Like Kafka's The Castle, Invitation to a Beheading embodies a vision of a bizarre and irrational world. In an unnamed dream country, the young man Cincinnatus C. is condemned to death by beheading for "gnostical turpitude." an imaginary crime that defies definition. Cincinnatus spends his last days in an absurd jail, where he is visited by chimerical jailers. an executioner who...(展开全部)

Like Kafka's The Castle, Invitation to a Beheading embodies a vision of a bizarre and irrational world. In an unnamed dream country, the young man Cincinnatus C. is condemned to death by beheading for "gnostical turpitude." an imaginary crime that defies definition. Cincinnatus spends his last days in an absurd jail, where he is visited by chimerical jailers. an executioner who...(展开全部)

2008年，《时代周刊》选出了五十位最伟大的犯罪小说家，P.D. James名列前矛，甚至在这类小说的开山始祖爱伦•坡的前面。《时代周刊》给她的赞美是：创作力丰沛且脑容量惊人的贵妇。这位现年八十八岁高龄、气质高雅非凡的女作家，目前还活跃于文坛。 由于写作有成，她获得许多国际知名文学奖，包括在英国犯罪作家推理协会颁发的、有“诺贝尔推理文学奖”之称的“钻石匕首奖”，并受英国皇室勋封为女伯爵，更获颁美国侦探作家协会终身成就奖——“大师奖”，以及“爱伦•坡奖”

When the administrative head of the Steen Psychiatric Clinic is found dead with a chisel in her heart, Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate. Dalgliesh must analyze the deep-seated anxieties and thwarted desires of patients and staff alike to determine which of their unresolved conflicts resulted in murder. With "discernment, depth, and cr...(展开全部)

This lucid book presents the discipline of sociology to both the general reader and the student. Viewing sociology in the humanist tradition, Berger points out its affinity to history and philosophy, as well as its need for scientific procedures.

This lucid book presents the discipline of sociology to both the general reader and the student. Viewing sociology in the humanist tradition, Berger points out its affinity to history and philosophy, as well as its need for scientific procedures.

作者：彼得•L.伯格,奥地利裔美国著名社会学家，路德教派神学家。主攻社会学、宗教社会学、神学，其著作论及当代重大的政治、经济、社会、文化和宗教问题。 译者：何道宽，深圳大学英语及传播学教授、政府津贴专家、资深翻译家，曾任中国跨文化交际研究会副会长，现任中国传播学会副理事长、深圳市翻译协会高级顾问，从事英语语言文学、文化学、人类学、传播学研究三十余年，著作和译作近六十种，逾1500万字。

Luke Eric Lassiter's concise introductory text to cultural anthropology offers a fresh and accessible approach for students. His message about the relevance of anthropology is timely and engaging, and illustrates the varied and valuable applications of the anthropological perspective for real world problems on the local, regional, and global scale. This book is an ideal text fo...(展开全部)

卢克·拉斯特（Luke Lassiter，1968—），美国马歇尔大学人类学教授及人文学院主任，合作民族志的倡导者。他的作品包括《基沃瓦歌曲的力量》（1998）、《耶稣之路》（合著，2002）、《中镇的另一面》（合著，2004，获得2005年玛格丽特·米德奖），以及《芝加哥合作民族志指南》（2005）。另外还曾获Indiana African American History奖。