英文电子书

In 1982 William T. Vollmann, one of our most versatile talents, traveled to see the war in Afghanistan. In An Afghanistan Picture Show, his first book-length work of non-fiction, Vollmann paints a brutally honest and dryly comic portrait of a young Americ

The blueprint for Nixon’s downfall, based on tapes released from 2010 to 2013, most of which have never been published. When The Nixon Tapes: 1971–72 was published in August of 2014, it jumped immediately onto the NY Times bestseller list & captivated med

Two in the Bush follows intrepid conservationist, wildlife lover and award-winning novelist Gerald Durrell as he embarks on an extended animal collecting trip in Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. A powerful conservation piece, Durrell and his first wif

Here is the riveting tale of Gerald Durrell's adventures and misadventures in the enchanted forests of Madagascar, in search of the elusive Aye-aye. Once thought to be extinct, the Aye-aye, the beast with the magic finger, still lurks, though in fast

The authorised biography of the great naturalist and conservationist Gerald Durrell, who died aged seventy in January 1995 in Jersey, where he founded the zoo he’d dreamed of as a small boy and pioneered the captive breeding of animals for conservation.

Durrell's hilarious and warm My Family and Other Animals (1957) began a trio of reminiscences of his life growing up with a slightly dotty family—the overbearing and omniscient Larry; the affectionate and loving siblings, Margot and Leslie; and, of c

The Corfu Trilogy consists of the popular classic My Family and Other Animals and its delightful sequels, Birds, Beasts and Relatives and The Garden of the Gods. All three books are set on the enchanted island of Corfu in the 1930s, and tell the story of

When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do what any sensible family would do: sell their house and relocate to the sunny Greek isle of Corfu. My Family and Other Animals was intended to embrace the

"Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and the unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither . . . o

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this account of his life and work A. C. Grayling introduces both his technical contributions to logic and philosophy, and his wide-ranging views

作者：Gary Paulsen

标题：Caught by the Sea: My Life on Boats《被大海捕获》

简介：Another such wave could easily be the end of us. I had to do something, fix somethi

作者：Gary Paulsen

标题：Guts: The True Stories behind Hatchet and the Brian Books《勇气：哈奇和布莱恩书背后的真实故事》

简介：Guess what -- Gary Paulsen was being ki

作者：Evan Osnos

书名：Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now《Joe Biden：生活、奔跑和现在重要的事》

简介：A concise, brilliant, and trenchant examination

作者：Stephen Hawking

书名：My Brief History《我的简史》

英文简介：Stephen Hawking has dazzled readers worldwide with a string of bestsellers exploring the mysterie

作者：Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith

书名：Van Gogh: The Life《梵高传》

简介：Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith galvanized readers with their astonishing Ja

作者：Giles Tremlett

书名：Catherine of Aragon: Henry's Spanish Queen《阿拉贡的凯瑟琳》

简介：In 1501 a fifteen-year-old Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon,

作者：Adam Kay

书名：This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor《会很疼哦:一个实习医生的私人日记》

简介：The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller an

作者：Andrew Roberts

书名：Napoleon: A Life《拿破仑：一生》

简介：The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author

作者：Frank McCourt

书名：Teacher Man: A Memoir(Frank McCourt #3)《教书匠》或《为人师表》

简介：Nearly a decade ago Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at t

作者：Jean Sasson, Najwa bin Laden

书名：Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World《本·拉登传:奥萨马的妻儿带我们进入

作者 ： Lawrence Block

书名 ：Step by Step: A Pedestrian Memoir《一步一步：行人回忆录》

简介 ： From the revered New York Times bestselling author comes a touching, insightful, and humorous memoir of an unlikely racewalker and world traveler

Before Lawrence Block

作者 : Lawrence Block

书名 : Step by Step: A Pedestrian Memoir《循序渐进：行人回忆录》

简介 ：From the revered New York Times bestselling author comes a touching, insightful, and humorous memoir of an unlikely racewalker and world traveler

Before Lawrence Bloc

作者: Robert McG. Thomas Jr., Chris Calhoun, Thomas Mallon

书名：52 McGs.: The Best Obituaries from Legendary New York Times Writer Robert McG. Thomas JR.《52 Mc

作者: Christi Paul, Sanjay Gupta (Foreword)

书名：Love Isn't Supposed to Hurt: A Memoir《爱是不应该伤害的》

英文简介：“I felt like I was being shredded.

作者: Jill Biden

书名：Where the Light Enters: Building a Family, Discovering Myself《光线射入之处:齐家与自省》

英文简介：An intimate look at the love that built

作者: Isaac Asimov

书名：In Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography, 1920-1954(The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov #1)《记忆中的绿色：1920-1954年的自传》

英文简介：The a

作者: Thomas Harding

书名：Kadian Journal: A Father's Story《卡迪亚日记：父亲的故事》

英文简介：In July 2012 Thomas Harding's fourteen-year-old son Kadian

作者: Charles Handy

书名：21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges《给生活和挑战的21封信》

英文简介：Charles Handy is one of the giants of contemporary thought. His

作者: Elif Shafak

书名：Black Milk: On Writing, Motherhood, and the Harem Within《黑牛奶：关于写作，母性，和内室》

英文简介：An acclaimed Turkish novelist's persona

作者: M. M. Kaye

书名：Enchanted Evening(Share of Summer #3)《迷醉傍晚》

英文简介：In the first volume of her autobiography, The Sun in the Morning, M.M. Kaye det

作者: M. M. Kaye

书名：Golden Afternoon(Share of Summer #2)《金色下午》

英文简介：In the second book of her autobiography, M. M. Kaye returns, after spending seve

作者: M. M. Kaye

书名：The Sun in the Morning(Share of Summer #1)《早晨的太阳》

英文简介：Readers of M.M. Kaye's fiction will discover here the source of the

作者: W. Somerset Maugham

书名：A Writer's Notebook《一个作家的札记》

英文简介：From 1892, when he was eighteen, until 1949 when this book was first published

作者: W. Somerset Maugham

书名：The Summing Up《总结》

英文简介：Autobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressio

作者: Jilly Cooper

书名：The Common Years《平凡的岁月》

英文简介：During the ten years she lived at the edge of Putney Common Jilly Cooper walked daily on this ex

作者: Maxine Hong Kingston

书名：The Fifth Book of Peace《和平第五书》

英文简介：By the author of the bestselling The Woman Warrior, a magical book: a literature

作者: Maxine Hong Kingston

书名：The Woman Warrior《女战士》

英文简介：A Chinese American woman tells of the Chinese myths, family stories and events of her Calif

作者: Maziar Bahari, Aimee Molloy

书名：Rosewater: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival《玫瑰香水:关于爱、囚禁和生存的一家人的故事》

英文简介：When

作者: Jon Meacham

书名：Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power《权力的艺术 : 托马斯・杰斐逊传》

英文简介：In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winn

作者: Jon Meacham

书名：American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House《美利坚之狮：白宫里的安德鲁·杰克逊》

英文简介：The definitive biography of a larger-