The Ladies' Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames) recounts the spectacular development of the modern department store in late nineteenth century Paris. The store is a symbol of capitalism, of the modern city, and of the bourgeois family; it is emblematic of consumer culture and the changes in sexual attitudes and class relations taking place at the end of the century. Octave Mouret, ...(展开全部)

The Ladies' Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames) recounts the spectacular development of the modern department store in late nineteenth century Paris. The store is a symbol of capitalism, of the modern city, and of the bourgeois family; it is emblematic of consumer culture and the changes in sexual attitudes and class relations taking place at the end of the century. Octave Mouret, ...(展开全部)

"One of the foremost science fiction writers of our generation"("SF Site") comes to Ace with a trilogy of the Web's awakening. Caitlin Decter is young, pretty, feisty, a genius at math-and blind. Still, she can surf the net with the best of them, following its complex paths clearly in her mind. But Caitlin's brain long ago co-opted her primary visual cortex to help her navigat...(展开全部)

WWW:WAKE During his decades-spanning career, award-winning author Robert J. Sawyer has "undoubtedly cemented his reputation as one of the foremost science fiction writers of our generation" (SF Site). Now he adds to his impressive body of work with an imaginative and mind-blowing new trilogy of the web — and its awakening ... Caitlin Decter is young, pretty, feisty, a genius at...(展开全部)

A little baby sleeps through everything from a beeping car and a barking dog to a ringing telephone, but when a tiny buzzing fly disturbs his slumber, the baby cannot be lulled back to sleep by anything but a kiss by his big sister.

羅伯特．索耶Robert J. Sawyer 星雲、雨果、坎伯三大獎得主 加拿大有史以來最成功的作家之一 史上只有七位作家得過全部科幻最高獎項星雲、雨果、坎伯三大獎，索耶是其中之一。他總計贏得四十一座國際獎項，更前無古人地贏得三次科幻界最高獎金「西班牙加泰隆尼亞理工大學科幻獎」。他同樣榮獲三次日本星雲獎最佳翻譯長篇，以及二○○七中國銀河獎最受歡迎外國科幻作家。 索耶是加拿大有史以來最成功的作家之一，更是加拿大主流小說榜Top Ten，曾奪下軌跡雜誌暢銷榜第一。在加拿大《筆與紙》書評雜誌Quill & Quire列出的三十位加拿大出版界重要人物中，索耶是三位作家其中一位。他的網齡超過二十五年，更是全世界第一個架設個人網站的科幻作家。 索耶復興了硬派科幻小說的傳統，以其出自純科學的大膽假定，追隨艾西莫夫和海萊因等大師的路數。他不但囊括科幻三大獎，更與《時...(展开全部)

松田青子（まつだ あおこ ，1979— ） 日本女作家，也是文学译者，2013年，处女作《可收纳》获得“三岛由纪夫奖”和“野间文艺奖”提名。2019年，短篇小说《死去的女人》入围雪莉·杰克逊奖短名单。2021年，《幽女出没的地方》获得世界奇幻文学大奖。 陈晓淇 浙江绍兴人。现为日本关西大学博士研究生，日本通译翻译协会会员。译作有《如是我闻》《推理要在晚餐后》等。

Compiled and published after Fitzgerald's death by his friend, the prominent critic and editor Edmund Wilson, The Crack-Up is a collection of writings that chronicle the author's state of mind and personal perspective on events, fellow writers and public figures of the 1920s and 1930s. In addition to articles and essays such as the celebrated title piece, this volume includes a...(展开全部)

Impelled by the desire to recapitulate and amplify those 'subjects that have chiefly interested me during the course of my life', Somerset Maugham wrote The Summing Up when he was sixty-four. Autobiographical without being an autobiography, confessional without disclosing the private self, The Summing Up is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo. It...(展开全部)