A young musician finds himself locked inside a gas station bathroom in the middle of the night by an unseen assailant, caught between the horrors on the other side of the door and the horrors rapidly skittering down the walls inside.

THE SENSATIONAL NO.1 BESTSELLER 'The definitive book of the year in our house, for both parents and offspring' Maggie O'Farrell, Guardian Books of the Year 'Absolutely beautiful - get one for yourself and one to inspire a woman in your life' Stylist 'In an ideal world, not only would mothers read this aloud to their daughters, but teachers would read it to schoolboys' Sunday Ti...(展开全部)

Material Girls is a timely and trenchant critique of the influential theory that we all have an inner feeling known as a gender identity, and that this feeling is more socially significant than our biological sex. Professor Kathleen Stock surveys the philosophical ideas that led to this point, and closely interrogates each one, from De Beauvoir's statement that, 'One is not bor...(展开全部)

In John Updike's fourth and final novel about ex-basketball player Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, the hero has acquired heart trouble, a Florida condo, and a second grandchild. His son, Nelson, is behaving erratically; his daughter-in-law, Pru, is sending out mixed signals; and his wife, Janice, decides in mid-life to become a working girl. As, though the winter, spring, and summer o...(展开全部)

In John Updike's fourth and final novel about ex-basketball player Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, the hero has acquired heart trouble, a Florida condo, and a second grandchild. His son, Nelson, is behaving erratically; his daughter-in-law, Pru, is sending out mixed signals; and his wife, Janice, decides in mid-life to become a working girl. As, though the winter, spring, and summer o...(展开全部)

莫娜‧艾塔哈維 是獲獎作者、社運人士、評論家，也是當代全球女性主義中影響力最大的重要思想領袖。她的第一本書《頭巾與處女膜》（Headscarves and Hymens）引起世界各國對女人和伊斯蘭教的討論。她的文章與專欄刊登在《紐約時報》（New York Times）、《華盛頓郵報》（Washington）、《衛報》（Gardian）、《時代雜誌》（Time）和《紐約雜誌》（New York Magazine）等眾多刊物上。她曾獲得洛克斐勒基金會（The Rockefeller Foundation）的貝拉吉奧中心藝術及文學藝術獎（Bellagio Arts & Literary Arts），目前在紐約與開羅兩地生活。 譯者簡介 聞翊均 專職譯者。現居台南，熱愛文字、動物、電影。擅長文學、科普、運動相關翻譯。andorawen@gmail....(展开全部)

Self esteem is what every parent wants their daughter to have. It is her passport to a happier, more fulfilled life. The quiet confidence that self-respect gives will ensure that she can learn, play, love and commmunicate better. As girls grow up, self-esteem comes and goes. Parents can be more helpful if they understand when difficult stages are likely to occur which can make ...(展开全部)

Self esteem is what every parent wants their daughter to have. It is her passport to a happier, more fulfilled life. The quiet confidence that self-respect gives will ensure that she can learn, play, love and commmunicate better. As girls grow up, self-esteem comes and goes. Parents can be more helpful if they understand when difficult stages are likely to occur which can make ...(展开全部)

From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Ross, the classical music critic for the New Yorker, leads a whirlwind tour from the Viennese premiere of Richard Strauss's Salome in 1906 to minimalist Steve Reich's downtown Manhattan apartment. The wide-ranging historical material is organized in thematic essays grounded in personalities and places, in a disarmingly comprehensive style ...(展开全部)