In Shadow Family, Miyuki Miyabe draws readers into the amorphous world of Internet chat rooms-a world of people from all walks of life attracted by the possibility of being whomever they want to be. Police investigating the murder of a middle-aged office worker discover e-mail correspondence on the victim's computer that indicates he had been a regular participant in an Intern...(展开全部)

Written by the author of "The Land", "Portrait of a Marriage" and "All Passion Spent", this is the story of Mr Jerrold who is proud of his fortune. He has no pride in his sons, but his daughter-in-law is his favourite until she develops a relationship with a rising Labour politician.

Evelyn, aged thirty-nine, is an attractive widow living an irreproachable life. Then she meets Miles, fifteen years her junior, and falls passionately in love. But both lovers have strong personalities and passion does not equal happiness. Evelyn, deeply jealous and conventional is shocked at her lover's casual ways and his insistence on working all day. Miles’s love for Evelyn...(展开全部)

An Italian family, sizable, with its routines and rituals, crazes, pet phrases, and stories, doubtful, comical, indispensable, comes to life in the pages of Natalia Ginzburg’s Family Lexicon. Giuseppe Levi, the father, is a scientist, consumed by his work and a mania for hiking—when he isn’t provoked into angry remonstration by someone misspeaking or misbehaving or wearing the ...(展开全部)

Four Decades of Student-Friendly Philosophy About Philosophy is an introductory text that covers all the major fields of philosophy in an easy-to-read language, interspersed with short selections from the major philosophers.It has been a best-selling leader in the field for more than forty years and itis written by an internationally recognized author of more than twen...(展开全部)

简介：原创短篇小说合集，1V1—“我爱你绝不是心血来潮，而是蓄谋已久.”                                                    ——鹿鸣白，许岑文—“不是喜欢你的样子，而是你的样子我都喜欢.”                                    ——齐仁川，钟树—“他曾将他拉出黑暗，也曾亲自将他踹回低谷.”                                           ——畅安，江烨—“今日直播标题，我和我的榜一在一起了.”                                                            ——路易凡，邹熠然—“喂，大爷我谈的可是正经恋爱！”                                    ——何起尘，穆宁

A hilariously spooky novelisation by US author, Calliope Glass, based on the new animated family film, The Addams Family. The Addams Family animated movie features an all-star cast including Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloe Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Bette Midler, Allison Janney and Elsie Fisher. Together Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Uncle Fester and Gr...(展开全部)