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Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read, a sparkling new novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations.
Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart—she’s in New York City, and he’s in their small hometown—but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together.
Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. They haven't spoken since.
Poppy has everything she should want, but she’s stuck in a rut. When someone asks when she was last truly happy, she knows, without a doubt, it was on that ill-fated, final trip with Alex. And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together—lay everything on the table, make it all right. Miraculously, he agrees.
Now she has a week to fix everything. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship. What could possibly go wrong?
Review
“Beach Read fans, assemble. Emily Henry is back with another smart, steamy romance….Warning: you will feel all the feels. And probably shed a few tears.”
— The Skimm
“Emily Henry is my newest automatic-buy author, and People We Meet on Vacation is the perfect getaway: a heartfelt, funny, tender escape that you wish could last forever.”
— Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Two Ways
“ People We Meet on Vacation is a gorgeous slow-burn romance, full of sexual tension and tantalizing possibility. I fell head over heels for Alex and Poppy, and loved travelling all over the world with them both.”
— Beth O'Leary, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Flatshare
“This is a perfect rom com, and I completely adored it. I think Emily Henry might be our generation's answer to Nora Ephron. A witty, warm page turner.”
— Sophie Cousens, New York Times bestselling author of GMA book club pick This Time Next Year
“Emily Henry is a STAR! Deeply emotional and starkly funny, People We Meet on Vacation cements Emily Henry as the Queen of Banter. Rom-com fans will swoon over this slow burn friends-to-lovers romance. Poppy and Alex are real and flawed and ultra-lovable, and their Summer Trips will scratch an itch for those of us who’ve missed traveling. A perfect summer read!”
— Alexis Daria, bestselling author of You Had Me at Hola
“A compulsively readable book full of sparkling wit, dazzling prose and a romance that grabbed me by the heart and wouldn't let me go.”
— Abby Jimenez, USA Today bestselling author of Life’s Too Short
“An absolute delight: swoony, legitimately moving, and packed with witty banter that makes Alex and Poppy jump off the page. We are already waiting impatiently for whatever Emily writes next.”
— Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan, USA Today bestselling authors of The Royal We and The Heir Affair
“Henry’s biggest strength is in the sparkling, often laugh-out-loud-funny dialogue, particularly the banter-filled conversations between Poppy and Alex. The end result is a story that pays homage to classic romantic comedies while having a point of view all its own. A warm and winning When Harry Met Sally update that hits all the perfect notes.”
— Kirkus Reviews
“Henry’s skills with sensory detail and lovable characters shine through. This is a strong choice for readers looking for a vicarious summer vacation of their own.”
— Publishers Weekly

★第一本探讨女性霸凌问题的专著，走进“战火纷飞”的女生世界。
★倾听遭遇隐性霸凌女孩的真实心声，勾心斗角并非女孩的天性，畸形的社交文化才是问题所在。
★一本数字时代的女孩反霸凌实用手册：谣言攻击、网络暴力、隐私泄露……数字化的新型霸凌同样不容小觑。
★汇总十余年来作者的实践经验，为学校、家长、老师提供反霸凌的全面策略。
◎内容简介
为什么昨天还很亲密的朋友，今天就突然不理自己了？为什么有人会躲在背后说坏话，抱团排挤人，甚至霸凌别人？比起男生间的“用拳头解决问题”，女生间的攻击似乎更为隐秘和复杂。然而从家长到老师，大多数人都将其视为女孩的天性，而非亟待解决的严肃问题。
在本书中，蕾切尔采访了曾是霸凌对象和霸凌者的女孩们，直面给无数女性带来困扰乃至创伤的畸形社交文化。相比男孩，女孩往往承载了更多社会要求：受人喜欢比表达真实想法更重要，成为“完美女孩”比拥有独立自主的人格更重要。对冲突和愤怒的回避令女孩们惯于采取“另类攻击”的方式处理争端，也令她们频频陷入人际战争的泥淖之中。
《女孩们的地下战争》希望能够重构社会对于女性霸凌问题的认知，并为家长和学校提供实际的解决策略。让每一个女孩都能学会尊重和倾听自己内心的声音，说出自己的真实感受，是本书作者和受访者共同的期待。
◎名人推荐
心理学家玛丽·皮弗在1994年畅销书《拯救奥费利娅》（Reviving Ophelia）中了分析神经性厌食和自杀受害者，时隔多年，本书再次点燃人们对年轻女性的关注。 ——《华盛顿邮报》
终于，西蒙斯让我们看到，人们正逐渐意识到女孩的隐性攻击行为有自己的名字：霸凌。在西蒙斯等人的启发下，一场扭转局势的社会大讨论展开了。有人说，这场关于女孩和霸凌行为的讨论是史无前例的……这种瞬间点燃的大讨论，让人回忆起二十年前女性刚开始公开讨论家庭暴力的时候。 ——《洛杉矶时报》
一部大家都期待已久的好书，它将唤醒我们所有关心女孩成长的人。一些女孩每天都在友情问题中苦苦挣扎，西蒙斯让我们听到了她们的声音。她揭露了一个成人看不见的隐性攻击世界。 ——苏珊·韦尔曼，“奥费利娅计划”主席
女孩和妈妈们的必读书目。 ——《波士顿环球报》
大胆之作，粉碎谬论。 ——《西雅图周刊》
撕开成年女性社会笑脸相迎的表面，暴露女孩的黑暗秘密：恶意心理战每天都在我们的初高中校园里游荡。 ——《旧金山纪事报》
将女孩的刻薄文化描绘得惟妙惟肖。 ——《旧金山湾卫报》
《女孩们的地下战争》为女孩、父母、教师乃至学校管理层都提供了实用的建议。说这本书姗姗来迟，相信每位女性都会表示赞同。 ——《得梅因商报》
本书鼓励女孩在愤怒或嫉妒时主动沟通，而非诉诸谣言。 ——《芝加哥论坛报》
打破沉默，大胆探讨女孩之间微妙的小摩擦和攻击。 ——《波特兰俄勒冈人报》
发人深省……对任何一位渴望获得友谊的青少年或父母来说都具有疏导作用。 ——《底特律自由新闻报》
复杂的攻击行为贯穿女孩们的日常生活和友谊，本书为理解处理此类问题提供了全新的描述语言。 ——全美高中体育教练协会
这本书对任何一位努力帮助少女渡过难关的成年人来说都很宝贵。 ——《书单》
为成年人预防女孩隐性攻击提供了实实在在的建议。 ——《图书馆日志》

In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). The fragile young scion of a distinguished family resists betrothal to a worthy suitor, drawn to a charming music teacher of no means. In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier partner, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. And in 2093, in a world riven by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a powerful scientist’s damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life without him—and solve the mystery of her husband’s disappearances.
These three sections are joined in an enthralling and ingenious symphony, as recurring notes and themes deepen and enrich one another: A townhouse in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village; illness, and treatments that come at a terrible cost; wealth and squalor; the weak and the strong; race; the definition of family, and of nationhood; the dangerous righteousness of the powerful, and of revolutionaries; the longing to find a place in an earthly paradise, and the gradual realization that it can’t exist. What unites not just the characters, but these Americas, are their reckonings with the qualities that make us human: Fear. Love. Shame. Need. Loneliness.
To Paradise is a fin de siècle novel of marvellous literary effect, but above all it is a work of emotional genius. The great power of this remarkable novel is driven by Yanagihara’s understanding of the aching desire to protect those we love – partners, lovers, children, friends, family and even our fellow citizens – and the pain that ensues when we cannot.

在那遥远的半岛、三大民族繁衍的土地，南方盛极一时的阿拉桑已经衰落，北方的骑马民族却正在积聚力量，除旧迎新的争战已不可避免。在这个决定性的关头，北方的猛将罗德里格、南方最有名的诗人阿马尔和流浪民族金达斯人的年轻女医师贾罕娜因为命运的安排而相遇了。历史的洪流汹涌澎湃，他们会做出怎样的选择，他们的选择又将为世界带来怎样的未来……

在这本书中，詹姆斯·卡斯向我们展示了世界上两种类型的“游戏”：“有限的游戏”和“无限的游戏”。有限的游戏，其目的在于赢得胜利；无限的游戏，却旨在让游戏永远进行下去。有限的游戏在边界内玩，无限的游戏玩的就是边界。有限的游戏具有一个确定的开始和结束，拥有特定的赢家，规则的存在就是为了保证游戏会结束。无限的游戏既没有确定的开始和结束，也没有赢家，它的目的在于将更多的人带入到游戏本身中来，从而延续游戏。

A book about love as seen by the ancients, Eros is Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of "eros" in both classical philosophy and literature. Beginning with: "It was Sappho who first called eros 'bittersweet.' No one who has been in love disputes her. What does the word mean?", Carson examines her subject from numerous points of view and styles, transcending the constraints of the scholarly exercise for an evocative and lyrical meditation in the tradition of William Carlos William's Spring and All and William H. Gass's On Being Blue.
Epigrammatic, witty, ironic, and endlessly interesting, Eros is an utterly original book by an author whose acclaim has been steadily growing since the book was first published in 1986 by Johns Hopkins.

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Although 'continually and bitterly ashamed' that the Arabs had risen in revolt against the Turks as a result of fraudulent British promises of self-rule, Lawrence led them in a triumphant campaign which revolutionized the art of war. Seven Pillars of Wisdom recreates epic events with extraordinary vividness. In the words of E. M. Forster, 'Round this tent-pole of a military chronicle, T. E. has hung an unexampled fabric of portraits, descriptions, philosophies, emotions, adventures, dreams'. However flawed, Lawrence is one of the twentieth century's most fascinating figures. This is the greatest monument to his character and achievements.

这是伦敦顶尖的“艺术侦探”菲利普·莫尔德讲述的侦查艺术品前世今生的故事。在作者看来，艺术品市场到处是不确定作者或者是被错配了作者的作品，几百年前的画作在流传的过程中，或是光油层被侵蚀而变得肮脏暗淡，或是被拙劣的修复掩盖了大师的笔触。一幅幅名不见经传、蒙尘纳垢的画作，被有着卓越眼光和丰富经验的艺术侦探相中，以低价买进，经过去除光油污渍、移除过度补色后，深藏的大师笔触“破茧而出”。顶尖的艺术品商人、专家、拍卖商和修复专家以自己的财富和名誉作为赌注，冒着各种风险运作这门充满压力和不确定性的生意，从被人们忽略的艺术品中发掘出珍宝，证实其为价值数百万英镑的原作，并获得不菲的收入。书中贯穿着充满戏剧性的精彩故事，读来有如侦探小说般精彩纷呈。

Only two were published in his lifetime. Most of the other stories remained unpublished because of their overtly homosexual themes; instead they were shown to an appreciative circle of friends and fellow writers, including Christopher Isherwood, Siegfried Sassoon, Lytton Strachey, and T. E. Lawrence. The stories differ widely in mood and setting. One is a cheerful political satire; another has, most unusually for Forster, a historical setting; others give serious and powerful expression to some of Forster's profoundest concerns.

After enduring an injury at Dunkirk during World War II, Laurie Odell is sent to a rural veterans' hospital in England to convalesce. There he befriends the young, bright Andrew, a conscientious objector serving as an orderly. As they find solace and companionship together in the idyllic surroundings of the hospital, their friendship blooms into a discreet, chaste romance. Then one day, Ralph Lanyon, a mentor from Laurie's schoolboy days, suddenly reappears in Laurie's life, and draws him into a tight-knit social circle of world-weary gay men. Laurie is forced to choose between the sweet ideals of innocence and the distinct pleasures of experience.
Originally published in the United States in 1959, The Charioteer is a bold, unapologetic portrayal of male homosexuality during World War II that stands with Gore Vidal's The City and the Pillar and Christopher Isherwood's Berlin Stories as a monumental work in gay literature.
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Mary Renault (1905-1983) was born in London and educated at St Hughs, Oxford. She trained as a nurse at Oxford's Radcliffe Infirmary, where she met her lifelong partner, Julie Mullard. Her first novel, Purposes of Love, was published in 1937. In 1948, after North Face won a MGM prize worth $150,000, she and Mullard emigrated to South Africa. There, Renault was able to write forthrightly about homosexual relationships for the first time - in her masterpiece, The Charioteer (1953), and then in her first historical novel, The Last of the Wine (1956). Renault's vivid novels set in the ancient world brought her worldwide fame. In 2010 Fire From Heaven was shortlisted for the Lost Booker of 1970.

What does it take to run the American supermarket? How do products get to shelves? Who sets the price? And who suffers the consequences of increased convenience end efficiency? In this alarming exposé, author Benjamin Lorr pulls back the curtain on this highly secretive industry. Combining deep sourcing, immersive reporting, and compulsively readable prose, Lorr leads a wild investigation in which we learn:
• The secrets of Trader Joe’s success from Trader Joe himself
• Why truckers call their job “sharecropping on wheels”
• What it takes for a product to earn certification labels like “organic” and “fair trade”
• The struggles entrepreneurs face as they fight for shelf space, including essential tips, tricks, and traps for any new food business
• The truth behind the alarming slave trade in the shrimp industry
The result is a page-turning portrait of an industry in flux, filled with the passion, ingenuity, and exploitation required to make this everyday miracle continue to function. The product of five years of research and hundreds of interviews across every level of the industry, The Secret Life of Groceries delivers powerful social commentary on the inherently American quest for more and the social costs therein.

When David meets the sensual Giovanni in a bohemian bar, he is swept into a passionate love affair. But his girl-friend's return to Paris destroys everything. Unable to admit to the truth, David pretends the liaison never happened--while Giovanni's life descends into tragedy.

★人类最终的进化方向到底是什么？如果唯有摒弃自我意识才能在茫茫星海中生存下去，这是进化还是灭绝？雨果奖得主彼得·沃茨代表长篇，近十年硬科幻领域集大成之作，获加拿大极光奖、法兰西学院科幻文学翻译奖、日本星云奖等诸多科幻大奖。
★重新定义人类与异星的“第一次接触”，打破历代作品中千篇一律的“外星人”形象，直接对生命形态发出拷问。以严肃文学的写作手法、科幻冒险的起伏跌宕，探讨存在与意识的终极命题。
★十年全新修订版，特别收录作者专门提供的《上校》《零和》番外中短篇二则及完整版后记，以供读者更好地理解人物的故事线和书中关于自我意识的讨论。同系列续作《模仿》即将于年底出版。
◎ 内容简介
2082年2月13日，65536个外星探测器包围了地球，初时它们如同镶嵌在大气层中的无数个黑洞，其后它们一起燃烧殆尽，引发了地球以及地球同步轨道上的所有无线电同声共鸣，每一架红外线望远镜都只能看到一片雪花。一场短暂的、明亮的，来自不明生物的窥测。
地球方面探测到信号的来源，先后派出三支队伍前往源头——海王星轨道附近柯伊伯带上的一颗彗星，本斯—考菲德进行勘测，前两支队伍均为无人探测器。在第二波无人探测器即将靠近时，星核中埋有人造仪器的本斯—考菲德爆炸了。
天火坠落两个月后，包括主角在内的第三支探测队出发，途中爆炸的消息传来，飞船自行改变航向，载着船员前往大朝型星体大本。
船员们陆续从星际旅行的休眠中醒来：一个拥有四重人格的语言学家；一个以植入机械设备取代五感的生物学家；一个战斗指挥官；一个吸血鬼；以及一个综合家——人工去除了一半心智的拓扑信息观察者，作为向中心汇报情报的纽带。他们将要面对的是战斗还是谈判？他们能否解读外星生命的密码，揭开天火坠落的真相？
◎ 媒体推荐
沃茨在这部令人激动的科幻小说中探索了意识的本质，将迷人的外星环境与引人入胜的战斗完美融合。他对我们所熟知的异星接触题材进行了令人战栗和本质性的颠覆。——《出版人周刊》（Publishers Weekly）
彼得·沃茨掌控了第一次接触的核心并将其粉碎，最终成就了这部令人震撼又充满创意和警示的杰作。这是一部罕见的、可以为科幻小说创作开启全新篇章的作品。——加拿大科幻小说作家卡尔·施罗德（Karl Schroeder）
彼得·沃茨的外星人既不是有着奇怪外表的人类，也不是人类无法理解的怪异组织——它们是新事物，而且无限地令人不安，这迫使我们面对有关意识本质的难以置信的可能性。强烈推荐。——雨果奖得主、《末日奇点》作者查尔斯·斯特罗斯（Charles Stross）

为了获得独立和完整的自我，
我们逃离沉闷的家庭、僵化的感情，
逃离熟悉的人群、令人窒息的生活……
为此，我们付出代价，遭受混乱，造成伤害
2013年诺奖得主艾丽丝·门罗最经典、最受读者喜爱的作品，中文版累积销量已超70万册！
《自由》作者乔纳森·弗兰岑长文导读
对译文进一步修订，装帧精美典雅
本书获2004年加拿大文学大奖吉勒奖《纽约时报》年度最佳图书
2008年法国《读书》杂志年度最佳外国小说
《逃离》讲述爱的力量和无止境的背叛，讲述琐碎生活中的不安分、错过的机会，讲述一次又一次的逃离，以及人们为此付出的代价。门罗关注日常生活，善于捕捉人与人之间复杂而微妙的关系。不同年龄、不同境况中的人，在门罗朴实克制的文笔下生动鲜活，似可触摸。
每个人总会遇到什么事,什么人, 让你觉得像肺里什么地方扎进去了一根致命的针，浅一些呼吸时可能不感到疼。可是每当需要深深吸进去一口气时，便能觉出那根针一直存在。
“生活的要义，就是满怀兴趣地活在这个世界上。睁大你的眼睛，从你所遇到的每一个人身上看到各种可能性，看到人性。要时刻注意。”
事物的复杂性，即“层层剥开的事物”，似乎本就是无止境的。没有什么是容易的，没有什么是简单的。——艾丽丝·门罗
她是当代短篇小说大师。每读爱丽丝·门罗的小说，便知生命中未曾想到之事。——诺贝尔奖颁奖辞
人们永远无法得知门罗的故事会在何时收场，作者拥有高深的心理洞察力。——《出版人周刊》
自然的精准，从容的洗练。门罗是创造独特人物关系和氛围的天才，唤起那些未说出口的压力和期待。——《卫报》
妙语如珠，泼洒而出，只为试图精准地告诉我们，生而为人意味着什么。表面沉静得像握在手中的一杯茶，内里却是暗涌的风暴和深不可测的深渊。——《泰晤士报》
《逃离》是一大盘航行于闪闪发光冰层中、配有珍珠色汤匙的鲟鱼鱼子酱。你记得：这也是为何你进食、阅读、做爱，诸如此类事情，还满怀崇拜和欣喜。--《华盛顿邮报》
超越了乔伊斯，击败了契诃夫，《逃离》的每一个故事中都饱含着丰沛的人生与张力，人物形象久久令人难忘。——《波士顿环球》
门罗是描写“决定性的瞬间”和“人生的岔路口”的大师。——亚马逊（日本）

In Cooked, Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he discovers the enduring power of the four classical elements—fire, water, air, and earth—to transform the stuff of nature into delicious things to eat and drink. Apprenticing himself to a succession of culinary masters, Pollan learns how to grill with fire, cook with liquid, bake bread, and ferment everything from cheese to beer. In the course of his journey, he discovers that the cook occupies a special place in the world, standing squarely between nature and culture. Both realms are transformed by cooking, and so, in the process, is the cook.
Each section of Cooked tracks Pollan’s effort to master a single classic recipe using one of the four elements. A North Carolina barbecue pit master tutors him in the primal magic of fire; a Chez Panisse–trained cook schools him in the art of braising; a celebrated baker teaches him how air transforms grain and water into a fragrant loaf of bread; and finally, several mad-genius “fermentos” (a tribe that includes brewers, cheese makers, and all kinds of picklers) reveal how fungi and bacteria can perform the most amazing alchemies of all. The reader learns alongside Pollan, but the lessons move beyond the practical to become an investigation of how cooking involves us in a web of social and ecological relationships: with plants and animals, the soil, farmers, our history and culture, and, of course, the people our cooking nourishes and delights. Cooking, above all, connects us.
The effects of not cooking are similarly far reaching. Relying upon corporations to process our food means we consume huge quantities of fat, sugar, and salt; disrupt an essential link to the natural world; and weaken our relationships with family and friends. In fact, Cooked argues, taking back control of cooking may be the single most important step anyone can take to help make the American food system healthier and more sustainable. Reclaiming cooking as an act of enjoyment and self-reliance, learning to perform the magic of these everyday transformations, opens the door to a more nourishing life.

公元前431—前404年，数百个城邦卷入了规模空前的“希腊世界大战”，战火几乎波及当时整个地中海文明世界。以斯巴达为首的伯罗奔尼撒同盟和雅典帝国这两大军事集团，一方在陆上称雄，一方在海上称霸，双方巧施权谋，展开长期的拉锯战。正当双方两败俱伤、财尽兵竭之时，虎视眈眈的波斯人借机干涉，最终帮助斯巴达人击败雅典人，摧毁了盛极一时的雅典海上帝国。这场战争对希腊诸邦政治造成巨大的冲击和震荡，对于社会经济无异于一场浩劫，对于其后希腊人的思想文化、对于地中海世界的国际局势都产生重大而深远的影响。

亲历这场大战的历史学家修昔底德，以其客观冷静的态度，生动豪放的史笔，简洁流畅的文字，不仅全面地记载了战争的主要史实（迄前411年），展示了陆战海战的恢宏场面，党派斗争的严酷惨烈，还恰如其分地描述了其间人们心理心态的微妙变化。此著是希腊古典文明极盛时期的文化精品。千百年来一直吸引着无数读者去欣赏、玩味、思考……

Understanding helps heal the hurt when you lose a pet. A cherished pet gives you boundless, unconditional love and occupies a special place in your routine, your home, and your heart. When your pet dies, that warm, special place becomes a sad, empty space. This book helps you understand: the grieving process, including typical stages of grief and techniques for coping; grieving for a missing pet, one you had to give up because of a change in life situation, and other difficult circumstances; children and the death of a pet Euthanasia, including important considerations; religion and the death of a pet, with articles by various religious leaders; and, aftercare facilities, including an extensive index of pet cemeteries, crematories, and memorial gardens."The Loss of a Pet, Third Edition" has new expanded information, is filled with practical suggestions, resources, and most importantly, compassion and understanding. This important book helps you cope and reassures you that you are not alone.

读《小团圆》，不能不看张爱玲散文
全新修订，华丽上市！
散佚作品《不得不说的废话》等七篇首次收录，最新增补《炎樱衣谱》《寄读者》两篇文章。
读《小团圆》，对于不了解张爱玲的人来说，很难真正理解。谈到该书，张爱玲说：“看过《流言》的人，一望而知里面有《私语》、《烬余录》（港战）的内容，尽管是《罗生门》那样的不同。”可见，要想读懂《小团圆》，必要熟悉张爱玲散文。张爱玲的所有散文，主人公都是张爱玲自己，这里有她一生的经历与感受。
读了《小团圆》，再去读她的散文作品，如此才能真正体会张爱玲不同时期的人生体验与艺术追求。而且不光是《私语》、《烬余录》，还有《华丽缘》、《对照记》……张爱玲的所有散文，主人公都是张爱玲自己，这里有她一生的经历与感受。——止庵
张爱玲的文学生涯是从创作散文起步的。哪怕她没有写过一篇小说，她的散文也足以使她跻身二十世纪中国最优秀的散文家之列。——陈子善
《流言》收录《私语》《烬余录》等颇具张爱玲自传性的散文，《童言无忌》《姑姑语录》《公寓生活记趣》等有助于了解张爱玲家人、生活的散文，以及《自己的文章》《关于倾城之恋的老实话》等能更好地理解张爱玲创作的文章等；并首次收录最新发现的散佚作品《炎樱衣谱》《寄读者》。

Some things should stay buried.
Repressed scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne has two skills: reading dead languages and hiding in his office at the Ladysmith Museum. After the tragic death of the friend he secretly loved, he’s ruthlessly suppressed any desire for another man.
So when handsome ex-Pinkerton Griffin Flaherty approaches him to translate a mysterious book, Whyborne wants to finish the job and get rid of the detective as quickly as possible. Griffin left the Pinkertons following the death of his partner, hoping to start a new life. But the powerful cult which murdered Glenn has taken root in Widdershins, and only the spells in the book can stop them. Spells the intellectual Whyborne doesn’t believe are real.
As the investigation draws the two men closer, Griffin’s rakish charm threatens to shatter Whyborne’s iron control. When the cult resurrects an evil sorcerer who commands terrifying monsters, can Whyborne overcome his fear and learn to trust? Will Griffin let go of his past and risk falling in love? Or will Griffin’s secrets cost Whyborne both his heart and his life?