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)

1949年出生于英国，国际畅销小说家，他写的故事感动了世界不同角落里的人，多次获得儿童文学大奖，被联合国教科文组织推荐给全球的家长和孩子们，代表作品有《天蓝色的彼岸》《黑暗的速度》《神秘的易拉罐》《躲藏的人》等。 艾利克斯•希尔在电视剧、电影、舞台剧和广播节目方面也颇有成就，剧本《神秘的巧克力》曾获得英国电影和电视艺术学院奖（BAFTA）。

A bestseller in Japan—a beautiful story about shared self-discovery and friendship involving an unlikely group of students who decide to defy the odds and pursue a seemingly impossible goal together. After shoplifting some bread one chilly March night, just before the start of a new academic year at Kansei University in western Tokyo, former high school track and field star Kak...(展开全部)

A bestseller in Japan—a beautiful story about shared self-discovery and friendship involving an unlikely group of students who decide to defy the odds and pursue a seemingly impossible goal together. After shoplifting some bread one chilly March night, just before the start of a new academic year at Kansei University in western Tokyo, former high school track and field star Kak...(展开全部)

"One of the ten best investment books of all time." ("The Washington Post"). The stock-investing classic-updated to help you win consistently in the chaotic, post-meltdown global economy Now in its fifth edition, "Stocks for the Long Run" includes Jeremy Siegel's highly anticipated analysis of the sub-prime crash, the financial crisis, and resulting world-wide recession. This n...(展开全部)

Erlang's process-oriented approach has given it a very different runtime environment. As Erlang and tools built on Erlang, like CouchDB, Riak, and EjabberD spread, understanding those underpinnings becomes much more important for people building and maintaining applications. This book will explore Erlang's unique approach to building a virtual machine, demonstrating how to take...(展开全部)

Erlang's process-oriented approach has given it a very different runtime environment. As Erlang and tools built on Erlang, like CouchDB, Riak, and EjabberD spread, understanding those underpinnings becomes much more important for people building and maintaining applications. This book will explore Erlang's unique approach to building a virtual machine, demonstrating how to take...(展开全部)

Harry Angstrom was a star basketball player in high school and that was the best time of his life. Now in his mid-20s, his work is unfulfilling, his marriage is moribund, and he tries to find happiness with another woman. But happiness is more elusive than a medal, and Harry must continue to run--from his wife, his life, and from himself, until he reaches the end of the road an...(展开全部)

Harry Angstrom was a star basketball player in high school and that was the best time of his life. Now in his mid-20s, his work is unfulfilling, his marriage is moribund, and he tries to find happiness with another woman. But happiness is more elusive than a medal, and Harry must continue to run--from his wife, his life, and from himself, until he reaches the end of the road an...(展开全部)