Classic Biography

本书选取了老舍先生的一些经典散文和中短篇作品。这些作品多取材于人们的日常生活，通过平凡的场景反映普遍的社会冲突，挖掘对人民生存、命运的思考。这些文章或描写城市平民的生活轨迹，或书写知识分子的生活趣事，或描摹各地的风土人情，其作品充满生活情趣，其文笔细致入微，极尽渲染之笔触，更贯穿着老舍先生一贯的幽默风格，让人从轻快诙谐之中体味人生哲思

Un matin, Gregor Samsa se réveille transformé en insecte. Rejeté par sa famille, il se retrouve isolé et condamné à une vie de misère. Kafka explore l'aliénation, la solitude et l'absurdité de l'existence dans cette histoire poignante.

Sewists, you deserve a good laugh. Beth is a former president of her local sewing guild and loves to sew. Rich has a lot of time on his hands after retiring early. Follow the humorous antics of these two as they adjust to his new found freedom. He wants to micromanage her days, and she just wants to sew! You’ll relate to their back and forth and chuckle at the anecdotes within. The only problem being how to put it down to get something else done, or finish work on a sewing project.

In the first authoritative biography of Alexander the Great written for a general audience in a generation, classicist and historian John C Martin tells the remarkable life of the great conqueror. The celebrated Macedonian king has been one of the most enduring figures in history.

Introduced and read by actor Tim Dalgleish, the title essay and companion pieces provide a biographical and intellectual background to the ideas behind Max Ehrmann's powerful poetic thinking.

This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great - the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. Each book tells the story of one of America's icons in a lively, conversational way that works well for the youngest nonfiction listeners and that always includes the hero's childhood influences. This volume tells the story of Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon.

The making of the Oscar® Award-winning classic Rebecca is detailed in this enlightening and fascinating book which delves into the behind the scenes drama, struggles, and passion that went into the filming of this iconic movie. Biographical sketches of key figures such as author Daphne du Maurier and leading actors Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier are included.

青年同士の淡い恋と心の移り変わりを描いた堀辰雄の短編小説。堀自身も学生時代、寄宿舎で生活していた経験がある。

Ispirandosi alla vicenda già narrata in "Thomas Griffiths Wainewright ovvero, Janus Weathercock, l'avvelenatore", Dickens ci porta a contatto con la spietata realtà di una mente criminale, raccontandoci l'episodio di un agente assicurativo intento ad aiutare un altro personaggio - dai contorni misteriosi - a salvare la ragazza che ama dalle grinfie di un truffatore. Pubblicato originariamente sotto forma di articolo, il resoconto mette in luce gli aspetti più inquietanti dell'Inghilterra vittoriana.

Nel 1850 Charles Dickens firma ben tre articoli riguardanti la vita e il lavoro del detective (figura nuovissima, a quei tempi, risalendo la creazione del Detective Branch di Londra a solamente otto anni prima). In quell'anno, alcuni fra i maggiori investigatori inglesi accettano di incontrarsi nella redazione di Household Words, la rivista diretta dallo stesso Dickens, per rispondere alle sue domande. Fra loro, immancabilmente, anche il grande Charles Frederick Field (1805-1874), amico personale dello scrittore.

Nel 1850, appena otto anni dopo la creazione del Detective Branch di Londra, Charles Dickens dedica vari articoli al tema dell'indagine poliziesca, pubblicandoli sulle riviste Householde Words e All the Year Round (di cui è direttore). Le tecniche di investigazione dell'epoca, ancora relativamente nuove, rivelano in "Giù con la marea" una raffinatezza che dimostra l'estrema modernità della Scotland Yard del tempo.

Nel 1851 Charles Dickens accompagna il detective Charles Frederick Field (1805-1874) in una nottata a giro per i sobborghi londinesi. Il racconto che ne scaturisce - pubblicato sotto forma di articolo sulla rivista Household Words - è l'acuta ricostruzione dello squallore notturno di una grande metropoli. Avventurandosi fra taverne malfamate, vicoli bui e quartieri in mano alla malavita, Dickens, Field e i loro uomini toccano con mano i pericoli che si celano nelle periferie vittoriane, offrendo a chi legge l'opportunità di rivivere un'epoca remota, ma non per questo morta e sepolta.

Nel 1850, appena otto anni dopo la creazione del Detective Branch di Londra, Charles Dickens dedica vari articoli al tema dell'investigazione, pubblicandoli sulle riviste Householde Words e All the Year Round (di cui è direttore). Integrando la propria indole di romanziere col senso critico del giornalista, Dickens offre a chi legge l'affresco vivido di una Londra oscura e malfamata, abitata da malviventi ma anche da coraggiosi detective.

Ecco a voi un brillante resoconto fatto da Charles Dickens sul controverso personaggio di Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, pittore londinese noto a tutti per la sua vita dissoluta... Wainewright - il cui spirito da dandy verrà descritto anche da altri grandi scrittori, come Oscar Wilde - è il protagonista di un caso giudiziario eclatante, consumatosi negli anni '30 dell'Ottocento. Accusato di aver avvelenato la cognata, la suocera e uno zio, verrà incarcerato solo in seguito ad un'accusa di frode bancaria (per la quale sarà deportato nella colonia penale di Hobart, in Tasmania).

Here is the Beatles' incredible story in their own words! Once again, internationally acclaimed, best-selling biographer and actor Geoffrey Giuliano tears back the decades-old veil of myth and unquestioning hero worship surrounding the Beatles’ turbulent lives and presents the frank, often heart-wrenching tale of four talented, driven young men from suburban Liverpool thrust upon the world stage and into the stratosphere of untouchable, eternal superstardom.

A seemingly normal husband father of two decides to kill young girls after storming an Amish schoolhouse, and sex may have been the prime motivator. A young high school student has a secret desire for murder, and decides a middle of the night visit to his best friend's house will do nicely to satiate his hunger to kill. A seedy individual living in an even seedier part of Philadelphia decides to populate his basement with kidnapped women for sex and the bearing of children, and it is death to those who do not submit.

Welcome to New York, Notorious USA! The Empire State has witnessed many unique and perverse crimes. Quite a few triggered international headlines. This is where the phrase "serial killer" was born - for good reason! From genius killers to violent child molesters, New York has it all. We also find the demented assassinations of Stanford White and John Lennon, the strange case that inspired Edgar Allen Poe, murders that enthralled filmmakers, scandalous crimes that altered journalism, and even a murderous writer.

Home of the Jersey Devil, New Jersey has its share of other devils, from predatory nurses to thrill killers and sadists. Here you'll find a family that preyed on one of their own, a mass murderer with a list of grudges, an adulterous minister killed with his mistress, and a wife who cut up her husband. This state is rich in crime, with a significant number of high-profile cases, like the Lindbergh and Reso kidnappings, Unruh's rampage, and the celebrated success of America's Most Wanted in tracking down a man who'd slaughtered his entire family.

The first documented female serial killer in the US came out of the tiny state of Delaware, as did a signature killer who attracted FBI profilers. Political intrigue winds through an unsolved mystery in Wilmington while a high-powered attorney ruined his life to punish his mistress. Here we have poisoners, bludgeoners, and some privileged teenagers who killed their baby. The corridor state between New Jersey and Maryland might be small, but it has harbored some very dark characters.

Caligula’s father was a beloved military leader, so the Romans were initially glad to see his son take the throne, but Suetonius recounts the less flattering aspects of Caligula’s life and rule that followed his ascension. The narcissistic Caligula believed he was a god, and often replaced the busts of deities with his own. A devoted fan of gladiator fights, he also often had people assassinated, covered up the deed, and then claimed the deceased had committed suicide. Suetonius concludes this biography by detailing the omens that foreshadowed Caligula’s eventual assassination.