Bookseller Bernie Rhodenbarr's in love--with an exotic Eastern European beauty who shares his obsession with Humphrey Bogart movies. He's in heaven, munching popcorn with his new amour every night at a Bogart Film Festival--until their "Casablanca"-esque idyll is cut short by his other secret passion: "burglary." When he's hired to pilfer a portfolio of valuable documents from...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Bookselling burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr doesn't generally get philosophical about his criminal career. He's good at it, it's addictively exciting—and it pays a whole lot better than pushing old tomes. He steals therefore he is, period. He might well ponder, however, the deeper meaning of events at the luxurious Chelsea brownstone of Herb and Wanda Colcannon, which is...(展开全部)

It’s not that used bookstore owner and part-time burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr believes the less legal of his two professions is particularly ethical. (It is, however, a rush, and he is very good at it.) He just thinks it’s unfair to face a prison term for his legitimate activities. After appraising the worth of a rich man’s library — conveniently leaving his fingerprints everywher...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 It's not that used bookstore owner and part-time burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr believes the less legal of his two professions is particularly ethical. (It is, however, a rush, and he is very good at it.) He just thinks it's unfair to face a prison term for his legitimate activities. After appraising the worth of a rich man's library -- conveniently leaving his fingerprints ...(展开全部)

Bernie Rhodenbarr is actually trying to earn an honest living. It's been an entire year since he's entered anyone's abode illegally to help himself to their valuables. But now an unscrupulous landlord's threat to increase Bernie's rent by 1,000% is driving the bookseller and reformed burglar back to a life of crime -- though, in all fairness, it's a very short trip. And when th...(展开全部)

Bernie Rhodenbarr has gone legit — almost — as the new owner of a used bookstore in New York’s Greenwich Village. Of course, dusty old tomes don’t always turn a profit, so to make ends meet, Bernie’s forced, on occasion, to indulge in his previous occupation: burglary. Besides which, he likes it. Now a collector is offering Bernie an opportunity to combine his twin passions by ...(展开全部)

史蒂文·凯洛格，1941年10月26日出生于美国康乃狄克州。他自幼就非常喜爱图画书，并受到彼得兔（Beatrix Potter）和N.C.Wyeth的作品的启蒙，对任何与动物有关的故事都爱不释手。奶奶教授给的他许多植物和动物的知识，让他对人们可能忽略的微小事物都抱持着欣赏的态度。童年时代，史蒂文·凯洛格经常被妹妹们缠着“在纸上讲故事”，于是他就拿起笔在纸上画下心里的故事，一直不停地说啊画啊，直到妹妹们已经坐不住了，或是被一张又一张画纸没过头顶。就读设计学校时，史蒂文·凯洛格凭借杰出的能力拿到奖学金前往意大利佛罗伦萨学习，累积了许多绘画的经验与创意。回到美国后，除了在大学任教，史蒂文也开始创作图画书，实现他用书说故事的梦想。 史蒂文·凯洛格是美国当代最畅销的图画书作家之一，其作品在美国畅行四十年，影响了两代人的童年。20世纪60年代至今，史蒂文·凯洛格...(展开全部)

约翰•迪克森•卡尔，和阿加莎•克里斯蒂、埃勒里•奎因并称“推理黄金时代三大家”，独以密室题材构思见长，一生设计出五十余种不同类型的密室，被誉为“密室之王”。 一九三三年，卡尔出版基甸•菲尔博士系列首部作品《女巫角》。第二年他以笔名卡特•迪克森发表《瘟疫庄谋杀案》，亨利•梅利维尔爵士登场。这两个系列成为卡尔最具代表性的作品。三十年代是卡尔创作生涯最多产的时期，其中《三口棺材》《扭曲的铰链》（旧译《歪曲的枢纽》）和《犹大之窗》被后世评论家归入“卡尔的经典代表作”。特别是一九三五年出版的《三口棺材》以经典的“密室讲义”和“双重密室”成为推理史上不可能犯罪小说的巅峰之作，至今仍难以超越。 卡尔笔下的密室第一神探基甸•菲尔博士，是一个胖胖的字典编纂者，走路要拄两根拐杖，喜欢穿斗篷，抽着海泡石烟斗，个性相当和蔼可亲。他有着敏锐的观察力，善于分析罪犯的心理，出场代...(展开全部)

"The most thrilling book I have ever read." -Kingsley Amis Part surrealistic comedy, part psychological thriller, G. K. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday inventively unravels the nightmare of paradox and surprise to probe the mysteries of human behavior. The seven members of Europe's Central Anarchist Council, who, for reasons of security, call themselves by the name...(展开全部)