Nobody knows better than Matthew Scudder how far down a person can sink in this city. A young prostitute named Kim knew it also--and she wanted out. Maybe Kim didn't deserve the life fate had dealt her. She surely didn't deserve her death. The alcoholic ex-cop turned p.i. was supposed to protect her, but someone slashed her to ribbons on a crumbling New York City waterfront pie...(展开全部)

Nobody knows better than Matthew Scudder how far down a person can sink in this city. A young prostitute named Kim knew it also--and she wanted out. Maybe Kim didn't deserve the life fate had dealt her. She surely didn't deserve her death. The alcoholic ex-cop turned p.i. was supposed to protect her, but someone slashed her to ribbons on a crumbling New York City waterfront pie...(展开全部)

When Zeina was born, the civil war in Lebanon had been going on for six years, so it's just a normal part of life for her and her parents and little brother. The city of Beirut is cut in two by bricks and sandbags, threatened by snipers and shelling. East Beirut is for Christians, and West Beirut is for Muslims. When Zeina's parents don't return from a visit to the other half o...(展开全部)

泽娜·阿比拉赫德，黎巴嫩艺术家。她的作品，大多都融入了自己年少时的战争经历，对焦战争中的普通人，虽在战争中艰难求生，却仍然不忘创造美好。其他代表作还有《东方钢琴》。

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。

Thirteen-year-old Meg envies her sister Molly's beauty and popularity, and these feelings make it difficult for her to cope with Molly's illness and death.

At the crime scene, Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka’s best friend, Osamu Nonoguchi. Years ago when they were both teachers, they were colleagues at the same public school. Kaga went on to join the police force while Nonoguchi eventually left to become a full-time writer, though with not nearly the success of his friend Hidaka. As Kaga investigates, he eventuall...(展开全部)

At the crime scene, Police Detective Kyochiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka’s best friend, Osamu Nonoguchi. Years ago when they were both teachers, they were colleagues at the same public school. Kaga went on to join the police force while Nonoguchi eventually left to become a full-time writer, though with not nearly the success of his friend Hidaka. As Kaga investigates, he eventuall...(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。

<b>A schoolteacher fights to prove that her father’s suicide was actually murder</b><br /><br /> Ann hasn’t seen her mother in 3 years, and she doesn’t miss her at all. But without warning, Elaine shows up on her daughter’s doorstep, dead broke and hungry for scotch. Ann’s father has just come into an inheritance, and Elaine wants every penny. After a few drinks, she stumbles o...(展开全部)