Like many Southern California millionaires, Ralph Sampson keeps odd company. There's the sun-worshipping holy man whom Sampson once gave his very own mountain; the fading actress with sidelines in astrology and SandM. Now one of Sampson's friends may have arranged his kidnapping. As Lew Archer follows the clues from the canyon sanctuaries of the megarich to jazz joints where yo...(展开全部)

Like many Southern California millionaires, Ralph Sampson keeps odd company. There's the sun-worshipping holy man whom Sampson once gave his very own mountain; the fading actress with sidelines in astrology and SandM. Now one of Sampson's friends may have arranged his kidnapping. As Lew Archer follows the clues from the canyon sanctuaries of the megarich to jazz joints where yo...(展开全部)

This provocative literary debut--part personal history, part commentary--interweaves explications of Greek philosophers with commentary of our own era to provide a lyrical and highly charged quest for a personal mythology.

罗斯•麦克唐纳（Ross MacDonald，1915-1983） 罗斯•麦克唐纳，本名肯尼斯•米勒，生于美国加州，是著名的高学历作家，拥有文学博士头衔。他曾服役于美国海军情报局，退役后在母校密歇根大学执教。二十三岁时，麦克唐纳与著名的侦探小说家玛格丽特•米勒结为夫妇。受妻子影响，他开始涉足犯罪小说的创作。前四部作品均以本名发表，第五部长篇小说《移动飞靶》发表时，取笔名为罗斯•麦克唐纳。 麦克唐纳幼年丧父，唯一的女儿又因脑出血离世，因此他笔下的故事总被浓郁的悲伤气氛所笼罩，“亲子分离”也是他擅长描写的主题。其作品文笔优美，心理描写细腻深刻，用词简约，韵味悠长。在处理犯罪的心理层面上，若说他是最写实、并对后代作家最具启发性的侦探小说大师，并不为过。他的角色心理深度超越了所有同类型的作品；对各种角色的处理不像钱德勒那样爱下结论，他总是留给角色一些“不解...(展开全部)

罗斯•麦克唐纳（Ross MacDonald，1915-1983） 罗斯•麦克唐纳，本名肯尼斯•米勒，生于美国加州，是著名的高学历作家，拥有文学博士头衔。他曾服役于美国海军情报局，退役后在母校密歇根大学执教。二十三岁时，麦克唐纳与著名的侦探小说家玛格丽特•米勒结为夫妇。受妻子影响，他开始涉足犯罪小说的创作。前四部作品均以本名发表，第五部长篇小说《移动飞靶》发表时，取笔名为罗斯•麦克唐纳。 麦克唐纳幼年丧父，唯一的女儿又因脑出血离世，因此他笔下的故事总被浓郁的悲伤气氛所笼罩，“亲子分离”也是他擅长描写的主题。其作品文笔优美，心理描写细腻深刻，用词简约，韵味悠长。在处理犯罪的心理层面上，若说他是最写实、并对后代作家最具启发性的侦探小说大师，并不为过。他的角色心理深度超越了所有同类型的作品；对各种角色的处理不像钱德勒那样爱下结论，他总是留给角色一些“不解...(展开全部)

Ricardo Piglia (Adrogué, 1941-Buenos Aires, 2017) es unánimemente considerado un clásico de la literatura actual en lengua española. Publicó en Anagrama sus cinco novelas, Respiración artificial, La ciudad ausente, Plata quemada (llevada al cine por Marcelo Piñeyro; Premio Planeta Argentina), Blanco nocturno (Premio de la Crítica, Premio Rómulo Gallegos, Premio Internacional de...(展开全部)

Here are rhyming riddles that challenge readers to find objects hidden throughout bright, cluttered photographs.

“Renault’s best historical novel yet.... Every detail has solid historical testimony to support it.”– New York Review of Books After Alexander’s death in 323 B.C .his only direct heirs were two unborn sons and a simpleton half-brother. Every long-simmering faction exploded into the vacuum of power. Wives, distant relatives, and generals all vied for the loyalty of the increa...(展开全部)

Videogames are an expressive medium, and a persuasive medium; they represent how real and imagined systems work, and they invite players to interact with those systems and form judgments about them. In this innovative analysis, Ian Bogost examines the way videogames mount arguments and influence players. Drawing on the 2,500-year history of rhetoric, the study of persuasive exp...(展开全部)