yoco - 洋書 5

From the early days as hired muscle for the Italian and Jewish mafias, tunnelling into bank vaults in the '50s and '60s, to the legendary truck heists and bank stick-ups in the '70s, Montreal's Iris……続きを見る

Have you ever speculated about what society will look like in 100 years? Will future societies be more cohesive or manifest greater conflict? What factors are essential to insure society makes the m……続きを見る

Series: Everything is topsy-turvy in Goblin world and Matty, the Goblin Princess, just doesn't fit in! Her mum, the Goblin Queen, is always telling her to un-tidy her room and eat up her slug porrid……続きを見る

These ten classic stories are masterful depictions of the underside of life, deep in the American South. On receiving an early copy, Evelyn Waugh remarked 'If these stories are in fact the work of a……続きを見る

This book is a radical re-appraisal of the poetry of Ted Hughes, placing him in the context of continental theorists such as Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida and Slavoj Zizek to address the traumas of……続きを見る

No ordinary princess, no ordinary ball... Matty and her pet dragon live a funny, topsy turvy kind of life, in a world where being well mannered, good, clean and tidy is much frowned upon. As prepara……続きを見る

There’s a revolution going on, as ever-accelerating developments in digital information technologies change nearly every aspect of how we live, work, play, do business and engage in politics. Share ……続きを見る

A vibrant vignette of the modern cruise as a symbol of globalization with its inevitable conflicts, surprising encounters and unexpected love. If the Sultan invites you on board, you need to accept.……続きを見る

In 1999, the hurlers of St Joseph's Doora-Barefield won the All-Ireland club championship. That winter, they became only the second club in history to win successive Munster club titles, and the fol……続きを見る

Basics Landscape Architecture 02: Ecological Design provides an overview of ecological design and planning for landscape architects. It explores the concepts and themes important to the contemporary……続きを見る

Explore and connect with the niches and nuances of the earth, the sea and sky, our bodies, minds and soulsthe places where joy resides. Come away with new understanding of life and how its beauty an……続きを見る

Too many people today suffer silently. They bear up under and carry the weight of hurt, shame, and guilt. Constantly remembering what happened. Always thinking the best has passed them by. Hopelessn……続きを見る

Flannery O Connor (Savannah, 1925 ー Milledgeville, Geórgia, 1964) foi uma escritora norte-americana. Sendo uma importante voz na literatura americana, escreveu dois livros e trinta e dois contos. O……続きを見る

It started on a summer afternoon in 1795 when a young man named Daniel McGinnis found what appeared to be an old site on an island off the Acadian coast, a coastline fabled for the skullduggery of p……続きを見る

Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, edited by Hugo and Wold Fantasy Award nominated editor Warren Lapine, brings you the very best in science fiction and fantasy. Join us as we explore strange new……続きを見る

Learn the spooky secrets of upstate New York in this haunting historical tourーphotos included! Embark upon the haunted adventure of a lifetime using this comprehensive guide to some of Buffalo’s sp……続きを見る

繼福克納之後美國南方文學最傑出的作家 《富蘭瑞納．歐康納短篇小說全集》獲美國國家圖書獎六十年來唯一的最佳小說 讀歐康納小心了，相信這世界有多美好，她必然告訴你這世界有多瘋狂！ 《上升的一切必將匯合》是……続きを見る

Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. A family sets out on a road trip in the American South. The ……続きを見る

Here Jerome Murphy-O'Connor presents a completely new, and much more vivid and dramatic account of the life of Paul than has ever previously been attempted. From his childhood in Tarsus and his year……続きを見る

**'[A] fascinating voyage round McKellen' Simon Callow, Guardian 'Surely the definitive McKellen biography' Alexander Larman, Observer** 'A well-researched, eminently readable book' Benedict Nightin……続きを見る

The Biggest Theft in World History By: Marc Yocom Adversity is a part of life. How you respond to adversity is a measure of your character. Life isn’t always fair, but you can’t give up; you have to……続きを見る

內容簡介： 本書收錄了《上升的一切必將匯合》短篇小說集的另外三篇〈久久的寒意〉、〈家的慰藉〉和〈瘸子應該優先〉。 〈久久的寒意〉 貧窮又失意的年輕劇作家阿斯伯里，深信自己不久於人世。當阿斯伯里的母親福……続きを見る

書籍簡介： 《好人難尋》是歐康納最著名的短篇小說集，本書從選集中精選了五篇歐康納最重要的短篇小說。歐康納擅長描寫美國南方鄉村人物生活，對人性陰暗有著驚人且敏銳的洞察力。本書收錄的數篇被視為美國文學的……続きを見る

書籍簡介： 〈天竺葵〉／老達徳利被住在紐約的女兒邀去同住。在紐約的他失去了原本的生活舞台，每天只能盯著鄰居窗台前的天竺葵發呆，並思念起故鄉的黒人朋友。有一天，他發現隔壁的房子有位黒人進出，他馬上猜測……続きを見る

書籍簡介： 本書收錄了《上升的一切必將匯合》短篇小說集的最後三篇作品〈啟示〉、〈帕克的背〉和〈審判日〉。 〈啟示〉 特平太太，一個外表看似和善，但內心驕傲、懷有優越意識的白人女士，她把自己跟丈夫克勞徳……続きを見る

In this new volume, renowned scholar Jerome Murphy-O'Connor does for Ephesus what he did for Corinth in his award-winning St. Paul's Corinth. He combs the works of twenty-six ancient authors for inf……続きを見る

Bollería de siempre recoge sabrosísimos dulces tradicionales tanto de nuestro país como del resto del mundo extraídos del recetario más actual y del de toda la vida. Su autora, Rocío Arroyo, profeso……続きを見る

«A parer mio quasi tutti sanno cos’è una storia, fino a che non si siedono a scriverne una». Così afferma Flannery O’Connor in uno dei suoi saggi. E considerazioni analoghe, sulla scrittura, sui suo……続きを見る

In *The Vagabond Lover*, author Garry O’Connor performs a delicate balancing act, writing his own life vis-à-vis that of his father, Cavan O’Connor, the famous ‘Vagabond of Song’. The result is a me……続きを見る

A definitive, revealing biography of actor Alec Guinness, whose career spanned much of the twentieth century. He appeared in seventy-seven films and fifty-five plays, acclaimed for such roles as Pro……続きを見る