What if we could have babies without having to bear children, eat meat without killing animals, have the perfect sexual relationship without compromise or choose the time of our painless death? To find out, Jenny Kleeman has interviewed a sex robot, eaten a priceless lab-grown chicken nugget, watched foetuses growing in plastic bags and attended members-only meetings where peop...(展开全部)

A timely investigation into the forces that are driving innovation in the four core areas of human experience: birth, food, sex, and death. In Sex Robots & Vegan Meat, award-winning journalist and documentary-maker Jenny Kleeman takes us on a journey into the world of the people who are changing what it means to be human. Focusing on the central pillars of the human experience...(展开全部)

The first contemporary enthnographic account of urban life in China, Sex, Death, and Hierarchy in a Chinese City studies both public and private life, including such aspects as religious belief, gender images, family life, and sexual attraction.

劳伦斯·莱特（Lawrence Wright）是《纽约客》的特约撰稿人，发表过一部小说《上帝的最爱》以及六部非小说类的著作，包括《在新世界》（In the New World）、《圣徒和罪人（Saints and Sinners）》、《记住撒旦》（Remembering Satan）、《巨塔（The Looming Tower）以及《走向清醒》（Going Clear）。他还是一个编剧和剧作家。他和他妻子一直住在德克萨斯州奥斯丁市。

劳伦斯·莱特（Lawrence Wright）是《纽约客》的特约撰稿人，发表过一部小说《上帝的最爱》以及六部非小说类的著作，包括《在新世界》（In the New World）、《圣徒和罪人（Saints and Sinners）》、《记住撒旦》（Remembering Satan）、《巨塔（The Looming Tower）以及《走向清醒》（Going Clear）。他还是一个编剧和剧作家。他和他妻子一直住在德克萨斯州奥斯丁市。

迈克尔•英尼斯（1906-1994） 英国作家、教育家及学者，毕业于牛津大学，主修英国文学，分别以笔名和本名发表长短篇小说、剧本、评论及学术专著等。他在澳大利亚大学任教时，开始创作推理小说。他的作品除了线索众多、充满奇趣的情节设计之外，还涉及丰富的文学典故。 代表作《校长宿舍谋杀案》、《艾伯比的终点》均是推理小说史上的经典。他笔下的侦探艾伯比被认为是史上最博学的侦探。

迈克尔•英尼斯（1906-1994） 英国作家、教育家及学者，毕业于牛津大学，主修英国文学，分别以笔名和本名发表长短篇小说、剧本、评论及学术专著等。他在澳大利亚大学任教时，开始创作推理小说。他的作品除了线索众多、充满奇趣的情节设计之外，还涉及丰富的文学典故。 代表作《校长宿舍谋杀案》、《艾伯比的终点》均是推理小说史上的经典。他笔下的侦探艾伯比被认为是史上最博学的侦探。

The first modern ethnogtaphy of a city in the People's Republic of China addresses an innovative set of questions in satisfyingly rich detail.Dip into it anywhere and you will learn something new and informative about modern China.

Here's the collection of columns that inspired the addictive and multiple award-winning HBO series! Sex and the City offers a tantalizing glimpse of the openings, launch parties, and celebrity affairs that keep society amused.

在线阅读本书 'Bushnell's beat is that demi-monde of nightclubs, bars, restaurants and parties where the rich come into contact with the infamous, the famous with the wannabes and the publicity-hungry with the gossip-peddlers' EVENING STANDARD Wildly funny, unexpectedly poignant, wickedly observant, SEX AND THE CITY blazes a glorious, drunken cocktail trail through New York, as Can...(展开全部)