Thirteen-year-old Meg envies her sister Molly's beauty and popularity, and these feelings make it difficult for her to cope with Molly's illness and death.

There are few events in anyone’s life that rival the significance and the joy of childbirth. This new person you’re bringing into the world will become so important to you that you’ll do anything to nurture and protect him or her. Your interest in this book reflects your eagerness to form this unbreakable bond right from the start — to do all you can to help ensure a healthy pr...(展开全部)

There are few events in anyone’s life that rival the significance and the joy of childbirth. This new person you’re bringing into the world will become so important to you that you’ll do anything to nurture and protect him or her. Your interest in this book reflects your eagerness to form this unbreakable bond right from the start — to do all you can to help ensure a healthy pr...(展开全部)

莎伦·考夫曼（Sharon R. Kaufman），加州大学旧金山分校健康与老年研究所、社会与行为科学系教授，人类学、历史和社会医学系主任。考夫曼的研究兴趣包括一些相互关联的主题，如老年认同、主体性与晚年生活的意义，社会变迁与医学文化的转型，美国医院文化与晚期病人的临终，生物科技与伦理、医疗实践的关系，老年医疗保险政策与卫生保健体系改革，以及生命本身的人类学。由此可见，她的研究涉及医学人类学和老年人类学的许多核心议题。

莎伦·考夫曼（Sharon R. Kaufman），加州大学旧金山分校健康与老年研究所、社会与行为科学系教授，人类学、历史和社会医学系主任。考夫曼的研究兴趣包括一些相互关联的主题，如老年认同、主体性与晚年生活的意义，社会变迁与医学文化的转型，美国医院文化与晚期病人的临终，生物科技与伦理、医疗实践的关系，老年医疗保险政策与卫生保健体系改革，以及生命本身的人类学。由此可见，她的研究涉及医学人类学和老年人类学的许多核心议题。

<b>A schoolteacher fights to prove that her father’s suicide was actually murder</b><br /><br /> Ann hasn’t seen her mother in 3 years, and she doesn’t miss her at all. But without warning, Elaine shows up on her daughter’s doorstep, dead broke and hungry for scotch. Ann’s father has just come into an inheritance, and Elaine wants every penny. After a few drinks, she stumbles o...(展开全部)

After two years at the Russian front, Ernst Graeber finally receives three weeks' leave. But since leaves have been canceled before, he decides not to write his parents, fearing he would just raise their hopes. Then, when Graeber arrives home, he finds his house bombed to ruin and his parents nowhere in sight. Nobody knows if they are dead or alive. As his leave draws to a clo...(展开全部)

科林·罗斯（Colin Rose）：英国皇家医学会资深会员，也是英国皇家艺术学会的会员。35年来，他在健康、营养和科学领域为大众读者们著书立说。他还是国际教育顾问，他的著作《快速学习》被翻译成12种语言出版。本书是他的第10本著作，他认为：世界上领先的大学和研究机构在衰老和与年龄有关的疾病研究方面取得了很大进展，有必要让普通读者了解他们的研究成果。他擅长用通俗的语言解释最新的科研文献，使普通读者了解人类为什么会衰老，以及如何在日常生活中延缓衰老的进程。