France, 1940. The once glittering boulevards of Paris teem with spies, collaborators, and the Gestapo now that France has fallen to Hitler's Wermacht. For André Breton, Max Ernst, Victor Serge, Marc Chagall, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, Remedios Varo,
Sarah Jio The Bungalow-平房
A sweeping World War II saga of thwarted love, murder, and a long-lost painting.
In the summer of 1942, twenty-one-year-old Anne Calloway, newly engaged, sets off to serve in the Army Nurse Corps on the Pacific island of Bora-Bora. More exhilarated by
In the summer of 1942, twenty-one-year-old Anne Calloway, newly engaged, sets off to serve in the Army Nurse Corps on the Pacific island of Bora-Bora. More exhilarated by
Grand Central: Original Stories of Postwar Love and Reunion
A war bride awaits the arrival of her GI husband at the platform…
A Holocaust survivor works at the Oyster Bar, where a customer reminds him of his late mother…
A Hollywood hopeful anticipates her first screen test and a chance at stardom in the K
A Holocaust survivor works at the Oyster Bar, where a customer reminds him of his late mother…
A Hollywood hopeful anticipates her first screen test and a chance at stardom in the K
Sarah Jio All the Flowers in Paris-巴黎所有的花
Two women are connected across time by the city of Paris, a mysterious journal, and shocking secrets, sweeping from World War II to the present--for readers of Sarah's Key.
When Caroline wakes up in a Paris hospital with no memory of her past, she
When Caroline wakes up in a Paris hospital with no memory of her past, she
Roald Dahl The Gremlins-小妖精
Published in 1943 and long unavailable, this landmark book is from the author of such beloved tales as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "James and the Giant Peach" and "Matilda." Digitally restored, this remarkable presen
Roald Dahl Love from Boy: Roald Dahl's Letters to His Mother-男孩的爱:罗尔德·达尔写给母亲的信
'Dear Mama, I am having a lovely time here. We play football every day here. The beds have no springs...'
So begins the first letter that nine-year-old Roald Dahl penned to his mother, Sofie Magdalene, under the watchful eye of his boarding -
So begins the first letter that nine-year-old Roald Dahl penned to his mother, Sofie Magdalene, under the watchful eye of his boarding -
The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation-安妮·弗兰克如何被背叛:一件悬案的调查
作者:Rosemary Sullivan
书名:The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation《安妮·弗兰克如何被背叛:一件悬案的调查》
简介:Using new technology, recent
书名:The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation《安妮·弗兰克如何被背叛:一件悬案的调查》
简介:Using new technology, recent
Patrick Hamilton The Slaves of Solitude-孤独的奴隶
England in the middle of World War II, a war that seems fated to go on forever, a war that has become a way of life. Heroic resistance is old hat. Everything is in short supply, and tempers are even shorter.
Overwhelmed by the terrors and rigors of the
Overwhelmed by the terrors and rigors of the
Dwight D. Eisenhower Crusade in Europe-欧洲十字军
作者:Dwight D. Eisenhower
书名:Crusade in Europe《欧洲十字军》
简介;Five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower was arguably the single most important military figu
书名:Crusade in Europe《欧洲十字军》
简介;Five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower was arguably the single most important military figu
Churchill's Shadow: The Life and Afterlife of Winston Churchill
Churchill is generally considered one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century, if not the greatest of all, revered for his opposition to appeasement, his defiance in the face of German bombing of England, his political prowess, his deft aphorisms
Heinrich Böll The Train Was on Time-火车准点
Heinrich Böll's taut and haunting first novel tells the story of twenty-four-year-old Private Andreas as he journeys on a troop train across the German countryside to the battle on the Eastern front. Trapped, he knows that Hitler has already lost the
Patrick White The Hanging Garden-空中花园
A previously unpublished novel from the winner of the 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature
Two children are brought to a wild garden on the shores of Sydney Harbour to shelter from the Second World War. The boy's mother has died in the Blitz. The girl
Two children are brought to a wild garden on the shores of Sydney Harbour to shelter from the Second World War. The boy's mother has died in the Blitz. The girl
Elias Canetti Party in the Blitz-闪电战党
Elias Canetti originally intended Party in the Blitz to capture an image of his time in post-war London. Well known throughout Europe, Canetti scorned British intellectuals who weren’t familiar with his work. By force of will alone he accumulated English
Kenzaburō Ōe Hiroshima Notes-广岛笔记
Hiroshima Notes is a powerful statement on the Hiroshima bombing and its terrible legacy by the 1994 Nobel laureate for literature. Oe’s account of the lives of the many victims of Hiroshima and the valiant efforts of those who cared for them, both immedi
Gail Herman What Was the Holocaust-大屠杀是什么
A thoughtful and age-appropriate introduction to an unimaginable event--the Holocaust.
The Holocaust was a genocide on a scale never before seen, with as many as twelve million people killed in Nazi death camps--six million of them Jews. Gail Herman tr
The Holocaust was a genocide on a scale never before seen, with as many as twelve million people killed in Nazi death camps--six million of them Jews. Gail Herman tr
Patricia Brennan Demuth What Was D-Day-什么是计划行动开始日
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, an armada of 7,000 ships carrying 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Nazi-occupied France. Up until then the Allied forces had suffered serious defeats, yet D -Day, as the invasion was called, spelled
Karen Tei Yamashita No-No Boy-不不小子
"No-No Boy has the honor of being among the first of what has become an entire literary canon of Asian American literature,” writes novelist Ruth Ozeki in her new foreword. First published in 1957, No-No Boy was virtually ignored by a public eager to
Karen Tei Yamashita Letters to Memory-致记忆的信件
Praise for Karen Tei Yamashita:
"It's a stylistically wild ride, but it's smart, funny and entrancing." —NPR
"Fluid and poetic as well as terrifying." —New York Times Book Review
With delightful plays of voice and st
"It's a stylistically wild ride, but it's smart, funny and entrancing." —NPR
"Fluid and poetic as well as terrifying." —New York Times Book Review
With delightful plays of voice and st
Imre Kertész Dossier K-K档案
The first and only memoir from the Nobel Prize–winning author, in the form of an illuminating, often funny, and often combative interview—with himself
Dossier K. is Imre Kertész’s response to the hasty biographies and profiles that followed his 2002 No
Dossier K. is Imre Kertész’s response to the hasty biographies and profiles that followed his 2002 No
William T. Vollmann Europe Central-欧洲中部
In this magnificent work of fiction, William T. Vollmann turns his trenchant eye to the authoritarian cultures of Germany and the USSR in the twentieth century. Assembling a composite portrait of these two warring leviathans and the terrible age they defi
Amy Bloom Lucky Us-幸运的我们
"My father's wife died. My mother said we should drive down to his place and see what might be in it for us."
Brilliantly written, deeply moving, fantastically funny, Lucky Us introduces us to Eva and Iris. Disappointed by their families
Brilliantly written, deeply moving, fantastically funny, Lucky Us introduces us to Eva and Iris. Disappointed by their families
Lisa Scottoline-Eternal
作者:Lisa Scottoline
书名:Eternal
简介:#1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline offers a sweeping and shattering epic of historical fiction fueled by shocking true
书名:Eternal
简介:#1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline offers a sweeping and shattering epic of historical fiction fueled by shocking true
Gary Paulsen The Quilt(Alida #3)-被子
作者:Gary Paulsen
标题:The Quilt(Alida #3)《被子》
简介:A six-year-old boy goes to spend the summer with his grandmother Alida in a small town near the Canadian
标题:The Quilt(Alida #3)《被子》
简介:A six-year-old boy goes to spend the summer with his grandmother Alida in a small town near the Canadian
Jeffery Deaver Garden of Beasts-百兽园
作者:Jeffery Deaver
标题:Garden of Beasts《百兽园》
简介:Paul Schumann, a German-American living in New York City in 1936, is a mobster hit man known equally for
标题:Garden of Beasts《百兽园》
简介:Paul Schumann, a German-American living in New York City in 1936, is a mobster hit man known equally for
Jeffery Deaver Garden of Beasts-野兽花园
作者:Jeffery Deaver
标题:Garden of Beasts《野兽花园》
简介:Paul Schumann, a German-American living in New York City in 1936, is a mobster hit man known equally f
标题:Garden of Beasts《野兽花园》
简介:Paul Schumann, a German-American living in New York City in 1936, is a mobster hit man known equally f