Humorous and undeniably original, this witty satire of religion and morality centers around a small town in Colombia that boasts two especially interesting residents: the idiot sons of the town priest's illegitimate daughter, Marcianita, who have been blessed with super sexual potency. Their ability to "cure" the ailing brings pilgrims to the town—as well as the media and sever...(展开全部)

In the mist-shrouded haze of the past, the world of Azeroth teemed with wondrous creatures of every kind. Mysterious Elves and hardy Dwarves walked among tribes of man in relative peace and harmony -- until the arrival of the demonic army known as Burning Legion shattered the world's tranquility forever. Now Orcs, Dragons, Goblins, and Trolls all vie for supremacy over the s...(展开全部)

Those They Called Idiots traces the little-known lives of people with learning disabilities from the communities of eighteenth-century England to the nineteenth-century asylum and care in today’s society. Using evidence from civil and criminal court-rooms, joke books, slang dictionaries, novels, art and caricature, it explores the explosive intermingling of ideas about intellig...(展开全部)

A 19th-century philosopher who challenged the foundations of Christianity and traditional morality, Nietzsche has inspired leading figures in all walks of cultural life. This compendium of aphorisms and prose poems marks the advent of his mature philosophy. It represents an essential guide to understanding his later, better-known works.

The Light of Day was the basis for Jules Dassin’s classic film, Topkapi . When Arthur Abdel Simpson first spots Harper in the Athens airport, he recognizes him as a tourist unfamiliar with city and in need of a private driver. In other words, the perfect mark for Simpson’s brand of entrepreneurship. But Harper proves to be more the spider than the fly when he catches Simps...(展开全部)

埃里克•安布勒 Eric Ambler（1909-1998） 爱伦•坡终身大师奖得主，被英国《卫报》誉为“现代悬疑小说之父”。 安布勒开创性地将现实主义风格中的惊险、逼真引入悬疑小说流派，并凭借自己精妙的叙事技巧，将悬疑小说提升到文学的高度，成为希区柯克、007之父弗莱明、约翰•勒卡雷、格雷厄姆•格林等多位悬疑大师的灵感源泉。 在本书中，安布勒用优雅、幽默的语言，不断反转的情节构思，令人沉浸其中。透过一个小贼离奇荒诞的冒险故事，表达了对小人物境遇的深切关怀。在动荡、逃亡和重重阴谋中，展现了人性中那些或阴暗或迷人的特质。

埃里克•安布勒 Eric Ambler（1909-1998） 爱伦•坡终身大师奖得主，被英国《卫报》誉为“现代悬疑小说之父”。 安布勒开创性地将现实主义风格中的惊险、逼真引入悬疑小说流派，并凭借自己精妙的叙事技巧，将悬疑小说提升到文学的高度，成为希区柯克、007之父弗莱明、约翰•勒卡雷、格雷厄姆•格林等多位悬疑大师的灵感源泉。 在本书中，安布勒用优雅、幽默的语言，不断反转的情节构思，令人沉浸其中。透过一个小贼离奇荒诞的冒险故事，表达了对小人物境遇的深切关怀。在动荡、逃亡和重重阴谋中，展现了人性中那些或阴暗或迷人的特质。

The Light of Day was the basis for Jules Dassin’s classic film, Topkapi . When Arthur Abdel Simpson first spots Harper in the Athens airport, he recognizes him as a tourist unfamiliar with city and in need of a private driver. In other words, the perfect mark for Simpson’s brand of entrepreneurship. But Harper proves to be more the spider than the fly when he catches Simps...(展开全部)

Jacques Derrida writes (in Deconstruction and Criticism)of The Madness of the Day that it is 'a story whose title runs wild and drives the reader mad.la folie du jour, the madness of today, of the day today, which leads to the madness that comes from the day, is born of it, as well as the madness of the day itself, itself mad..La folie du jour is a story of madness, of that mad...(展开全部)

In AN ARMY AT DAWN - winner of the Pulitzer Prize - Rick Atkinson provided a dramatic and authoritative history of the Allied triumph in North Africa. Now, in THE DAY OF BATTLE, he follows the strengthening American and British armies as they invade Sicily in July 1943 and then, mile by bloody mile, fight their way north. The Italian campaign's outcome was never certain; in fac...(展开全部)