A rollicking feminist tale set in 1950s America where thousands of women have spontaneously transformed into dragons, exploding notions of a woman’s place in the world and expanding minds about accepting others for who they really are. • The first adult novel by the Newbery award-winning author of The Girl Who Drank the Moon Alex Green is a young girl in a world much like ours,...(展开全部)

埃勒里·奎因(ELLERY QUEEN)是曼弗雷德·本宁顿·李(Manfred Bennington Lee，1905-1971)和弗雷德里克·丹奈(Frederic Dannay，1905-1982)这对表兄弟合作的笔名。是历史上最伟大的推理小说家之一。 从1929年到1971年，埃勒里·奎因发表了数十部推理小说，其中最为有名、也最具代表性的便是“国名系列”了。奎因和他的“国名系列”小说早已成了推理小说史上的一个不可逾越的高峰。 1941年，奎因创办了《埃勒里·奎因神秘杂志》，按照他的话来说，《埃勒里·奎因神秘杂志》是要将侦探小说从通俗文学提升为正统的文学形式。通过提供这样一个实践的场所来鼓励我们中间的人写出更好的作品，培养和发展更多新的作家。直至今日，《埃勒里·奎因神秘杂志》仍是这一领域的翘楚。 由于对推理文学的巨大...(展开全部)

纳西姆·尼古拉斯·塔勒布（Nassim Nicholas Taleb）是我们这个时代伟大的思想者之一，是当今令人敬畏的风险管理理论学者，被誉为拥有“罕见的勇气与博学”。他倾其一生研究概率和风险问题，撰写了50篇学术论文来探讨“不确定性”，内容涉及国际关系、风险管理、统计物理学。他大部分时间都在闲逛，在世界各地的咖啡馆中冥想。在成为作家和学者之前，塔勒布做过20年交易员，目前是纽约大学理工学院风险工程学特聘教授。

The photographs by Annie Leibovitz in Women, taken especially for the book, encompass a broad spectrum of subjects: a rap artist, an astronaut, two Supreme Court justices, farmers, coal miners, movie stars, showgirls, rodeo riders, socialites, reporters, dancers, a maid, a general, a surgeon, the First Lady of the United States, the secretary of state, a senator, rock stars, pr...(展开全部)

The photographs by Annie Leibovitz in Women, taken especially for the book, encompass a broad spectrum of subjects: a rap artist, an astronaut, two Supreme Court justices, farmers, coal miners, movie stars, showgirls, rodeo riders, socialites, reporters, dancers, a maid, a general, a surgeon, the First Lady of the United States, the secretary of state, a senator, rock stars, pr...(展开全部)

The photographs by Annie Leibovitz in Women, taken especially for the book, encompass a broad spectrum of subjects: a rap artist, an astronaut, two Supreme Court justices, farmers, coal miners, movie stars, showgirls, rodeo riders, socialites, reporters, dancers, a maid, a general, a surgeon, the First Lady of the United States, the secretary of state, a senator, rock stars, pr...(展开全部)

Low-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slacking off at low-paying dead-end jobs, blowing his cash on booze and women, and scrimping by in flea-bitten apartments, Chinaski sees his poetic star rising at last. Now, at fifty, he is reveling in his sudden rock-star life, running three hundred hangovers a year, and maintaining ...(展开全部)

Joseph had a little overcoat, but it was full of holes--just like this book! When Joseph's coat got too old and shabby, he made it into a jacket. But what did he make it into after that? And after that? As children turn the pages of this book, they can use the die-cut holes to guess what Joseph will be making next from his amazing overcoat--while they laugh at the bold, cheerf...(展开全部)

Joseph had a little overcoat, but it was full of holes--just like this book! When Joseph's coat got too old and shabby, he made it into a jacket. But what did he make it into after that? And after that? As children turn the pages of this book, they can use the die-cut holes to guess what Joseph will be making next from his amazing overcoat--while they laugh at the bold, cheerf...(展开全部)

Inspector Beale has seen many brutal crimes in his career, but this one takes the cake. The body of a young woman is seen, then it disappears, then it pops up again, only this time the head, and lower arms and legs have been cut off and are missing. Instead, tennis rack covers are taped to the neck and the two upper arms. But not the legs. So far, it’s just one of the goriest c...(展开全部)