Agatha Christie's audacious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. One minute, silly Heather Badcock had been gabbling on at her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Gregg. The next, Heather suffered a massive seizure. But for whom was the deadly poison really intended? Marina's froze...(展开全部)

Nan Goldin's seminal second book The Other Side is finally back in print. Ever since the early 1970's Goldin has lived with and among drag queens, documenting both their glamour and their struggles. The Other Side is her very personal declaration of love and gratitude to these drag queens, who showed her a way out of the captivity of pre-packaged, socially prescribed identity. ...(展开全部)

The Lotus Sūtra is among the most venerated scriptures of Buddhism. Composed in India some two millennia ago, it affirms the potential for all beings to attain supreme enlightenment. Donald Lopez and Jacqueline Stone provide an essential reading companion to this inspiring yet enigmatic masterpiece, explaining how it was understood by its compilers in India and, centuries later...(展开全部)

With endless newspaper column inches devoted to one of the most talked about men in the world, it seems that we know everything there is to know about David Beckham. Or do we? This is Beckham's life story in his own words. The book deals with his complex relationship with United boss Alex Ferguson and looks at how he handles the pressure of playing alongside some of the most vo...(展开全部)

A humor classic by one of the funniest writers today, SIDE EFFECTS is a treat for all those who know his work and those just discovering how gifted he is. Included here are such classics as REMEMBERING NEEDLEMAN, THE KUGELMASS EPISODE, a new sory called CONFESSIONS OF A BUGLAR, and more.

William Trevor is truly a Chekhov for our age, and a new collection of stories from him is always a cause for celebration. In these twelve stories, a waiter divulges a shocking life of crime to his ex-wife; a woman repeats the story of her parentsa unstable marriage after a horrible tragedy; a schoolgirl regrets gossiping about the cuckolded man who tutors her; and, in the volu...(展开全部)

唐纳德·斯伯特（Donald Spoto），美国著名传记作家，曾撰写劳伦斯·奥利弗、玛丽莲·梦露、格蕾丝·凯利、杰奎琳·肯尼迪等诸多名流的传记，也曾执笔英国王室家族史。

彼得·汤森（Peter Townsend）, 英国萨塞克斯大学工程实验物理学荣誉退休教授，马德里自治大学荣誉博士，曾因乳腺癌检测技术方面的成果入围欧盟笛卡儿研究奖。汤森的研究兴趣涵盖了发光学、光电子学、辐射剂量学、纳米科学等15个领域，曾在8个国家的学术界、工业界和国家实验室工作，发表过530余篇论文。

A ghost has no substance, but it has power - and presence - and it can appear in alternative forms. In the metaverse, we are all alternative forms. The Dead will join us. The genre-bending and dazzling new collection of ghost stories from the Sunday Times bestselling Jeanette Winterson 'Always passionate and provocative' NEW STATESMAN 'One of the wittiest writers around today' ...(展开全部)