克林顿▪巴德利（1900-1970），英国20世纪初著名剧作家、演员，业余创作了不少脍炙人口的侦探小说，其中包括五部以戴维博士为侦探主角的校园谜案系列小说。

克莱顿•劳森（1906－1971） 著名的“推理巫师”，具有编辑、作家、魔术师等多重身份，美国推理作家协会（MWA）的四大创始人物之一。其小说一方面融汇着魔术表演的基本原理，奇招迭出、别开生面，让读者深受震撼；另一方面又不时现身说法，给读者讲解些简易魔术，而这又往往契合着小说的谋杀诡计，堪称匠心独运、只此一家。劳森曾以“马里尼”之名登台表演魔术，所以这名字便自然见诸他的小说，如此遂有推理史上名动一时的“魔术师侦探”——马里尼大师。 一切皆有可能！

Following the traditions of Gabriel GarcIa Marquez, John Gardner and J.R.R. Tolkien, "Wicked" is a richly woven tale that takes us to the other, darker side of the rainbow as novelist Gregory Maguire chronicles the Wicked Witch of the West's odyssey through the complex world of Oz -- where people call you wicked if you tell the truth. Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land...(展开全部)

Following the traditions of Gabriel GarcIa Marquez, John Gardner and J.R.R. Tolkien, "Wicked" is a richly woven tale that takes us to the other, darker side of the rainbow as novelist Gregory Maguire chronicles the Wicked Witch of the West's odyssey through the complex world of Oz -- where people call you wicked if you tell the truth. Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land...(展开全部)

From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Ross, the classical music critic for the New Yorker, leads a whirlwind tour from the Viennese premiere of Richard Strauss's Salome in 1906 to minimalist Steve Reich's downtown Manhattan apartment. The wide-ranging historical material is organized in thematic essays grounded in personalities and places, in a disarmingly comprehensive style ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the true nature of evil? Gregory Maguire creates a fantasy world so rich and vivid that we will never look at Oz the sam...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the true nature of evil? Gregory Maguire creates a fantasy world so rich and vivid that we will never look at Oz the sam...(展开全部)

On his first presidential visit to address the European nations, President Obama felt it necessary to apologize for America’s international power. He repeated that apology when visiting Latin America, and again to Muslims worldwide in an interview broadcast on Al-Arabiya television. In No Apology , Mitt Romney asserts that American strength is essential—not just for our own w...(展开全部)

On the morning she will never forget, suburban teenager Cynthia Archer awakes with a nasty hangover and a feeling she is going to have an even nastier confrontation with her mom and dad. But when she leaves her bedroom, she discovers the house is empty, with no sign of her parents or younger brother Todd. In the blink of an eye, without any explanation, her family has simply di...(展开全部)