This book exposes the dangerously imperfect forensic evidence that we rely on for criminal convictions. "That's not my fingerprint, your honor," said the defendant, after FBI experts reported a "100-percent identification." They were wrong. It is shocking how often they are. Autopsy of a Crime Lab is the first book to catalog the sources of error and the faulty science behind a...(展开全部)

In this remarkable self-portrait, Patrick White explains how on the very rare occasions when he re-reads a passage from one of his books, he recognises very little of the self he knows. This 'unknown' is the man interviewers and visiting students expect to find, but 'unable to produce him', he prefers to remain private, or as private as anyone who has been awarded the Nobel Pri...(展开全部)

In this remarkable self-portrait, Patrick White explains how on the very rare occasions when he re-reads a passage from one of his books, he recognises very little of the self he knows. This 'unknown' is the man interviewers and visiting students expect to find, but 'unable to produce him', he prefers to remain private, or as private as anyone who has been awarded the Nobel Pri...(展开全部)

On Thursday, July 13, 1995, Chicagoans awoke to a blistering day in which the temperature would reach 106 degrees. The heat index, which measures how the temperature actually feels on the body, would hit 126 degrees by the time the day was over. Meteorologists had been warning residents about a two-day heat wave, but these temperatures did not end that soon. When the heat wave ...(展开全部)

In July 1995, Chicagoans suffered through a blistering week-long heat wave that buckled streets and downed portions of the city's power grid. It also left over 700 people dead. In this alarming book, Eric Klinenberg tells us how such fatalities could have happened in a modern American city. The picture he paints - of social breakdown, unresponsive government and poorly equipped...(展开全部)

马丁·爱德华兹，1955年生，英国犯罪小说作家、批评家，犯罪小说研究和批评领域权威，2015年当选为英国侦探推理俱乐部第八任主席，现任英国犯罪小说作家协会主席。曾荣获英国犯罪小说最高奖——英国犯罪小说作家协会钻石匕首奖。

马丁·爱德华兹，1955年生，英国犯罪小说作家、批评家，犯罪小说研究和批评领域权威，2015年当选为英国侦探推理俱乐部第八任主席，现任英国犯罪小说作家协会主席。曾荣获英国犯罪小说最高奖——英国犯罪小说作家协会钻石匕首奖。

马丁·爱德华兹，1955年生，英国犯罪小说作家、批评家，犯罪小说研究和批评领域权威，2015年当选为英国侦探推理俱乐部第八任主席，现任英国犯罪小说作家协会主席。曾荣获英国犯罪小说最高奖——英国犯罪小说作家协会钻石匕首奖。

马丁·爱德华兹，1955年生，英国犯罪小说作家、批评家，犯罪小说研究和批评领域权威，2015年当选为英国侦探推理俱乐部第八任主席，现任英国犯罪小说作家协会主席。曾荣获英国犯罪小说最高奖——英国犯罪小说作家协会钻石匕首奖。

马丁·爱德华兹，1955年生，英国犯罪小说作家、批评家，犯罪小说研究和批评领域权威，2015年当选为英国侦探推理俱乐部第八任主席，现任英国犯罪小说作家协会主席。曾荣获英国犯罪小说最高奖——英国犯罪小说作家协会钻石匕首奖。