露易丝·佩妮（Louise Penny，1958— ） ·加拿大女作家，五获“阿加莎最佳推理小说奖”，其中四次蝉联，被封 “新锐推理天后”，其“伽马什探长”系列小说已先后被翻译成近三十种语言。 ·2005年，作为“伽马什探长”系列的开篇之作，《伊甸园的蛇》（Still Life）一举夺得匕首奖、亚瑟·艾利斯奖、黛利丝奖、安东尼奖、巴瑞奖等诸多推理小说大奖。 ·“伽马什探长”连发数弹，蔚然成为当今推理小说界最重要系列，每部都收获各大犯罪推理小说奖项，入选各权威推荐榜单，稳踞各大图书网站畅销榜。 ·2013年被授予加拿大勋章——加拿大给予国民的最高勋章。 ·佩妮的作品优美而危险，人物刻画细腻饱满，犯罪设计大胆创新。伽马什探长则取代阿加莎、詹姆斯、铁伊笔下的神探们，成为新世纪一位擅长烧脑、手法缜密，慈祥、坚韧又睿智的名侦探。

The riotous, raucous and deeply resonant debut novel from “one of the best story writers in the English language today” (Financial Times) Wild Houses follows two outsiders caught in the crosshairs of a small-town revenge kidnapping gone awry. With his acclaimed and award-winning collections Young Skins and Homesickness Colin Barrett cemented his reputation as one of contemporar...(展开全部)

The riotous, raucous and deeply resonant debut novel from “one of the best story writers in the English language today” (Financial Times) Wild Houses follows two outsiders caught in the crosshairs of a small-town revenge kidnapping gone awry. With his acclaimed and award-winning collections Young Skins and Homesickness Colin Barrett cemented his reputation as one of contemporar...(展开全部)

Set in Burma during the British invasion of 1885, this masterly novel by Amitav Ghosh tells the story of Rajkumar, a poor boy lifted on the tides of political and social chaos, who goes on to create an empire in the Burmese teak forest. When soldiers force the royal family out of the Glass Palace and into exile, Rajkumar befriends Dolly, a young woman in the court of the Burmes...(展开全部)

The final novel of Hermann Hesse, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, " The Glass Bead Game" is a fascinating tale of the complexity of modern life as well as a classic of modern literature Set in the 23rd century, "The Glass Bead Game" is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society has provided for the intellec...(展开全部)

The final novel of Hermann Hesse, for which he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, " The Glass Bead Game" is a fascinating tale of the complexity of modern life as well as a classic of modern literature Set in the 23rd century, "The Glass Bead Game" is the story of Joseph Knecht, who has been raised in Castalia, the remote place his society has provided for the intellec...(展开全部)

The Great Depression has bound a nation in despair -- and only a privileged few have risen above it: the exorbitantly wealthy ... and the hucksters who feed upon them. Diego, a seventeen-year-old illegal Mexican immigrant, owes his salvation to master grifter Thomas Schell. Together with Schell's gruff and powerful partner, they sail comfortably through hard times, scamming New...(展开全部)

Many beloved novels have place at their heart—and often even in their title. Novel Houses visits unforgettable dwellings in twenty legendary works of English and American fiction, exploring how Uncle Tom’s Cabin came to start the American Civil War, why Bleak House is used as the name of a happy home, and what Jane Austen had in mind when she worked out the plot for Mansfield P...(展开全部)

A graphic novel classic with a new introduction by Art Spiegelman Quinn writes mysteries." The Washington Post" has described him as a "post-existentialist private eye." An unknown voice on the telephone is now begging for his help, drawing him into a world and a mystery far stranger than any he ever created in print. Adapted by Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli, with graphic...(展开全部)