An absolutely harrowing first-person account of the 94th Infantry Division’s bold campaign to break through Hitler’s “impregnable” Siegfried line at the end of World War IIEighteen-year-old William Foley was afraid the war would be over before he got there, but the rifleman was sent straight to the front lines, arriving January 25, 1945–just in time to join the 94th Infantry Division poised at Hitler’s legendary West Wall. By the time Foley finally managed to grab ...

An absolutely harrowing first-person account of the 94th Infantry Division’s bold campaign to break through Hitler’s “impregnable” Siegfried line at the end of World War IIEighteen-year-old William Foley was afraid the war would be over before he got there, but the rifleman was sent straight to the front lines, arriving January 25, 1945–just in time to join the 94th Infantry Division poised at Hitler’s legendary West Wall. By the time Foley finally managed to grab ...

SOMETIMES I wonder why they smile so pleasantly at me, And pat my head when they pass by as friendly as can be; Sometimes I wonder why they stop to tell me How-d’-do, And ask me then how old I am and where I’m going to; And ask me can I spare a curl and say they used to know A little girl that looked like me, oh, years and years ago; And I told Mamma how they smiled and asked her why they do, So she said if you smile at folks they always smile at you. I never knew I smiled at them when the...

本书讲述了利物浦华人社区的形成历史。书中讲述了中国海员在利物浦定居下来的历史过程，特别是介绍了第二次世界大战中中国海员在英国商船服务，保障英国的“海上生命线”中所起的作用，期间中国海员为争取同工同酬、平等待遇所做的努力;以及因战争原因，大量中国海员在英国长期滞留，部分海员和英国当地女子结婚，他们的生活状况等。战后英国政府、英国海员工会和轮船公司又无情地将大部分中国海员遣返，造成很多中英组合家庭妻离子散的惨剧。

Expand slavery or limit it? By 1818, the United States was deeply divided about what to do in Missouri, a territory that wanted to be a state. At issue was whether slavery would be legal in the new state. But how did the fight start? And how would the fate of Missouri change the United States?

An instant New York Times bestseller!"Sharp, stylish and stunning...Foley's best yet." — Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the Dark**"It is an absolute bonkers delight (and I haven’t even mentioned the local bird cult yet …)." — NPR, Best Books of the YearSecrets. Lies. Murder. Let the festivities begin…

#1 NYT Bestselling Author“My favorite kind of whodunit, kept me guessing all the way through, and reminiscent of Agatha Christie at her best — with an extra dose of acid.” — Alex Michaelides, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Silent PatientFrom the author of the Reese Witherspoon book club pick The Guest ListEveryone's invited...everyone's a suspect......

Don't miss Lucy Foley's latest book, The Midnight Feast!A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICKTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLERS OF THE YEAR“I loved this book. It gave me the same waves of happiness I get from curling up with a classic Christie...The alternating points of view keep you guessing, and guessing wrong.” — Alex Michaelides, ...

The brand-new Miss Marple mystery from Lucy Foley, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List and The Midnight Feast.High in the Swiss Alps, accessible only by a single, winding railway, stands the luxurious Grand Alpine Hotel. With glorious mountain views and exclusive access to powdery slopes, it draws guests from far and wide.The notorious actress.The high-flying politician....

Don't miss Lucy Foley's new book, The Midnight Feast, coming June 18th!THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Told in rotating points of view, this Tilt-A-Whirl of a novel brims with jangly tension – an undeniably engrossing guessing game.” — Vogue"[A] clever, cliff-hanger-filled thriller." — PeopleFrom the New York ...

As John Henry Newman reflected on 'The Idea of a University' more than a century and a half ago, Bradley C. S. Watson brings together some of the nation's most eminent thinkers on higher education to reflect on the nature and purposes of the American university today. They detail the life and rather sad times of the American university, its relationship to democracy, and the place of the liberal arts within it. Their mordant reflections paint a picture of the American university in crisis....

Don't miss Lucy Foley's new book, The Midnight Feast, coming June 18th!THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Told in rotating points of view, this Tilt-A-Whirl of a novel brims with jangly tension – an undeniably engrossing guessing game.” — Vogue""[A] clever, cliff-hanger-filled thriller."" — PeopleFrom the New Yor...