Small-time stoolie, Jake "The Spinner" Jablon, made a lot of new enemies when he switched careers, from informer to blackmailer. And the more "clients, " he figured, the more money - and more people eager to see him dead. So no one is surprised when the pigeon is found floating in the East River with his skull bashed in. And what's worse, no one cares - except Matthew Scudder. ...(展开全部)

莎伦·考夫曼（Sharon R. Kaufman），加州大学旧金山分校健康与老年研究所、社会与行为科学系教授，人类学、历史和社会医学系主任。考夫曼的研究兴趣包括一些相互关联的主题，如老年认同、主体性与晚年生活的意义，社会变迁与医学文化的转型，美国医院文化与晚期病人的临终，生物科技与伦理、医疗实践的关系，老年医疗保险政策与卫生保健体系改革，以及生命本身的人类学。由此可见，她的研究涉及医学人类学和老年人类学的许多核心议题。

莎伦·考夫曼（Sharon R. Kaufman），加州大学旧金山分校健康与老年研究所、社会与行为科学系教授，人类学、历史和社会医学系主任。考夫曼的研究兴趣包括一些相互关联的主题，如老年认同、主体性与晚年生活的意义，社会变迁与医学文化的转型，美国医院文化与晚期病人的临终，生物科技与伦理、医疗实践的关系，老年医疗保险政策与卫生保健体系改革，以及生命本身的人类学。由此可见，她的研究涉及医学人类学和老年人类学的许多核心议题。

After two years at the Russian front, Ernst Graeber finally receives three weeks' leave. But since leaves have been canceled before, he decides not to write his parents, fearing he would just raise their hopes. Then, when Graeber arrives home, he finds his house bombed to ruin and his parents nowhere in sight. Nobody knows if they are dead or alive. As his leave draws to a clo...(展开全部)

‘The rightful king of crime’ i News 'Deeply moving... some of his best writing yet' Telegraph Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. As the gang springs into action they encounter art forgers, online fraudsters and drug dealers, as well as heartache close...(展开全部)

A new mystery is afoot in the fourth book in the Thursday Murder Club series from million-copy bestselling author Richard Osman It's rarely a quiet day for the Thursday Murder Club. Shocking news reaches them—an old friend has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. The gang's search leads them into the antiques business, where the tricks of the...(展开全部)

If you want to get rich, no matter how inexperienced you are in investment, this book can help you. Its message is that you must learn neither to avoid risk nor to court it foolhardily, but to manage it - and enjoy it too. The 12 major and 16 minor Zurich Axioms contained in this book are a set of principles providing a practical philosophy for the realistic management of risk,...(展开全部)

周四推理俱乐部的老朋友、80岁的古董商人库尔德什死了，在偏僻小径的尽头被一枪爆头。死前，他曾给历史学教授妮娜和一个无法追踪的电话号码各打了一通电话。 消息传来，四位老年侦探誓要为老友查明真相。原来，出事前三天，当地毒贩要求库尔德什寄存一盒价值10万英镑的毒品，他死后一整盒毒品不翼而飞。毒品？历史教授？无法追踪的号码？到底谁才是真正的催命符？ 与此同时，这起不大不小的案子竟然惊动了国家犯罪调查局，案件信息被全面封锁。更大的危机来自内部，伊丽莎白的丈夫斯蒂芬罹患阿尔兹海默症，症状已严重到无法和她继续生活，强大的伊丽莎白第一次被无力包围，无心案件。周四推理俱乐部痛失“主脑”，乔伊丝及时补位，带领小团伙一头钻进多如牛毛的细碎线索。 是当地毒贩“黑吃黑”杀死无辜的寄存人？还是神秘的无法追踪者另起歹心？“周四推理俱乐部”的故事远未结束，探案仍在继续。