Claire DeWitt is not your average private investigator. Shehas brilliant deductive skills and is an ace at discoveringevidence. But Claire also uses her dreams, omens, andmind-expanding herbs to help her solve mysteries, and relies onDétection — the only book published by the late, great, andmysterious French detective Jacques Silette. The tattooed, pot-smoking Claire has just arrived in post-KatrinaNew Orleans, the city she’s avoided since her mentor, Silette’sstudent Constance Darling, was murdered there. Claire isinvestigating the disappearance of Vic Willing, a prosecutor knownfor winning convictions in a homicide- plagued city. Has an angrycriminal enacted revenge on Vic? Or did he use the storm as a meansto disappear? Claire follows the clues, finding old friends andmaking new enemies — foremost among them Andray Fairview, a younggang member who just might hold the key to the mystery. Littered with memories of Claire’s years as a girl detective in1980s Brooklyn, Claire DeWi

Philip Schultz, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for poetry,has been celebrated for his singular vision of the Americanimmigrant experience and Jewish identity, his alternately fierceand tender portrayal of family life, and his rich and riotousevocation of city streets. His poems have found enthusiasticaudiences among readers of Garrison Keillor's "Writer's Almanac,""Slate," "The New Yorker," and other publications. His willingnessto face down the demons of failure and loss, in his previous bookparticularly, make him a poet for our times, a poet who can write"If I have to believe in something, I believe in despair." Yet heremains oddly undaunted: "sometimes, late at night, we, myhappiness and I, reminisce, lifelong antagonists enjoying eachother's company.""The God of Loneliness," a major collection ofSchultz's work, includes poems from his five books ("Like Wings,""Deep Within the Ravine," "The Holy Worm of Praise," "Living in thePast," "Failure") and fourteen new poems. It is a volume tocherish, fro

In Style Parties: The Complete Guide to Easy, ElegantEntertaining is the one-stop guide to making every event stylishand personal, and it proves once and for all that entertaining athome can be easy, fabulous, and fun. Organized in three sections,the book includes: * The basics of party preparation, including what to serve andhow to create the perfect atmosphere * Complete party guides for every occasion, from dinner partiesfor 8 to cocktail parties for 30 * A listing of the country's top resources for food, drink, anddecor, from artisanal cheeses and exotic chocolates to flowers andflatwear With its elegant illustrations and vibrant images ofcelebrity-studded events, colorful drinks, luscious foods, andsophisticated decor, In Style Parties puts the fun of partiesfirst. This beautifully designed, all-purpose, indispensable guideshows readers how to think like a movie star while organizing likea caterer. The reward is in enjoying your own party as much as yourguests. And In Style

作者简介： J. K. (Jo) Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury in the UK in 1965. Such a funny-sounding name for a birthplace may have contributed to her talent for collecting odd names. She was quiet, freckly, short-sighted and not very good at sports. She even broke her arm playing netball. Her favourite subject by far was English, but she also liked languages. Jo always loved writing more than anything. 'The first story that I ever wrote down, when I was five or six, was about a rabbit called Rabbit. He got the measles and was visited by his friends, including a giant bee called Miss Bee. And ever since Rabbit and Miss Bee, I have wanted to be a writer, though I rarely told anyone so. I was afraid they'd tell me I didn't have a hope.' As she got older, Jo kept writing but she never showed what she had written to anyone, except for some of her funny stories that featured her friends as heroines. Jo attended the University of Exeter in Devon where she studied French. When she was 25,

THE CASUAL VACANCY J.K. Rowling Book De*ion： When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties,the little town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled marketsquare and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty fa?adeis a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wivesat war with their husbands, teachers at war with theirpupils…Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the town’s council soonbecomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yetseen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicityand unexpected revelations? Blackly comic, thought‐provoking and constantly surprising, TheCasual Vacancy is J.K.Rowling’s first novel for adults. Author Profile: J.K. Rowling is the author of the bestselling Harry Potter seriesof seven books, published between 1997 and 2007, which have soldmore tha

MEET: Joyce, the foul-mouthed and wildly successful curator ofa controversial art exhibit on surveillance, who unexpectedly findsherself under surveillance--in her own bedroom. Her best friend,Bobbie, a gynecologist--driven, poised, and in control--a woman whofinally finds love at fiftysomething and watches, horrified, as herperfectly ordered world crumbles around her. Bobbie's patient,Lisa, a former juvenile offender and habitual runaway, who oncedreamed of fame working as Joyce's gallery assistant and is nowstruggling with her new identity as a banker's wife and dotingmother. Lisa's sister, Lynne, a middle-aged suburban mother whosepenchant for home decorating conceals her troubled marriage andblinding desire to exact revenge for a childhood injustice. Jordan,Lynne's sixteen-year-old daughter, a former straight-A student andaspiring model who, no longer fitting in at school or at home,takes a part-time job at a supermarket to spite her mother--andfinds a close confidant in her thirtyyear-old male bos

Among submariners in World War II, Dudley "Mush" Morton stoodout as a warrior without peer. At the helm of the USS Wahoo he completely changed the way the sea war was fought in thePacific. He would relentlessly attack the Japanese at everyopportunity, going through his supply of torpedoes in record timeon every patrol. In only nine months, he racked up an astoundinglist of achievements, including being the first American skipper towipe out an entire enemy convoy single-handedly.

"All life in all worlds" -this was the object of the author'sseventeen-year quest for knowledge and discovery, culminating inthis book. In a manner unmistakably his own, Murchie delves intothe interconnectedness of all life on the planet and of such fieldsas biology, geology, sociology, mathematics, and physics. He offersus what the poet May Sarton has called "a good book to take to adesert island as sole companion, so rich is it in knowledge andinsight."

Eugenia Bone was perfectly happy with her life as a New YorkCity food writer, but she knew that her husband, a transplantedwesterner, was filled with a discontent he couldn't explain. Sowhen he returned from a fishing trip in the Rockies one day andannounced that he wanted to buy a forty-five-acre ranch inCrawford, Colorado (population 255), she reluctantly said yes. Thenshe loaded imported pasta, artichokes in oil, and cured Italiansalami into her duffle bag and headed west with her two youngchildren. At Mesa's Edge is the witty, often moving story of ranchrestoration and of struggles with defiant skunks, barbed wire,marauding cows, and loneliness. Eugenia learns to garden in thedrought, to fly-fish, and to forage. In the process, she discoversthe bounty of the region. She fries zucchini flowers in batter anddips them in cilantro-flavored mayonnaise, grills flavorful T-bonesfrom the local ranchers' grass-fed beef, pan-fries trout, fillscrepes with wild mushrooms, and makes cherry pies with thick,sugar

In Jurassic Park, he created a terrifying new world. Now, inMicro, Michael Crichton reveals a universe too small to see and toodangerous to ignore. In a locked Honolulu office building, three men are found deadwith no sign of struggle except for the ultrafine, razor-sharp cutscovering their bodies. The only clue left behind is a tiny bladedrobot, nearly invisible to the human eye. In the lush forests of Oahu, groundbreaking technology hasushered in a revolutionary era of biological prospecting. Trillionsof microorganisms, tens of thousands of bacteria species, are beingdiscovered; they are feeding a search for priceless drugs andapplications on a scale beyond anything previously imagined. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, seven graduate students at theforefront of their fields are recruited by a pioneeringmicrobiology start-up. Nanigen MicroTechnologies dispatches thegroup to a mysterious lab in Hawaii, where they are promised accessto tools that will open a whole new scientific frontier.

Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, TWILIGHT, NEWMOON, ECLIPSE and BREAKING DAWN capture the struggle betweendefying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This stunning setmakes the perfect gift for fans of this bestselling vampire lovestory. The set will give existing fans a focus for their devotionand new fans will be entranced as the love story between Bella andthe Vampire Edward develops from tentative beginnings in Twilightto its stunning conclusion in the publishing phenomenon that isBreaking Dawn. 《暮光之城套装》包括：《暮光之城系列：破晓》、《暮光之城：月食》、《暮光之城：新月》和《暮光之城：暮色》。

Since the series' inception in 1915, the annual volumes of TheBest American Short Stories have launched literary careers,showcased the most compelling stories of each year, and confirmedfor all time the significance of the short story in our nationalliterature. Now THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURYbrings together the best -- fifty-six extraordinary stories thatrepresent a century's worth of unsurpassed achievements in thisquintessentially American literary genre. This expanded editionincludes a new story from The Best American Short Stories 1999 toround out the century, as well as an index including every storypublished in the series. Of all the writers whose work has appearedin the series, only John Updike has been represented in each of thelast five decades, from his first appearance, in 1959, to his mostrecent, in 1998. Updike worked with coeditor Katrina Kenison tochoose the finest stories from the years since 1915. The result is"extraordinary . . . A one-volume literary history of thi

On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill,Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from therest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into itand fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand issevered as "the dome" comes down on it, people running errands inthe neighboring town are divided from their families, and carsexplode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where itcame from, and when -- or if -- it will go away. Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, findshimself teamed with a few intrepid citizens -- town newspaper ownerJulia Shumway, a physician's assistant at the hospital, aselect-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big JimRennie, a politician who will stop at nothing -- even murder -- tohold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horriblesecret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Domeitself. Because time isn't just short. It's running out.

Scott Schuman just wanted to take photographs of people that he met on the streets of New York who he felt looked great. His now-famous and much-loved blog, thesartorialist.com, is his showcase for the wonderful and varied sartorial tastes of real people across the globe. This book is a beautiful anthology of Scott ’s favorite images, accompanied by his insightful commentary. It includes photographs of well-known fashion figures alongside people encountered on the street whose personal style and taste demand a closer look. From the streets of New York to the parks of Florence, from Stockholm to Paris, from London to Moscow and Milan, these are the men and women who have inspired Scott and the many diverse and fashionable readers of his blog. After fifteen years in the fashion business, Scott Schuman felt a growing disconnect between what he saw on the runways and in magazines, and what real people were wearing. The Sartorialist was his attempt to redress the balance. Since its beginning, the b

GAME OF THRONES: A NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, NOWON HBO. Dubbed "the American Tolkien" by "Time" magazine, George R.R. Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycleof epic fantasy. Now the #1 "New York Times" bestselling authordelivers the fifth book in his landmark series--as both familiarfaces and surprising new forces vie for a foothold in a fragmentedempire. A DANCE WITH DRAGONSA SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: BOOK FIVE Inthe aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the SevenKingdoms hangs in the balance--beset by newly emerging threats fromevery direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion ofHouse Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a citybuilt on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, andmany have set out to find her. As they gather, one young manembarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirelydifferent goal in mind. Fleeing from Westeros with a price on hishead, Tyrion Lannister, too, is making his way to Daenerys. But hisnewest alli

"James Cameron's Titanic" chronicles a master storyteller'scinematic re-creation of one of the most vividly remembereddisasters of the modern era. Cameron's epic motion picture, winnerof eleven Academy Awards, was an unforgettable triumph offilmmaking, weaving a rich human tapestry of romance and heroism,tragedy and greed, and, ultimately, the power of true love - astory that will continue to capture the hearts of audiences forgenerations to come. This collector's edition will include all theoriginal content from the first book as well as a new and extendedintroduction by James Cameron. Additional new content will include:twenty-six newly designed pages with never-before-seen images fromthe film studio and from James Cameron's personal archive;behind-the-scenes stories from Cameron himself detailing theconcept art and making of the original film; a revelatory look atthe technical process of transforming original film into dynamic 3Dprints; quotes from Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio discussingthe fi

At the time of his death, Louis Auchincloss--enemy of bores,self-pity, and gossip less than fresh--had just finished taking ona subject he had long avoided: himself. His memoir confirmsthat, despite the spark of his fiction, Auchincloss himself was themost entertaining character he has created. No traitor to his classbut occasionally its critic, he returns us to his Society whichwas, he maintains, less interesting than its members admitted. Youmay differ as he unfurls his life with dignity, summoning hisfamily (particularly his father who suffered from depression andforgave him for hating sports) and intimates. Brooke Astor and hercircle are here, along with glimpses of Jacqueline Onassis. Mostmemorable, though, is his way with those outside the salon: thecranky maid; the maiden aunt, perpetually out of place; theless-than-well-born boy who threw himself from a window over awoman and a man. Here is Auchincloss, an American master,being Auchincloss, a rare eye, a generous and lively spirit to theend

Incisive and original, John Kenneth Galbraith wrote with aneloquence that burst the conventions of his discipline and won areadership none of his fellow economists could match. This Libraryof America volume, the first devoted to economics, gathers four ofhis key early works, the books that established him as one of theleading public intellectuals of the last century. In AmericanCapitalism, Galbraith exposes with great panache the myth ofAmerican free-market competition. The idea that an impersonalmarket sets prices and wages, and maintains balance between supplyand demand, remained so vital in American economic thought,Galbraith argued, because oligopolistic American businessmen neveracknowledged their collective power. Also over- looked was the waythat groups such as unions and regulatory agencies react to largeoligopolies by exerting countervailing power--a concept that wasthe book's lasting contribution. The Great Crash, 1929 offers a gripping account of the mostlegendary (and thus misundersto

When Julia Child told Dorie Greenspan, “You write recipes justthe way I do,” she paid her the ultimate compliment. Julia’s praisewas echoed by the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, whichreferred to Dorie’s “wonderfully encouraging voice” and “the senseof a real person who is there to help should you stumble.” Now in a big, personal, and personable book, Dorie captures allthe excitement of French home cooking, sharing disarmingly simpledishes she has gathered over years of living in France. Around My French Table includes many superb renditions of thegreat classics: a glorious cheese-domed onion soup, a spoon-tenderbeef daube, and the “top-secret” chocolate mousse recipe that everygood Parisian cook knows—but won’t reveal. Hundreds of other recipes are remarkably easy: a cheese and olivequick bread, a three-star chef’s Basque potato tortilla made with asurprise ingredient (potato chips), and an utterly satisfying roastchicken for “lazy people.”