The World and All That It Holds―in all its hilarious, heartbreaking, erotic, philosophical glory―showcases Aleksandar Hemon’s celebrated talent at its pinnacle. It is a grand, tender, sweeping story that spans decades and continents. It cements Hemon as one of the boldest voices in fiction. As the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajevo one June day in 1914, Rafael Pinto i...(展开全部)

Loosely based on the lives of 19th-century explorer Alexander von Humboldt and a contemporary, mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, Kehlmann's novel, a German bestseller widely heralded as an exemplar of "new" German fiction, injects musty history with shots of whimsy and irony. Humboldt voyages to South America to map the Orinoco River, climb the Chimborazo peak in Ecuador and ...(展开全部)

加雷•加勒特（Garet Garrett） 1878年生于伊利诺斯，1903年25岁时已经成为《纽约太阳报》的著名记者，1911年出版了一本异常成功的畅销书《金钱生长的地方》。在《纽约时报》、《星期六晚间邮报》和《华尔街日报》从事财经记者工作之后，在1916年，他38岁那年，成为《纽约论坛报》的执行主编。1920年至1933年其中主要精力都放在了写作上，1932年出版了畅销书《压垮世界的泡沫》。

The burden of Europe's private debt to this country is now greater than the burden of her war debt; and the war debt, with arrears of interest, is greater than it was the day the peace was signed. And it is not Europe alone. Debt was the economic terror of the world when the war ended. How to pay it was the colossal problem. -from "Cosmology of the Bubble" The names of the play...(展开全部)

Here at last in English is Nikolai Bukharin's autobiographical novel and final work. Many dissident texts of the Stalin era were saved by chance, by bravery, or by cunning; others were systematically destroyed. Bukharin's work, however, was simultaneously preserved and suppressed within Stalin's personal archives. At once novel, memoir, political apology, and historical documen...(展开全部)

Here at last in English is Nikolai Bukharin's autobiographical novel and final work. Many dissident texts of the Stalin era were saved by chance, by bravery, or by cunning; others were systematically destroyed. Bukharin's work, however, was simultaneously preserved and suppressed within Stalin's personal archives. At once novel, memoir, political apology, and historical documen...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 t's Spring break and love is in the air. Or is that a blend of Chanel no. 9 and Gucci Rush?Is there a difference?Blair moves in with Serena and they're back to being best friends.But will the love-fest last or will they end up tearing out one anothers newly highlighted hair?And speaking of new, Nate is on the straight and narrow, playing Nate-in-shining-armor to his c...(展开全部)

阿拉娜．米契尔为加拿大记者，擅长环境与科学深度报导，其著作 SEA SICK 荣获美国葛兰坦环境报导奖（Grantham Prize）。她的作品深入浅出，善于引导大众理解艰深但切身的科学议题；写书时所进行的调查与研究均十分详尽，被认为是北美科学界里最亲力亲为的报导记者之一。

That Mad Ache , set in high-society Paris in the mid-1960’s, recounts the emotional battle unleashed in the heart of Lucile, a sensitive but rootless young woman who finds herself caught between her carefree, tranquil love for 50-year-old Charles, a gentle, reflective, and well-off businessman, and her sudden wild passion for 30-year-old Antoine, a hot-blooded, impulsive, and s...(展开全部)

That Mad Ache , set in high-society Paris in the mid-1960’s, recounts the emotional battle unleashed in the heart of Lucile, a sensitive but rootless young woman who finds herself caught between her carefree, tranquil love for 50-year-old Charles, a gentle, reflective, and well-off businessman, and her sudden wild passion for 30-year-old Antoine, a hot-blooded, impulsive, and s...(展开全部)