A unique and personal portrait of the beloved, legendary Swiss writer, finally in English After a nervous breakdown in 1929, Robert Walser spent the remaining twenty-seven years of his life in mental asylums, closed off from the rest of the world in almost complete anonymity. While at the Herisau sanitarium, instead of writing, Walser practiced another favorite activity: walkin...(展开全部)

When her dog disappears into the gutter of the book, Bella calls for help. But when the helpers disappear too, Bella realizes it will take more than a tug on the leash to put things right. Cleverly using the physicality of the book, This book just ate my dog! is inventive, ingenious, and just pure kid-friendly fun!

In this wonderfully inventive book, Bella is taking her dog for a stroll across the page but halfway across, he disappears! Unable to quite believe what's just happened Bella watches, transfixed, with changing emotions of surprise, indignation, moments of renewed hope (as the authorities arrive to take control) followed by shock (as they too succumb to the book's inexplicable b...(展开全部)

In this wonderfully inventive book, Bella is taking her dog for a stroll across the page but halfway across, he disappears! Unable to quite believe what's just happened Bella watches, transfixed, with changing emotions of surprise, indignation, moments of renewed hope (as the authorities arrive to take control) followed by shock (as they too succumb to the book's inexplicable b...(展开全部)

When her dog disappears into the gutter of the book, Bella calls for help. But when the helpers disappear too, Bella realizes it will take more than a tug on the leash to put things right. Cleverly using the physicality of the book, This book just ate my dog! is inventive, ingenious, and just pure kid-friendly fun!

Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets his old aunt for the first time in over 50 years. She persuades him to travel with her. Through his aunt, a veteran of Europe's hotel bedrooms, Henry joins a shiftless, twilight society coming alive after a dull suburban lifetime.

A witty, inventive read with anyone for a passion for travel. Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time in over fifty years at what he supposes to be his mother's funeral. Soon after, she persuades Henry to abandon Southwood, his dahlias and the Major next door to travel her way, Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, Paraguay. Through ...(展开全部)

格雷厄姆•格林（Graham Greene，1904-1991）英国作家、剧作家、文学评论家。一生获得21次诺贝尔文学奖提名（但终未获奖），被誉为诺贝尔文学奖评选史上“最大的输家”。文学界形容其风格为“格林国度”（Greeneland）。他被誉为20世纪最严肃、最悲观、最具宗教意识的作家，可同时又是讲故事的圣手，是20世纪整个西方世界最具明星效应的大师级作家之一。他的作品探讨了当今世界充满矛盾的政治和道德问题，将通俗文学和严肃文学有机地结合在一起，获得了广泛好评。

(Twentieth Century Classics)

奥逊·威尔斯 Orson Welles (1915-1985)，20世纪最伟大的电影导演之一，集导演、编剧、演员、制片于一身的电影天才。他在26岁时自编自导自演的处女作《公民凯恩》长期被各类权威电影媒体评选为影史十佳之冠，其他代表作有《安倍逊大族》《上海小姐》《奥赛罗》《 历劫佳人》等。 亨利·雅格洛 Henry Jaglom (1941- )，好莱坞独立电影导演、演员、编剧，奥逊·威尔斯晚年挚友，曾参演威尔斯的导演遗作《风的另一边》。而威尔斯则在雅格洛执导的《谁来爱我》中贡献了最后一次银幕演出。 彼得·比斯金德 Peter Biskind，资深记者、专栏作家，其作品曾见诸《纽约时报》《洛杉矶时报》《滚石》等媒体。曾担任《首映》执行主编和《美国电影》主编，目前在《名利场》任特约编辑。著有《逍遥骑士、愤怒公牛》《低俗电影》。 黄渊，毕业于上海外国语大学...(展开全部)