It is 1901 and the body of a young woman has been found in a village pond in rural England with a deadly reputation. She has bite marks in her throat and is later seen wandering at night. Nearby, in a vault of a ruined abbey, two coffins have been opened and stakes driven through the hearts of two female corpses, one of which has seemingly just been buried! The professor who fo...(展开全部)

It is 1901 and the body of a young woman has been found in a village pond in rural England with a deadly reputation. She has bite marks in her throat and is later seen wandering at night. Nearby, in a vault of a ruined abbey, two coffins have been opened and stakes driven through the hearts of two female corpses, one of which has seemingly just been buried! The professor who fo...(展开全部)

The Mask of Sanity is a book written by Hervey Cleckley, M.D., first published in 1941, describing the clinical interviews of Cleckley with incarcerated psychopaths. It is considered a seminal work and the most influential clinical description of psychopathy in the 20th century. The basic elements of psychopathy outlined by Cleckley are still relevant today.[1] The title refers...(展开全部)

Ocean Vuong returns with a big-hearted novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting rain, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Gr...(展开全部)

迪克·威尔逊（Dick Wilson），国外研究当代中国问题的知名学者。早年就读于英国牛津大学及美国加州大学，获文学、法学硕士，后在研究中国问题的专业性刊物《中国季刊》担任主编。 威尔逊在研究当代中国历史和人物方面有一定造诣，其主要著述有：《毛泽东传》、《周恩来传》、《长征，1935年》、《亚洲的觉醒》、《人类的四分之一》等。

高木彬光Takagi Akimitsu 日本推理小说大师，和横沟正史被并称为“本格推理的巅峰”。 高木彬光一九二〇年九月二十五日出生于青森县青森市一个世代行医的家庭，幼时母亲去世。毕业于京都帝国大学工学部冶金科，后进入中岛飞机公司工作，日本战败后因公司倒闭而失业。 一九四八年，高木彬光发表了推理处女作《刺青杀人事件》，得到江户川乱步赏识，开始了作为职业作家的创作之路。一九五〇年创作的《能面杀人事件》获得了第三届日本推理作家俱乐部奖，一举奠定了其本格推理大师的地位。其后陆续创作了《诅咒之家》、《人偶为何被杀》、《成吉思汗的秘密》、《邪马台国的秘密》等本格推理小说。这些作品至今依然雄踞日本各大本格推理小说榜单前列。高木彬光着力塑造的主人公神津恭介，也成为和横沟正史笔下的金田一耕助齐名的“日本本格推理两大名侦探”。高木彬光后期创作风格有所转变，在注重本格性...(展开全部)

高木彬光Takagi Akimitsu 日本推理小说大师，和横沟正史被并称为“本格推理的巅峰”。 高木彬光一九二〇年九月二十五日出生于青森县青森市一个世代行医的家庭，幼时母亲去世。毕业于京都帝国大学工学部冶金科，后进入中岛飞机公司工作，日本战败后因公司倒闭而失业。 一九四八年，高木彬光发表了推理处女作《刺青杀人事件》，得到江户川乱步赏识，开始了作为职业作家的创作之路。一九五〇年创作的《能面杀人事件》获得了第三届日本推理作家俱乐部奖，一举奠定了其本格推理大师的地位。其后陆续创作了《诅咒之家》、《人偶为何被杀》、《成吉思汗的秘密》、《邪马台国的秘密》等本格推理小说。这些作品至今依然雄踞日本各大本格推理小说榜单前列。高木彬光着力塑造的主人公神津恭介，也成为和横沟正史笔下的金田一耕助齐名的“日本本格推理两大名侦探”。高木彬光后期创作风格有所转变，在注重本格性...(展开全部)

The Man in the Iron Mask is the final episode in the cycle of novels featuring Dumas' celebrated foursome of D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, who first appeared in The Three Musketeers. Some thirty-five years on, the bonds of comradeship are under strain as they end up on different sides in a power struggle that may undermine the young Louis XIV and change the face of the...(展开全部)

Genghis Khan built a formidable land empire, but he never crossed the sea. Yet by the time his grandson Kublai Khan had defeated the last vestiges of the Song empire and established the Yuan dynasty in 1279, the Mongols controlled the most powerful navy in the world. How did a nomad come to conquer China and master the sea? Based on ten years of research and a lifetime of immer...(展开全部)

Winner of the Shimada Prize for Outstanding Work of East Asian Art History By the end of the sixth century CE, both the royal courts and the educated elite in China were collecting works of art, particularly scrolls of calligraphy and paintings done by known artists. By the time of Emperor Huizong (1082-1135) of the Song dynasty (960-1279), both scholars and the imperial court ...(展开全部)