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)

Many probability books are written by mathematicians and have the built in bias that the reader is assumed to be a mathematician coming to the material for its beauty. This textbook is geared towards beginning graduate students from a variety of disciplines whose primary focus is not necessarily mathematics for its own sake. Instead, A Probability Path is designed for those req...(展开全部)

The dragons are gone, the powerful magics that broke the world diluted to little more than parlour tricks, but the kingdoms of men remain and the great game of thrones goes on. Lords deploy armies and merchant caravans as their weapons, manoeuvring for wealth and influence. But a darker power is rising - an unlikely leader with an ancient ally threatens to unleash again the mad...(展开全部)

All paths lead to war... Marcus' hero days are behind him. He knows too well that even the smallest war still means somebody's death. When his men are impressed into a doomed army, staying out of a battle he wants no part of requires some unorthodox steps. Cithrin is an orphan, ward of a banking house. Her job is to smuggle a nation's wealth across a war zone, hiding the gol...(展开全部)

The dragons are gone, the powerful magics that broke the world diluted to little more than parlour tricks, but the kingdoms of men remain and the great game of thrones goes on. Lords deploy armies and merchant caravans as their weapons, manoeuvring for wealth and influence. But a darker power is rising - an unlikely leader with an ancient ally threatens to unleash again the mad...(展开全部)

All paths lead to war... Marcus' hero days are behind him. He knows too well that even the smallest war still means somebody's death. When his men are impressed into a doomed army, staying out of a battle he wants no part of requires some unorthodox steps. Cithrin is an orphan, ward of a banking house. Her job is to smuggle a nation's wealth across a war zone, hiding the gol...(展开全部)