An entertaining and amazingly informative guide to the realities of slavery in ancient Rome, with an introduction by Mary Beard At last, a clear manual for managing slaves the Roman way. In How to Manage Your Slaves, Marcus Sidonius Falx offers practical advice, showing where and how to buy slaves and how to get the best out of them. He explains how to tell good slaves from bad...(展开全部)

As a mysterious fire rages through an affluent community in Southern California, Lew Archer tracks a missing--and possibly kidnapped--child and uncovers and entire secret history of wayward parents, wounded offspring, and murder. Along with its merciless suspense, The Underground Man possesses a moral vision as complex as that of a classic Greek tragedy.

When a chance encounter makes him a witness to the abduction of a child, private detective Lew Archer can't help but be drawn into the case, pursuing a trail that leads all too quickly to murder. While forest fires rage in the hills around Los Angeles, threatening the homes of some of the city's wealthiest families, Archer unearths a hidden history of failed marriages, runaway ...(展开全部)

As a mysterious fire rages through an affluent community in Southern California, Lew Archer tracks a missing--and possibly kidnapped--child and uncovers and entire secret history of wayward parents, wounded offspring, and murder. Along with its merciless suspense, The Underground Man possesses a moral vision as complex as that of a classic Greek tragedy.

美国当地时间2017年4月10日，科尔森·怀特黑德凭借《地下铁道》成为二十一世纪唯一凭借同一部小说擒得美国国家图书奖和普利策奖的小说家，跻身福克纳、安•波特、马拉默德、厄普代克、沃克、普鲁之列！ 2016年8月，科尔森·怀特黑德构思长达16年的长篇小说《地下铁道》出版，入选奥普拉读书俱乐部推荐书目，被奥巴马列入夏季书单，11月获得美国国家图书奖，自此“地下铁道旋风”席卷全美，作品进入年底全部选书榜单。科尔森·怀特黑德被媒体誉为“美国在世作家中最出类拔萃的一个”。 科尔森·怀特黑德（Colson Whitehead，1969— ），生于纽约，在上东区长大，童年时期就立志成为作家。毕业于哈佛大学。获得过麦克阿瑟天才奖、古根海姆奖及怀丁作家奖。 他写过六部小说，两部非虚构作品。1999年发表处女作《直觉主义者》(The Intuiti onist)即引起广...(展开全部)

As a mysterious fire rages through an affluent community in Southern California, Lew Archer tracks a missing--and possibly kidnapped--child and uncovers and entire secret history of wayward parents, wounded offspring, and murder. Along with its merciless suspense, The Underground Man possesses a moral vision as complex as that of a classic Greek tragedy.

As a mysterious fire rages through an affluent community in Southern California, Lew Archer tracks a missing--and possibly kidnapped--child and uncovers and entire secret history of wayward parents, wounded offspring, and murder. Along with its merciless suspense, The Underground Man possesses a moral vision as complex as that of a classic Greek tragedy.

When a chance encounter makes him a witness to the abduction of a child, private detective Lew Archer can't help but be drawn into the case, pursuing a trail that leads all too quickly to murder. While forest fires rage in the hills around Los Angeles, threatening the homes of some of the city's wealthiest families, Archer unearths a hidden history of failed marriages, runaway ...(展开全部)

There is a common misconception that our genomes - all unique, except for those in identical twins - have the upper hand in controlling our destiny. The latest genetic discoveries, however, do not support that view. Although genetic variation does influence differences in various human behaviours to a greater or lesser degree, most of the time this does not undermine our genuin...(展开全部)

The dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom. More than any other scholar, Eric Foner has influenced our understanding of America's history. Now, making brilliant use of extraordinary evidence, the Pulitzer Prize–winning historian once again reconfigures the national saga of American slavery and freedom. A dee...(展开全部)