Duration: 10:26:54 No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich or famous or both. These are the only rules for Jules Larsen's new job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan's most high-profile and mysterious buildings. Recently heartbroken and just plain broke, Jules is taken in by the splend...(展开全部)

10 hours, 28 minutes The next heart-pounding thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager follows a young woman whose new job apartment sitting in one of New York’s oldest and most glamorous buildings may cost more than it pays. No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich or famous or both. These a...(展开全部)

No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents, all of whom are rich or famous or both. These are the only rules for Jules Larsen’s new job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan's most high-profile and mysterious buildings. Recently heartbroken and just plain broke, Jules is taken in by the splendor of her surroundi...(展开全部)

约翰·斯卡尔齐 1969年生于美国加利福尼亚州，毕业于芝加哥大学哲学系。美国著名科幻小说作家，2010年曾当选为美国科幻奇幻作家协会（SFWA）主席。 约翰·斯卡尔齐从1998年开始在博客（whatever.scalzi.com）上写作。2005年，他在博客上连载的小说《垂暮之战》（OldMan’sWar）被美国著名幻想文学出版社TOR发现并得以出版，该作品还入围了当年雨果奖最佳长篇小说，他本人也因此获得2006年约翰·W.坎贝尔最佳新人奖。随后，约翰·斯卡尔齐出版的一系列科幻小说，都毫无例外地登上各大畅销书排行榜，并多次获得雨果奖、星云奖、轨迹奖等重要奖项。 其代表作主要有《幽灵舰队》（TheGhostBrigades）、《星际迷航：红衫》（RedShirts）、《生命之锁》（LockIn）和《安佐之梦》（TheAndroid’sDream）等。 ...(展开全部)

An estimated 5 million Americans suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and live diminished lives in which they are compelled to obsess about something or to repeat a similar task over and over. Traditionally, OCD has been treated with Prozac or similar drugs. The problem with medication, aside from its cost, is that 30 percent of people treated don't respond to it, an...(展开全部)

A deeply touching portrait of a remarkable animal, Merle's Door explores the issues that all animals and their human companions face as their lives intertwine. Author Ted Kerasote presents the latest research into animal behavior as well as the origins and evolution of human-dog interaction. Kerasote's adopted Labrador mix, Merle, showed the author how dogs might live were they...(展开全部)

A busy young writer struggling to cope with domestic chores, hires a housekeeper recommended by a friend. The housekeeper's reputation is one built on dependable efficiency, though she is something of an oddity. Stubborn, foul-mouthed and with a flagrant disregard for her employer's opinions she may even be crazy. She allows no-one to set foot inside her house; she masks hersel...(展开全部)

The Door is an unsettling exploration of the relationship between two very different women. Magda is a writer, educated, married to an academic, public-spirited, with an on-again-off-again relationship to Hungary’s Communist authorities. Emerence is a peasant, illiterate, impassive, abrupt, seemingly ageless. She lives alone in a house that no one else may enter, not even her c...(展开全部)

A young writer, struggling for success, employs an elderly woman called Emerence to be her housekeeper. From their first encounter it is clear that Emerence is no ordinary maid. Although everyone in the neighbourhood knows and respects her, no one knows anything about her private life or has ever crossed her threshold. Only a great drama in the writer's life prompts Emerence to...(展开全部)

A young writer, struggling for success, employs an elderly woman called Emerence to be her housekeeper. From their first encounter it is clear that Emerence is no ordinary maid. Although everyone in the neighbourhood knows and respects her, no one knows anything about her private life or has ever crossed her threshold. Only a great drama in the writer's life prompts Emerence to...(展开全部)