Alain Corbin depicts prostitution in nineteenth-century France not as a vice, crime, or disease, but as a well-organized business. Corbin reveals how the brothel served the sex industry in the same way that the factory served manufacturing: it provided an institution for the efficient and profitable sale of services.

Wilde’s scintillating drawing-room comedy revolves around a blackmail scheme that forces a married couple to reexamine their moral standards. A supporting cast of young lovers, society matrons, and a formidable femme fatale exchange sparkling repartee, keeping the action of the play at a lively pace.

Wilde’s scintillating drawing-room comedy revolves around a blackmail scheme that forces a married couple to reexamine their moral standards. A supporting cast of young lovers, society matrons, and a formidable femme fatale exchange sparkling repartee, keeping the action of the play at a lively pace.

Do you know I am quite looking forward to meeting your clever husband- Lady Chiltern. Since he has been at the Foreign Office- he has been so much talked of in Vienna. They actually succeed in spelling his name right in the newspapers. That in itself is fame- on the continent.' (Excerpt from Play)

Do you know I am quite looking forward to meeting your clever husband- Lady Chiltern. Since he has been at the Foreign Office- he has been so much talked of in Vienna. They actually succeed in spelling his name right in the newspapers. That in itself is fame- on the continent.' (Excerpt from Play)

刘震云，1958年生于河南延津县。1982年北京大学中文系毕业。小说素以下笔辛辣和关注民生为特点。 曾创作长篇小说 《故乡天下黄花》 《故乡相处流传》 《故乡面和花朵》(四卷) 《一腔废话》 《手机》 《我叫刘跃进》 《一句顶一万句》等； 中短篇小说

A cult read among designers for more than half a century, the famous manifesto of America's greatest industrial designer is finally back in print! From the first answering machine ("the electronic brain") and the Hoover vacuum cleaner to the SS Independence and the Bell telephone, the creations of Henry S. Dreyfuss have shaped the cultural landscape of the 20th century. Writt...(展开全部)

An escaped house cat encounters twelve common birds in the backyard but captures only feathers for lunch. Includes bird guide. "Destined to become an uncontested favorite with many children and adults."--"The Horn Book"

A cult read among designers for more than half a century, the famous manifesto of America's greatest industrial designer is finally back in print! From the first answering machine ("the electronic brain") and the Hoover vacuum cleaner to the SS Independence and the Bell telephone, the creations of Henry S. Dreyfuss have shaped the cultural landscape of the 20th century. Writt...(展开全部)

The master of the new "noir," Dennis Lehane delivers a shattering tale of evil, depravity, and justice that captures the dark realism of Boston's gritty blue-collar streets. Private Investigator Patrick Kenzie wants to know why a former client, a perky woman in love with life, could, within six months, jump naked from a Boston landmark--the final fall in a spiral of self-destru...(展开全部)