克里斯蒂安娜•布兰德（1907－1988） 推理小说黄金时期的最后一位大师，推理小说史上的传奇女子。1941年，当推理小说全盘出现桎梏之际，她竟陆续推出了两部小说，而数年之后，更以一部《绿色危机》敲开无数读者心扉。1946年，她顺利加入了门槛颇高的英国侦探作家俱乐部，自此益发佳作不断，备受瞩目。1972至1973年间，布兰德以其杰出的成就，荣任英国犯罪作家协会主席。

It is 1942, and struggling up the hill to the new military hospital, Heron’s Park, Kent, postman Higgins has no idea that the sender of one of the seven letters of application he is delivering will turn out to be a murderer in a year’s time. When Higgins is brought in following injuries from a bombing raid in 1943, his inexplicable death from asphyxiation at the operating table...(展开全部)

克里斯蒂安娜•布兰德（1907－1988） 推理小说黄金时期的最后一位大师，推理小说史上的传奇女子。1941年，当推理小说全盘出现桎梏之际，她竟陆续推出了两部小说，而数年之后，更以一部《绿色危机》敲开无数读者心扉。1946年，她顺利加入了门槛颇高的英国侦探作家俱乐部，自此益发佳作不断，备受瞩目。1972至1973年间，布兰德以其杰出的成就，荣任英国犯罪作家协会主席。

克里斯蒂安娜•布兰德（1907－1988） 推理小说黄金时期的最后一位大师，推理小说史上的传奇女子。1941年，当推理小说全盘出现桎梏之际，她竟陆续推出了两部小说，而数年之后，更以一部《绿色危机》敲开无数读者心扉。1946年，她顺利加入了门槛颇高的英国侦探作家俱乐部，自此益发佳作不断，备受瞩目。1972至1973年间，布兰德以其杰出的成就，荣任英国犯罪作家协会主席。

Die cut pages bring surprise after surprise in this magical new book from the "Queen of the concept book"--an intricate and satisfying homage to green, the color of all creation. How many kinds of green are there? There's the lush green of a forest on a late spring day, the fresh, juicy green of a just-cut lime, the incandescent green of a firefly, and the vivid aquamarine of a...(展开全部)

Written in 1923, "Green Wheat "is set in a villa in Brittany and is a story of burgeoning sexuality. This edition does more than meet Rogow's mark "to do justice to Colette's enormous talent," it presents a great classic to the world once again.From the Translator's Preface: Of her more than twenty books, "Green Wheat "is perhaps Colette's most polished, most perfect. It was in...(展开全部)

约翰·斯拉代克出生在美国爱荷华州，在明尼苏达州立大学学习了机械工程和英语文学课程。随后，他便投身于一系列充满叛逆色彩的职业，快餐厨师、专业技术作家、铁路扳道工、牧场工人，这些经历对他将来的写作颇有助益。离开美国之后他先隐居于摩洛哥、西班牙和奥地利。他埋头写作的习惯令当地农民惊叹不已。从1966年起，他定居于英国伦敦，成为新浪潮科幻作家中的一员，逐渐成为备受推祟的科幻作家。 他创作的侦探小说以撒克里·费恩为主角，都是密室和不可能犯罪。第一篇短篇小说《未知之手》是四重密室，获得“泰晤士侦探小说竞赛”首奖。第一部长篇小说《黑色气氛》涉及招魂术、诅咒等各种元素。第二作《无形的绿先生》更是成为密室推理的名作。另外还有一篇超短篇侦探小说。可惜的是，在七十年代完成上述作品之后，他转回又继续创作科幻小说，不能不说是侦探小说界的遗憾。

Apart from water, tea is more widely consumed than any other food or drink. Tens of billions of cups are drunk every day. How and why has tea conquered the world? Tea was the first global product. It altered life-styles, religions, etiquette and aesthetics. It raised nations and shattered empires. Economies were changed out of all recognition. Diseases were thwarted by the magi...(展开全部)

In the Nebula Award winning Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson began his critically acclaimed epic saga of the colonization of Mars, Now the Hugo Award winning Green Mars continues the thrilling and timeless tale of humanity's struggle to survive at its farthest frontier. Nearly a generation has passed since the first pioneers landed, but the transformation of Mars to an Earthlike...(展开全部)