The industrialization of prostitution and the sex trade has created a multibillion-dollar global market, involving millions of women, that makes a substantial contribution to national and global economies. The Industrial Vagina examines how prostitution and other aspects of the sex industry have moved from being small-scale, clandestine, and socially despised practices to becom...(展开全部)

和田惠美对我之影响并非在造型上，而是对细节无以复加的挑剔。《英雄》里，她实验各种面料的混织法与染色法，日日泡在染坊里，以求54种不同的红色。雨中的武士那出戏，她则要实验灰色面料的干湿颜色效果。她给章子怡的衣服做了一朵精致的小襟花，待到开拍时，她拉住杜可风的袖子，一再提醒：“你千万要把那朵襟花拍拍清楚啊。” ---by Ian Lin

美国犹太裔作家，他的作品记录了东欧犹太生活，以及东欧犹太移民在美国的生活境遇。辛格被欧美评论界称为当代最会讲故事的作家。他的故事叙述生动，文笔轻松幽默，作品中丰富的成语和活泼的句法受到评论界的高度赞扬。

In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child’s years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found ‘her true calling.’ From the moment the ship docked in Le Havre in the fall of 1948 and Julia watched the well-muscled stevedores unloading the cargo to the first perfectly soigné meal that she and her husband, Paul, savored in Rouen en ro...(展开全部)

列斯特·坦尼博士，1919年生，美国亚利桑那州立大学退休荣誉教授，巴丹死亡行军的幸存者，紫心勋章和青铜星章获得者，在日本战俘营中度过三年半时间，曾在日本福冈县大牟田17号战俘营充当奴隶矿工，现在他担任巴丹和克雷吉多保卫战老兵协会主席，是美国盟军战俘向日本政府索赔运动领袖。

In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child’s years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found ‘her true calling.’ From the moment the ship docked in Le Havre in the fall of 1948 and Julia watched the well-muscled stevedores unloading the cargo to the first perfectly soigné meal that she and her husband, Paul, savored in Rouen en ro...(展开全部)

For anyone who has ever wondered about the mysteries that lie beyond everyday experience, or doubted the reality of the afterlife, Angels in My Hair is a moving and deeply inspirational journey into the unseen world. For as long as she can remember, Lorna Byrne has seen angels. As a young child, she assumed everyone could see the otherworldly beings who always accompanied h...(展开全部)

"Angels In My Hair" is the autobiography of a modern day mystic, an Irish woman with powers of the saints of old. When she was a child, people thought Lorna was 'retarded' because she did not seem to be focusing on the world around her. Instead Lorna was seeing angels and spirits. As Lorna tells the story of her life, the reader meets, as she did, the creatures from the spirit ...(展开全部)

茱莉亚·查尔德，1912年出生在美国加州的帕萨迪纳。她毕业于史密斯女子学院，二战期间在美国战略服务处任职，并遇到了后来的先生保罗·查尔德。1948年，她随夫君移居法国，为法国精致的美食彻底折服，因此进入著名的蓝带烹饪学校学习厨艺。名厨就此诞生。 37岁才开始学习烹饪的茱莉亚踏入了法国美食这个精妙的天地，也踏入了她精彩纷呈的下半生。1961年，划时代的《掌握法国菜的烹饪艺术》在美国出版，顿时在全美掀起法式料理的热潮。这本厚达734页的洋洋巨著，以前所未见的、详尽而精确的写作风格迅速征服了读者，至今仍在不断再版。 1963年，茱莉亚开始主持名为“法国大厨”的电视烹饪节目，热情欢快的爽朗天性和独一无二的颤抖嗓音让她成为家喻户晓的名厨。1966年，她的头像登上《时代》杂志的封面。 四十年间，茱莉亚主持了数十档公共电视节目，撰写了大量烹饪著作。由于成就非凡，她...(展开全部)

You’ve seen them in movies and on TV, but cults are more prevalent than you think—and they’re armed with strategies that can brainwash and persuade even the most unlikely of candidates. But how do individuals get involved with cults in the first place, and what steps can be taken to “deprogram” and heal those who have been drawn into these damaging groups? These questions and m...(展开全部)