Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the same. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains' toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket. The store's security guard, seeing a young black woman o...(展开全部)

Duration: 09:58:28 AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A REESE'S BOOK CLUB x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK PICK "The most provocative page-turner of the year." —Entertainment Weekly "A great way to kick off 2020." —Washington Post "I urge you to read Such a Fun Age." —NPR A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhilarating new voice, Such a Fun Age is a page-turning and big-heart...(展开全部)

罗因顿·米斯特里（Rohinton Mistry），加拿大籍印度裔作家，1952年生于印度孟买，1974年毕业于圣泽维尔大学数学与经济学专业，1975年移民至加拿大，后毕业于多伦多大学乌兹沃斯学院英语与哲学专业。主要作品有长篇小说《昼短夜长》《微妙的平衡》《家事》，短篇小说集《费罗莎·巴格故事集》等。他的作品描绘了印度社会的各个层面，以及印度帕西人的生活、习俗和信仰，充满了对印度的怀念之情。 熊裕，译者，译有《多莱尔的希腊神话书》《雪落香杉树》《日翅蝠》《月亮与六便士》等多部文学经典和学术著作。

It is Bombay in 1971, the year India went to war over what was to become Bangladesh. A hard-working bank clerk, Gustad Noble is a devoted family man who gradually sees his modest life unravelling. His young daughter falls ill; his promising son defies his father's ambitions for him. He is the one reasonable voice amidst the ongoing dramas of his neighbours. One day, he receives...(展开全部)

罗因顿·米斯特里（Rohinton Mistry），加拿大籍印度裔作家，1952年生于印度孟买，1974年毕业于圣泽维尔大学数学与经济学专业，1975年移民至加拿大，后毕业于多伦多大学乌兹沃斯学院英语与哲学专业。主要作品有长篇小说《昼短夜长》《微妙的平衡》《家事》，短篇小说集《费罗莎·巴格故事集》等。他的作品描绘了印度社会的各个层面，以及印度帕西人的生活、习俗和信仰，充满了对印度的怀念之情。 熊裕，译者，译有《多莱尔的希腊神话书》《雪落香杉树》《日翅蝠》《月亮与六便士》等多部文学经典和学术著作。

罗因顿·米斯特里（Rohinton Mistry），加拿大籍印度裔作家，1952年生于印度孟买，1974年毕业于圣泽维尔大学数学与经济学专业，1975年移民至加拿大，后毕业于多伦多大学乌兹沃斯学院英语与哲学专业。主要作品有长篇小说《昼短夜长》《微妙的平衡》《家事》，短篇小说集《费罗莎·巴格故事集》等。他的作品描绘了印度社会的各个层面，以及印度帕西人的生活、习俗和信仰，充满了对印度的怀念之情。 熊裕，译者，译有《多莱尔的希腊神话书》《雪落香杉树》《日翅蝠》《月亮与六便士》等多部文学经典和学术著作。

罗因顿·米斯特里（Rohinton Mistry），加拿大籍印度裔作家，1952年生于印度孟买，1974年毕业于圣泽维尔大学数学与经济学专业，1975年移民至加拿大，后毕业于多伦多大学乌兹沃斯学院英语与哲学专业。主要作品有长篇小说《昼短夜长》《微妙的平衡》《家事》，短篇小说集《费罗莎·巴格故事集》等。他的作品描绘了印度社会的各个层面，以及印度帕西人的生活、习俗和信仰，充满了对印度的怀念之情。 熊裕，译者，译有《多莱尔的希腊神话书》《雪落香杉树》《日翅蝠》《月亮与六便士》等多部文学经典和学术著作。

It is Bombay in 1971, the year India went to war over what was to become Bangladesh. A hard-working bank clerk, Gustad Noble is a devoted family man who gradually sees his modest life unravelling. His young daughter falls ill; his promising son defies his father's ambitions for him. He is the one reasonable voice amidst the ongoing dramas of his neighbours. One day, he receives...(展开全部)

When Randy Olson first described his life-changing encounter with an acting teacher in Don’t Be Such a Scientist, it seemed like the world of science was on the cusp of gaining new respect in the public eye. Through his writing, speaking, and films, Olson challenged scientists to toss out jargon in favor of a more human approach, bringing Hollywood lessons to the scientific com...(展开全部)

How to relate scientific information in a way that entertains and enlightens? After twenty years as a marine biologist, a Ph.D. from Harvard, a tenured professorship at the University of New Hampshire, and more than twenty published research papers, why is Dr. Randy Olson telling readers, 'Don't Be Such a Scientist'? The hard-earned advice comes from a fifteen-year career trans...(展开全部)