Iris Murdoch's debut--a comic novel about work and love, wealth and fame Jake Donaghue, garrulous artist, meets Hugo Bellfounder, silent philosopher. Jake, hack writer and sponger, now penniless flat-hunter, seeks out an old girlfriend, Anna Quentin, and her glamorous actress sister, Sadie. He resumes acquaintance with the formidable Hugo, whose 'philosophy' he once presumptuou...(展开全部)

A survey of the various ways--often unrecognized and overlooked--whereby Christianity has impacted the world, making the world a better place and enriching our everyday living.

ロウランド伯爵邸に家庭教師として来たレイチェルは、そのひたむきさで徐々に生徒であるロウランド家の子供たちと心を通わせつつあった。ただ一人の心を除いては…。

作者阿努克和刘易斯，一直致力于唤起每个人对环境保护的意识，他们的作品大都关注环境保护，简单而富有诗意语言、变幻的立体画面，用图画触动每个人内心对于自然、对于地球的关注与爱。

19世紀英国。没落貴族の公爵家の娘・グレースは愛人のロウランド宅で謎の死を遂げた。彼女の息子ライナスとロレンスは実父・ロウランド伯爵に引き取られるが、ライナスは母の死にロウランド家の人々が関わっていると疑念を抱く。真相を究明しようとするライナスの孤独な闘いが始まった。

Iris Murdoch's debut--a comic novel about work and love, wealth and fame Jake Donaghue, garrulous artist, meets Hugo Bellfounder, silent philosopher. Jake, hack writer and sponger, now penniless flat-hunter, seeks out an old girlfriend, Anna Quentin, and her glamorous actress sister, Sadie. He resumes acquaintance with the formidable Hugo, whose 'philosophy' he once presumptuou...(展开全部)

"An original and fresh tale, quite unlike anything else I have read from Africa. I enjoyed it very much."-Doris Lessing"A peculiarily African sensibility . . . a writer of fluid, fragmentary narratives. . . . Remarkable."-"New Statesman"A police inspector is investigating a strange murder-a case in which all the suspects are eager to claim responsibility for the act.Set in a fo...(展开全部)

Batman is confronted with a hidden face from the past — it’s the return of the vigilante Red Hood who appears to be Batman’s one-time partner Jason Todd, the same Jason Todd that died many years ago. But the Red Hood’s violent ways pit him against the Dark Knight in his hunt for the very person responsible for his death: The Joker.

The beautiful bronzed body of Arlena Stuart layfacedown on the beach. But strangely, there was nosun and Arlena was not sunbathing…she had beenstrangled. Ever since Arlena’s arrival the air had been thickwith sexual tension. Each of the guests had a motiveto kill her, including Arlena’s new husband. ButHercule Poirot suspects that this apparent “crimeof passion” conceals someth...(展开全部)

For the centennial of the birth of Silent Spring author Rachel Carson, a new edition of her groundbreaking paean to the sea Celebrating the mystery and beauty of birds and sea creatures in their natural habitat, Under the Sea-Wind—Rachel Carson's first book and her personal favorite—is the early masterwork of one of America's greatest nature writers. Evoking the sp...(展开全部)