A direct and fundamentally optimistic indictment of the short-sightedness and intellectual arrogance that has characterized much of urban planning in this century, The Death and Life of Great American Cities has, since its first publication in 1961, become the standard against which all endeavors in that field are measured. In prose of outstanding immediacy, Jane Jacobs writes about what makes streets safe or unsafe; about what constitutes a neighborhood, and what function it serves within the larger organism of the city; about why some neighborhoods remain impoverished while others regenerate themselves. She writes about the salutary role of funeral parlors and tenement windows, the dangers of too much development money and too little diversity. Compassionate, bracingly indignant, and always keenly detailed, Jane Jacobs's monumental work provides an essential framework for assessing the vitality of all cities.

In Season 1, feeling his handle on his family and his business slipping away, mob boss Tony Soprano suffers a series of anxiety attacks that land him in the office of a psychiatrist. Opening up to his shrink, Tony relates the details of his life as a “waste-management consultant,” and tries to come to terms with the professional and private strains that have brought him to the brink of a breakdown.

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes uncovers an assassination plot with unsettling origins.

一天深夜，一个十五岁的美国少女在她父亲书房里发现一本古书和一袋信。每封信的抬头都是“我亲爱的、不幸的继承者……”。这些信，开启了一座她做梦都不会梦到的历史“迷宫”，其中有她父亲过去的秘密，以及与隐藏在历史深处的邪恶力量有关的她母亲失踪之谜。 几百年来，一代又一代历史学家们不惜以自己的名誉、安全为代价，苦苦追寻产生吸血鬼的历史源头——中世纪中欧残暴的统治者“刺穿者”弗拉德的下落，从而铲除吸血鬼这一人类历史上最黑暗的力量。少女的父母，多年前就开始了追踪吸血鬼的惊魂之旅。少女决心要追随父母未竟的事业。 从牛津大学图书馆到伊斯坦布尔、布达佩斯，到东欧诸国的乡野山区，父女二人穿梭在城市、修道院、档案馆，在追踪各种晦涩的线索与隐藏的文本、密码中，逐步逼近“刺穿者”弗拉德可怕的真相，而少女也逐渐了解了自己不同寻常的身世。

From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Set in the wondrous city of Mélusine, Monette's extraordinary first fantasy novel focuses on two captivating characters from two very different worlds: Felix Harrowgate, a powerful magician at the court of Lord Steven Teverius, and Mildmay the Fox, a cat burglar who has been trained as an assassin. When Felix falls prey to the unscrupulous machinations of a man who's plotting to destroy Mélusine, he's left nearly mad, unable to clear his name or explain his actions. Mildmay, on the other hand, undertakes a simple burglary, thinking it will lead to a bit of extra flash that will keep him going for more than a few days. Instead, the burglary opens the way to a series of unfortunate events that force Felix and Mildmay into a partnership neither of them could have anticipated or desired. Jacqueline Carey provides a blurb, but those readers expecting a knock-off of that author's Kushiel series will be happily surprised. Monette resembles Carey only insofar as she, too, is a highly original writer with her own unique voice. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From School Library Journal Adult/High School–Mélusine is a city both sordid and splendid, rich in history and layered with corruption. Monette shows readers this fantastical place through the eyes of two characters: Felix, a member of an elite society of wizards, and Mildmay, a thief and former assassin. After his past as a whore is revealed, Felix returns to the man who trained him to pass as a noble. His malicious mentor uses a sexual ritual and Felix's magic to shatter the Virtu, a crystal that stabilizes magic. Felix goes mad, is imprisoned, and is sent to an asylum. Mildmay's precarious existence becomes more and more difficult. When he hits rock bottom, he is hired by another wizard, whose card divination says Mildmay will lead him to Felix. Monette has created an interesting world, leaving enough unexplained to intrigue patient readers. Profane Mildmay and insane Felix have distinctive narrative voices. Side plots and secondary characters are dropped soon after the two meet, so any resolution of the many issues raised will have to wait until the sequel.–Susan Salpini, TASIS–The American School in England Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty good at robbing people and even enjoy it -- but they have second thoughts when they're reminded that crime can hurt innocent people. When the couple hears that Globodyne boss Jack McCallister actually swindled the company, they plot revenge.

Jarhead is a film about a US Marine Anthony Swofford’s experience in the Gulf War. After putting up with an arduous boot camp, Swofford and his unit are sent to the Persian Gulf where they are eager to fight, but are forced to stay back from the action. Swofford struggles with the possibility of his girlfriend cheating on him, and as his mental state deteriorates, his desire to kill increases.

王室私生子斐兹，在城中过着被众人视为耻辱，刻意被忽视的生活。王室家族视他为边缘人，只有诡计多端的黠谋国王秘密派人训练他刺客的技艺。因为斐兹的血液里流着魔法的“精技”——还有跟马厩猎犬一起长大、被家人排斥的孩子所具备的阴暗知识。 红船动匪的劫掠使海岸地区一片残破，此时斐兹也逐渐长大成人，很快就将面对他第一项危险而令人心神俱裂的任务。尽管有些人认为他对王位造成威胁，但他却可能正是王国续存的关键所在。 本书中充满了魔力与邪恶、热情与冒险、英勇事迹与不名誉的行为。这本初试啼声之作，出自于正统奇幻（high fantasy）文学界多年来最令人无法抗拒的新作家之手…… 罗苹·荷布这样一个听起来有点男性化的名字，却是属于一名女性奇幻小说家的。在男性主导的奇幻写作界，罗苹·荷布成功的走出自己的一条道路，她所擅长的是描述传统作品所未间接触的领域。刺客系列的作品描述的是其他奇幻小说极少碰触的阴暗面：杀手生涯。过去曾经有过相同尝试的作品不是太过阴讳，就是深藏在血腥之中，掩盖了原该有的剧情光采，但她的作品拥有一种截然不同的特殊风格。

西奥多·赛泽在《一个称作学校的地方》二十周年纪念版的序言里，简练精辟地评述了美国20世纪80年代初两项重大教育工程的性质。一项是全美优质教育委员会的报告，题为“处在危机中的国家”。这是专门回应当时“公众普遍的看法，认为我们的教育系统存在着严重的问题”。另一项则是：美国学校教育史上规模最大和最复杂的调查研究之一，即学校教育研究”，本书就是这一调研的综合报告。 《一个称作学校的地方》的研究和写作从20世纪70年代末延伸到80年代初。这是一个有深度、有收获、令人筋疲力尽的学习过程。成千上万的研究数据是从一批有代表性的美国中小学校收集上来的。在本书第一版的附录A里，我们列举了一系列的技术报告和其他原始资料，显示了这些数据的广泛性。列在附录B里的工作人员大多数是在采集数据的最后阶段雇用的半时工。因为纪念版需要给新序言和后序留出空间，所以删去了原版中的这两个附录，以及原版的序和其他的一些前面部分。原版里为27000人—那些为我们的调研提供了数据的学生、家长、教师及学校领导人—所致的献词仍保留在新版里。

Single dad Richard meets Christine, a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard’s divorce has left him emotionally damaged. Meanwhile, Richard’s sons—one a teenager, the other 6-years-old—take part in clumsy experiments with the opposite sex.

Drew Baylor is fired after causing his shoe company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. To make matters worse, he's also dumped by his girlfriend. On the verge of ending it all, Drew gets a new lease on life when he returns to his family's small Kentucky hometown after his father dies. Along the way, he meets a flight attendant with whom he falls in love.

Earth is long since dead. On a colony planet, a band of men has gained control of technology, made themselves immortal, and now rules their world as the gods of the Hindu pantheon. Only one dares oppose them: he who was once Siddhartha and is now Mahasamatman. Binder of Demons. Lord of Light.

Last night while I lay thinking here Some Whatifs crawled inside my ear And pranced and partied all night long And sang their same old Whatif song: Whatif I flunk that test? Whatif green hair grows on my chest? Whatif nobody likes me? Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?... Here in the attic of Shel Silverstein you will find Backward Bill, Sour Face Ann, the Meehoo with an Exactlywatt, and the Polar Bear in the Frigidaire. You will talk with Broiled Face, and find out what happens when Somebody steals your knees, you get caught by the Quick-Digesting Gink, a Mountain snores, and They Put a Brassiere on the Camel. From the creator of the beloved poetry collections Where the Sidewalk Ends and Falling Up, here is another wondrous book of poems and drawings. Notable Children's Books of 1981 (ALA) Best Books of 1981 (SLJ) Children's Books of 1981 (Library of Congress) 1981 Children's Books (NY Public Library) 1981 USA Children's Books of International Interest Winner, 1983–84 William Allen White Award (Kansas) Winner, 1983 Garden State Children's Book Award (New Jersey Library Association) 1984 Garden State Children's Book Award for Non-Fiction (New Jersey Library Association) 1984 George C. Stone Center for Children's Books (Claremont, CA) "Recognition of Merit" Award

In a sleepy little mill town in North Carolina, Paul is the town Romeo. But when his best friend's sister returns home from boarding school, he finds himself falling for her innocent charm. In spite of her lack of experience and the violent protests of her brother, the two find themselves in a sweet, dreamy and all-consuming love.

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.