A leathery bog-man transforms an old love affair; a sweet, gruesome gift is sent by the wife of an ex-lover; landscape paintings are haunted by the ghost of a young girl. This dazzling collection of ten short stories takes us into familiar Atwood territory to reveal the logic of irrational behaviour and the many textures lying beneath ordinary life.

In each of these tales Margaret Atwood deftly illuminates the single instant that shapes a whole life: in a few brief pages we watch as characters progress from the vulnerabilities of adolescence through the passions of youth into the precarious complexities of middle age.By superimposing the past on the present, Atwood paints interior landscapes shaped by time, regret, and lif...(展开全部)

Joshua Harris's first book, written when he was only 21, turned the Christian singles scene upside down...and people are still talking. More than 800,000 copies later, I Kissed Dating Goodbye, with its inspiring call to sincere love, real purity, and purposeful singleness, remains the benchmark for books on Christian dating. Now, for the first time since its release, the nation...(展开全部)

Just as a race car team analyzes every aspect of car and driver data to optimize endurance and speed imagine your potential if you could optimize every aspect of daily coding activities with Visual Studio! The author a member of the Visual Studio team for five years has identified 251 tips to help you do just that. In her own words, There was much about Visual Studio I didn t k...(展开全部)

With humor that delivers hard-hitting, how-to information about being great in the sack, Anderson tackles the complicated world of man-on-man sex, dating, and mating. With the skill of a master sociologist and the wit of a young Paul Rudnick, he identifies a range of gay types and how best to please them. From the Do-Me Queen to the Campus Queer, from the Twelve @tepper to the ...(展开全部)

有一個人最近跟我說過一句話：『如果你不買東西，幹嘛去逛街呢？』我覺得他說得很有道理。如果你根本還不能結婚，又何必約會呢？我今年十九歲，雖然我還沒約會過，多年來卻已眼睜睜看著許多朋友玩過約會的遊戲。相信我，約會真的是個遊戲。而且這個遊戲一點也不好玩；它看來既痛苦又折磨人。這也就是我一直沒有約會的原因之一。其次，我知道現在還不是神為我預備的時候。現在交男友只會讓我分心。我只會因此而無法專心從事神要我趁這幾年好好完成的工作。此外，我也認為在我這個年齡，跟一群人在一起，比一對一的交往關係來得有趣多了。 我還沒有讀過一本書，作者是像約書亞一樣誠實。他解決了一個難題，那就是『該不該約會』這個令人困惑的主題和它所引發的諸多難題。他也提出了很實用的答案。約書亞‧哈里斯擅長從他的經驗出發，分享真理，而他的分享相當具有震撼力。……我最喜歡約書亞這本書的一點就是，他一切的...(展开全部)

“Does anyone date anymore?” Today, the authorities tell us that courtship is in crisis. But when Moira Weigel dives into the history of sex and romance in modern America, she discovers that authorities have always said this. Ever since young men and women started to go out together, older generations have scolded them: That’s not the way to find true love. The first women who m...(展开全部)

“Does anyone date anymore?” Today, the authorities tell us that courtship is in crisis. But when Moira Weigel dives into the history of sex and romance in modern America, she discovers that authorities have always said this. Ever since young men and women started to go out together, older generations have scolded them: That’s not the way to find true love. The first women who m...(展开全部)

Book Description A practical guide on CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) for professionals and novices, that can be used both as a tutorial and read cover-to-cover or as a handy and practical reference book to common problems, solutions and effects. The 2nd edition is now full-color throughout and is completely updated and revised with the latest tips & tricks. This book will show yo...(展开全部)