原來，癌症來自我們自己，源頭就是深藏於身體細胞中，帶著生命所有密碼的基因。原本在體內執行正常任務的基因，發生微細的變化，攪亂了細胞正常的運作狀態。這個細胞再也不聽命於生長控制機制，背叛了身體這個群體，不停地分裂生長，最後發展成致命腫瘤。 本書描寫整個《細胞反叛》事件。如果把細胞比喻成一輛車子，致癌基因如同油門，腫瘤抑制基因就像煞車，一旦被動了手腳，油門卡到底，加上煞車失靈，細胞這輛車就會失控，衝進致癌的深淵。細胞中還有像電腦主機板的訊息處理線路，主宰細胞命運的無形時鐘、引導細胞自殺的程式……這些精巧機制都在癌症舞台上一一登場。

When we think of the forces driving cancer, we don’t necessarily think of evolution. But evolution and cancer are closely linked, for the historical processes that created life also created cancer. The Cheating Cell delves into this extraordinary relationship, and shows that by understanding cancer’s evolutionary origins, researchers can come up with more effective, revolutiona...(展开全部)

In late 1888, only weeks before his final collapse into madness, Nietzsche (1844 1900) set out to compose his autobiography, and Ecce Homo remains one of the most intriguing yet bizarre examples of the genre ever written. In this extraordinary work Nietzsche traces his life, work and development as a philosopher, examines the heroes he has identified with, struggled against and...(展开全部)

"Cancer Ward" examines the relationship of a group of people in the cancer ward of a provincial Soviet hospital in 1955, two years after Stalin's death. We see them under normal circumstances, and also reexamined at the eleventh hour of illness. Together they represent a remarkable cross-section of contemporary Russian characters and attitudes. The experiences of the central ch...(展开全部)

Popular TV host Yan Shouyi has it all: A great job, a loyal wife and a beautiful young lover. It all begins to unravel when he accidently leaves his cellphone at home one fateful day. Cell Phone is part comedy, part romance and part social commentary on the changing nature of Chinese society and the impact of technology on relationships. Beginning in 1968 in the protagonist’s c...(展开全部)

A gorgeous collection of fantastic and dreamlike tales by one of the world's most innovative contemporary writers. "Where Europe Begins" presents a collection of startling new stories by Japanese writer Yoko Tawada. Moving through landscapes of fairy tales, family history, strange words and letters, dreams, and every-day reality, Tawada's work blurs divisions between fact and f...(展开全部)

A gorgeous collection of fantastic and dreamlike tales by one of the world's most innovative contemporary writers. "Where Europe Begins" presents a collection of startling new stories by Japanese writer Yoko Tawada. Moving through landscapes of fairy tales, family history, strange words and letters, dreams, and every-day reality, Tawada's work blurs divisions between fact and f...(展开全部)

The Cancer Journals is an intimate, poetic and invigorating account of the experience of breast cancer, from biopsy to mastectomy, told by the great feminist and activist Audre Lorde. Moving between journal entry, memoir, and essay, Lorde fuses the personal and political to reflect on the many questions breast cancer raises: questions of survival, sexuality, prosthesis and self...(展开全部)

No punches are pulled in Henry Miller's most famous work. Still pretty rough going for even our jaded sensibilities, but Tropic of Cancer is an unforgettable novel of self-confession. Maybe the most honest book ever written, this autobiographical fiction about Miller's life as an expatriate American in Paris was deemed obscene and banned from publication in this country f...(展开全部)