Set in a small town in Switzerland, "The Pledge "centers around the murder of a young girl and the detective who promises the victim's mother he will find the perpetrator. After deciding the wrong man has been arrested for the crime, the detective lays a trap for the real killer--with all the patience of a master fisherman. But cruel turns of plot conspire to make him pay dearl...(展开全部)

特德·休斯（Ted Hughes，1930-1998），诗人、翻译家、评论家，二战后英国最重要的两位诗人之一。休斯是美国女诗人普拉斯的丈夫。他一生写了40多部作品，出版有《雨中鹰》《乌鸦》《雨中鹰及其他：诗选1957-1994》《生日信》等诗集，《诗的锻造：休斯写作教学手册》《冬日花粉：休斯文集》《神的舞者：致T.S艾略特》《莎士比亚与完整存在之女神》等文集。从1984年直至去世，休斯一直是英国的桂冠诗人。休斯早期的诗多以自然之美和自然中的暴力为主题，后期的诗在强悍之中注入一股沉郁顿挫之气，突出了诗人对生命的觉醒和顿悟。2011年，休斯纪念碑被安置于英国西敏寺的“诗人角”，与长眠于此的乔叟、莎士比亚、雪莱、拜伦、艾略特等人为伍。

Nobel Laureate Eugene Wigner once wondered about "the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics" in the formulation of the laws of nature. Is God a Mathematician? investigates why mathematics is as powerful as it is. From ancient times to the present, scientists and philosophers have marveled at how such a seemingly abstract discipline could so perfectly explain the natural w...(展开全部)

A revolutionary novel, "A Contract With God" re-creates the neighbourhood of Will Eisner's youth through a quartet of interwoven stories. Called "a masterpiece" by R. Crumb, "A Life Force" chronicles not only the Great Depression but also the rise of Nazism and the spread of socialist politics. In "Dropsie Avenue", Eisner traces the social trajectory of this mythic avenue over ...(展开全部)

Nobel Laureate Eugene Wigner once wondered about "the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics" in the formulation of the laws of nature. Is God a Mathematician? investigates why mathematics is as powerful as it is. From ancient times to the present, scientists and philosophers have marveled at how such a seemingly abstract discipline could so perfectly explain the natural w...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer explores humanity’s quest to make sense of the divine in this concise and fascinating history of our understanding of God. In Zealot, Reza Aslan replaced the staid, well-worn portrayal of Jesus of Nazareth with a startling new image of the man in all his contradictions. In his new book, Aslan tak...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer explores humanity’s quest to make sense of the divine in this concise and fascinating history of our understanding of God. In Zealot, Reza Aslan replaced the staid, well-worn portrayal of Jesus of Nazareth with a startling new image of the man in all his contradictions. In his new book, Aslan tak...(展开全部)

雷薩˙阿斯蘭 Reza Aslan 伊朗裔美國公共知識份子、作家。1972年出生於伊朗，1979年伊朗革命時隨家人移民美國。阿斯蘭原隨家中傳統信奉伊斯蘭，青少年時在美國參加福音青年營受到啟發，改信基督教。但隨著年紀更長，他在研讀聖經時感到有諸多矛盾，上大學研讀宗教史後更感疑惑，於是在選擇之後重回伊斯蘭信仰。然而他仍然以學者身分繼續研究耶穌，經二十年研究後寫出《革命分子耶穌：重返拿撒勒人耶穌的生平與時代》。他也研究伊斯蘭的歷史與當下正在發生的變革展望，寫成《伊斯蘭大歷史：穆斯林的信仰故事與改革之書》。 阿斯蘭為哈佛大學神學碩士、加州大學聖塔芭芭拉分校宗教社會學博士、愛荷華大學美術系碩士。現為加州大學河濱分校創意寫作系教授。他同時也是活躍的公共知識分子，經常在媒體上發言，倡議宗教寬容與自由。 譯者簡介 吳煒聲 美國蒙特瑞國際研究學院中英口筆譯組碩士，曾...(展开全部)

雷薩˙阿斯蘭 Reza Aslan 伊朗裔美國公共知識份子、作家。1972年出生於伊朗，1979年伊朗革命時隨家人移民美國。阿斯蘭原隨家中傳統信奉伊斯蘭，青少年時在美國參加福音青年營受到啟發，改信基督教。但隨著年紀更長，他在研讀聖經時感到有諸多矛盾，上大學研讀宗教史後更感疑惑，於是在選擇之後重回伊斯蘭信仰。然而他仍然以學者身分繼續研究耶穌，經二十年研究後寫出《革命分子耶穌：重返拿撒勒人耶穌的生平與時代》。他也研究伊斯蘭的歷史與當下正在發生的變革展望，寫成《伊斯蘭大歷史：穆斯林的信仰故事與改革之書》。 阿斯蘭為哈佛大學神學碩士、加州大學聖塔芭芭拉分校宗教社會學博士、愛荷華大學美術系碩士。現為加州大學河濱分校創意寫作系教授。他同時也是活躍的公共知識分子，經常在媒體上發言，倡議宗教寬容與自由。 譯者簡介 吳煒聲 美國蒙特瑞國際研究學院中英口筆譯組碩士，曾...(展开全部)

A revolutionary novel, "A Contract With God" re-creates the neighbourhood of Will Eisner's youth through a quartet of interwoven stories. Called "a masterpiece" by R. Crumb, "A Life Force" chronicles not only the Great Depression but also the rise of Nazism and the spread of socialist politics. In "Dropsie Avenue", Eisner traces the social trajectory of this mythic avenue over ...(展开全部)