by the New York Times reporter who covered the scandal. In mid-2015, Volkswagen proudly reached its goal of surpassing Toyota as the world’s largest automaker. A few months later, the EPA disclosed that Volkswagen had installed software in 11 million cars that deceived emissions-testing mechanisms. By early 2017, VW had settled with Ameri...(展开全部)

“The articles and columns in The Scandal of the Century demonstrate that his forthright, lightly ironical voice just seemed to be there, right from the start. . . . He’s among those rare great fiction writers whose ancillary work is almost always worth finding. . . . He had a way of connecting the souls in all his writing, fiction and nonfiction, to the melancholy static of the...(展开全部)

Richly exploited comic situations, effervescent wit, and intricate plots combine to make Sheridan's work among the best of of all English comedy. The School for Scandal (1777) is his masterpiece, a brilliantly crafted comedy of contrasts in which brothers Joseph and Charles Surface contend for Maria, with hilariously differing intentions and results. Also a work of acute comi...(展开全部)

弗兰克·帕特诺伊（Frank Partnoy），现任圣迭戈大学法学院教授。早年从耶鲁大学法学院毕业后，先进入瑞士信贷第一波士顿银行，开始了在华尔街的职业生涯；后转投著名投资银行摩根士丹利，成为世界上最能赚钱的人群中的一员。他是证券市场监管和金融衍生产品方面的专家，曾在安然公司破产后作为专家证人在美国参议院立法委员会作证。他撰写的华尔街金融畅销书《泥鸽靶》详细揭露了金融市场内幕，因而轰动一时。

きっ和、それらはぜんぶここにあるべきも的たち。完璧なバランス、そしてすぐにこわされるも的。

“The world that I long to inhabit is the one that Charlie Mackesy has created – a world of infinite kindness, wisdom, mutual care and tenderness, and true love between real friends. My prayer/hope is that our world will become more like this one.” (Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Big Magic)

A book for all ages, a book for all time. Adapted into a short animated film, coming this Christmas. Enter the world of Charlie's four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most important life lessons. The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse have been shared millions of times online. They've also been recreated by children in schools and hung on hospital walls. They...(展开全部)