From one of America's most acclaimed comics writers a startlingly original look at life on the streets of Baghdad during the Iraq War inspired by true events. In the spring of 2003, a pride of lions escaped from the Baghdad Zoo during an American bombing raid. Lost and confused, hungry but finally free, the four lions roamed the decimated streets of Baghdad in a desperate strug...(展开全部)

Inspector Chafik J. Chafik of the Baghdad police was the creation of Charles B. Child (1903-1993), the pseudonym of British author Claude Vernon Frost. As a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Airforce he worked with Military Intelligence in Iraq during the Second World War. Child wrote that Inspector Chafik was a composite of associates whom he met in the Middle East, whose "agile ...(展开全部)

For much of its extraordinary life, Baghdad, known for centuries as the "City of Peace," enjoyed both cultural and commercial preeminence. For five centuries it was the seat of the Abbasid Empire, a marvel of glittering palaces, exquisite parks, magnificent mosques, and Islamic colleges. It was a city boasting the most accomplished astronomers, mathematicians, doctors, musician...(展开全部)

Over thirteen centuries, Baghdad has enjoyed both cultural and commercial pre-eminence, boasting artistic and intellectual sophistication and an economy once the envy of the world. It was here, in the time of the Caliphs, that the Thousand and One Nights were set. Yet it has also been a city of great hardships, beset by epidemics, famines, floods, and numerous foreign invasions...(展开全部)

石田衣良（Ishida Ira） 1960年出生于东京，成蹊大学经济系毕业。曾任职日本广告公司，并以自由文案工作者活跃于业界。 1997年以《池袋西口公园》获得小说杂志《ALL读物》第36届推理小说新人奖，同作品于2000年改编成日剧，由长濑智也、洼冢洋介、妻夫木聪、山下智久等人担纲主演，成为2000年日本最受欢迎的剧集。其作品题材广泛，包括青春小说、经济犯罪悬疑小说，以及爱情小说等。 《池袋西口公园》一书于1997年出版后，旋即登上日贩畅销书籍排行榜第一名的宝座，此后一路攻占连续剧、漫画领域，甚至影响日本新一代的精神层面，以“IWGP”的旗帜在青少年间引起一股热潮。 2001年的《娼年》及2002年的《骨音》（“池袋西口公园”之三）分别入围126届及128届直木奖，2003年以《十四岁》（4TEEN）获第129届直木奖。

内容紹介 ４人組の暴行魔を探してほしいという美女の依頼で調査を始めたマコトは池袋で注目を集めるホームレス自立支援組織に疑いを抱く。

艾哈迈德·萨达维，伊拉克小说家、诗人、编剧，1973年出生在巴格达，曾做过纪录片导演，著有诗集及3本小说。 萨达维的作品多次获奖，2010年，他作为40岁以下最优秀的阿拉伯作家之一，入选“贝鲁特39”（Beirut39）。 凭借《弗兰肯斯坦在巴格达》一书，萨达维成为第一个赢得I.P.A.F.（阿拉伯国际小说奖，阿拉伯国家最负盛名的文学奖项）的伊拉克作家，他的同胞和其他阿拉伯作家将这次获奖看作巴格达的“复苏”。

Flighty but good-hearted Victoria Jones craves love, intrigue, and adventure. She strikes gold in Edward, a handsome and mysterious traveler whom she's vowed to follow to the ends of the earth. Yet no whirlwind affair can prepare Victoria for what unfolds once she lands in Baghdad. Not a day in Edward's shadow, and she hears whispered warnings of danger and witnesses the murder...(展开全部)

When Marines enter an abandoned house in Fallujah, Iraq, and hear a suspicious noise, they clench their weapons, edge around the corner, and prepare to open fire. What they find during the U.S.-led attack on the "most dangerous city on Earth" in late 2004, however, is not an insurgent but a puppy left behind when most of the city's residents fled. Despite military law forbiddin...(展开全部)

杰伊·科普曼是美国海军陆战队的一名上尉，他现在驻扎在加利福尼亚州欧申赛德市的潘德顿基地。杰伊和他的妻子、继子、两只狗（拉瓦和科达）、一只名叫“切达奶酪”的猫一起住在加州拉霍亚。杰伊是一个很有竞争力的自行车手。他妻子是一名人类学者，他们俩都是冲浪运动爱好者。 梅林达·罗斯是一名记者，《和狗交谈的人》一书的作者。