Set in Rembrandt's Amsterdam, "An Obscure Man" is the story of Nathanael--innocent, open to experience--born like Everyman upon the stream of life. In "A Lovely Morning," Nathanael's young son joins a touring company of Jacobean actors. "Anna, soror . . .," the final tale, is an account of illicit passion in the baroque world of Naples. ""An Obscure Man" swarms with life. This...(展开全部)

A Guy s Guide to Style illustrates the basic, generally appropriate and long-term fundamentals of a good fashion style for every man, and gives practical tips for all situations from business meetings and festive occasions to recreational activities. Outfit examples assist with the right combinations of clothing. The Guy s Guide to Style thus will actually be a style advisor an...(展开全部)

I'm supposed to be made of sugar and spice and all things nice. But I'm sweet and sour and not a little flower. I am a girl! I am a girl! I am a girl! The girl in this book likes to win, she likes to be spontaneous, fast and strong, and because she also likes to dress in t-shirt and shorts, she is forever getting mistaken for a boy. And when she meets a boy who likes wearing pr...(展开全部)

Winner of the Campiello Prize. A pitch-perfect rendering in English by Ann Goldstein, Elena Ferrante’s translator. “I was the Arminuta, the girl returned. I spoke another language, I no longer knew who I belonged to. The word ‘mama’ stuck in my throat like a toad. And, nowadays, I really have no idea what kind of place mother is. It is not mine in the way one might have good he...(展开全部)

I'm supposed to be made of sugar and spice and all things nice. But I'm sweet and sour and not a little flower. I am a girl! I am a girl! I am a girl! The girl in this book likes to win, she likes to be spontaneous, fast and strong, and because she also likes to dress in t-shirt and shorts, she is forever getting mistaken for a boy. And when she meets a boy who likes wearing pr...(展开全部)

Masters of Doom is the amazing true story of the Lennon and McCartney of video games: John Carmack and John Romero. Together, they ruled big business. They transformed popular culture. And they provoked a national controversy. More than anything, they lived a unique and rollicking American Dream, escaping the broken homes of their youth to produce the most notoriously successf...(展开全部)

凯瑟琳·瓦伦特（Catherynne M. Valente），1979年生于美国西雅图，在加州大学圣地亚哥分校及爱丁堡大学主修古典文学，特别专研古希腊语言学。做过专业算命师、电话推销员、家庭教师、图书馆馆员、酒保以及数据统计员——这些职业对她来说大同小异。把这些工作全部混在一起，再加上营业税，就成了奇幻小说家。凯瑟琳·瓦伦特目前和丈夫、两只狗、一只巨大而友善的猫定居于美国缅因州海外的一座小岛。 译者王爽，江湖人称“不圆的珍珠”，热爱各种关于精灵和仙境的传说。希望有一天也能像九月一样在精灵国度旅行，还要骑一骑翼龙。

In 1960, Edna O'Brien published The Country Girls , her first novel, which so scandalized the O'Briens' local parish that the book was burned by its priest. O'Brien, married with two sons, was undeterred and has since created a body of work that bears comparison with the best writing of the twentieth century. Country Girl brings us face to face with a life of high drama and...(展开全部)

美国当代著名小说家、文学评论家。生于1941年，毕业于美国杜克大学，20世纪60年代开始写作。著有《思家小馆的晚餐》、《呼吸课》、《意外旅客》等作品。1988年，凭借《呼吸课》获得普利策文学奖。 安•泰勒擅长家庭题材，她写小说有如匠人，细致而精准地还原普通人生活的真相：没有绝对的幸福，也没有绝对的苦痛，家也好，爱也好，都需要你像接纳美好一样去直面人性的幽暗。