Primo Levi was one of the most astonishing voices to emerge from the twentieth century. This landmark selection of his short stories opens up a world ......
No matter what the occasion, this collection of poems is the perfect gift to cheer up a friend or family member. Here, in this compact volume, are 100......
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In this classic adventure story, a wealthy gentleman, Phileas Fogg, makes a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days. Fogg and his serva......
From the brilliant, sharp, witty pen of Sam Selvon, this is a classic award-winning novel of immigrant life in London in the 1950s....
Joyce's semi-autobiographical first novel follows Stephen Dedalus, a sensitive and creative youth who rebels against his family, his education, and hi......
Based on the life of her brother, this unforgettable book chronicles the life and times of Jacob Flanders-and remains an important work in the develop......
Originally published in 1895, this outstanding collection of Irish verse was part of Yeats' campaign to establish a tradition of Irish poetry fit for ......
A "wilful extremist" according to the London Times, Hélène Cixous is hailed as one of the most formidable writers and thinkers of our time. From colla......
With his 1981 classic, Positioning, Jack Trout (along with coauthor Al Reis) forever changed the way marketing strategy is done. In the more than two ......
2140年。 夜幕悄悄降临，剩余院灰色的高墙内，青春被禁闭。背负深重的罪孽，高傲的女孩安娜虔诚地要做一个优秀的“剩余人”，低眉顺眼，逆来顺受。新来的神秘男孩皮特否定着她心目中理所当然的一切，对抗着她忠心维护的小世界。他的眼神，他的反叛，在她心中激起阵阵涟漪。 她不是剩余人？父母......
2140年。 冷酷无情的永生纪，上演绝妙的讽刺——曾经因“永生”药而沦为剩余人的皮特，外公竟是“永生”药制造者！肩负秘密使命，皮特投靠外公，潜伏到药厂内部。他不仅要反抗永生，更要对抗自己的家族，与邪恶的外公周旋。然而，最大的敌人其实是自己…… 纠结的处境令他质疑曾无比信赖的一切，剑拔弩张的......
2142年。 神秘病毒肆虐，“永生”药竟然无力对抗！谣言四起。难道“永生” 药不再有效？“生命之环”究竟是什么？危急时刻，地下组织的头领竟然自投罗网？！是圈套？是陷阱？是背叛？迷雾重重，疑云笼罩着人们。皮特、安娜、裘德、茜拉，年少轻狂的他们互相猜疑，分歧不断，是青春，是爱，维系着他们彼此间......
《The Old Man and Sea (老人与海)》讲述了：Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana,Hemingway's magnificent fable is the story of an oldman, a young boy an......
Some of Agatha Christie's earliest stories - including her very first - which show the Queen of Crime in the making! A macabre recurring dream ...reve......
Paris in the twenties: Pernod, parties and expatriate Americans, loose-living on money from home. Jake is wildly in love with Brett Ashley, aristocrat......
Discursive and ruminative, more like an extended essay than a novel, the intricately structured chapters in this highly autobiographical book reveal "......
This book by the Trinidad-born Indian author of A Turn in the South ( LJ 3/1/89) elicits pity, anger, disgust, and a sense of betrayal at India's deve......
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