Everything that shaped him happened near that river…. Now its banks are filled with lies and greed, shame, and murder…. John Hart's debut, The King of Lies, was compelling and lyrical, with Janet Maslin of The New York Times declaring, “There hasn't been a thriller as showily literate since Scott Turow came along.” Now, in Down River, Hart makes a scorching return to Rowan Coun...(展开全部)

Positioned at the crossroads of the physical and biological sciences, chemistry deals with neither the infinitely small, nor the infinitely large, nor directly with life. So it is sometimes thought of as dull, the way things in the middle often are. But this middle ground is precisely where human beings exist. As Hoffmann shows in his inspired prose, the world observed at its m...(展开全部)

Nobel laureate Roald Hoffman confronts some of the major ethical controversies in chemistry today. Expertly weaving together examples from the worlds of art, literature, and philosophy, Hoffmann illustrates his uniquely accessible dialectic about the creative activity of chemists.</P>

Positioned at the crossroads of the physical and biological sciences, chemistry deals with neither the infinitely small, nor the infinitely large, nor directly with life. So it is sometimes thought of as dull, the way things in the middle often are. But this middle ground is precisely where human beings exist. As Hoffmann shows in his inspired prose, the world observed at its m...(展开全部)

Nobel laureate Roald Hoffman confronts some of the major ethical controversies in chemistry today. Expertly weaving together examples from the worlds of art, literature, and philosophy, Hoffmann illustrates his uniquely accessible dialectic about the creative activity of chemists.</P>

From their offices high in a corporate skyscaper, alpha males Ozaki and Tsuburaya make all the girls swoon. Ozaki is known for his irresistible pheromones, while Tsuburaya is a noble, worldly genius. But when these two rivals end up in a bed together, who will prove to be top dog? It's seme vs. seme - and much more than pride's on the line!

A round of uneasy hospitality results when Mouse and Dog arrive at Cat's house for dinner.

约瑟夫·洛，美国知名童书作家，除本书获得“1981年凯迪克银奖”外，作家还有另外两部作品入选“《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜”。作家长期生活在马萨葡萄园岛和弗吉尼亚岛的圣约翰岛。

In the searing poems of his new collection, Twice Alive, the Pulitzer Prize–winner Forrest Gander addresses the exigencies of our historical moment and the intimacies, personal and environmental, that bind us to others and to the world. Drawing from his training in geology and his immersion in Sangam literary traditions, Gander invests these poems with an emotional intensity th...(展开全部)

From Morgan Housel, bestselling author of The Psychology of Money, stories about what people have always done, and will always do Everyone wants to see the future. Few are good at it. From business to economics, politics to social trends, we’re just not very good at predicting what happens next. According to Morgan Housel, this is because we focus too much on what we think will...(展开全部)