托马斯・布朗爵士于1605年10月19日生于伦敦，1682年去世。他的父亲是一位商人。布朗性 格怪癖，常有新奇的想象，代表作《医生的宗教》、《瓮葬》等。

小说家罗伯特·丹斯卡尔克收到一封针对自己女儿的绑架预告信，作为放弃绑架的代价，犯人要求支付25万美元。看来是因为罗伯特的亡妻露西出身于大富豪斯蒂尔家，犯人抱有期待。罗伯特决定带女儿前往百慕大避难，警方任命罗德警官负责途中保护。虽然在船上接到过一次犯人的恐吓电话，一行人还是平安无事地抵达了百慕大。平安地过了几天，正感觉什么事也不会发生时，罗伯特的女儿和看护她的护士突然失踪。又过了几天，在海边发现了护士惨死的尸体，护士旁边放着腹语术的人偶！

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ide...(展开全部)

Ripley had kept his name and reputation clean, amazingly clean, considering. It would be most embarrassing for him if his interest in the Buckmaster Gallery were made public. The gallery is staging another Derwatt exhibition. But now an American collector claims that the expensive masterpiece he bought three years ago is a fake, it is of course. And he wants to talk to Derwatt....(展开全部)

In this harrowing illumination of the psychotic mind, the enviable Tom Ripley has a lovely house in the French countryside, a beautiful and very rich wife, and an art collection worthy of a connoisseur. But such a gracious life has not come easily. One inopportune inquiry, one inconvenient friend, and Ripley's world will come tumbling down--unless he takes decisive steps. In a ...(展开全部)

In this harrowing illumination of the psychotic mind, the enviable Tom Ripley has a lovely house in the French countryside, a beautiful and very rich wife, and an art collection worthy of a connoisseur. But such a gracious life has not come easily. One inopportune inquiry, one inconvenient friend, and Ripley's world will come tumbling down--unless he takes decisive steps. In a ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Book Description "This book provides a strong foundation for impending entrepreneurs to aid, in determining the possible positive outcomes of the venture" - Marcy Freed, President, Vital Stim Incorporation. "This book deals very bravely with the opportunity of technology entrepreneurship. This is a great, and a courageous effort" - Jerome S. Engel, Executive Director, ...(展开全部)

丹尼尔·李布斯金（Daniel Libesdind），犹太裔波兰人，1946年生于波兰中部的罗兹，父母是大屠杀的幸存者。1957年举家迁往以色列，1959年定居美国纽约。从小音乐造诣颇高，擅长演奏手风琴。后来立志成为建筑师。建筑作品遍布世界各地，有柏林犹太博物馆、奥斯纳布吕克的努斯鲍姆美术馆、曼彻斯特帝国战争博物馆、丹佛美术馆、多伦多皇家博物馆；进行中的博物馆兴建方案有旧金山当代犹太博物馆等；在瑞士、意大利、德国、英国都有文化及商业设计项目。1990年创立李布斯金工作室（Studio Daniel Libeskind），并担任首席设计师。2003年2月获选为纽约世界贸易中心重建项目的总体规划建筑师。

If anything marks the image, it is a deep ambivalence. Denounced as superficial, illusory, and groundless, images are at the same time attributed with exorbitant power and assigned a privileged relation to truth. Mistrusted by philosophy, forbidden and embraced by religions, manipulated as spectacleand proliferated in the media, images never cease to present their multiple aspe...(展开全部)