Flighty but good-hearted Victoria Jones craves love, intrigue, and adventure. She strikes gold in Edward, a handsome and mysterious traveler whom she's vowed to follow to the ends of the earth. Yet no whirlwind affair can prepare Victoria for what unfolds once she lands in Baghdad. Not a day in Edward's shadow, and she hears whispered warnings of danger and witnesses the murder...(展开全部)

Flighty but good-hearted Victoria Jones craves love, intrigue, and adventure. She strikes gold in Edward, a handsome and mysterious traveler whom she's vowed to follow to the ends of the earth. Yet no whirlwind affair can prepare Victoria for what unfolds once she lands in Baghdad. Not a day in Edward's shadow, and she hears whispered warnings of danger and witnesses the murder...(展开全部)

威廉·麦克斯韦尔 (William Maxwell,1908-2000) 著名编辑、小说家、散文家、童书及传记作者，曾任职《纽约客》40载，是纳博科夫、厄普代克、塞林格等诸多美国当代重要作家的伯乐、知己与导师。著有包括《妈妈走的那一年》《再见，明天见》在内的6部长篇小说，荣获美国国家图书奖、美国艺术与文学学院奖章、美国笔会/马拉穆德奖、马克· 吐温奖等。

Through the eyes of two boys and their father, William Maxwell reveals the complex woman who is the unacknowledged source of their happiness--and whose death during the influenza epic of 1918 will devastate them all. They Came Like Swallows tenderly depicts the currents of love and need that run through every family--and whose true depth becomes evident only in moments of trage...(展开全部)

Discover William Maxwell’s classic, heart-breaking portrait of an ordinary American family struck by the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic 'A story of such engaging warmth that it would thaw the heart of any critic… Will melt many a reader to tears’ TIME Elizabeth Morison is an ordinary woman. Yet, to eight-year-old Bunny, his mother is the centre of his universe. To Robert, her elder ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Playtime Biscuit wants to play with two kittens. However,, the kittens are too busy with their own games to even notice him. But when the kittens need help, it's Biscuit to the rescue! Woof! Woof!

在线阅读本书 Playtime Biscuit wants to play with two kittens. However,, the kittens are too busy with their own games to even notice him. But when the kittens need help, it's Biscuit to the rescue! Woof! Woof!

Set in Paris on the eve of World War II and sizzling with love, anger, and revenge, She Came to Stay explores the changes wrought in the soul of a woman and a city soon to fall. Although Fran oise considers her relationship with Pierre an open one, she falls prey to jealousy when the gamine Xavi re catches his attention. The moody young woman from the countryside pries her way ...(展开全部)

迈克尔•道布斯，1948年出生于英国赫特福德郡，毕业于牛津大学，1975年步入政坛，开始为保守党议员撰写演讲稿，很快崭露头角，被称为“威斯敏斯特的娃娃脸杀手”，后任政府特别顾问和撒切尔政府幕僚长，最终于保守党副主席的职位上退休，2010年被英王室册封为男爵。 身为政治家的同时，他也是畅销书作家。1989年，道布斯讲述英国官场故事的处女作小说《纸牌屋》大获好评，次年被BBC改成电视剧，风靡全球。他顺势又写出另外两部以厄克特为主角的小说《玩转国王》《最后一章》，完整交代了这位政坛枭雄的精彩一生，这两部小说也都被BBC改编成电视剧。2013年，好莱坞知名导演大卫•芬奇和奥斯卡影帝凯文•史派西联袂出手，再次将《纸牌屋》搬上荧屏，一经播出，再次火爆全球。

迈克尔•道布斯，1948年出生于英国赫特福德郡，毕业于牛津大学，1975年步入政坛，开始为保守党议员撰写演讲稿，很快崭露头角，被称为“威斯敏斯特的娃娃脸杀手”，后任政府特别顾问和撒切尔政府幕僚长，最终于保守党副主席的职位上退休，2010年被英王室册封为男爵。 身为政治家的同时，他也是畅销书作家。1989年，道布斯讲述英国官场故事的处女作小说《纸牌屋》大获好评，次年被BBC改成电视剧，风靡全球。他顺势又写出另外两部以厄克特为主角的小说《玩转国王》《最后一章》，完整交代了这位政坛枭雄的精彩一生，这两部小说也都被BBC改编成电视剧。2013年，好莱坞知名导演大卫•芬奇和奥斯卡影帝凯文•史派西联袂出手，再次将《纸牌屋》搬上荧屏，一经播出，再次火爆全球。