An accomplished concert pianist, Richard received standing ovations from audiences all over the world in awe of his rare combination of emotional resonance and flawless technique. Every finger of his hands was a finely calibrated instrument, dancing across the keys and striking each note with exacting precision. That was eight months ago. Richard now has ALS, and his entire rig...(展开全部)

Mikael Blomkvist, crusading journalist and publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society, business, and government. But he has no idea just how explosive the story will be until, on the eve of public...(展开全部)

斯蒂格·拉森(Stieg Larsson)(1954－2004)，瑞典作家与新闻记者。曾任职于瑞典中央新闻通讯社，并于工作之余投身反法西斯主义的活动。 一九九五年，他创办了Expo基金会，并自一九九九年开始担任基金会同名杂志主编。由于他长期致力于揭发瑞典极右派组织的不法行为，多年来一直受到程度或轻或重的死亡恐吓与威胁。这部小说中总是积极捍卫社会正义、不求个人名利的男主角，几乎就是拉森本人的化身。 拉森从二○○一年开始撰写“千禧年”系列小说，二○○四年完成三部曲后，竟不幸于十一月因心脏病突发辞世，来不及看见首曲《龙文身的女孩》在二○○五年出版，以及此系列小说售出全球四十四国版权、轰动全欧的盛况。 随着第二部和第三部的出版，“千禧年”系列引发阅读热潮，雄踞欧洲各国畅销书排行榜，且历久不坠。 此外，《龙文身的女孩》在二○○六年夺得北欧犯罪小说协会最佳犯罪小...(展开全部)

Mikael Blomkvist, crusading journalist and publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden, implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society, business, and government. But he has no idea just how explosive the story will be until, on the eve of public...(展开全部)

斯蒂格·拉森(Stieg Larsson)(1954－2004)，瑞典作家与新闻记者。曾任职于瑞典中央新闻通讯社，并于工作之余投身反法西斯主义的活动。 一九九五年，他创办了Expo基金会，并自一九九九年开始担任基金会同名杂志主编。由于他长期致力于揭发瑞典极右派组织的不法行为，多年来一直受到程度或轻或重的死亡恐吓与威胁。这部小说中总是积极捍卫社会正义、不求个人名利的男主角，几乎就是拉森本人的化身。 拉森从二○○一年开始撰写“千禧年”系列小说，二○○四年完成三部曲后，竟不幸于十一月因心脏病突发辞世，来不及看见首曲《龙文身的女孩》在二○○五年出版，以及此系列小说售出全球四十四国版权、轰动全欧的盛况。 随着第二部和第三部的出版，“千禧年”系列引发阅读热潮，雄踞欧洲各国畅销书排行榜，且历久不坠。 此外，《龙文身的女孩》在二○○六年夺得北欧犯罪小说协会最佳犯罪小...(展开全部)

July 4， 1976<br >NEW YORK HARBOR<br >Tall sails scraped the deep purple nigl~ as rockets burst， flared， and flourished<br >red， white， and blue over the stoic Statue of Liberty. The whole world was<br >watching， it seemed; the whole world was there. Ships from fifty-five nations had<br >poured sailors into Manhattan to join the throngs， counted in the millions， ...(展开全部)

By the time Rock Hudson's death in 1985 alerted all America to the danger of the AIDS epidemic, the disease had spread across the nation, killing thousands of people and emerging as the greatest health crisis of the 20th century. America faced a troubling question: What happened? How was this epidemic allowed to spread so far before it was taken seriously? In answering these qu...(展开全部)

By the time Rock Hudson's death in 1985 alerted all America to the danger of the AIDS epidemic, the disease had spread across the nation, killing thousands of people and emerging as the greatest health crisis of the 20th century. America faced a troubling question: What happened? How was this epidemic allowed to spread so far before it was taken seriously? In answering these qu...(展开全部)

How politics is played by one who knows the game... Chris Matthews has spent a quarter century on the playing field of American politics -- from righthand man of Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill to host of NBC's highest rated cable talk show Hardball. In this revised and updated edition of his political classic, he offers fascinating new stories of raw ambition, brutal riv...(展开全部)

How politics is played by one who knows the game... Chris Matthews has spent a quarter century on the playing field of American politics -- from righthand man of Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill to host of NBC's highest rated cable talk show Hardball. In this revised and updated edition of his political classic, he offers fascinating new stories of raw ambition, brutal riv...(展开全部)