From the creator of HBO's "The Wire," the classic book about homicide investigation that became the basis for the hit television showThe scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the center of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of hard men who fight for whatever justice is possib...(展开全部)

大卫·西蒙（David Simon），美国著名电视剧监制、编剧及作家。前《巴尔的摩太阳报》记者。他的纪实作品《凶年》荣获1992年度爱伦·坡最佳真实罪案奖。根据《凶年》改编的《凶案组：街头生活》和《火线》都成为了经典剧集，被誉为美剧黄金时代的代表作，彰显了美剧在文学性及社会批评方面的可能性。

The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the center of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of hard men who fight for whatever justice is possible in a deadly world. David Simon was the first reporter ever to gain unlimited access to a homicide unit, and this electrifying book...(展开全部)

Which are the world's best streets, and what are the physical, designable characteristics that make them great? To answer these questions, Allan Jacobs has surveyed street users and design professionals and has studied a wide array of street types and urban spaces around the world. With more than 200 illustrations, all prepared by the author, along with analysis and statistics,...(展开全部)

阿兰·B·雅各布斯，是美国加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校城市与区域规划系的教授。

Killing Floor is the first book in the internationally popular Jack Reacher series. It presents Reacher for the first time, as the tough ex-military cop of no fixed abode: a righter of wrongs, the perfect action hero. Jack Reacher jumps off a bus and walks fourteen miles down a country road into Margrave, Georgia. An arbitrary decision he's about to regret. Reacher is the only ...(展开全部)

Killing Floor is the first book in the internationally popular Jack Reacher series. It presents Reacher for the first time, as the tough ex-military cop of no fixed abode: a righter of wrongs, the perfect action hero. Jack Reacher jumps off a bus and walks fourteen miles down a country road into Margrave, Georgia. An arbitrary decision he's about to regret. Reacher is the only ...(展开全部)

作者戴夫·格罗斯曼中校，历任美军第82空降师中士、第9步兵师排长、第7步兵师参谋官和连长，曾是伞降步兵、游骑兵。他曾在北极附近的冻原地带执行任务，也曾被派往中美洲的丛林、北约总部、华约，以及难以计数的山地和沙漠。他毕业于美国第18空降兵军士学院和英国陆军参谋学院，以特优成绩完成了历史和心理学专业课程，后任西点军校心理学教授。1998年退役后，在阿肯色州立大学任军事科学教授和系主任，在教学写作之余，为全美各地退伍军人联合会做巡回演讲，并担任过多桩震惊全美的校园枪击案审判中的专家证人和顾问，其研究观点亦获得美国总统国情咨文引用。

简介：原作：@风的盛典原名：弑神“以它戏剧般的死亡来成就我成功般的堕落”

The much-anticipated new novel from the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author of 1Q84 and Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, Killing Commendatore is an epic tour de force of love and loneliness, war and art—as well as a loving homage to The Great Gatsby—and a stunning work of imagination from one of our greatest writers.