The 1950s pop music accompanying Li'l Bit's excursion down memory lane cannot drown out the ghosts of her past. Sweet recollections of driving with her beloved uncle intermingle with lessons about the darker sides of life. Balmy evenings are fraught with danger; seductions happen anywhere. Li'l Bit navigates a narrow path between the demands of family and her own sense of right...(展开全部)

The 1950s pop music accompanying Li'l Bit's excursion down memory lane cannot drown out the ghosts of her past. Sweet recollections of driving with her beloved uncle intermingle with lessons about the darker sides of life. Balmy evenings are fraught with danger; seductions happen anywhere. Li'l Bit navigates a narrow path between the demands of family and her own sense of right...(展开全部)

为了每个只想说不的勇敢灵魂——拒绝与朋友见面喝酒，拒绝祝同事生日快乐（除非有免费蛋糕），拒绝任何形式的约会——布莱尔来了，一位穿运动裤，只和她的猫说话的生活大师。通过她黑暗但绝对诚实的想法——布莱尔会教你如何成为一个不合群的隐士，在无聊的工作中一事无成，破坏你的关系，以及永远——永远允许自己选择沙发而不是健身房。 For every brave soul who wants to just say no--no to meeting the gang for drinks, no to wishing a coworker happy birthday (unless there's free cake involved), and no to dating of any kind--here comes Blair, the master of l...(展开全部)

A darkly funny and life-affirming debut novel for readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine the story of one man who is offered a second chance at life and love when he develops an unexpected friendship--if he can expose the white lie he told years ago that grew into so much more. Andrew's day-to-day is a little grim, searching for next of kin for those who die alone. Than...(展开全部)

Louis Eguaras, a renowned chef at the Le Cordon Bleu Program at the California School of Culinary Arts, provides readers with a terrific overview of what is truly involved in the preparation, cooking, and presentation of meals. He also provides invaluable insights into just what is involved in making this one's chosen profession. The book will feature a wide range of illustra...(展开全部)

Chatbots are sure to have a significant impact on the way we read, write, and think. For better or worse, they are being used to find information, influence public opinion, diagnose illness, and shape political discussion online. How did we get to this point, and what can we do to prepare? Literary Theory for Robots reveals the hidden history of modern machine intelligence, tak...(展开全部)

Chatbots are sure to have a significant impact on the way we read, write, and think. For better or worse, they are being used to find information, influence public opinion, diagnose illness, and shape political discussion online. How did we get to this point, and what can we do to prepare? Literary Theory for Robots reveals the hidden history of modern machine intelligence, tak...(展开全部)

PSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you? ME: I don't know, I'm – what's the word – depressed? Do I have to go into detail? Baek Sehee is a successful young social media director at a publishing house when she begins seeing a psychiatrist about her – what to call it? – depression? She feels persistently low, anxious, endlessly self-doubting, but also highly judgemental of others. Sh...(展开全部)

Known as the father of the new science of positive psychology, Martin E.P. Seligman draws on more than twenty years of clinical research to demonstrate how optimism enchances the quality of life, and how anyone can learn to practice it. Offering many simple techniques, Dr. Seligman explains how to break an “I—give-up” habit, develop a more constructive explanatory style for i...(展开全部)