In this examination of the monster as cultural object, Judith Halberstam offers a rereading of the monstrous that revises our view of the Gothic. Moving from the nineteenth century and the works of Shelley, Stevenson, Stoker, and Wilde to contemporary horror film exemplified by such movies as "Silence of the Lambs," "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," and "Candyman," "Skin Shows" unders...(展开全部)

Through the figure of Josephine Baker, Second Skin tells the story of an unexpected yet enduring intimacy between the invention of a modernist style and the theatricalization of black skin at the turn of the twentieth century. Stepping outside of the platitudes surrounding this iconic figure, Anne Anlin Cheng argues that Baker's famous nakedness must be understood within large...(展开全部)

“It is a shameful thing to win a war.” The reliably unorthodox Curzio Malaparte’s own service as an Italian liaison officer with the Allies during the invasion of Italy was the basis for this searing and surreal novel, in which the contradictions inherent in any attempt to simultaneously conquer and liberate a people beset the triumphant but ingenuous American forces as they ma...(展开全部)

库尔齐奥▪马拉巴特（1898-1957） Curzio Malaparte 意大利作家、记者、外交官。因其代表作《完蛋》（1944）、《皮》（1949）等获得国际声誉。1951年导演电影《被禁止的基督》，提名戛纳电影节金棕榈奖，获柏林电影节柏林市特别奖。

In his classic thriller The Bone Collector, Jeffery Deaver introduced readers to Lincoln Rhyme-the nation's most renowned investigator and forensic detective. Now, a new killer is on the loose: a criminal inspired by the Bone Collector. And Rhyme must untangle the twisted web of clues before the killer targets more victims-or Rhyme himself.

杰夫里·迪弗，一九五○年出生于芝加哥，十一岁时写出了第一本小说，从此笔耕不辍。迪弗毕业于密苏里大学新闻系，后进入福德汉姆法学院研修法律，在法律界实践了一段时间后，在华尔街一家大律师事务所开始了律师生涯。他兴趣广泛，曾自己写歌、唱歌，进行巡演，也曾当过杂志社记者。与此同时，他开始发展自己真正的兴趣：写悬疑小说。一九九○年起，迪弗成为一名全职作家。 迄今为止，迪弗共获得六次 MWA（美国推理小说作家协会）的爱伦·坡奖提名、一次尼禄·沃尔夫奖、一次安东尼奖和三次埃勒里·奎因最佳短篇小说读者奖。迪弗的小说被翻译成三十五种语言，多次登上世界各地的畅销书排行榜。包括名作《人骨拼图》在内，他有三部作品被搬上银幕，同时也为享誉世界的詹姆斯·邦德系列创作了最新官方小说《自由裁决》。迪弗的作品素以悬念重重、不断反转的情节著称，常常在小说的结尾推翻或多次推翻之前的结论，犹...(展开全部)

This special first edition will have striking cover effects, beautiful interior cover art, and stenciled edges! A competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis. Scarlett Vandermeer is swimming upstream. A Junior at Stanford and a student-athlete who specializes in ...(展开全部)

Challenging the basic assumptions of a meat-eating society, Deep Vegetarianism is a spirited and compelling defense of a vegetarian lifestyle.

远藤周作（Endo Shusaku，1923-1996） 日本著名作家，日本信仰文学的先驱，作品中渗透着关于生命、人生、社会、文化、历史的浓厚思考和沉重追问，在日本现当代文学史上有着承前启后的枢纽地位，代表了日本20世纪文学的最高水平。 出生于东京一个天主教家庭，10岁时接受洗礼，深受天主教思想的影响。1954年，处女作《到雅典》初试啼声，正式登上日本文坛；次年，短篇小说《白人》荣获芥川文学奖；1958年，长篇小说《海和毒药》荣获新潮文学奖和每日出版文化奖；1966年，代表作家创作高峰的巨著《沉默》出版，掀起巨大反响……1993年，作家最后的巨作《深河》隆重出版，迅速被翻译成13种语言译介到亚洲与欧美，引起专家、读者和媒体的如潮好评，被誉为“代表日本20世纪文学高峰”。1995年，因一生巨大的文化影响被授予日本文化勋章，次年病逝于东京。临终之前特嘱亲...(展开全部)