In a “ripping spoof of the spy genre” ( Vanity Fair ), Hugh Laurie tells the tale of a former Scots Guard-turned-hired gun, a freelance soldier of fortune, who also happens to be one hell of a nice guy. Thomas Lang is a James Bond for the 1990s, with the same ingredients, but brought bang up-to-date, and with much better jokes. Cold-blooded murder just isn’t Thomas Lang’s cup ...(展开全部)

休·劳里，著名演员、配音演员、作家和音乐家，一九五九年生于英国牛津，毕业于伊顿公学与剑桥大学。早年获英格兰国家杯双人艇青年组冠军，并代表英格兰青年队参加世界锦标赛。在主演福克斯电视台的热播剧《豪斯医生》后，劳里成了美国家喻户晓的艾美奖提名演员，《西雅图时报》直言，看《豪斯医生》有三个理由：休·劳里、休·劳里、休·劳里。他导演过5部影视作品，出演过69部电影电视，担任过6部电影的编剧。

Hugh Laurie concocts an uproarious cocktail of comic zingers and over-the-top action in this "ripping spoof of the spy genre" "(Vanity Fair)" -- the irresistible tale of a former Scots Guard-turned-hired gun, a freelance soldier of fortune who also happens to be one heck of a nice guy.Cold-blooded murder just isn't Thomas Lang's cup of tea. Offered a bundle to assassinate an Am...(展开全部)

In the arena of a vast New York sports palace, a man lay dead, murdered during the opening scene of a spectacular rodeo. Can you, as Ellery Queen does, follow these clues to the murderer? — A dead man's belt. What was the meaning of the deep ridges in the leather? — An ivory handled revolver. How could the “feel” of the gun-butt provide a clue? — The broken locks on a green box...(展开全部)

說故事的人和聽故事的人之間 擁有最純真、最深摯的關係── 一方沉醉地訴說； 一方殷殷傾聽，並將故事珍藏於心底。 能與最喜愛自己作品的頭號讀者陷入熱戀， 對作家而言是再幸福不過的事了。 原以為他們會相互扶持、一起慢慢變老。 直到那一天，尖銳的電話鈴聲劃破祥和平靜的早晨 她害怕，害怕「成為作家」和「邂逅丈夫」這兩件事已用掉她所有好運氣…… 本書特色 a story for you... 《Story Seller - 故事販賣者》緣起於「小說新潮」編輯，曾廣邀作家以『販賣有趣的故事』的理念執筆創作，集結成合集。有川浩接受邀約時，合集書名給予她豐富的靈感，遂醞化為Side:A一文；在出版單行本之際，則寫下新的篇章Side:B。兩篇故事相呼應下產生了完整的《Story Seller - 故事販賣者》。 此外，在達文西雜誌將此書選為年度戀愛小說第一名後，有川浩...(展开全部)

說故事的人和聽故事的人之間 擁有最純真、最深摯的關係── 一方沉醉地訴說； 一方殷殷傾聽，並將故事珍藏於心底。 能與最喜愛自己作品的頭號讀者陷入熱戀， 對作家而言是再幸福不過的事了。 原以為他們會相互扶持、一起慢慢變老。 直到那一天，尖銳的電話鈴聲劃破祥和平靜的早晨 她害怕，害怕「成為作家」和「邂逅丈夫」這兩件事已用掉她所有好運氣…… 本書特色 a story for you... 《Story Seller - 故事販賣者》緣起於「小說新潮」編輯，曾廣邀作家以『販賣有趣的故事』的理念執筆創作，集結成合集。有川浩接受邀約時，合集書名給予她豐富的靈感，遂醞化為Side:A一文；在出版單行本之際，則寫下新的篇章Side:B。兩篇故事相呼應下產生了完整的《Story Seller - 故事販賣者》。 此外，在達文西雜誌將此書選為年度戀愛小說第一名後，有川浩...(展开全部)

Fourteen-year-old Pearl France lives in the front seat of a broken down car and her mother Margot lives in the back. Together they survive on a diet of powdered milk and bug spray, love songs and stolen cigarettes. Life on the edge of a Florida trailer park is strange enough, but when Pastor Rex’s ‘Guns for God’ programme brings Eli Redmond to town Pearl’s world is upended. Eli...(展开全部)

Raven is an ugly man dedicated to ugly deeds. His cold-blooded killing of a European Minister of War is an act of violence with chilling repercussions, not just for Raven himself but for the nation as a whole. The money he receives in payment for the murder is made up of stolen notes. When the first of these is traced, Raven is a man on the run. As he tracks down the agent ...(展开全部)

Raven is an assassin, a hired killer, and his brutal murder of the Minister of War raises the spectre of war across Europe.

【著者简介】 琳达·科利（Linda Colley），英国国家学术院院士、英国皇家文学学会会员、欧洲科学院院士、剑桥大学基督学院首位女研究员，现为普林斯顿大学历史系教授，研究专长为英国史、帝国史、1700年后的全球史。著有《英国人》《伊丽莎白·马什的磨难》等。1993年获沃尔夫森历史奖。