On the morning she will never forget, suburban teenager Cynthia Archer awakes with a nasty hangover and a feeling she is going to have an even nastier confrontation with her mom and dad. But when she leaves her bedroom, she discovers the house is empty, with no sign of her parents or younger brother Todd. In the blink of an eye, without any explanation, her family has simply di...(展开全部)

The house was deathly quiet. That was the first sign that something was terribly wrong. Fourteen-year-old Cynthia Bigge woke that morning to find herself alone. Her family—mother, father, and brother—had vanished without a word, without a note, without a trace. Twenty-five years later, Cynthia is still looking for answers. Now she is about to learn the devastating truth. From ...(展开全部)

For fans of The Silent Patient and Gone Girl, a razor-sharp and Hitchcock-inspired psychological thriller about two ordinary women who make a dangerous pact to take revenge for each other after being pushed to the brink. One dark evening on New York City’s Upper West Side, two strangers meet by chance. Over drinks, Amanda and Wendy realize they have much in common, especially l...(展开全部)

It Worked for Me is filled with vivid experiences and lessons learned that have shaped the legendary career of the four-star general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell. At its heart are Powell's "Thirteen Rules"--such as "Get mad, then get over it" and "Share credit"--that introduce his principles for effective leadership: conviction, hard work, and, above all, respect ...(展开全部)

作者—— 科林•卢瑟•鲍威尔（Colin Powell） 1937出生于美国纽约，美国四星上将。在美国四任总统（里根、老布什、克林顿和小布什）班子中担任过不同的高级职务。由于其办事沉稳，实战经验丰富，德高望重，2001年被小布什邀请出山担任国务卿，也是美国史上的第一位黑人国务卿。在世界范围内，或许鲍威尔没有克林顿、小布什、奥巴马名气大，但是在美国的军界、政界和外交界，鲍威尔更享有威望。他任国务卿时支持率曾高达80%以上，远高于奥尔布赖特、赖斯和希拉里。他就像一瓶老酒，时间越长越显得珍贵。 协助撰稿人—— 托尼•科尔兹（Tony Koltz） 美国著名作家，曾与美国著名军事作家汤姆•克兰西合作撰写了弗莱德•弗兰克斯将军、查克•霍纳将军、卡尔•史汀纳将军、安东尼•津尼将军等人的回忆录，还和津尼将军合作撰写有另外两本书。现居纽约。 译者—— 张强：华中师范...(展开全部)

“Everything is sad,” wrote the Ancient poets. But is this sadness merely a human experience, projected onto the world, or is there a gloom attributable to the world itself? Could the universe be forever weeping the “tears of things”? In this series of meditations, Dominic Pettman and Eugene Thacker explore some of the key “negative affects” – both eternal and emergent – associ...(展开全部)

达米安·鲁德，1984年生于澳大利亚悉尼，是一位作家和艺术家。他从挪威的卑尔根国立艺术学院获得艺术硕士学位，目前生活在荷兰的阿姆斯特丹，在那里从事关于阿比·瓦尔堡（Aby Warburg）的《记忆图集》（Mnemosyne Atlas）的研究。本书中收集的悲伤地名都曾出现在其社交媒体Instagram的个人网页上。 · 凯特琳娜·迪达克，1990年生于乌克兰，是一位插画师和版画家，尤其擅长蚀刻、单字铸排、水彩画和数字艺术。她从乌克兰国立美术与建筑艺术学院获得版画与书籍插画硕士学位，目前生活在基辅。

An elderly stroke victim dies without having arranged a will...Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence was damning: only Elinor had the motive, the opportunity and the means to administer the fatal poison. Yet, inside the hostile courtroom, only one man still presumed Elinor was innocent...(展开全部)

“Everything is sad,” wrote the Ancient poets. But is this sadness merely a human experience, projected onto the world, or is there a gloom attributable to the world itself? Could the universe be forever weeping the “tears of things”? In this series of meditations, Dominic Pettman and Eugene Thacker explore some of the key “negative affects” – both eternal and emergent – associ...(展开全部)

An elderly stroke victim dies without having arranged a will...Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence was damning: only Elinor had the motive, the opportunity and the means to administer the fatal poison. Yet, inside the hostile courtroom, only one man still presumed Elinor was innocent...(展开全部)