In the wake of radical social movements in the 1960s and 1970s, literary studies’ embrace of politics entailed a widespread rejection of aesthetic considerations. For scholars invested in literature’s role in supporting or challenging dominant ideologies, appreciating literature’s formal beauty seemed frivolous and irresponsible, even complicit with the iniquities of the social...(展开全部)

Six responsible adults. Three cute kids. One small dog. It’s just a normal weekend. What could possibly go wrong? In Truly Madly Guilty, Liane Moriarty turns her unique, razor-sharp eye towards three seemingly happy families. Sam and Clementine have a wonderful, albeit busy, life: they have two little girls, Sam has just started a new dream job, and Clementine, a cellist, is bu...(展开全部)

Six responsible adults. Three cute kids. One small dog. It’s just a normal weekend. What could possibly go wrong? In Truly Madly Guilty, Liane Moriarty turns her unique, razor-sharp eye towards three seemingly happy families. Sam and Clementine have a wonderful, albeit busy, life: they have two little girls, Sam has just started a new dream job, and Clementine, a cellist, is bu...(展开全部)

An illuminating and entertaining history of the law's treatment of animals Trespassing bees, murderous zebras, reasonable cows ... Ever since Biblical times, animals have been clashing with human laws. What to do with animals that injure or kill people, in particular, has long troubled humans. In medieval Europe, 'killer' animals - horses, cattle and most often pigs, which were...(展开全部)

In the early twentieth century, a time of political fragmentation and social upheaval in China, poverty became the focus of an anguished national conversation about the future of the country. Investigating the lives of the urban poor in China during this critical era, Guilty of Indigence examines the solutions implemented by a nation attempting to deal with "society's most fund...(展开全部)

Colin Beavan(科林·比万)，早年在英国的慈善团体工作，1992年回到美国从事写作工作。本书英文版出版后，已经向十余个国家和地区授予版权。本书吸引了全球许多主要媒体，如《纽约时报》、《基督教科学箴言报》(The Christian Science Monitor)的关注与报导。作者因本书受邀参加美国脱口秀节目《科尔伯特报告》(The Colbert Report)、《早安美国》(Good Morning America)等电视。广播节目的访问。他被MSN选为2007年十大最具影响力人物。美国时尚杂志Elle颁给他2008GreenAwards，并称他为“Eco-IIIuminator”。 Colin Beavan的NolmpactMan.com网站与博客，拥有上万名订阅者，吸引了数百万人浏览，被美国《时代》杂志选为全球十五大环保网...(展开全部)

腐败的城市… 昼伏夜出的恶徒… 异端的教会… 变异的都市人… 以及… 一个复仇鬼。 仇恨一直在他心中蔓延。有人说他无恶不作，有人说他可悲可怜。 一名普通的记者如何与这个谜一般的男人接触？所有的真相，都在面具之中。

腐败的城市… 昼伏夜出的恶徒… 异端的教会… 变异的都市人… 以及… 一个复仇鬼。 仇恨一直在他心中蔓延。有人说他无恶不作，有人说他可悲可怜。 一名普通的记者如何与这个谜一般的男人接触？所有的真相，都在面具之中。

少年时，初相遇。彼时的克莱曼婷活泼大方，艾瑞卡敏感又孤独。克莱曼婷在妈妈的鼓励下，犹疑地向艾瑞卡走去……成年后，她们依然是彼此最好的朋友。艾瑞卡成为沉着稳健的职场女强人，有着自己克制而健康的规律生活，心事却不肯轻易说；克莱曼婷则是浪漫优柔的大提琴家，有着热闹又幸福的家庭，但她的烦忧无人能解。 当隐忍许久的艾瑞卡向克莱曼婷提出一个只有她才能实现的要求，克莱曼婷惊呆了！她无论如何不能接受。寻常日子里的踌躇和犹豫愈演愈烈，终于在不寻常的一天里突然破碎。接下来的转变她们谁也没能猜到，同时没能预料的还有自己的心意…… —————————— 1. 《纽约时报》《出版人周刊》头牌小说、Goodreads年度虚构图书、《华尔街日志》《今日美国》《娱乐周刊》《迈阿密先驱报》季选推荐。 2. 艾美奖优胜剧集《大小谎言》原班人马将打造同名电视连续剧。妮可·基德曼和瑞茜·威...(展开全部)