Theater companies are notorious hotbeds of intrigue, and few are more intriguing than the company currently in residence at Oxford University. Center-stage is the beautiful, malicious Yseut – a mediocre actress with a stellar talent for destroying men. Rounding out the cast are more than a few of her past and present conquests, and the women who love them. And watching from the...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

尼古拉斯·布莱克，1904年生于爱尔兰，英国牛津大学和剑桥大学教授，皇家文学协会副主席。主要作品以英国现代诗歌著称，并于1968年至1972年期间担任英国桂冠诗人。与此同时，还出版有20部侦探小说，是英国黄金时代侦探小说的代表性作家，其中以“奈杰尔·斯特雷奇威”为侦探主角的16部系列小说，囊括了黄金时代侦探小说的所有悬疑探案模式，文笔流畅，人物鲜明，被誉为西方犯罪小说的经典。一版再版，畅销不衰，并多次被改编成电影、电视剧，风靡一时。

约翰·狄克森·卡尔 John Dickson Carr（1906-1977），美国宾州联合镇人，父亲是位律师。从高中时代起卡尔就为当地报纸写些运动故事，也尝试创作侦探小说和历史冒险小说。1920年代末卡尔远赴法国巴黎求学，他的第一本小说《夜行者》（It Walks By Night）在1929年出版。他曾经表示：「他们把我送去学校，希望将我教育成像我父亲一样的律师，但我只想写侦探小说。我指的不是那种旷世巨作之类的无聊东西，我的意思是我就是要写侦探小说。」 1931年他与一位英国女子结婚定居英国。在英国期间，卡尔除了创作推理小说外也活跃于广播界。他为BBC编写的推理广播剧“Appointment with Fear”是二次大战期间BBC非常受欢迎的招牌节目。美国军方因而破例让他免赴战场，留在BBC服务盟国人民。1965年卡尔离开英国，移居南卡罗来纳州格...(展开全部)

"'Will you walk into my parlor,' said the Spider to the Fly..." is easily one of the most recognized and quoted first lines in all of English verse. But do you have any idea how the age-old tale of the Spider and the Fly ends? Join celebrated artist Tony DiTerlizzi as he -- drawing inspiration from one of his loves, the classic Hollywood horror movies of the 1920s and 1930s ...(展开全部)

'Will you walk into my parlour, said the Spider to the Fly ...' is one of the most recognised and quoted first lines in all of English verse. But how many of you know how the tale actually ends? Join celebrated artist Tony DiTerlizzi as he shines a 1920's film noir cinematic spotlight on Mary Howitt's 173 year old classic poem, warning us against those who would use sweet words...(展开全部)

Using a vast swath of data spanning the past six decades, "Unequal Democracy" debunks many myths about politics in contemporary America, using the widening gap between the rich and the poor to shed disturbing light on the workings of American democracy. Larry Bartels shows the gap between the rich and poor has increased greatly under Republican administrations and decreased sli...(展开全部)

Using a vast swath of data spanning the past six decades, "Unequal Democracy" debunks many myths about politics in contemporary America, using the widening gap between the rich and the poor to shed disturbing light on the workings of American democracy. Larry Bartels shows the gap between the rich and poor has increased greatly under Republican administrations and decreased sli...(展开全部)

The Birth of Tragedy (1872) was Nietzsche's first book. Its youthful faults were exposed by Nietzsche in the brilliant "Attempt at a Self-Criticism" which he added to the new edition of 1886. But the book, whatever its excesses, remains one of the most relevant statements on tragedy ever penned. It exploded the conception of Greek culture that was prevalent down through the Vic...(展开全部)