莎拉•霍尔（Sarah Hall），1974年出生于英国坎布里亚郡，毕业于威尔士阿伯里斯特维斯大学获得文学学士学位，后于苏格兰圣安德鲁大学取得创意写作文学硕士学位。她的首部作品《霍斯水库》（Haweswater）便囊括2003年英联邦作家奖、贝蒂•特拉斯克最佳小说奖、Lakeland Book 年度图书奖，一跃成为现代英国最受瞩目的新锐作家之一。随后佳作不断，2004年第二部作品《电子米开朗基罗》（The Electric Michelangelo）入围布克奖决选名单、英联邦作家奖以及柑橘奖；2007年作品《卡呼伦军队》（Carhullan Army） 荣获约翰•卢威连•莱斯奖，并再度夺得Lakeland Book 年度图书奖。 《死亡画像》是她多年磨砺后的精品之作，无论叙事技巧、行文结构，还是思想深度，都堪称其最成熟的作品。莎拉•霍尔也凭借这部作品...(展开全部)

莎拉•霍尔（Sarah Hall），1974年出生于英国坎布里亚郡，毕业于威尔士阿伯里斯特维斯大学获得文学学士学位，后于苏格兰圣安德鲁大学取得创意写作文学硕士学位。她的首部作品《霍斯水库》（Haweswater）便囊括2003年英联邦作家奖、贝蒂•特拉斯克最佳小说奖、Lakeland Book 年度图书奖，一跃成为现代英国最受瞩目的新锐作家之一。随后佳作不断，2004年第二部作品《电子米开朗基罗》（The Electric Michelangelo）入围布克奖决选名单、英联邦作家奖以及柑橘奖；2007年作品《卡呼伦军队》（Carhullan Army） 荣获约翰•卢威连•莱斯奖，并再度夺得Lakeland Book 年度图书奖。 《死亡画像》是她多年磨砺后的精品之作，无论叙事技巧、行文结构，还是思想深度，都堪称其最成熟的作品。莎拉•霍尔也凭借这部作品...(展开全部)

It is probably not surprising to learn that the modern craze for running is not new: our species has been running since we were able to stand upright. What may be surprising, however, are the many ways and reasons we have performed this painful, exhausting and yet exhilarating activity down the ages. In this original, humorous and almost improbable world history, Thor Gotaas br...(展开全部)

"My Mother" is a unique "bildungsroman" of a young man's sexual initiation and corruption by his mother.?"Publishers Weekly" "My Mother, Madame Edwarda and The Dead Man" comprises three short pieces of erotic prose that fuse elements of sex and spirituality in a highly personal vision of the flesh. They present a world of sensation in which only the vaulting demands of disrupti...(展开全部)

"My Mother" is a unique "bildungsroman" of a young man's sexual initiation and corruption by his mother.?"Publishers Weekly" "My Mother, Madame Edwarda and The Dead Man" comprises three short pieces of erotic prose that fuse elements of sex and spirituality in a highly personal vision of the flesh. They present a world of sensation in which only the vaulting demands of disrupti...(展开全部)

The lives of four individuals--a dying painter, a blind girl, a landscape artist, and an art curator--intertwine across nearly five decades in this luminous and searching novel of extraordinary power. "With How to Paint a Dead Man," Sarah Hall, "one of the most significant and exciting of Britain's young novelists" ("The Guardian"), delivers "a maddeningly enticing read . . . a...(展开全部)

You may be contemplating your first Linux installation. Or you may have been using Linux for years and need to know more about adding a network printer or setting up an FTP server. Running Linux, now in its fifth edition, is the book you'll want on hand in either case. Widely recognized in the Linux community as the ultimate getting-started and problem-solving book, it answers ...(展开全部)

Contents Chapter 1: The Evolution of the Human Runner Chapter 2: Cardiovascular and Cardiorespiratory Components Chapter 3: The Runner in Motion Chapter 4: Adaptations for Speed and Terrain Chapter 5: Upper Torso Chapter 6: Arms and Shoulders Chapter 7: Core Chapter 8: Upper Legs Chapter 9: Lower Legs and Feet Chapter 10: Common Running Injuries Chapter 11: Anatomy of Running F...(展开全部)

Ash Maurya is the author of the international bestseller "Running Lean: How to Iterate from Plan A to a plan that works" and the creator of the one-page business modeling tool "Lean Canvas". His new book is "Scaling Lean: Master the Key Metrics for Startup Growth". Ash is praised for offering some of the best and most practical advice for entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs all ove...(展开全部)