extracted & reprinted from The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903

伊斯瑞尔•冉威尔（1864－1926），犹太裔英国人。当过教师、新闻记者、剧作家、幽默文学作家。一八九一年仅用两周时间创作的《弓区之谜》是历史上第一部长篇密室推理小说，为不可能犯罪类型的推理作品开创了新纪元。 《弓区之谜》在世界最权威的百部密室推理小说排行榜中与《三口棺材》、《黄屋之谜》、《中国橘子之谜》等经典作品一起位居前十。伊斯瑞尔•冉威尔也因此在推理小说史上占据了稳固而显赫的地位。

In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor, six shadowy figures huddle around a small table for a seance. Tension rises as the spirits spell out a chilling message: 'Captain Trevelyan... dead... murder.' Is this black magic or simply a macabre joke? The only way to be certain is to locate Captain Trevelyan. Unfortunately, his home is six miles away and, with snow drifts blocki...(展开全部)

With an Introduction and Notes by Adam Roberts， Royal Holloway， University of London The product of more than a decade s continuous work (1598-1611)， Chapman s translation of Homer s great poem of war is a magnificent testimony to the power of the Iliad. In muscular， onward-rolling verse Chapman retells the story of Achilles， the great warrior， and his terrible wrath before ...(展开全部)

What could be more fun than a big trip? Pig can’t wait to go, but Goat is worried. How will Pig get there? Bicycles are unsteady, horses can throw you off. Cars can break down and trains get stuck in tunnels. A trip can be no vacation at all . . . but leave it to Pig to send Goat’s worries packing and turn tricky travel into smooth sailing! Valeri Gorbachev has brought his c...(展开全部)

The woodland animals were all getting ready for the winter. Geese flew south, rabbits and deer grew thick warm coats, and the raccoons and chipmunks lay down for a long winter nap. Come Christmastime, the wise owls were the first to see the rainbow around the moon. It was a sure sign that the big snow was on its way.

When the geese begin to fly south, the leaves flutter down from the trees and the cold winds begin to blow from the north, the animals of the woods and meadows, big and small, prepare for the long, cold winter ahead when the countryside is hidden under a deep blanket of snow. They gather food and look for warm, snug places in the ground, trees, caves or thickets, where they can...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 It takes only a few high-quality stocks for a stock portfolio to make the big money. Finding winning stocks is a skill that any serious investor can learn, says Fred Kobrick, veteran stock picker and legendary mutual-fund manager. In The Big Money , Kobrick draws on a lifetime of investing experience to show how he identified four qualities that reliably predict whic...(展开全部)

In this new brief introduction to the rich and complex discipline of sociology, Jon Witt cuts to the core of the sociological perspective, supplying answers to two main questions: "Why do we think the way we think?" and "Why do we act the way we act?" Providing students with a glimpse of the "Big Picture," the author offers a top-down look at the structure of society, which all...(展开全部)