First published in 1993, "The Virgin Suicides" announced the arrival of a major new American novelist. In a quiet suburb of Detroit, the five Lisbon sisters--beautiful, eccentric, and obsessively watched by the neighborhood boys--commit suicide one by one over the course of a single year. As the boys observe them from afar, transfixed, they piece together the mystery of the fam...(展开全部)

It begins by chance: Leo receives emails in error from an unknown woman called Emmi. Being polite he replies, and Emmi writes back. A few brief exchanges are all it takes to spark a mutual interest in each other, and soon Emmi and Leo are sharing their innermost secrets and longings. The erotic tension simmers, and it seems only a matter of time before they will meet in person....(展开全部)

It begins by chance: Leo receives emails in error from an unknown woman called Emmi. Being polite he replies, and Emmi writes back. A few brief exchanges are all it takes to spark a mutual interest in each other, and soon Emmi and Leo are sharing their innermost secrets and longings. The erotic tension simmers, and it seems only a matter of time before they will meet in person....(展开全部)

The Virgin in the Garden is a wonderfully erudite entertainment in which enlightenment and sexuality, Elizabethan drama and contemporary comedy, intersect richly and unpredictably.

This beautiful and sad first novel, recently adapted for a major motion picture, tells of a band of teenage sleuths who piece together the story of a twenty-year old family tragedy begun by the youngest daughter’s spectacular demise by self-defenstration, which inaugurates “the year of the suicides.”

This beautiful and sad first novel, recently adapted for a major motion picture, tells of a band of teenage sleuths who piece together the story of a twenty-year old family tragedy begun by the youngest daughter's spectacular demise by self-defenstration, which inaugurates 'the year of the suicides.'

Meet Ella Turner and Isabelle du Moulin - two women born centuries apart, yet bound by a fateful family legacy. When Ella and her husband move to a small town in France, Ella hopes to brush up on her French, qualify to practice as a midwife, and start a family of her own. Village life turns out to be less idyllic than she expected, however, and a peculiar dream of the color blu...(展开全部)

A novel in which enlightenment and sexuality, Elizabethan drama and contemporary comedy intersect richly and unpredictably. The events in this tale revolve around an eccentric family and the staging of a play about Elizabeth I.

A novel which combines enlightenment and sexuality, Elizabethan drama and contemporary comedy. It is a tale of a brilliant and eccentric family, fatefully divided.

玛蒂娜•罗斯布拉特  加州大学洛杉矶分校哲学博士、MBA、法学博士，美国知名杰出企业家、律师、医学伦理学家以及人权法律运动倡议者。  美国天狼星XM卫星广播公司创始人，全美最大卫星广播系统创建者。  美国著名生物医药公司联合治疗公司（United Therapeutics）创始人兼CEO，因成功研发出治疗罕见病原发性肺动脉高压的药物而闻名世界。2013年，玛蒂娜成为首位登顶“全球生物医药行业最高薪CEO”的女性；2014 年，她成为美国最高薪酬的女CEO，被评为美国最具影响力的11位女商人之一，并荣登《纽约时报》封面。  玛蒂娜目前致力于通过思维克隆技术实现人类永生的疯狂构想，并为这种虚拟人社会进行了全方位的构建。她的计划如果实现，人类未来将被彻底颠覆。