In Lori Lansens' astonishing second novel, readers come to know and love two of the most remarkable characters in Canadian fiction. Rose and Ruby are twenty-nine-year-old conjoined twins. Born during a tornado to a shocked teenaged mother in the hospital at Leaford, Ontario, they are raised by the nurse who helped usher them into the world. Aunt Lovey and her husband, Uncle Sta...(展开全部)

Meet Rose and Ruby: sisters, best friends, confidantes, and conjoined twins. Since their birth, Rose and Ruby Darlen have been known simply as "the girls." They make friends, fall in love, have jobs, love their parents, and follow their dreams. But the Darlens are special. Now nearing their 30th birthday, they are history's oldest craniopagus twins, joined at the head by as pot...(展开全部)

The ancient city of Troy has withstood a decade under siege of the powerful Greek army, which continues to wage bloody war over a stolen woman—Helen. In the Greek camp, another woman—Briseis—watches and waits for the war's outcome. She was queen of one of Troy's neighboring kingdoms, until Achilles, Greece's greatest warrior, sacked her city and murdered her husband and brother...(展开全部)

As dramatised on BBC Radio 4, Edna O'Brien's iconic trilogy of novels - The Country Girls, The Lonely Girl and Girls in their Married Bliss - depicts the lives and loves of two girls in rural 1950s Ireland. The trilogy follows the lives of Kate Brady and her friend Baba Brennan from the confines of a convent school in the Irish countryside to the bright lights of Dublin, and on...(展开全部)

Why is it that 95 percent of all investor financing for new businesses goes to men? Women certainly don't lack viable business ideas or the leadership skills to make them soar, but-as the authors, four highly successful entrepreneurs and investors, explain-female creativity and heartfelt commitment alone don't inspire seed-money decision makers. To persuade these mostly-male pa...(展开全部)

As dramatised on BBC Radio 4, Edna O'Brien's iconic trilogy of novels - The Country Girls, The Lonely Girl and Girls in their Married Bliss - depicts the lives and loves of two girls in rural 1950s Ireland. The trilogy follows the lives of Kate Brady and her friend Baba Brennan from the confines of a convent school in the Irish countryside to the bright lights of Dublin, and on...(展开全部)

Why is it that 95 percent of all investor financing for new businesses goes to men? Women certainly don't lack viable business ideas or the leadership skills to make them soar, but-as the authors, four highly successful entrepreneurs and investors, explain-female creativity and heartfelt commitment alone don't inspire seed-money decision makers. To persuade these mostly-male pa...(展开全部)

Meet Rose and Ruby: sisters, best friends, confidantes, and conjoined twins. Since their birth, Rose and Ruby Darlen have been known simply as "the girls." They make friends, fall in love, have jobs, love their parents, and follow their dreams. But the Darlens are special. Now nearing their 30th birthday, they are history's oldest craniopagus twins, joined at the head by a s...(展开全部)

多纳托·卡瑞西 Donato Carrisi 意大利当代悬疑文学的代名词，代表作《罪恶捕手》系列、《魔鬼在呢喃》等。 多纳托·卡瑞西曾主修犯罪学，是名副其实的犯罪学专家。他的作品多基于犯罪学理论和真实案例，节奏快且烧脑，情节扑朔迷离，被称为无法猜到作品结局的悬疑作家。他擅长人物刻画，对变态杀人魔的刻画更是入木三分。 卡瑞西斩获了包括意大利文学至高奖之一的巴卡瑞拉奖等多个大奖，肯·福莱特、迈克尔·康奈利等悬疑大师都对其赞不绝口。 《罪恶捕手》是卡瑞西基于真实设定、充分展现其悬疑特色的集大成之作。本书一经出版就引发了阅读狂潮，世界范围内发行超过70个版本，无数读者在国际书评网站Goodreads上打出4.01的高分，一举奠定了卡瑞西世界悬疑大师的地位。

多纳托·卡瑞西 Donato Carrisi 意大利当代悬疑文学的代名词，代表作《罪恶捕手》系列、《魔鬼在呢喃》等。 多纳托·卡瑞西曾主修犯罪学，是名副其实的犯罪学专家。他的作品多基于犯罪学理论和真实案例，节奏快且烧脑，情节扑朔迷离，被称为无法猜到作品结局的悬疑作家。他擅长人物刻画，对变态杀人魔的刻画更是入木三分。 卡瑞西斩获了包括意大利文学至高奖之一的巴卡瑞拉奖等多个大奖，肯·福莱特、迈克尔·康奈利等悬疑大师都对其赞不绝口。 《罪恶捕手》是卡瑞西基于真实设定、充分展现其悬疑特色的集大成之作。本书一经出版就引发了阅读狂潮，世界范围内发行超过70个版本，无数读者在国际书评网站Goodreads上打出4.01的高分，一举奠定了卡瑞西世界悬疑大师的地位。