Betrayed by her longtime vampire love, Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse must now not only deal with a possible new man in her life-the oh-so-handsome shapeshifter Quinn-but also contend with a long-planned vampire summit. With her power base weakened by hurricane damage to New Orleans, the local vampire queen is vulnerable to those hungry for a takeover. Soon, Sook...(展开全部)

As Jared Bernstein points out, this approach doesn't make any sense as a strategy for solving the enormous systemic problems we face. It's just a way of shifting economic risk from those most able to bear it - the government and the nation's corporations - to those least able.

絶賛を浴びた『MISSING』はデビュー作にして2000年版「このミステリーがすごい!」のトップ10にランクイン。今もっとも注目を集める作家がおくる初の長編。人間の心の襞を丁寧に描いた、その完成された文体、対象に向けられた真摯な眼差し……。著者の煌めく才能が溢れ出た傑作である。

本多孝好，一九七一年出生于东京，庆应义塾大学法学部毕业。大学四年级时创作短篇《沉睡之海》，荣获一九九四年第十六届小说推理新人赏。一九九九年第一本短篇集《MISSING》荣获二〇〇〇年度“这本推理真厉害！”第十名，接着推出的作品《ALONETOGETHER》、《MOMENT》、《FINEDAYS》都引起相当大的注目，是新生代最受瞩目的小说家。

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Based on hundreds of interviews with directors such as Coppola, Scorsese, Hopper and Spielberg, as well as producers, stars, studio executives, writers, spouses, ex-spouses, and girlfriends, this is the story of the crazy world that the directors ruled.

Patrick White's brilliant 1961 novel, set in an Australian suburb, intertwines four deeply different lives. An Aborigine artist, a Holocaust survivor, a beatific washerwoman, and a childlike heiress are each blessed—and stricken—with visionary experiences that may or may not allow them to transcend the machinations of their fellow men. Tender and lacerating, pure and profane, s...(展开全部)

帕特里克·怀特Patrick White （1912—1990） 澳大利亚小说家、剧作家，20世纪最重要的英语作家之一。1973年因为“以融会了史诗风格和心理描写的叙事艺术，将一座新大陆引入文学地图”荣获诺贝尔文学奖。 怀特一生创作颇丰，出版有《人树》（1955）、《探险家沃斯》（1957）、《乘战车的人》（1961）、《风暴眼》（1973）、《树叶裙》（1976）等长篇小说12部，中短篇小说集3部，此外还有剧作8部，以及诗歌、自传及未出版作品多种。 怀特的作品笔触细腻、富于诗意，擅长在意识流及叙事之间自由切换，具有极高的艺术水准。怀特一生拒绝了无数文学奖项，也很少接受媒体采访。1990年9月病逝于他在悉尼的公寓。

Through the crumbling ruins of the once splendid Xanadu Miss Hare wanders, half-mad, yet seeming less alien among the encroaching wildlife than among the inhabitants of Saraparilla. In the wilderness she stumbles firstly upon a half-caste aborigine and then a Jewish refugee. They each place themselves in the care of a local washerwoman. Existing in a world of pervasive evil, al...(展开全部)