“...this locked-room classic... as in the best such novels, the solution is both plausible and surprising. This fair-play gem reinforces the publisher’s raison d’être.” Publishers WeeklyIs Breule Manor cursed? Can a strange incantation predicting the time of death release an occult spirit to murder time and time again in impossible circumstances and with no clues? As the terror...(展开全部)

A homage to the city of Trieste, rich with history and tinged with the melancholy of remembrance. "Morris at the peak of her form." - The Atlantic Monthly . Here's a book for lovers of all things Italian. This city on the Adriatic has always tantalized Jan Morris with its moodiness and changeability. After visiting Trieste for more than half a century, she has come to see it as...(展开全部)

简·莫里斯（Jan Morris），被欧洲文学界誉为“20世纪最优秀的叙事作家”。其个人经历颇为传奇：生于英国威尔士的他，原名詹姆斯·莫里斯（James Morris），1972年进行变性手术后，改名为简·莫里斯（Jan Morris），从“他”变成了“她”！ 她著作等身，超过三十余部，包括小说、历史与旅行文学作品。她是英国皇家文学学会会员，曾获大英帝国勋章（OBE）。 2008年1月，莫里斯被《泰晤士报》评选为英国战后最伟大的十五名作家之一。 简·莫里斯从未停止过旅行、写作。她的创作是真实生命的沉潜，而不是浮光掠影式的舞台表演。生活中的她，是个勇敢地忠实于自己内心渴望的人；写作时的她，则是一位内心复杂而丰盛的作者。

Waris Dirie leads a double life -- by day, she is an international supermodel and human rights ambassador for the United Nations; by night, she dreams of the simplicity of life in her native Somalia and the family she was forced to leave behind. Desert Flower, her intimate and inspiring memoir, is a must-read for anyone who has ever wondered about the beauty of African life, t...(展开全部)

Winner of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript 2017 ‘Her name is Sammy Went. This photo was taken on her second birthday. Three days later she was gone.’ On a break between teaching photography classes in Melbourne, Kim Leamy is approached by a stranger investigating the disappearance of a little girl from her Kentucky home twenty-eight years ear...(展开全部)

Much philosophical debate has attempted to reconcile the human capacity to view the world both objectively and subjectively. Thomas Nagel's ambitious and lively book tackles this fundamental issue, arguing that our divided nature is the root of a whole range of philosophical problems, touching, as it does, every aspect of human life. He deals with its manifestations in such fie...(展开全部)

Much philosophical debate has attempted to reconcile the human capacity to view the world both objectively and subjectively. Thomas Nagel's ambitious and lively book tackles this fundamental issue, arguing that our divided nature is the root of a whole range of philosophical problems, touching, as it does, every aspect of human life. He deals with its manifestations in such fie...(展开全部)

An inspirational book to foster the spirit of exploration and travel. It's about appreciating and seeking out adventure in all travel experiences, whether in the remote regions of Russia or the chaotic streets of Shanghai.

This groundbreaking book examines the role of rulers with nomadic roots in transforming the great societies of Eurasia, especially from the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries. Distinguished historian Pamela Kyle Crossley, drawing on the long history of nomadic confrontation with Eurasia’s densely populated civilizations, argues that the distinctive changes we associate with mode...(展开全部)

This groundbreaking book examines the role of rulers with nomadic roots in transforming the great societies of Eurasia, especially from the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries. Distinguished historian Pamela Kyle Crossley, drawing on the long history of nomadic confrontation with Eurasia’s densely populated civilizations, argues that the distinctive changes we associate with mode...(展开全部)