本書為英國二○○四年曼氏布克獎得主，也是英國布克獎成立36年來首度闖越性與權力禁區的精彩作品，藝文圈一致好評！ 尼克低喃了一聲，接受挑戰。這是他第一次看見里歐全裸，看見他臉上慵懶地觀察，輕鬆地譏諷，時而機靈時而遲鈍的面具暗影融化為赤裸裸的感受。里歐用嘴巴呼吸，表情看在尼克眼裡不只因慾望而苦，還有自責——怪自己怎會如此遲鈍，如此虛榮，如此盲目。 一九八三年夏天，正值青春年華的尼克?蓋斯特搬進費登家位於諾丁丘的豪宅閣樓。一家之主傑洛?費登是野心勃勃的新任保守黨議員，女主人瑞秋出身顯赫，夫婦膝下有陶比和凱薩琳一雙兒女。尼克就讀牛津時就對陶比傾心，但住進費登家後，跟風波不斷、叛逆任性、見解犀利的凱薩琳結為密友，並惶惶負起照顧凱薩琳的責任。 八○年代中期英國社會蓬勃發展，出身微賤、對政治和財富純真又無知的尼克一腳踏入費登家的世界，尼克心思細膩，觀察敏銳，才思敏...(展开全部)

In the summer of 1983, twenty-year-old Nick Guest moves into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: conservative Member of Parliament Gerald, his wealthy wife Rachel, and their two children, Toby-whom Nick had idolized at Oxford-and Catherine, highly critical of her family's assumptions and ambitions. As the boom years of the eighties unfold, Nick, an innocent i...(展开全部)

In the summer of 1983, twenty-year-old Nick Guest moves into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: conservative Member of Parliament Gerald, his wealthy wife Rachel, and their two children, Toby-whom Nick had idolized at Oxford-and Catherine, highly critical of her family's assumptions and ambitions. As the boom years of the eighties unfold, Nick, an innocent i...(展开全部)

It is the summer of 1983, and young Nick Guest, an innocent in the matters of politics and money, has moved into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: Gerald, an ambitious new Tory MP, his wealthy wife Rachel, and their children Toby and Catherine. Nick had idolized Toby at Oxford, but in his London life it will be the troubled Catherine who becomes his friend ...(展开全部)

英国当代名作家阿兰·霍林赫斯特(1954-)，生于英格兰一个中产阶级家庭。自幼喜欢歌剧和建筑艺术。1981年，从牛津大学毕业后来到伦敦；1985年，成为《时代文学增刊》的编辑。1988年以长篇处女作《泳池图书馆》一举成名。第二部长篇，1994年出版的《折叠的星星》进入当年布克奖最后候选名单，并获布莱克纪念奖。这两部小说和分别于1998、2004年出版的《咒语》和《美丽曲线》都是同性恋题材。《美丽曲线》获2004年度布克奖，这是布克奖设立36年来第一次颁发给关于同性恋的小说。 本书讲述牛津大学毕业生尼克，从外向来到伦敦四年的生活经历。他住在伦敦一个保守主义议员的家里，先和牙买加裔公务员利奥相恋并发生了关系，后来又迷上了吸食可卡因上瘾的年轻的黎巴嫩裔百万富翁万尼，成为了他的情人、门客和合作者。在万尼罹患艾滋病、丑闻见诸报端之后，尼克遭遇房东的驱逐。小说...(展开全部)

苏珊娜·麦克尼尔（Suzanne McNeill），设计师、艺术家、专栏作家。她非常喜爱尝试各类艺术形式，并将其运用到禅绕画的实际创作中，她的禅绕画灵感艺术作品被称作“魔力艺术”。苏珊娜所写的关于禅绕画的书都受到了广大读者的欢迎。 辛迪·谢帕德（Cindy Shepard），实验艺术家，她的创作专注于材料的循环利用和混合媒介材质的艺术表现。辛迪的禅绕画作品丰富多样，又各具特色。 李阳琨，设计师、自由译者。在国外留学、工作多年，主要从事文化交流、设计和翻译等工作，热衷公益事业。

For the past forty years shamanism has drawn increasing attention among the general public and academics. There is an enormous literature on shamanism, but no one has tried to understand why and how Western intellectual and popular culture became so fascinated with the topic. Behind fictional and non-fictional works on shamanism, Andrei A. Znamenski uncovers an exciting story t...(展开全部)

Natalie Angier knows all that scientists know - and sometimes more - about the power of symmetry in sexual relations, about the brutal courting habits of dolphins, about the grand deceit of orchids, about the impact of female and male preferences on evolution. She knows how scientists go about their work, and she describes their ways, their visions, and their arguments. Perhaps...(展开全部)

慕安德烈（1828-1917）：南非著名属灵作家和牧师，著有多达240本书，在国际上享有盛誉，影响深远。

Now available in an affordable softcover edition, this classic in Springer's acclaimed Virtual Laboratory series is the first comprehensive account of the computer simulation of plant development. 150 illustrations, one third of them in colour, vividly demonstrate the spectacular results of the algorithms used to model plant shapes and developmental processes. The latest in com...(展开全部)