Why is mystery so compelling? What draws us to the unknown? Jonah Lehrer sets out to answer these questions in a vividly entertaining and surprisingly profound journey through the science of suspense. He finds that nothing can capture a person’s attention as strongly as mystery, and that mystery is the key principle in how humans view and understand the world. Whenever patterns...(展开全部)

Why is mystery so compelling? What draws us to the unknown? Jonah Lehrer sets out to answer these questions in a vividly entertaining and surprisingly profound journey through the science of suspense. He finds that nothing can capture a person’s attention as strongly as mystery, and that mystery is the key principle in how humans view and understand the world. Whenever patterns...(展开全部)

Seduction, in French thinker Baudrillard's apocalyptic discourse, is a power of attraction and fascination capable of subverting mechanical, orgasm-centered sexuality and reality in general. Two chief obstacles to unleashing the potentially liberating forces of seduction are the women's movement and psychoanalysis, charges the author of America and Forget Foucault. While recogn...(展开全部)

This sequel to Faulkner's most sensational novel, 'Sanctuary', was written twenty years later but takes up the story of Temple Drake eight years after the events related in 'Sanctuary'. Temple is now married to Gowan Stevens. The book begins when the death sentence is pronounced on the nurse Nancy for the murder of Temple and Gowan's child. In an attempt to save her, Temple goe...(展开全部)

In the host clubs of Tokyo's Kabuki-chō red-light district, ambitious young men seek their fortunes by selling love, romance, companionship, and sometimes sex to female consumers for exorbitant sums of money. Staged Seduction reveals a world where all intimacies and feigned feelings are fair game for the hosts who employ feathered bangs, polished nails, fine European suits, and...(展开全部)

In the host clubs of Tokyo's Kabuki-chō red-light district, ambitious young men seek their fortunes by selling love, romance, companionship, and sometimes sex to female consumers for exorbitant sums of money. Staged Seduction reveals a world where all intimacies and feigned feelings are fair game for the hosts who employ feathered bangs, polished nails, fine European suits, and...(展开全部)

罗伯特·格林，著名的畅销书作家和公众演说家。他出生于洛杉矶。毕业于美国加州大学伯克利分校和威斯康星州立大学，曾任著名杂志《纽约客》、《时尚先生》的编辑和自由撰稿人。他精通多国语言。曾旅居世界各地，见多识广。 1998年，格林与图书出版商朱斯特·艾尔弗斯成为搭档，重磅推出《权力的48条法则》一书。本书一经出版便风行世界，被翻译为17种语言，为全球畅销书，被美国《财富》杂志推荐为“75本最使人睿智的必读书”之一。 2001年，格林的第二本书《诱惑的艺术》（The Art of Seduction）出版。这是一本详细记录历史上最伟大诱惑者智慧的书。 2006年1月，备受期待的此系列第三本书《战争的33条战略》（The 33 Strategies of War）问世。此书通过历史上生动的军事战争谋略给世人提供生活中实用的战略智慧。

"Come hear a song about a baby, a very special baby.Come hear a song about you."This affectionate tribute to the all-encompassing love of a child will touch parents' and grandparents' hearts at the same time that it satisfies children's requests to tell them about when they were little. Best-selling author Marion Dane Bauer's lyrical text and award-winning illustrator Dan Andre...(展开全部)

A Song for a New Day is a science fiction novel by American writer Sarah Pinsker, first published in trade paperback and ebook by Berkley Books in September 2019. The first British edition was issued in hardcover and ebook by Ad Astra/Head of Zeus in August 2020. In this captivating science fiction novel from an award-winning author, public gatherings are illegal making concert...(展开全部)