When Jerry, Jimmy and Cathy discover a tunnel that leads to a castle, they pretend that it is enchanted. But when they discover a Sleeping Princess at the centre of a maze, astonishing things begin to happen. Amongst a horde of jewels they discover a ring that grants wishes. But wishes granted are not always wishes wanted, so the children find themselves grappling with invisibi...(展开全部)

"There will be ten teacups at number 4, Berwick Terrace, W. 8, on Wednesday, July 31, at 5 p.m. precisely. The presence of the Metropolitan Police is respectfully requested." Writing as Carter Dickson, the master of the locked room mystery John Dickson Carr returns to the Crime Classics series, pitching his series amateur detective Henry Merrivale against a seemingly watertight...(展开全部)

"There will be ten teacups at number 4, Berwick Terrace, W. 8, on Wednesday, July 31, at 5 p.m. precisely. The presence of the Metropolitan Police is respectfully requested." Writing as Carter Dickson, the master of the locked room mystery John Dickson Carr returns to the Crime Classics series, pitching his series amateur detective Henry Merrivale against a seemingly watertight...(展开全部)

It is Germany near the end of World War II, the Allies have landed, and members of the Vichy France government have been sequestered in a labyrinthine castle, replete with secret passages and subterranean hideaways. The group of 1,400 terrified officials, their wives, mistresses, flunkies, and Nazi protectors including Celine, his wife, their cat, and an actor friend attempt to...(展开全部)

路易-费迪南•塞利纳（Louis-Ferdinand Céline 1894－1961），法国天才小说家和医生， 20世纪最有影响的作家之一，代表作有《茫茫黑夜漫游》《死缓》《一座城堡到另一座城堡》《北方》等。他通过运用新的写作手法，使得法国乃至整个世界文学走向现代。 法国当代著名文学评论家菲利普•索莱尔斯认为20世纪法国虽有不少优秀的作家,但真正的大师却只有两位，那就是普鲁斯特和塞利纳，他认为，“塞利纳凭借着自己炉火纯青的技艺留下了许多部杰作，譬如《一座城堡到另一座城堡》和《北方》，在我看来，这两本书超过了《茫茫黑夜漫游》和《死缓》。”。塞利纳对杰克•凯鲁亚克、让-保罗•萨特、雷蒙•格诺、让•热内以及众多当代作家都产生过深刻影响，罗兰•巴特、阿兰•罗伯-格里耶、昆德拉，以及索尔•贝娄、略萨、萨缪尔•贝克特、克洛德•西蒙、让-马里•古斯塔夫•勒克莱齐...(展开全部)

No career in modern American letters is at once so brilliant, varied, and controversial as that of Norman Mailer. In a span of more than six decades, Mailer has searched into subjects ranging from World War II to Ancient Egypt, from the march on the Pentagon to Marilyn Monroe, from Henry Miller and Mohammad Ali to Jesus Christ. Now, in The Castle in the Forest, his first majo...(展开全部)

Who was Adolf Hitler? It's a question writers have been trying to answer for more than sixty years. But after thousands of biographies, histories, novels, and films, many fundamental questions remain: How do we explain Hitler's hatred? Where did it come from? Could it happen again? Norman Mailer sets out to respond to these and other crucial aspects of Hitler's personality in h...(展开全部)