By the 1860s, the Pilasters are one of the world's greatest banking families, with connections that reach from the City of London to far-afield colonies. However, as the family grow ever richer in the shadow of oppression and tragedy, their very future is threatened - by the self-same ambition and greed that first earned them their fortune. 'A full-blooded melodrama, complete w...(展开全部)

In 1866, tragedy strikes at the  exclusive Windfield School. A young student drowns  in a mysterious accident involving a small circle  of boys. The drowning and its aftermath initiates a  spiraling circle of treachery that will span three  decades and entwine many loves... From the  exclusive men's club and brothels that cater to every  dark desire of London's upper classes to...(展开全部)

‘Arnold-Forster belongs to that valuable non-jargon-spouting breed of academic who is capable of explaining complex ideas in simple language.’ – The Times In Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion, historian Agnes Arnold-Forster blends neuroscience and psychology with the history of medicine and emotions to explore the evolution of nostalgia from its first identification i...(展开全部)

‘Arnold-Forster belongs to that valuable non-jargon-spouting breed of academic who is capable of explaining complex ideas in simple language.’ – The Times In Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion, historian Agnes Arnold-Forster blends neuroscience and psychology with the history of medicine and emotions to explore the evolution of nostalgia from its first identification i...(展开全部)

蕾丝莉•肯顿（1941- ），畅销书作家,出版了三十余本畅销书，内容涉及健康、美容和心理。她的美容原生态产品构想，被知名品牌雅诗兰黛所采用，是英国天然药物协会的首位主席。 蕾丝莉•肯顿是美国著名爵士乐音乐家斯坦利•肯顿的女儿。二十世纪五六十年代，斯坦利•肯顿在美国红极一时。直至今日，斯坦利对爵士乐所做的种种创新，仍延续在美国爵士乐的血脉之中。 2010年，《我与父亲的爱情》这部回忆录由兰登书屋出版。书中蕾丝莉回忆了斯坦利家族的生活琐事，第一次揭秘了自己与那个才华横溢但又胆怯自卑、酗酒嗑药的父亲之间的不伦之恋。

蕾丝莉•肯顿（1941- ），畅销书作家,出版了三十余本畅销书，内容涉及健康、美容和心理。她的美容原生态产品构想，被知名品牌雅诗兰黛所采用，是英国天然药物协会的首位主席。 蕾丝莉•肯顿是美国著名爵士乐音乐家斯坦利•肯顿的女儿。二十世纪五六十年代，斯坦利•肯顿在美国红极一时。直至今日，斯坦利对爵士乐所做的种种创新，仍延续在美国爵士乐的血脉之中。 2010年，《我与父亲的爱情》这部回忆录由兰登书屋出版。书中蕾丝莉回忆了斯坦利家族的生活琐事，第一次揭秘了自己与那个才华横溢但又胆怯自卑、酗酒嗑药的父亲之间的不伦之恋。

In Jasper Fforde's Great Britain, circa 1985, time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday Next, renown...(展开全部)

查尔斯·塞弗（Charles Seife） 毕业于耶鲁大学，科学记者，《科学美国人》《经济学人》《连线》杂志撰稿人。著有四本专著，包括《数字是靠不住的》《瓶中的太阳》《零》等，曾荣获国际笔会玛莎·阿尔布兰奖非小说类奖项，被《纽约时报》列入推荐书目名单。现定居美国纽约，为纽约大学新闻学专业教授。

查尔斯·塞弗（Charles Seife） 毕业于耶鲁大学，科学记者，《科学美国人》《经济学人》《连线》杂志撰稿人。著有四本专著，包括《数字是靠不住的》《瓶中的太阳》《零》等，曾荣获国际笔会玛莎·阿尔布兰奖非小说类奖项，被《纽约时报》列入推荐书目名单。现定居美国纽约，为纽约大学新闻学专业教授。