Love, or at least pornography, are for sale at the arty Calliope Kinema Club on posh, proper Wilkinson Square. According to Yorkshire police superintendent Dalziel, it's all legal. Detective Peter Pascoe, however, doesn't believe it. His dentist, who knows real broken teeth and blood when he sees them, insists that the pretty actress wasn't playing a part when it happened. But ...(展开全部)

'Deplorably readable' Observer Everyone knew about the kind of films they showed at the Calliope Club -- once the Residents' Association and the local Women's Group had given them some free publicity. But when Peter Pascoe's dentist suggests that one film in particular is more than just good clean dirty fun, the inspector begins to make a few discreet inquiries. Before they be...(展开全部)

First U.S. edition Designer: C. Linda Dingler Jacket design by Michelle Maldeau A Pinch of Snuff is a 1978 crime novel by Reginald Hill, the fifth novel in the Dalziel and Pascoe series. Receiving a tip from his dentist Jack Shorter, Inspector Peter Pascoe takes a closer look at the Calliope Kinema Club, a film club notorious for showing adult entertainment movies. Shorter is c...(展开全部)

雷吉纳德•希尔Reginald Charles Hill （1936— ） 雷吉纳德•希尔出生于英国的达勒姆郡。一九六〇年自牛津大学圣凯瑟琳学院毕业后任职教育界，一九八一年起专职写作。在他的系列罪案小说中，他刻画的人物形象“达尔齐尔和帕斯科”被英国《每日电讯报》称为“罪案现场最佳神探二人组”。英国媒体盛赞他为“英国在世最优秀的罪案作家”。著有最具反差性格却最有默契的“达尔齐尔和帕斯科”警探系列。这套以英国约克郡为故事场景的系列作品，已创作二十余部，声势至今不坠。此成就也使作者成为推理文坛的佼佼者。 希尔的小说中时常展其深厚的文学功力及周密的布局思考，角色塑造鲜明生动，对白机智风趣，擅长描绘人性的恐惧与失落，在营造紧张气氛上则熟练而有节奏；故事结构往往多线交错，却时时点缀从未失手的幽默氛围；谜团的设计亦合情入理，给人相当真实的感受。在一九七〇年出版的第...(展开全部)

This concise, illustrated history of Portugal offers an introduction to the people and culture of the country, its empire, and to its search for economic modernisation, political stability and international partnership. The book studies the effects of the vast wealth mined from Portuguese Brazil, the growth of the wine trade, and the evolution of international ties. The Portugu...(展开全部)

扬·马特尔，著有畅销全球的小说《少年Pi的奇幻漂流》。该作品赢得二〇〇二年度布克奖及其他众多奖项，并由导演李安拍成电影，获得奥斯卡奖。他的其他作品包括：《赫尔辛基罗氏家族的幕后真相》（荣获加拿大“旅程奖”），长篇小说《自我》和《标本师的魔幻剧本》，以及非虚构作品《给总理的一百零一封信》。马特尔一九六三年出生于西班牙，毕业于加拿大特伦特大学哲学系，毕业后从事过植树工、洗碗工、保安等多种行业。他到世界各地游历，最终潜心写作。他目前与同为作家的伴侣艾丽丝·凯珀斯以及四个子女住在加拿大萨斯卡通市。

大江健三郎，男，日本小说家，1935年出生于日本四国岛的爱媛县喜多郡大濑村，1959年3月，大江健三郎完成学业，从东京大学法文专业毕业，著有《广岛日记》(1965年)、《作为同时代的人》(1973年)和《小说方法》(1978年)等作品和文论。1994年诺贝尔文学奖获得者。

Empire of Contingency explores the information and communication practices of the Portuguese empire in late sixteenth- and seventeenth-century India—a period during which Portuguese imperial ambitions were struggling for survival, while the Mughal empire was at the height of its power and influence. Jorge Flores uncovers the tenuous but ingenious apparatuses of intelligence thr...(展开全部)