The master of suspense presents 47 spine-tingling tales of murder most foul, taken from the annals of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. Profit, revenge, or assassination: whatever the motive, these stories feature all the twists, turns, and terror mystery lovers long for. Meet the acrostic puzzle maker who foretells the fate of her enemies, the chess player who makes some un...(展开全部)

Now a major French film Au revoir là-haut - Prix Goncourt-winning masterpiece by the writer who brought you Alex, Irène and Camille. October 1918: the war on the Western Front is all but over. Desperate for one last chance of promotion, the ambitious Lieutenant Henri d'Aulnay Pradelle sends two scouts over the top, and secretly shoots them in the back to incite his men to heroi...(展开全部)

Citizens of No Place is a collection of short stories on architecture and urbanism, graphically represented using manga-style storyboards. Fiction is used as a strategy to unpack thoughts about architecture. Modeled as a proto-manifesto, it is a candid chronicle of a highly critical thought process in the tradition of paper architecture (especially that of architect John Hejduk...(展开全部)

“被遗忘的最优秀的美国作家”——理查德·耶茨（Richards Yates，1926—1992），“焦虑时代的伟大作家”，作品有《革命之路》、《十一种孤独》、《复活节游行》、《恋爱中的骗子》、《好学校》、《年轻的心在哭泣》、《冷泉港》等。 耶茨作为二十世纪中叶美国主流生活的忠实记录者，批评家们将他与契诃夫、菲茨杰拉德、约翰·契弗相提并论。他的处女作长篇小说《革命之路》甫一推出即获成功，获得美国国家图书奖提名。1962年他的第一部短篇小说集《十一种孤独》出版，更被誉为“纽约的《都柏林人》”。耶茨的作品曾获《纽约时报书评》、《君子》、《华盛顿邮报》等媒体的好评，有四本小说入选“每月一书俱乐部”。此外他还拥有一大批作家拥趸，其中不乏著名作家，如库尔特·冯古内特、安德烈·杜波依斯，他的作品也影响了许多作家，如雷蒙德·卡佛，他被誉为“作家中的作家”。

有请终极神秘、终极博学的天才科幻作家伊根先生—— 姓名：格雷格·伊根（Greg Egan） 国籍：澳大利亚 职业：科幻作家、程序员、业余数学家 爱好：隐身、食素、解数学题 奖项：雨果奖、轨迹奖、约翰·坎贝尔纪念奖等 个人网站：http://www.gregegan.net 特别说明：网络上的任何照片都不是伊根本人！

“被遗忘的最优秀的美国作家”——理查德·耶茨（Richards Yates，1926—1992），“焦虑时代的伟大作家”，作品有《革命之路》、《十一种孤独》、《复活节游行》、《恋爱中的骗子》、《好学校》、《年轻的心在哭泣》、《冷泉港》等。 耶茨作为二十世纪中叶美国主流生活的忠实记录者，批评家们将他与契诃夫、菲茨杰拉德、约翰·契弗相提并论。他的处女作长篇小说《革命之路》甫一推出即获成功，获得美国国家图书奖提名。1962年他的第一部短篇小说集《十一种孤独》出版，更被誉为“纽约的《都柏林人》”。耶茨的作品曾获《纽约时报书评》、《君子》、《华盛顿邮报》等媒体的好评，有四本小说入选“每月一书俱乐部”。此外他还拥有一大批作家拥趸，其中不乏著名作家，如库尔特·冯古内特、安德烈·杜波依斯，他的作品也影响了许多作家，如雷蒙德·卡佛，他被誉为“作家中的作家”。

Go is a game of strategy in which two players attempt to surround each other’s black or white stones. Simple in its fundamentals, infinitely complex in its execution, Go is an essential expression of the Japanese spirit. And in his fictional chronicle of a match played between a revered and heretofore invincible Master and a younger, more modern challenger, Yasunari Kawabata ca...(展开全部)

Review "Compulsively readable...Any writer who can get his audience to ask breathlessly, 'What next?' needs no help from this or any other envious reviewer". -- New York Times Book Review From the Back Cover WHO IS KATE BLACKWELL? She is the symbol of success, the beautiful woman who parlayed her inheritance into an international conglomerate. Winner of a unique position among ...(展开全部)

Review "Compulsively readable...Any writer who can get his audience to ask breathlessly, 'What next?' needs no help from this or any other envious reviewer". -- New York Times Book Review From the Back Cover WHO IS KATE BLACKWELL? She is the symbol of success, the beautiful woman who parlayed her inheritance into an international conglomerate. Winner of a unique position among ...(展开全部)

In 1869, Dostoevsky was summoned from Germany to St. Petersburg by the sudden death of his stepson. Coetzee dares to imagine the life of Dostoevsky, whom we watch as he obsessively follows his stepson’s ghost, trying to ascertain whether he was a suicide or a murder victim, and whether he loved or despised his stepfather. The novel is at once a compelling mystery steeped in the...(展开全部)