This important piece of Australian fiction is republished for the first time as a Penguin Modern Classic. Elizabeth Jolley's award-winning novel is presented in a fresh, new format that is a must-have for lovers of Australian literature. Miss Hester Harper, middle-aged and eccentric, brings Katherine into her emotionally impoverished life. Together they sew, cook gourmet dishes...(展开全部)

Book Description Stephen is an ideal child of aristocratic parents - a fencer, a horse rider and a keen scholar. Stephen grows to be a war hero, a bestselling writer and a loyal, protective lover. But Stephen is a woman, and her lovers are women. As her ambitions drive her, and society confines her, Stephen is forced into desperate actions. It was banned for obscenity in 1928....(展开全部)

The impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler - the man who claimed to be god incarnate and brutally ruled the world for a thousand years - has been vanquished. But Kelsier, the hero who masterminded that triumph, is dead too, and now the awesome task of building a new world has been left to his young prot g, Vin, the former street urchin who is now the most powerful Mis...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 In "The Pursuit of the Well-Beloved" (1892) and "The Well-Beloved" (1897), Hardy, writes two different versions of a strange story set in the weird landscape of Portland. The central figure is a man obsessed with the search for his ideal woman and sculpting the perfect figure of a naked Aphrodite.

罗彼得·C.惠布罗（Peter C. Whybrow） 出生于英格兰，英国著名精神科医生，皇家精神病学院的创始成员和研究员，英国医学研究委员会科学工作者。曾任教于达特茅斯医学院和宾夕法尼亚大学，目前担任加州大学洛杉矶分校神经科学与人类行为研究院主任，David Geffen医学院精神病及行为科学系主任，美国精神病协会会员，美国前沿科学协会会员，主要研究兴趣在于精神病学和神经科学对人类行为的影响。著有畅销书《美国狂热》（American Mania: When More Is Not Enough），该书获得2006年美国精神分析发展协会授予的Gradiva奖。

罗彼得·C.惠布罗（Peter C. Whybrow） 出生于英格兰，英国著名精神科医生，皇家精神病学院的创始成员和研究员，英国医学研究委员会科学工作者。曾任教于达特茅斯医学院和宾夕法尼亚大学，目前担任加州大学洛杉矶分校神经科学与人类行为研究院主任，David Geffen医学院精神病及行为科学系主任，美国精神病协会会员，美国前沿科学协会会员，主要研究兴趣在于精神病学和神经科学对人类行为的影响。著有畅销书《美国狂热》（American Mania: When More Is Not Enough），该书获得2006年美国精神分析发展协会授予的Gradiva奖。

出版社/著者からの内容紹介 ある日突然すべての建物が崩れ、多くの人間が死に、地上は真っ 白な砂漠に変わった。そして生き残った少数の人間たちには、過酷な現実が待っ ていた...。地下にいたせいで助かった亮介と幼馴染みのしのぶは、食料もな く、飢餓状態に陥りながら死を待つように生きていた。「亮ちゃんが一緒ならい い」と言うしのぶに、死にたくない亮介は苛立つが...。

HIGHLIGHT The perfect introduction to Ruby, completely updated for Ruby 1.9. DESCRIPTION The Well-Grounded Rubyist takes the reader from interested novice to proficient practitioner. It's a beautifully written tutorial that begins with the basic steps to get the reader's first Ruby program up and running and goes on to explore sophisticated topics like callable objects, r...(展开全部)

From medieval manuscript to Japanese prints, from Steinlen's splendid drawings to 17th century prints, the author introduces the reader to the hundreds of books and manuscripts (belonging to the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris) in which the lovely feline is represented. The cat has been the main character of many tales, but also the inhabitant of the most diverse book...(展开全部)