A novel of relationships set in 1940s London that brims with vivid historical detail, thrilling coincidences, and psychological complexity, by the author of the Booker Prize finalist Fingersmith. Sarah Waters, whose works set in Victorian England have awards and acclaim and have reinvigorated the genres of both historical and lesbian fiction, returns with novel that marks a...(展开全部)

本书描述了上世纪40年代英国伦敦女同性恋、男同性恋和直人（异性恋）的生活。 《守夜》，故事跨越了上个世纪整个四十年代的伦敦，重点以1947，1944 和1941 年为时空背景，描绘了空袭、灯火管制下黑漆漆的街道，偷偷摸摸的违法关系和性冒险，最后回到其起点 1941 年，可说是极具吸引力。故事围绕着四个伦敦人——三个女人和一个年轻男人而推开，他们都有着不为人知的过去。Kay 在战争时期是开救护车的，生活紧张压抑，现在她却穿着男人装，带着不安定的心和无休止的渴望在大街小巷徘徊并寻觅着；Helen，聪明、可爱，讨人喜欢，却深藏着令人痛苦的秘密；Viv，迷人的姑娘，固执地甚至是愚蠢地忠贞于她那个士兵情人；Duncan ，外表纯真无邪，却在战争中发现了自己内心深藏的邪恶并与之搏斗。在小说中，莎拉·沃特斯一如既往的以她纤细的笔调、写实的技巧，编织出一部结构严谨、...(展开全部)

A novel of relationships set in 1940s London that brims with vivid historical detail, thrilling coincidences, and psychological complexity, by the author of the Booker Prize finalist Fingersmith. Sarah Waters, whose works set in Victorian England have awards and acclaim and have reinvigorated the genres of both historical and lesbian fiction, returns with novel that marks a...(展开全部)

'In a prologue set in 1901 London, a woman is apparently killed outside her home after her gold watch falls out of her pocket. Flash forward to 1991... playwright André Lévêque seeks help identifying a film he saw at a friend’s house when he was 10, whose story seems to match the circumstances of the 1901 crime. And in the winter of 1911, Victoria Sanders... has invited guests ...(展开全部)

A look at the revolution in game live streaming and esports broadcasting Every day thousands of people broadcast their gaming live to audiences over the internet using popular sites such as Twitch, which reaches more than one hundred million viewers a month. In these new platforms for interactive entertainment, big esports events featuring digital game competitors live stream g...(展开全部)

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In Watch Me Throw the Ball! , Gerald is determined to teach Piggie that ball-throwing is serious business... but Piggie is just as determined to have serious fun.

Join little Bunny Gray as he sets out to find the perfect gift for his special friend, Rosie. In the grass, under the leaves and on the glistening stream he thinks he spies beautiful, shimmery jewels but is disappointed to find that they're only sunbeams, dew drops and berries. In the end little Bunny Gray discovers that the gift of love is more precious than a jewel could ever...(展开全部)

Adapted into the Hit TV Series, Winner of Six 2019 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Celebrate the incredible journey of Phoebe Waller-Bridge's outrageously funny, blazingly forthright Fleabag, from fringe theatre hit to international cultural phenomenon, in this special edi...(展开全部)

Originally released in 1997 as a limited hardcover edition of 2,500 copies that sold out almost instantly, Ghost World has subsequently gone through 14 softcover printings, selling in excess of 150,000 copies in the United States, becoming one of the best-selling and most revered graphic novels of all-time, culminating in the 2001 Academy Award-nominated film starring Thora Bir...(展开全部)

What's wrong with being a "people pleaser?" Plenty! "A fascinating book...If you struggle with where, when, and how to draw the line between your own desires and the demands of others, buy this book!"--Kay Redfield Jamison, bestselling author of An Unquiet Mind and Night Falls Fast People pleasers are not just nice people who go overboard trying to make everyone happy. Those wh...(展开全部)