He was young-maybe twenty or so-and he must once have been a good-looking kid. Kinsey could see that. But now his body was covered in scars, his face half-collapsed. It saddened Kinsey and made her curious. She could see he was in a lot of pain. But for three weeks, as Kinsey'd watched him him doggedly working out at the local gym, putting himself through a grueling exercise ro...(展开全部)

He was young-maybe twenty or so-and he must once have been a good-looking kid. Kinsey could see that. But now his body was covered in scars, his face half-collapsed. It saddened Kinsey and made her curious. She could see he was in a lot of pain. But for three weeks, as Kinsey'd watched him him doggedly working out at the local gym, putting himself through a grueling exercise ro...(展开全部)

克莱顿•劳森（1906－1971） 著名的“推理巫师”，具有编辑、作家、魔术师等多重身份，美国推理作家协会（MWA）的四大创始人物之一。其小说一方面融汇着魔术表演的基本原理，奇招迭出、别开生面，让读者深受震撼；另一方面又不时现身说法，给读者讲解些简易魔术，而这又往往契合着小说的谋杀诡计，堪称匠心独运、只此一家。劳森曾以“马里尼”之名登台表演魔术，所以这名字便自然见诸他的小说，如此遂有推理史上名动一时的“魔术师侦探”——马里尼大师。 一切皆有可能！

B is for bunny She’s always hip-hopping Her button nose twitching Her long ears flip-flopping! Little ones will love learning about springtime in the newest shaped alphabet book. Rhyming couplets celebrate everything spring from bunnies to blooming flowers to budding trees. And because it’s shaped like adorable bunny ears, everyone will be hopping wildly for B Is fo...(展开全部)

Paul Cezanne challenged convention, and proposed new possibilities for modern art. He was remarkable for his ability to perceive and paint everyday places, people, and things in ways that revealed the multiplicity and beauty of vision, while also unveiling the deep, cohesive structures of the visible world. But the intellectual and emotional difficulties of his achievements wer...(展开全部)

《远走高飞》的案件发生一年后，罗德警官因解决案件的功绩受到赞扬，获得晋升的机会。但知道案件别有真相的罗德警部为是否应当接受晋升机会而苦恼，与彭斯博士商量。彭斯博士见罗德警官苦恼不堪的样子，为了让他散心，邀请他参加亿万富翁诺曼·特里特举办的派对。 派对地点是在哈德逊河中的孤岛上建筑的无忧城堡（Careless Castle），聚集了钢琴家、作曲家等著名音乐相关人士。但派对从一开始就充满阴沉的气氛，起因是一名参加的大学教授在渡河来城堡时，在船中死于非命。船的客舱里只有教授一个人，在别无人踪的情况下中毒而死。由于被害者有喝过放在客舱里的咖啡的迹象，调查了壶里残留的咖啡，但未检出毒药。 遗憾的是，由于被害者用过的咖啡杯已经碎裂散落，无法进行检查。教授是他杀还是自杀，抑或是事故，完全找不到头绪。如此过了数日，终于出现了第二名死者。 钢琴家埃瑞克·斯塔恩因为准备...(展开全部)

This book is for hobbyists who have no knowledge about programming and microcontrollers, but are keen to learn C programming using a very affordable hardware device.

This book is for hobbyists who have no knowledge about programming and microcontrollers, but are keen to learn C programming using a very affordable hardware device.

How will protecting our digital infrastructure shape our future? Cybersecurity is one of the key practical and political challenges of our time. It is at the heart of how modern societies survive and thrive, yet public understanding is still rudimentary: media portrayals of hoodie-wearing hackers accessing the Pentagon don’t convey its complexity or significance to contemporary...(展开全部)

Does charitable giving still matter but need to change? Philanthropy, the use of private assets for public good, has been much criticised in recent years. Do elite philanthropists wield too much power? Is big-money philanthropy unaccountable and therefore anti-democratic? And what about so-called “tainted donations” and “dark money” funding pseudo-philanthropic political projec...(展开全部)