Why do men do so little at home? Why do women do so much? Why don't our egalitarian values match our lived experiences? Journalist-turned-psychologist Darcy Lockman offers a clear-eyed look at the most pernicious problem facing modern parents—how progressive relationships become traditional ones when children are introduced into the household. In an era of seemingly unprecedent...(展开全部)

Why do men do so little at home? Why do women do so much? Why don't our egalitarian values match our lived experiences? Journalist-turned-psychologist Darcy Lockman offers a clear-eyed look at the most pernicious problem facing modern parents—how progressive relationships become traditional ones when children are introduced into the household. In an era of seemingly unprecedent...(展开全部)

The pretty young prostitute is dead. Her alleged murderer--a minister's son--hanged himself in his jail cell. The case is closed. But the dead girl's fatherhas come to Matthew Scudder for answers, sending the unlicensed private investigator in search of terrible truths about a life that was lived and lost in a sordid world of perversion and pleasures.

The pretty young prostitute is dead. Her alleged murderer--a minister's son--hanged himself in his jail cell. The case is closed. But the dead girl's fatherhas come to Matthew Scudder for answers, sending the unlicensed private investigator in search of terrible truths about a life that was lived and lost in a sordid world of perversion and pleasures.

爱德华·阿什福德·李，现任伯克利工业CPS研究中心主任，曾任加州大学伯克利分校电子工程与计算机科学系主任，现为该系Robert S.Pepper特聘教授。主要研究方向是嵌入式与实时计算系统的设计、建模和模拟。他是嵌入式系统领域的知名学者，也是CPS研究的倡导者和引领者之一。Lee教授分别于耶鲁大学、MIT及UC Berkeley获得本科、硕士及博士学位。他共有《嵌入式系统：CPS方法》等专著8部。他是IEEE Fellow，获IEEE杰出技术成就与领导奖、美国NSF总统青年科学家称号以及弗雷德里克·特曼工程教育奖。

爱德华·阿什福德·李，现任伯克利工业CPS研究中心主任，曾任加州大学伯克利分校电子工程与计算机科学系主任，现为该系Robert S.Pepper特聘教授。主要研究方向是嵌入式与实时计算系统的设计、建模和模拟。他是嵌入式系统领域的知名学者，也是CPS研究的倡导者和引领者之一。Lee教授分别于耶鲁大学、MIT及UC Berkeley获得本科、硕士及博士学位。他共有《嵌入式系统：CPS方法》等专著8部。他是IEEE Fellow，获IEEE杰出技术成就与领导奖、美国NSF总统青年科学家称号以及弗雷德里克·特曼工程教育奖。

玛格丽特·阿特伍德，被称为加拿大“文学女王”，迄今为止已出版超过35部享誉国际的小说、诗歌和论文集。她的作品《可以吃的女人》、《猫眼》、《别名格蕾斯》和《羚羊与秧鸡》均登上布克奖候选单。2000年她以长篇小说《盲刺客》获得了英语文学最高奖项布克奖。 布克奖的授奖词称：“当玛格丽特·阿特伍德搬开压在文字与心灵上的顽石，展现在世人面前的，是一个既广阔无垠又纤毫毕现的世界，一个突破了时空，性别和文体的世界。 在此之前，阿特伍德早已获得过加拿大总督文学奖，英联邦文学奖，哈佛大学百年奖章，《悉尼时报》文学杰出成就奖，意大利Premio Mondale奖等，并被多次提名诺贝尔文学奖。 她是加拿大皇家学会会员，并曾被授予挪威文学成就勋章和法兰西艺术与文学骑士勋章。她不审美国艺术科学院院的外籍荣誉院士。玛格丽特·阿特伍德现居多伦多。

In Homer’s account in The Odyssey, Penelope - wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy - is portrayed as the quintessential faithful wife, her story a salutary lesson through the ages. Left alone for twenty years when Odysseus goes off to fight in the Trojan war after the abduction of Helen, Penelope manages, in the face of scandalous rumours, to maintain the ...(展开全部)

The internationally acclaimed Myths series brings together some of the finest writers of our time to provide a contemporary take on some of our most enduring stories. Here, the timeless and universal tales that reflect and shape our lives–mirroring our fears and desires, helping us make sense of the world–are revisited, updated, and made new. Margaret Atwood’s Pene...(展开全部)

In Homer’s account in The Odyssey, Penelope - wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy - is portrayed as the quintessential faithful wife, her story a salutary lesson through the ages. Left alone for twenty years when Odysseus goes off to fight in the Trojan war after the abduction of Helen, Penelope manages, in the face of scandalous rumours, to maintain the ...(展开全部)