Stifled by the torpor of colonial South Africa, and trapped in a web of reciprocal oppression, a lonely sheep farmer seeks comfort in the arms of a black concubine. But when his embittered spinster daughter Magda feels shamed, this lurch across the racial divide marks the end of a tenuous feudal peace. As she dreams madly of bloody revenge, Magda's consciousnes sstarts to drift...(展开全部)

In the Heart of the Sea brings to new life the incredible story of the wreck of the whaleship Essex --an event as mythic in its own century as the Titanic disaster in ours, and the inspiration for the climax of Moby-Dick . In a harrowing page-turner, Nathaniel Philbrick restores this epic story to its rightful place in American history. In 1820, the 240-ton Essex set sail...(展开全部)

尼克·卡特，本名克雷格·戴维森，目前居住于加拿大多伦多。他以本名克雷格·戴维森出版的第一本文学小说《锈与骨》在2012年被改编为电影，由法国著名女星玛丽昂·歌迪亚主演，颇受佳评，入围第65届戛纳国际电影节主竞赛单元。以尼克•卡特之名出版的恐怖惊悚小说《军团》得到了业内和读者的双重好评，随后，他又出版了《军团》姊妹篇《深渊》。

唐·沃森（Don Watson）澳大利亚著名作家、历史学家和公共演讲家。长年为澳大利亚的传奇电视剧《男仆报告》撰写政治讽刺剧本，电影作品则包括《控告上帝的人》和《激情》。在过去三十年，他在政治、历史和文化方面的文章及评论屡屡见诸澳大利亚各报刊，出版的专著好评如潮、畅销不衰，包括《流血之心的回忆》《死刑》《沃森的遁词词典》《美国之旅》《灵活的学问》《丛林》《恶词》等。已两次荣膺《时代报》年度图书奖和独立书商年度图书奖，阿尔弗雷德.迪肯美文奖、澳大利亚文学研究学会年度图书奖、沃克利奖、新南威尔士州长文学奖、菲利普.霍金斯澳大利亚文学金奖等。曾长期担任澳大利亚总理的演讲撰稿人，并定期举办职业写作艺术工作坊。现与作家克罗伊.胡珀及两个孩子居住在墨尔本。

假裝說喜歡上他，但這個吻卻不帶虛假；在他執著地糾纏之下，假的也能成真……！？ 楠田與哥哥一同創立的飾品品牌店，選了過去被譽為天才、如今卻是落魄潦倒的演員‧秋澤海斗為招牌模特兒。可是性格剛烈的他在攝影當天大肆胡鬧，還跟攝影師互毆！儘管如此，在耐心地跟他來往的期間，逐漸被秋澤親近的楠田，打算讓秋澤以為喜歡自己並藉此操控他。 然而深信兩人是戀人的秋澤，比他人還要強烈一倍的執著卻開始逐步糾纏著楠田……。 COLD系列衍生作品，楠田篇。 ※《COLD HEART in NEW YORK》預計2016年秋天推出，敬請密切期待！！

楠田は兄とともに起ち上げたアクセサリーブランドのモデルにかつては天才と言われたものの今は落ちぶれた俳優・秋沢海斗を選ぶ。 しかしくせの強い彼は撮影日に大暴れ。 カメラマンと殴り合いをしてしまう！ それでも彼と辛抱強く付き合ううちに秋沢から懐かれた楠田は、好きだと誤解させてなんとか彼を操ろうとする。 だが恋人と思い込んだ秋沢の人一倍深い執着心に次第に絡め取られていき…。 COLDシリーズスピンオフ、楠田編。

イメージモデルになった俳優・秋沢海斗は演技の才能はあるが、それ以外は全くダメな男。彼に付き合ううちに楠田は「役者」の秋沢に惹かれていくが、それがさらなる誤解を生み…。ＣＯＬＤシリーズのスピンオフ作。その後の二人の書き下ろしも収録した完結編。

A waiter's job is to deceive you. They want you to believe in a luxurious calm because on the other side of that door... is hell. Edward Chisholm's spellbinding memoir of his time as a Parisian waiter takes you below the surface of one of the most iconic cities in the world and right into its glorious underbelly. He inhabits a world of inhuman hours, snatched sleep and dive bar...(展开全部)

A waiter's job is to deceive you. They want you to believe in a luxurious calm because on the other side of that door . . . is hell. Edward Chisholm's spellbinding memoir of his time as a Parisian waiter takes you beneath the surface of one of the most iconic cities in the world—and right into its glorious underbelly. He inhabits a world of inhuman hours, snatched sleep and div...(展开全部)

Deep Reinforcement Learning in Action teaches you how to program AI agents that adapt and improve based on direct feedback from their environment. In this example-rich tutorial, you’ll master foundational and advanced DRL techniques by taking on interesting challenges like navigating a maze and playing video games. Along the way, you’ll work with core algorithms, including deep...(展开全部)