' Whenever I resolve to write less and do something healthful instead, like ice dancing - some honey-tongued editor is sure to call me up and make me an offer I can't refuse. So in some ways this book is simply the result of an under-developed ability to say no.' Collected and published in the UK for the first time, here are essays and journalism from the brilliant novelist and...(展开全部)

' Whenever I resolve to write less and do something healthful instead, like ice dancing - some honey-tongued editor is sure to call me up and make me an offer I can't refuse. So in some ways this book is simply the result of an under-developed ability to say no.' Collected and published in the UK for the first time, here are essays and journalism from the brilliant novelist and...(展开全部)

The wealthy old woman was dead -- a trifle sooner than expected. The intricate trail of horror and senseless murder led from a beautiful hampshire village to a fashionable London flat and a deliberate test of "amour" -- staged by the debonair sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey.""Here the modern detective story begins to come to its own; and all the historical importance aside, it remains...(展开全部)

作者简介： 玛格丽特.阿特伍德发表了四十多部著作，包括小说、诗歌和评论集。其中，《使女的故事》、《猫眼》、《别名格蕾丝》和《羚羊与秧鸡》均被列入布克奖候选名单，2000年她凭借《盲人刺客》获得布克奖。 封 底 语： 每当我下决心少写一点儿，做些更健康的事，比如冰上舞蹈----某位嘴上抹了蜜的编辑就会给我打电话，给我一个无法拒绝的提议。因此，在某种意义上，这本书只是我缺少说“不”的能力的结果。 为什么该选集命名为《好奇的追寻》？“好奇”指我惯常的精神状态----换个不好听的词就是“爱管闲事”----也指一些文章的主题使我好奇。如爱丽丝一般，我越来越好奇，而世界则越来越奇怪。换一种说法，没有引起我的好奇心的东西，我是不太会写的。尽管“好奇”一词的份量很轻，我的“好奇心”也不懒散（我希望如此）。“激情”或许是更准确的描写，不过这也许会误导某些人，令一些穿...(展开全部)

作者简介： 玛格丽特.阿特伍德发表了四十多部著作，包括小说、诗歌和评论集。其中，《使女的故事》、《猫眼》、《别名格蕾丝》和《羚羊与秧鸡》均被列入布克奖候选名单，2000年她凭借《盲人刺客》获得布克奖。 封 底 语： 每当我下决心少写一点儿，做些更健康的事，比如冰上舞蹈----某位嘴上抹了蜜的编辑就会给我打电话，给我一个无法拒绝的提议。因此，在某种意义上，这本书只是我缺少说“不”的能力的结果。 为什么该选集命名为《好奇的追寻》？“好奇”指我惯常的精神状态----换个不好听的词就是“爱管闲事”----也指一些文章的主题使我好奇。如爱丽丝一般，我越来越好奇，而世界则越来越奇怪。换一种说法，没有引起我的好奇心的东西，我是不太会写的。尽管“好奇”一词的份量很轻，我的“好奇心”也不懒散（我希望如此）。“激情”或许是更准确的描写，不过这也许会误导某些人，令一些穿...(展开全部)

A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring...(展开全部)

Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions of life on earth. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. Elizabeth Kolbert combines brilliant field reporting, the history of ideas and the work of geologists, botanists a...(展开全部)

A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes Over the last half-billion years, there have been Five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring t...(展开全部)

Humanity can make short work of the oceans’ creatures. In 1741, hungry explorers discovered herds of Steller’s sea cow in the Bering Strait, and in less than thirty years, the amiable beast had been harpooned into extinction. It’s a classic story, but a key fact is often omitted. Bering Island was the last redoubt of a species that had been decimated by hunting and habitat loss...(展开全部)

Humanity can make short work of the oceans’ creatures. In 1741, hungry explorers discovered herds of Steller’s sea cow in the Bering Strait, and in less than thirty years, the amiable beast had been harpooned into extinction. It’s a classic story, but a key fact is often omitted. Bering Island was the last redoubt of a species that had been decimated by hunting and habitat loss...(展开全部)