In the midst of the 1980s, an unexplained phenomenon has arisen to terrify the United States. The dead have started coming back to life. As the world grapples with a revival of the Middle Ages ideology of “Memento Mori” (“Remember Death”), a series of bizarre murders occurs in a rural town in New England. In this strange town, a family of funeral directors holds sway over every...(展开全部)

Suspended between sea and sky, battered by the waves and the wind, lighthouses mark the battlelines between the elements. They guard the boundaries between the solid human world and the primordial chaos of the waters; between stability and instability; between the known and the unknown. As such, they have a strange, universal appeal that few other manmade structures possess. En...(展开全部)

This text tells the story of the development of artificial light in the 19th century. The book reveals the ways that the technology of artificial light helped forge modern consciousness. It discusses such topics as the political symbolism of street lighting and the rise of nightlife.

Collected here are ten superb tales by today's master of the seemingly impossible crime, the Frenchman Paul Halter. Coffins dancing in a hermetically sealed crypt, a tunnel that murders people, a werewolf killer who leaves no trace on the snow, a victim killed by an invisible hand at the top of a guarded tower, a homicidal snowman that kills in front of witnesses... There canno...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

Collected here are ten superb tales by today's master of the seemingly impossible crime, the Frenchman Paul Halter. Coffins dancing in a hermetically sealed crypt, a tunnel that murders people, a werewolf killer who leaves no trace on the snow, a victim killed by an invisible hand at the top of a guarded tower, a homicidal snowman that kills in front of witnesses... There canno...(展开全部)

田纳西•威廉斯（Tennessee Williams，1911—1983），美国二十世纪最伟大的剧作家之一，与尤金•奥尼尔、阿瑟•米勒并称为美国戏剧三大家，同时也是全世界范围内作品流传最广的美国文学大师之一——主要通过舞台剧演出，尤其是电影。他一生创作了六十余部戏剧、小说和诗歌作品，以心理深度、象征手法和南方哥特风格著称，1948年和1955年分别以《欲望号街车》和《热铁皮屋顶上的猫》两度赢得普利策奖和纽约戏剧评论奖，《玻璃动物园》和《鬣蜥之夜》也分别于1945年和1961年拿下纽约戏剧评论奖，1952年《玫瑰文身》获得托尼奖最佳戏剧奖，1979年荣获肯尼迪中心荣誉奖（终身成就奖）。 田纳西•威廉斯一生饱受抑郁症、酗酒与药物成瘾的困扰，但他将痛苦转化为创作动力，他说：“写作是我能想象的最根本的救赎之道。”他以诗意的语言、深刻的同理心与无畏的真相揭示，...(展开全部)

煌びやかな繁華街と未開発の旧市街が隣り合わせに共存する街・燕城市。 ある日、若い男の死体が発見される。 公安局刑事隊の隊長・駱聞舟（ルオ・ウェンジョウ）は早速捜査に乗り出すが、 犯罪組織の存在や警察内部の思惑も絡み合い、単純と思われた事件は次第に複雑になっていく。 事件の真相をつかむため、駱聞舟は「犯罪」の才能があり、 同じ男に思いを寄せる恋敵でもある費渡（フェイ・ドゥ）の力を借りることになり……。

Gathering some of Alex Webbs most iconic images, many of which were taken in the far corners of the earth, "The Suffering of Light" brings a fresh perspective to his extensive catalogue. Recognized as a pioneer of American colour photography, Webb has since the 1970s consistently created photographs characterized by intense colour and light. His work, with its richly layered an...(展开全部)

The Light of Day was the basis for Jules Dassin’s classic film, Topkapi . When Arthur Abdel Simpson first spots Harper in the Athens airport, he recognizes him as a tourist unfamiliar with city and in need of a private driver. In other words, the perfect mark for Simpson’s brand of entrepreneurship. But Harper proves to be more the spider than the fly when he catches Simps...(展开全部)