Before The Firm and  The Pelican Brief made him a superstar,  John Grisham wrote this riveting story of  retribution and justice -- at last it's available in a  Doubleday hardcover edition. In this searing courtroom  drama, best-selling author John Grisham probes the  savage depths of racial violence...as he delivers  a compelling tale of uncertain justice in a small  southern ...(展开全部)

After two years at the Russian front, Ernst Graeber finally receives three weeks' leave. But since leaves have been canceled before, he decides not to write his parents, fearing he would just raise their hopes. Then, when Graeber arrives home, he finds his house bombed to ruin and his parents nowhere in sight. Nobody knows if they are dead or alive. As his leave draws to a clo...(展开全部)

Before The Firm and The Pelican Brief made him a superstar,John Grisham wrote this riveting story ofretribution and justice -- at last it's available in aDoubleday hardcover edition. In this searing courtroomdrama, best-selling author John Grisham probes thesavage depths of racial violence...as he deliversa compelling tale of uncertain justice in a smallsouthern town...Clant...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Book Description In this searing courtroom drama, best-selling author John Grisham probes the savage depths of racial violence... as he delivers a compelling tale of uncertain justice in a small southern town... Clanton, Mississippi. The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young man. The mostly white town reacts with shock a...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Book Description In this searing courtroom drama, best-selling author John Grisham probes the savage depths of racial violence... as he delivers a compelling tale of uncertain justice in a small southern town... Clanton, Mississippi. The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young man. The mostly white town reacts with shock a...(展开全部)

莎伦·考夫曼（Sharon R. Kaufman），加州大学旧金山分校健康与老年研究所、社会与行为科学系教授，人类学、历史和社会医学系主任。考夫曼的研究兴趣包括一些相互关联的主题，如老年认同、主体性与晚年生活的意义，社会变迁与医学文化的转型，美国医院文化与晚期病人的临终，生物科技与伦理、医疗实践的关系，老年医疗保险政策与卫生保健体系改革，以及生命本身的人类学。由此可见，她的研究涉及医学人类学和老年人类学的许多核心议题。

莎伦·考夫曼（Sharon R. Kaufman），加州大学旧金山分校健康与老年研究所、社会与行为科学系教授，人类学、历史和社会医学系主任。考夫曼的研究兴趣包括一些相互关联的主题，如老年认同、主体性与晚年生活的意义，社会变迁与医学文化的转型，美国医院文化与晚期病人的临终，生物科技与伦理、医疗实践的关系，老年医疗保险政策与卫生保健体系改革，以及生命本身的人类学。由此可见，她的研究涉及医学人类学和老年人类学的许多核心议题。

作者簡介 勞倫斯．卜洛克Lawrence Block 勞倫斯．卜洛克 Lawrence Block 歐美當代冷硬派偵探小說書寫第一人 一九三八年出生於紐約水牛城。除了極少時間之外，卜洛克幾乎都定居於紐約市內，並以該城為主要背景，從事推理文學創作，成為全球知名推理小說家，因而獲得「紐約犯罪風景的行吟詩人」美譽。 卜洛克的推理寫作，從「冷硬派」出發而予人以人性溫暖；屬「類型書寫」卻不拘一格，常見出格筆路。他的文思敏捷又勤於筆耕，自一九五七年正式出道以來，已出版超過五十本小說，並寫出短篇小說逾百。遂將漢密特、錢徳勒所締建的美國犯罪小說傳統，推向另一個引人矚目的高度。卜洛克一生獲獎無數。他曾七度榮獲愛倫坡獎、十次夏姆斯獎、四次安東尼獎、兩次馬爾他之鷹獎、二○○四年英國犯罪作家協會鑽石匕首獎，以及法、德、日等國所頒發推理大獎。二○○二年，繼一九九四年愛倫坡獎當...(展开全部)

Only a witch can fly. But one little girl "wants "to fly--more than anything. So on a special night, with the moon shining bright and her cat by her side, she gathers herself up, she grips her broom tight, and she tries. And she fails. And she's brave. And she tries again. Until . . . Utterly enchanting, "New York Times "best-selling author Alison McGhee's lyrical language and ...(展开全部)