约翰·狄克森·卡尔（1906－1977） 史上最伟大的推理小说作家之一，举世公认的“密室推理之王”。其小说素以公平著称，线索隐蔽，解答惊人，具有超乎寻常的逻辑性、趣味性。他一生共设计了超过五十种密室，几乎每个都是构思精巧、无以复加；又兼其小说一贯具有的浓郁哥特风格，以及其谋篇布局的架构能力之强，自会让读者大呼过瘾，竞相传读。读推理，岂能不读密室；读密室，岂能不读卡尔！

约翰·狄克森·卡尔（1906－1977） 史上最伟大的推理小说作家之一，举世公认的“密室推理之王”。其小说素以公平著称，线索隐蔽，解答惊人，具有超乎寻常的逻辑性、趣味性。他一生共设计了超过五十种密室，几乎每个都是构思精巧、无以复加；又兼其小说一贯具有的浓郁哥特风格，以及其谋篇布局的架构能力之强，自会让读者大呼过瘾，竞相传读。读推理，岂能不读密室；读密室，岂能不读卡尔！

Crime author Dick Markham is in love again; his fiancee the mysterious newcomer to the village, Lesley Grant. When Grant accidentally shoots the fortune teller through the side of his tent at the local fair - following a very strange reaction to his predictions - Markham is reluctantly brought into a scheme to expose his betrothed as a suspected serial husband-poisoner. That ni...(展开全部)

Until Death Do Us Part focuses on the unexpected role cigarettes play in Chinese weddings. As a token of appreciation, it is customary for the bride to light a cigarette for each and every man invited. The bride and the groom are then invited to play some cigarette-smoking games o f an unprecedented ingenuousness. This publication pays homage to a tradition in which love and de...(展开全部)

Until Death Do Us Part focuses on the unexpected role cigarettes play in Chinese weddings. As a token of appreciation, it is customary for the bride to light a cigarette for each and every man invited. The bride and the groom are then invited to play some cigarette-smoking games o f an unprecedented ingenuousness. This publication pays homage to a tradition in which love and de...(展开全部)

とてつもなく大きな橋を支える巨大コンクリートの塊の中に、国家機密とされるシェルタがあった。現代の最高技術で造られたこの密室に滞在することになった六人が、一人ずつ殺される。痺れるような緊張感の中、最後に残った二人。そして世界が反転する―。謎、恐怖、驚愕。すべてが圧倒的な傑作長編ミステリィ

What does it mean to be human? Why do we feel and behave in the ways that we do? The classic answer is that we have a special kind of intelligence. But to understand what we are as humans, we also need to know what we are like motivationally. And what is central to this story, what is special about human motivation, is that humans want to share with others their inner experienc...(展开全部)

CHARLES MURRAY is the W. H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He first came to national attention in 1984 with Losing Ground. His subsequent books include In Pursuit, The Bell Curve (with Richard J. Herrnstein), What It Means to Be a Libertarian, Human Accomplishment, In Our Hands, and Real Education. He received a bachelor's degree in history from Harvard and...(展开全部)

CHARLES MURRAY is the W. H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He first came to national attention in 1984 with Losing Ground. His subsequent books include In Pursuit, The Bell Curve (with Richard J. Herrnstein), What It Means to Be a Libertarian, Human Accomplishment, In Our Hands, and Real Education. He received a bachelor's degree in history from Harvard and...(展开全部)

CHARLES MURRAY is the W. H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He first came to national attention in 1984 with Losing Ground. His subsequent books include In Pursuit, The Bell Curve (with Richard J. Herrnstein), What It Means to Be a Libertarian, Human Accomplishment, In Our Hands, and Real Education. He received a bachelor's degree in history from Harvard and...(展开全部)