Downsizing. Decluttering. A parent's death. Sooner or later, all of us are faced with things we no longer need or want. But when we drop our old clothes and other items off at a local donation center, where do they go? Sometimes across the country-or even halfway across the world-to people and places who find value in what we leave behind. In Secondhand, journalist Adam Minter ...(展开全部)

Prefaced by the famous Atlantic Monthly essay of the same name, in which he argues the virtues of the hard-boiled detective novel, this collection mostly drawn from stories he wrote for the pulps demonstrates Chandler's imaginative, entertaining facility with the form.

Prefaced by the famous Atlantic Monthly essay of the same name, in which he argues the virtues of the hard-boiled detective novel, this collection mostly drawn from stories he wrote for the pulps demonstrates Chandler's imaginative, entertaining facility with the form.

Duchlan Castle is a gloomy, forbidding place in the Scottish Highlands. Late one night the body of Mary Gregor, sister of the laird of Duchlan, is found in the castle. She has been stabbed to death in her bedroom - but the room is locked from within and the windows are barred. The only tiny clue to the culprit is a silver fish's scale, left on the floor next to Mary's body.Insp...(展开全部)

Duchlan Castle is a gloomy, forbidding place in the Scottish Highlands. Late one night the body of Mary Gregor, sister of the laird of Duchlan, is found in the castle. She has been stabbed to death in her bedroom - but the room is locked from within and the windows are barred. The only tiny clue to the culprit is a silver fish's scale, left on the floor next to Mary's body.Insp...(展开全部)

Wenham & Geraldine are a long-established and very well respected publishing firm, so when a printer's proof is sabotaged and libellous passages are mysteriously reinstated, they call in private detective Nigel Strangeways. But the situation takes a turn for the worse when one of the publishers' best-selling authors - glamorous novelist Millicent Miles - is found dead in the of...(展开全部)

Wenham & Geraldine are a long-established and very well respected publishing firm, so when a printer's proof is sabotaged and libellous passages are mysteriously reinstated, they call in private detective Nigel Strangeways. But the situation takes a turn for the worse when one of the publishers' best-selling authors - glamorous novelist Millicent Miles - is found dead in the of...(展开全部)

Talk about great timing. Rothbard's extraordinary book unravels the mystery of banking: what is legitimate enterprise and what is a government-backed shell game that can't last. His explanation is clear enough for anyone to follow and yet precise and rigorous enough to be the best textbook for college classes on the topic. This is because its expositional clarity--in its histor...(展开全部)

莫瑞•罗斯巴德（Murray Rothbard），奥地利经济学派的代表人物，生前主要担任美国内华达大学经济学教授。曾任米塞斯研究院学术事务副会长，《奥地利经济学评论》编辑，拥有哥伦比亚大学学士、硕士和博士学位。他参与纽约大学举办的米塞斯研讨会达十多年，罗斯巴德一生著述甚丰，他的著作对于现代的自由意志主义和无政府资本主义理论有著极大贡献。重要著作包括：《1819年大恐慌》(The Panic of 1819)、《人、经济与国家》(Man，Economy,and State)、《美国大萧条》(America’s Great Depression)、《权力与市场》(Power and Market)、《自由的道德》(The Ethics of Liberty)、《在自由中孕育》(Conceived in Liberty)等。

莫瑞•罗斯巴德（Murray Rothbard），奥地利经济学派的代表人物，生前主要担任美国内华达大学经济学教授。曾任米塞斯研究院学术事务副会长，《奥地利经济学评论》编辑，拥有哥伦比亚大学学士、硕士和博士学位。他参与纽约大学举办的米塞斯研讨会达十多年，罗斯巴德一生著述甚丰，他的著作对于现代的自由意志主义和无政府资本主义理论有著极大贡献。重要著作包括：《1819年大恐慌》(The Panic of 1819)、《人、经济与国家》(Man，Economy,and State)、《美国大萧条》(America’s Great Depression)、《权力与市场》(Power and Market)、《自由的道德》(The Ethics of Liberty)、《在自由中孕育》(Conceived in Liberty)等。