This lively book takes us back to the very first performances of five famous pieces of music: Monteverdi's Orfeo in 1607, Handel's Messiah in 1742, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in 1824, Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique in 1830, and Stravinsky's Sacre du printemps in 1913. Thomas Forrest Kelly brings to life the fascinating details of these premiere nights - the cities, concert hal...(展开全部)

The novel focuses on the life and exploits of Fevvers, a woman who is – or so she would have people believe – a Cockney virgin, hatched from an egg laid by unknown parents and ready to develop fully fledged wings. At the time of the story, she has become a celebrated aerialiste, and she captivates the young journalist Jack Walser, who runs away with the circus and falls into a ...(展开全部)

'Angela Carter has influenced a whole generation of fellow writers towards dream worlds of baroque splendour, fairy tale horror, and visions of the alienated wreckage of a future world. In "Nights at the Circus" she has invented a new, raunchy, raucous, Cockney voice for her heroine Fevvers, taking us back into a rich, turn of the 19th century world, which reeks of human and an...(展开全部)

Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink’s landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina – and her suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice In the tradition of the best writing on medicine, physician and reporter Sheri Fink reconstructs five days at Memorial Medical Center and draws the reader into the lives of those...(展开全部)

「在這一瞬間，我變得離不開你了。」 走私商人唐島從渾身藏著祕密、具有魅力的黑道‧穗積那裡接下了工作。 迷戀、尋找、欺瞞、背叛……始終看不見他躲藏著的真心。 黑社會間的交涉攻略以及成人的戀愛心理戰，終於來到了令人屏息的最終壓軸——。 另外還有，由不笑的業務員和技師各自的觀點交織而成的「Reply」， 清爽地描繪出男子高中生戀情起始的「感情Spectrum」， 另外也收錄未連載附錄漫畫，細緻地描繪出男人與男人之間情感的傑作集。

一旦爱上某个人就会简单地遭到背叛。 即使被谁爱上也能毫不在乎地背叛他。 爱与被爱，不过卑劣陷害。 那就是，黑社会的恋爱作风。

一旦爱上某个人就会简单地遭到背叛。 即使被谁爱上也能毫不在乎地背叛他。 爱与被爱，不过卑劣陷害。 那就是，黑社会的恋爱作风。

「在這一瞬間，我變得離不開你了。」 走私商人唐島從渾身藏著祕密、具有魅力的黑道‧穗積那裡接下了工作。 迷戀、尋找、欺瞞、背叛……始終看不見他躲藏著的真心。 黑社會間的交涉攻略以及成人的戀愛心理戰，終於來到了令人屏息的最終壓軸——。 另外還有，由不笑的業務員和技師各自的觀點交織而成的「Reply」， 清爽地描繪出男子高中生戀情起始的「感情Spectrum」， 另外也收錄未連載附錄漫畫，細緻地描繪出男人與男人之間情感的傑作集。

From one of our most powerful writers, a work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter. Richly textured with bits of her own childhood and married life with her husband, John Gregory Dunne, and daughter, Quintana Roo, this new book by Joan Didion examines her thoughts, fears, and doubts regarding having children, illness, and growing old. Blue Nights opens on July 26,...(展开全部)