A trade paperback reissue of National Book Award finalist Mary Gaitskill's debut collection, Bad Behavior--powerful stories about dislocation, longing, and desire which depict a disenchanted and rebellious urban fringe generation that is searching for human connection. - Now a classic: Bad Behavior made critical waves when it first published, heralding Gaitskill's arrival on t...(展开全部)

玛丽•盖茨基尔（Mary Gaitskill），生于1954年11月11日，著有短篇小说集《坏举止》、《因为他们想》、《不要哭》，以及长篇小说《两个女孩，一胖一瘦》、《依然美丽》。《因为他们想》获1998年美国笔会/福克纳奖提名、2002年古根海姆基金会研究奖金。《依然美丽》获2005年美国国家图书奖提名并进入决选轮。作品见于《纽约客》《哈珀斯》《时尚先生》《美国最佳短篇小说奖》及《欧•亨利奖小说集》。短篇小说《秘书》曾改编为同名电影。2001年与作家彼得•崔切伯格结婚，婚后定居纽约，并在雪城大学教授创意写作。

玛丽•盖茨基尔（Mary Gaitskill），生于1954年11月11日，著有短篇小说集《坏举止》、《因为他们想》、《不要哭》，以及长篇小说《两个女孩，一胖一瘦》、《依然美丽》。《因为他们想》获1998年美国笔会/福克纳奖提名、2002年古根海姆基金会研究奖金。《依然美丽》获2005年美国国家图书奖提名并进入决选轮。作品见于《纽约客》《哈珀斯》《时尚先生》《美国最佳短篇小说奖》及《欧•亨利奖小说集》。短篇小说《秘书》曾改编为同名电影。2001年与作家彼得•崔切伯格结婚，婚后定居纽约，并在雪城大学教授创意写作。

A remarkable collection of short stories set in Wyoming from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Shipping News' and 'Brokeback Mountain'. 'Bad Dirt' is filled with the vivid and willful characters for which Proulx has become known. Each story occupies a community or landscape described in rich and robust language, with an eye for detail unparalleled in American fiction. ...(展开全部)

A remarkable collection of short stories set in Wyoming from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Shipping News' and 'Brokeback Mountain'. 'Bad Dirt' is filled with the vivid and willful characters for which Proulx has become known. Each occupies a community or landscape described in rich and robust language, with an eye for detail unparalleled in American fiction. In 'T...(展开全部)

The stories in Annie Proulx's new collection are peopled by characters who struggle with circumstances beyond their control in a kind of rural noir half-light. Trouble comes at them from unexpected angles, and they will themselves through it, hardheaded and resourceful. Bound by the land and by custom, they inhabit worlds that are often isolated, dangerous, and in Proulx's b...(展开全部)

A master storyteller at his best—the O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King delivers a generous collection of stories, several of them brand-new, featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, why, and how he came to write (or rewrite) each story. Since his first collection, Nightshift, published thirty-five years ago, Stephen King has dazzled readers with his genius as a ...(展开全部)

A master storyteller at his best—the O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King delivers a generous collection of stories, several of them brand-new, featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, why, and how he came to write (or rewrite) each story. Since his first collection, Nightshift, published thirty-five years ago, Stephen King has dazzled readers with his genius as a ...(展开全部)

In this title, two renowned political scientists make the contrarian, research-based case that - regardless of any other factors political scientists or historians may find relevant - the calculations and actions of rulers are the driving force of all politics, and the primary goal of rulers is to maintain power as long as possible. In this clever and accessible book, Bueno de ...(展开全部)

In this book, two renowned political scientists show how the rules of politics almost always favour leaders who ignore the national interest and focus on serving their own supporters. For eighteen years, political scientists Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith have been part of a team turning the conventional wisdom of politics on its head. In "The Dictator's Handbook" t...(展开全部)