迈克尔·道布斯，1948年出生于英国赫特福德郡，毕业于牛津大学。他在政治、广告和文学领域都取得了出色的成就。 道布斯纵横英国政坛三十余年，曾任政府特别顾问和撒切尔政府幕僚长，后来于保守党副主席的职位上退休，2010年被英王室册封为男爵。 作为畅销书作家的道布斯共著有十余部畅销作品。1989年，他讲述英国官场故事的处女作小说《纸牌屋》大获好评，次年被BBC改编成电视剧，风靡全球。

Miss Jane Marple's passion for gossip leads to the investigation of a local man's murder. The victim was not liked in the least, and his death isn't raising eyebrows. But his recently revealed secrets are.

Synopsis Agatha Christie''s first ever Miss Marple mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. ''Anyone who murdered Colonel Protheroe,'' declared the parson, brandishing a carving knife above a joint of roast beef, ''would be doing the world at large a service!'' It was a careless remark fo...(展开全部)

迈克尔·道布斯，1948年出生于英国赫特福德郡，毕业于牛津大学。他在政治、广告和文学领域都取得了出色的成就。 道布斯纵横英国政坛三十余年，曾任政府特别顾问和撒切尔政府幕僚长，后来于保守党副主席的职位上退休，2010年被英王室册封为男爵。 作为畅销书作家的道布斯共著有十余部畅销作品。1989年，他讲述英国官场故事的处女作小说《纸牌屋》大获好评，次年被BBC改编成电视剧，风靡全球。

A comforting primer in emotional literacy and mindfulness that suggests we approach the feeling of sadness as if it is our guest. Sadness can be scary and confusing at any age! When we feel sad, especially for long periods of time, it can seem as if the sadness is a part of who we are--an overwhelming, invisible, and scary sensation. In When Sadness Is at Your Door, Eva Eland b...(展开全部)

BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE is an eloquent

A meditation on the big-box superstore, from 2022 Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux. “A dryly charming look at the way the French live now, through the sharp eyes of its most acclaimed chronicler.”—Kirkus Reviews For half a century, French writer Annie Ernaux has restlessly explored stories and subjects often considered unworthy of artistic reflection. In this exquisite meditation,...(展开全部)

Cinnamon Bay Plantation on lush, tropical St. John was the ideal Caribbean island getaway; or so it seemed. But for distinguished Harvard economist Henry Spearman, long overdue for R & R, it offered diversion of a decidedly different sort and one he'd hardly anticipated: murder. It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Prickly and priggish, Gen. Hudson T. Decker (Ret.) might h...(展开全部)

愛德華．鮑威爾和專橫的姑媽住在家鄉的祖宅。他嫌惡那裡的鄉里鄉氣，覺得連個名字也不好唸的地方不值得他掛齒。他的生活過得極不如意，認為萬惡之源便是他的姑媽美翠，而除掉她便可一勞永逸，永享美滿幸福。 於是他靈機一動，只要姑媽健在，我的遺產就歸她監管，人生就是黑白的。但姑媽若是死了，我的錢就隨便我花，人生就變成繽紛彩色 如果姑媽暴斃了該有多好，呵呵呵…… 所以他開始動了取姑媽老命的腦筋。 第一次，他弄壞姑媽一輛老車的煞車，不料天佑惡人，姑媽死裡逃生。 青年毫不氣餒，再接再勵，手段愈趨精緻，決心更形堅強，最後甚至連老天也不再旁觀，而終於出現了他自己完全意料不到的成果…… 這是一本謬趣橫生的反敘式偵探小說，全書給你冷血當有趣、令人噴飯的黑色幽默！ 小說裡那位滿臉痘痘、心理不平衡、尖酸卻又懦弱、...(展开全部)