二十一岁的巴特与十八岁的新兵莫菲，於美国出兵伊拉克前夕于军中相识，两人一见如故，巴特答应莫菲母亲，会平安带著她儿子归来，但二○○五年，只剩巴特独自一人退伍返国。莫菲在伊拉克战场上因饱受死亡威胁，精神崩溃逃出军营，巴特与士官长施大林发现他时，莫菲已遭不明人士虐杀，全身赤裸，不仅眼睛被挖出，耳朵、鼻子被割掉，生殖器也几乎被切断，两人在怕事的心态下将莫菲丢入河中佯装失踪，巴特事后假扮莫菲写了封信给莫菲之母。然而等到巴特退伍回国后，莫菲的尸体浮现在底格里斯河与幼发拉底河的汇流处…… A novel written by a veteran of the war in Iraq, The YellowBirds is the harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stayalive. "The war tried to kill us in the spring." So begins thispowerful account of friendship and loss. In Al Tafar, Iraq,twenty-one-year old Private Bartle and eighte

A modern classic, now in a welcome new edition, "Wonder Boys"firmly established Michael Chabon as a force to be reckoned with inAmerican fiction. At once a deft parody of the American famefactory and a piercing portrait of young and old desire, this novelintroduces two unforgettable characters: Grady Tripp, a formerpublishing prodigy now lost in a fog of pot and passion and stalledin the midst of his endless second book, and Grady's student, JamesLeer, a budding writer obsessed with Hollywood self-destruction andstruggling with his own searching heart. All those who love MichaelChabon's "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" and his PulitzerPrize-winning "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" willfind the same elegant imagination, bold humor, and undeniablewarmth at work in "Wonder Boys." " A] wise, wildly funny story . .. Chabon is a flat-out wonderful writer- evocative and inventive,pointed and poignant.""-Chicago Tribune" "Whether making us laughor making us feel the breathtaking impermanence of things, M

理查德·梅休是伦敦一个平平常常的生意人，过着平平常常的生活。但有一天，他做了件不太平常的事：把一位身负重伤、素不相识的姑娘带回了自己的公寓。 从此，一切都变得不同寻常—— 同事们看不见他，从前的恋人不再认识他，甚至连他的家都不再属于他。他走在人流中，人们却完全意识不到他的存在。理查德·梅休这个人不复存在了，仿佛从未存在过。 都是因为这个名叫门菲的姑娘。她为他打开了一扇门，通往另一个世界—— 一个隐藏在伦敦之下、阴险邪恶却又充满刺激的乌有乡。 Under the streets of London there's a world most people couldnever even dream of. A city of monsters and saints, murderers andangels, and pale girls in black velvet. Richard Mayhew is a youngbusinessman who is about to find out more than he bargained forabout this other London. A single act of kindness catapults him outof h

Written with complete access to the Queen Mother's personalletters and diaries, William Shawcross's riveting biography is thetruly definitive account of this remarkable woman, whose lifespanned the twentieth century. Elizabeth Angela Marguerite BowesLyon,the youngest daughter of the Earl of Strathmore, was born on 4August 1900. Drawing on her private correspondence and otherunpublished material from the Royal Archives, William Shawcrossvividly reveals the witty girl who endeared herself to soldiersconvalescing at Glamis in the First World War; the assured youngDuchess of York; the Queen, at last feeling able to look the EastEnd in the face at the height of the Blitz; the Queen Mother,representing the nation at home and abroad throughout her longwidowhood.

After so many adrenaline-soaked years risking his life, JasonBourne is chafing under the quiet life of a linguistics professor.Aware of his frustrations, his academic mentor asks for helpinvestigating the murder of a former student by a previouslyunknown Muslim extremist sect called the Black Legion. The youngman died carrying information about the group's terroristactivities, including an immediate plan to attack the UnitedStates. In Europe, Bourne's investigation of the Black Legion turns intoone of the deadliest and most tangled operations of his doublelife-the pursuit of the leader of a murderous terrorist group withroots in the darkest days of World War II.

Margaret Mitchell's epic novel of love and war won the Pulitzer Prize and went on to give rise to two authorized sequels and one of the most popular and celebrated movies of all time. Many novels have been written about the Civil War and its aftermath. None take us into the burning fields and cities of the American South as Gone With the Wind does, creating haunting scenes and thrilling portraits of characters so vivid that we remember their words and feel their fear and hunger for the rest of our lives. In the two main characters, the white-shouldered, irresistible Scarlett and the flashy, contemptuous Rhett, Margaret Mitchell not only conveyed a timeless story of survival under the harshest of circumstances, she also created two of the most famous lovers in the English-speaking world since Romeo and Juliet.

Offers a detailed, fact-filled examination of the AirborneTask Force, complete with exclusive photographs, illustrations,diagrams, and an extensive interview with the commander of the 18thAirborne Corps, General John Keen. Original."

In his latest work, Antony Beevor—bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945 and one of ourmost respected historians of World War II— brings us the true,little-known story of a family torn apart by revolution and war.Olga Chekhova, a stunning Russian beauty, was the niece ofplaywright Anton Chekhov and a famous Nazi-era film actress who wasclosely associated with Hitler. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow forBerlin in 1920, she was recruited by her composer brother Lev tobecome a Soviet spy—a career she spent her entire postwar lifedenying. The riveting story of how Olga and her family survived theRussian Revolution, the rise of Hitler, the Stalinist Terror, andthe Second World War becomes, in Beevor’s hands, a breathtakingtale of survival in a merciless age.

84, Charing Cross Road is a charming record of bibliophilia,cultural difference, and imaginative sympathy. For 20 years, anoutspoken New York writer and a rather more restrained Londonbookseller carried on an increasingly touching correspondence. Inher first letter to Marks Co., Helene Hanff encloses a wishlist, but warns, "The phrase 'antiquarian booksellers' scares mesomewhat, as I equate 'antique' with expensive." Twenty days later,on October 25, 1949, a correspondent identified only as FPD letHanff know that works by Hazlitt and Robert Louis Stevenson wouldbe coming under separate cover. When they arrive, Hanff isecstatic--but unsure she'll ever conquer "bilingual arithmetic." Byearly December 1949, Hanff is suddenly worried that the six-poundham she's sent off to augment British rations will arrive in akosher office. But only when FPD turns out to have an actual name,Frank Doel, does the real fun begin.

Cicero’s speeches "In Defence of Sextus Roscius of Amerina,""In Defence of Aulus Cluentius Habitus," "In Defence of GaiusRabirius," "Note on the Speeches in Defence of Caelius and Milo,"and "In Defence of King Deiotarus" provide insight into Roman life,law, and history.

A whisperjewel summoned him to Worlorn, and a love he thoughthe' d lost. But Worlorn isn' t the world Dirk t' Larien imagined,and Gwen Delvano is no longer the woman he once knew. She is boundto another man, and to a dying planet that is trapped in twilight,forever falling toward night. Amid this bleak landscape is aviolent clash of cultures in which there is no code of honor-- andthe hunter and the hunted are often interchangeable. Caught up in adangerous triangle, Gwen is in need of Dirk' s protection, and hewill do anything to keep her safe, even if it means challenging thebarbaric man who has claimed her-- and his cunning cohort. But animpenetrable veil of secrecy surrounds them all, and it' s becomingimpossible for Dirk to distinguish between his allies and hisenemies. While each will fight to stay alive, one is waiting forescape, one for revenge, and another for a brutal, untimelydemise.

In Paris for a weekend visit, Elizabeth Bard sat down to lunchwith a handsome Frenchman--and never went home again. Was it love at first sight? Or was it the way her knife slideffortlessly through her pavé au poivre, the steak's pinkjuices puddling into the buttery pepper sauce? LUNCH IN PARIS is amemoir about a young American woman caught up in two passionatelove affairs--one with her new beau, Gwendal, the other with Frenchcuisine. Packing her bags for a new life in the world's mostromantic city, Elizabeth is plunged into a world of bustlingopen-air markets, hipster bistros, and size 2 femmesfatales . She learns to gut her first fish (with a little helpfrom Jane Austen), soothe pangs of homesickness (with the rise of achocolate soufflé) and develops a crush on her local butcher (whobears a striking resemblance to Matt Dillon). Elizabeth finds thatthe deeper she immerses herself in the world of French cuisine, themore Paris itself begins to translate. French culture, shediscovers, is not unlik

The Fortress of Solitude is the story of Dylan Ebdus growingup white and motherless in downtown Brooklyn in the 1970s. It's aneighborhood where the entertainments include muggings along withgames of stoopball. In that world, Dylan has one friend, a blackteenager, also motherless, named Mingus Rude. As Lethem follows theknitting and unraveling of their friendship, he creates anoverwhelmingly rich and emotionally gripping canvas of race andclass, superheros, gentrification, funk, hip-hop, graffiti tagging,loyalty, and memory. The Fortress of Solitude" "is the first greaturban coming of age novel to appear in years.

The writer with a claim to being the world' s foremostliterary escape artist is back, with an intoxicating novel aboutthe business and pleasure of wine, set in his beloved Provence. MaxSkinner has recently lost his job at a London financial firm andjust as recently learned that he has inherited his late uncle' svineyard in Provence. On arrival he finds the climate delicious,the food even better, and two of the locals ravishing.Unfortunately, the wine produced on his new property is swill. Whythen are so many people interested in it? Enter a beguilingCalifornian who knows more about wine than Max does- and may have abetter claim to the estate. Fizzy with intrigue, bursting withlocal color and savor, A Good Year is Mayle at his mostentertaining.

Whether you are working on the novel that's been in the back ofyour mind for years or simply facing an increasing demand to writewell at work or school, the fact remains: more and more of us arewriting more often these days-reports, e-mails, faxes, andnewsletters. But despite the increase in written communication,something has been lost-the fundamentals of good writing. Grammarmaven Patricia T. O'Conner comes to the rescue with the mostpainless, practical, and funny writing book ever written. In short,snappy chapters filled with crystal-clear examples, amusingcomparisons, and humorous allegories that cover everything from"Pronoun Pileups" and "Verbs That Zing" to "What to Do When You'reStuck," O'Conner provides simple, straightforward tips to help yousort your thoughts and make sentences that make sense. Push asidethose stuffy old-fashioned rule books, because O'Conner has writtenthe most accessible and enjoyable book yet for today's writer.

From America's most inventive novelist, Jonathan Lethem, comesthis compelling and compulsive riff on the classic detective novel.Lionel Essrog is Brooklyn's very own self-appointed HumanFreakshow, an orphan whose Tourettic impulses drive him to bark,count, and rip apart our language in startling and original ways.Together with three veterans of the St. Vincent's Home for Boys, heworks for small-time mobster Frank Minna's limo service cumdetective agency. Life without Frank Minna, the charismatic King ofBrooklyn, would be unimaginable, so who cares if the tasks he setsthem are, well, not exactly legal. But when Frank is fatallystabbed, one of Lionel's colleagues lands in jail, the other twovie for his position, and the victim's widow skips town. Lionel'sworld is suddenly topsy-turvy, and this outcast who has troubleeven conversing attempts to untangle the threads of the case whiletrying to keep the words straight in his head. Motherless Brooklynis a brilliantly original homage to the classic detective novel b