Confessions of a Mask tells the story of Kochan, an adolescent boy tormented by his burgeoning attraction to men: he wants to be “normal.” Kochan is meek-bodied, and unable to participate in the more athletic activities of his classmates. He begins to notice his growing attraction to some of the boys in his class, particularly the pubescent body of his friend Omi. To hide his ...(展开全部)

"Do you have a list of your books, or do I just have to stare at them?" Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland. With more than a mile of shelving, real log fires in the shop and the sea lapping nearby, the shop should be an idyll for bookworms. Unfortunately, Shaun also has to contend with bizarre requests from people who don't understand what a shop is...(展开全部)

In this funny and provocative collection of behind-the-scenes tales from the life of a successful public speaker, bestselling business author Scott Berkun offers a unique insider's take on what public speakers do, how they do it, and how anyone can do it well. "Confessions of a Public Speaker" is an entertaining romp through the embarrassments and triumphs Berkun has experience...(展开全部)

EVANGELINE LOGAN WANTS a kiss. A spectacular, heart-stopping, life changing kiss. Somehow The Crimson Kiss (a romance novel she’s become obsessed with) and Four Steps to Living Your Fantasy (a self-help book she’s reading) have fused in Evangeline’s mind and sent her on a quest for a kiss. But the path to perfection is paved with many bad kisses—the smash mouth, the ear lic...(展开全部)

EVANGELINE LOGAN WANTS a kiss. A spectacular, heart-stopping, life changing kiss. Somehow The Crimson Kiss (a romance novel she’s become obsessed with) and Four Steps to Living Your Fantasy (a self-help book she’s reading) have fused in Evangeline’s mind and sent her on a quest for a kiss. But the path to perfection is paved with many bad kisses—the smash mouth, the ear lic...(展开全部)

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. After watching her parents' marriage ""implode"" over the previous months, Evangeline feels cynical about love until she finds her mother's stash of romance and self-help books. Tired of lamenting her parents' relationship, she sets out to find new adventures, and a steamy novel, A Crimson Kiss, gives her a focus: she wants to experience a...(展开全部)

What links conscious experience of pain, joy, color, and smell to bioelectrical activity in the brain? How can anything physical give rise to nonphysical, subjective, conscious states? Christof Koch has devoted much of his career to bridging the seemingly unbridgeable gap between the physics of the brain and phenomenal experience. This engaging book--part scientific overview, p...(展开全部)

克里斯托弗·科赫（Christof Koch），加州理工学院的生物学和工程学教授，以及西雅图艾伦脑科学研究院的首席科学家。他是意识神经生物学研究领域的一位颇负盛名的学者，在意识科学研究中与弗朗西斯·克里克有过长达16年的紧密合作。 他是《意识探秘：意识的神经生物学研究》以及其他一些著作的作者。自2008年以来，他在Scientific American Mind中开设了一个专栏Consciousness Redux，定期撰写一些有关当代意识研究前沿的令人瞩目的文章。

Oates's most powerful work yet, now in a trade paper edition. Foxfire chronicles the life of five unforgettably real teenage girls in upstate New York in the 1950s. This controversial, topical tale captures the exhilaration of conspiracy, the blaze of youth, and the inevitable end of violence.

黑克·塔伯特(Hake Talbot)是海宁·内尔姆斯(Henning Nelms)的笔名，1900年生于巴尔的摩。他的父亲是一位律师和牧师，母亲是纽约大棉花投机商的女儿。他毕业于乔治·华盛顿大学，在弗吉尼亚大学拿到法学硕士学位，并在耶鲁获得美术博士学位。除了研修法律，他还曾经做过水手、广告导演、会计、编辑，在大学讲授戏剧，酷爱戏剧、推理小说、魔术，是个名副其实的耶鲁才子。 他给推理小说史留下的财富包括两个不可能犯罪的长篇和至少两个短篇。《刽子手的杂役》(Hangman's Handyman，1942)包含了一个密室杀人和一系列匪夷所思的不可能现象。而1944年的《地狱之缘》(Rim of the Pit)则获得了一致的好评，成为推理小说史上的奇葩。他的短篇The High House讲述了偏远村庄宅邸的不可能犯罪，而另一个短篇The Other S...(展开全部)