In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. While her work has earned her comparisons to Karen Russell and Kelly Link, she has a voice that is all her own. In this electric and provocative debut, Machado bends genre to shape startling nar...(展开全部)

In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. While her work has earned her comparisons to Karen Russell and Kelly Link, she has a voice that is all her own. In this electric and provocative debut, Machado bends genre to shape startling nar...(展开全部)

Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired doctor haunted by an obsession with the great French literary genius, Gustave Flaubert. As Geoffrey investigates the mystery of the stuffed parrot Flaubert borrowed from the Museum of Rouen to help research one of his novels, we learn an enormous amount about the writer’s work, family, lovers, thought processes, health and obsessions. But we al...(展开全部)

Which of two stuffed parrots was the inspiration for one of Flaubert's greatest stories? Why did the master keep changing the colour of Emma Bovary's eyes? And why should it matter so much to Geoffrey Braithwaite, a retired doctor haunted by a private secret? In "Flaubert's Parrot", Julian Barnes spins out a multiple mystery of obsession and betrayal (both scholarly and romanti...(展开全部)

Which of two stuffed parrots was the inspiration for one of Flaubert's greatest stories? Why did the master keep changing the colour of Emma Bovary's eyes? And why should it matter so much to Geoffrey Braithwaite, a retired doctor haunted by a private secret? In "Flaubert's Parrot", Julian Barnes spins out a multiple mystery of obsession and betrayal (both scholarly and romanti...(展开全部)

Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired doctor haunted by an obsession with the great French literary genius, Gustave Flaubert. As Geoffrey investigates the mystery of the stuffed parrot Flaubert borrowed from the Museum of Rouen to help research one of his novels, we learn an enormous amount about the writer’s work, family, lovers, thought processes, health and obsessions. But we al...(展开全部)

利萨尔迪（1776—1827）一生写了大量诗歌、散文、小说，抨击贵族和 高级官员的专横统治，谴责教会对人民的愚弄，揭露社会流弊、维护妇女权 利，反对奴役黑人。其作品除代表作《癞皮鹦鹉》外，还有小说《悲伤的夜 晚与欢乐的白天》、《著名骑士堂卡特林·德·拉·法饮达的生平事迹》、 剧本《敏感的黑人》、《火枪手的独脚戏》、诗集《欢乐的时刻》等。

厄尔·德尔·比格斯（一八八四～一九三三），美国作家。一九一三年出版了第一部侦探推理小说《秃子旅店的七把钥匙》，旋即被改编为戏剧，在百老汇上演，令他未满三十岁便一举成名。不过，使比格斯名存侦探推理文学史且尤为人熟知的是他从一九二五年至一九三二年创作的六部以陈查理为主人公的侦探推理小说：《陈查理探案》、《没有上锁的房间》、《中国鹦鹉》、《幕布背后》、《黑骆驼》及《守护神》。陈查理这一美国作家笔下的华人侦探，曾多次被搬上银幕，广受欢迎。

米歇尔·普西（Michel Bussi） 法国悬疑小说家。从2013年开始，他连续7年跻身法国年度畅销作家榜。 普西擅长以学者的视角深入观察人性的善恶，并进行独特的解读，其作品曲折离奇的情节，让他在法国文坛独树一帜。 已在中国出版《直到那一天》《她不是我妈妈》《永远不要忘记》《黑色睡莲》等作品。

“Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python” teaches you computer programming in the Python programming language. Each chapter gives you the complete source code for a new game and teaches the programming concepts from these examples. “Invent with Python” was written to be understandable by kids as young as 10 to 12 years old, although it is great for anyone of any age who has ...(展开全部)