丽莎·康(Lisa Ko)，出生在纽约皇后区，在新泽西长大，现居布鲁克林，凭其首部小说《离岸人》获得了2016年的美国社会领头羊小说奖(PEN /Bellwether Prize)。她的作品出现在《2016年美国短篇小说》《纽约时报》《使徒日记》《叙事》《纽约时报》《铜镍》《故事和弦》《一个少年故事》《布鲁克林评论》等。 译者简介： 梁欣琢，南京大学英美文学硕士，英语译者，译有《非暴力沟通（实践篇）》《人间谬误》《苹果树》等书。

Software has replaced a diverse array of physical, mechanical, and electronic technologies used before 21st century to create, store, distribute and interact with cultural artifacts. It has become our interface to the world, to others, to our memory and our imagination - a universal language through which the world speaks, and a universal engine on which the world runs. What el...(展开全部)

The beloved, bestselling international author of "The Alchemist" returns with another haunting novel--a thrilling journey into our constant fascination with the worlds of fame, fortune, and celebrity. A profound meditation on personal power and innocent dreams that are manipulated or undone by success, "The Winner Stands Alone" is set in the exciting worlds of fashion and cine...(展开全部)

保罗·比第（Paul Beatty），生于1962年，美国当代著名作家、诗人，先后获得波士顿大学心理学学士学位、布鲁克林大学艺术硕士学位。 20世纪90年代，保罗·比第以诗人身份崭露头角，出版诗集《大银行收了小银行》《小王，大王，2》等；90年代中期投入小说创作，1996年出版小说处女作《白人男孩曳步舞》，被《纽约时报》称赞为“天赋之作”，随后出版《岩石》《梦乡》。 2015年，出版耗时五年写就的小说《背叛》，于当年捧回全美书评家协会奖，横扫《纽约时报》等数十家媒体年度书榜，次年一举拿下布克奖，成为美国历史上第一位获得布克奖的作家。 保罗·比第现居纽约，在哥伦比亚大学教授创意写作。

The futures industry is unique, entertaining and, for far too many people, ultimately heartbreaking. What other industry possesses such an entertaining cast of soothsayers, self-proclaimed experts and charlatans? Where else do people become fabulously wealthy simply by acting on their own convictions? And where else does the possibility of failure loom so large and so constant?...(展开全部)

William R. Gallacher

Little people use BIG machines to make a GIANT birthday cake! Imagine an industrialized Lilliput. Imagine today. Imagine an enormous construction site. Imagine a birthday cake like no other. What if the people you order your next birthday cake from are tiny, and what if they build cakes the way we build buildings? Tractor-trailers and giant cranes, catwalks, and helicopters. Hu...(展开全部)

作者简介：吉尔·墨菲（Jill Murphy） 吉尔·墨菲被誉为英国当代最优秀的童书作家和画家之一。吉尔自小就展露出过人的写作和绘画天分，她创作畅销书《魔法小女巫》时，年仅18岁。1986年开始创作的“大象家族”系列绘本让吉尔屡获殊荣、家喻户晓。此外，吉尔还塑造了众多可爱的绘本角色，比如著名绘本《最后一个安抚奶嘴》中的小怪兽马龙，以及在绘本《大灾难》中闪耀登场的兔宝宝露比等。 译者简介：日诵辞画间 日诵辞画间是一个网络亲子共读社群，创建于2017年，下设三个版块：《日诵牛津阅读树》、《米福讲凯迪克绘本故事》、《每月共读一经典》。社群成员来自全国各地，孩子年龄跨度2岁-16岁。辞画间的玩法是：一日一读一打卡，四季阅读不间断；中英两语无缝接，悠游涵咏辞画间；父母孩子E空间，相得益彰乐无边。核心成员有姚晶晶、石瑛、林汐晓。

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • In this moving debut novel, two estranged siblings deal with their mother’s death and her hidden past—a journey of discovery that takes them from the Caribbean to London to California and ends with her famous black cake. “At turns delightfully juicy and then stunningly wise, Black Cake is a w...(展开全部)

It's 1993 and Paul Polydoris tends bar at the only gay club in a university town thrumming with politics and partying. He studies queer theory, has a dyke best friend, makes zines, and is a flâneur with a rich dating life. But Paul's also got a secret: he's a shapeshifter. Oscillating wildly from Riot Grrrl to leather cub, Women's Studies major to trade, Paul transforms his bod...(展开全部)