Book Description Sangamon Taylor's a New Age Sam Spade who sports a wet suit instead of a trench coat and prefers Jolt from the can to Scotch on the rocks. He knows about chemical sludge the way he knows about evil -- all too intimately. And the toxic trail he follows leads to some high and foul places. Before long Taylor's house is bombed, his every move followed, he's adopte...(展开全部)

Book Description Sangamon Taylor's a New Age Sam Spade who sports a wet suit instead of a trench coat and prefers Jolt from the can to Scotch on the rocks. He knows about chemical sludge the way he knows about evil -- all too intimately. And the toxic trail he follows leads to some high and foul places. Before long Taylor's house is bombed, his every move followed, he's adopte...(展开全部)

"Intricately constructed and entertainingly exotic."-The Japan Times Astrologer, fortuneteller, and self-styled detective Kiyoshi Mitarai must in one week solve a mystery that has baffled Japan for 40 years. Who murdered the artist Umezawa, raped and killed his daughter, and then chopped up the bodies of six others to create Azoth, the supreme woman? With maps, charts, and othe...(展开全部)

"Intricately constructed and entertainingly exotic."-The Japan Times Astrologer, fortuneteller, and self-styled detective Kiyoshi Mitarai must in one week solve a mystery that has baffled Japan for 40 years. Who murdered the artist Umezawa, raped and killed his daughter, and then chopped up the bodies of six others to create Azoth, the supreme woman? With maps, charts, and othe...(展开全部)

This book provides a revealing new look at the astrological signs, from Aries to Pisces. Gain a deeper understanding of how each sign motivates you to grow and evolve in consciousness. Not your typical Sun sign guide, this book is divided into three parts. Part 1 defines the signs, part 2 analyses the expression of sixty-six pairs of signs, and part 3 designates the expressio...(展开全部)

In his War Books Cyril Falls expresses uncertainty whether this book should be classed as fiction or reminiscence, eventually plumping for the former but based on personal experiences. The Times Literary Supplement of the day comments that he [Renn] recorded his impressions with that extreme simplicity which is one of the highest forms of literary art. The author is the central...(展开全部)

路德维希 • 雷恩（Ludwig Renn），原名阿诺尔德 • 维特 • 冯 • 格尔瑟瑙，1889年出生，1979年逝世，德国作家。曾是德国贵族，代表作有纪实小说《战争》和《战后》，后用成名作《战争》里的主人公名字作为自己的笔名。 西班牙内战时期，曾任国际第11纵队参谋长和台尔曼营营长。1939~1947年流亡墨西哥。1947年回国，任人类学教授、德累斯顿文化研究院院长和萨克森文化联盟主席等职。1950年迁居柏林，成为职业作家。

War - in the mind of the fragile Bea B., in the infinite icy landscape she journeys through, in Vietnam, in 10,000 years of human history. The war of the title is not merely a war of arms but a generalised state of violence permeating every atom of Le Clezio's creation. Bea B. searches for clues for the origin of the evil. Under her searching gaze the most everyday objects - ad...(展开全部)

Did the Trojan War really happen? Spectacular new archaeological evidence suggests that it did. Recent excavations and newly translated Hittite texts reveal that Troy was a large, wealthy city allied with the Hittite Empire. Located at the strategic entrance to the Dardanelles, the link between the Aegean and Black Sea, it was a tempting target for marauding Greeks, the Vikings...(展开全部)