Inspector Chafik J. Chafik of the Baghdad police was the creation of Charles B. Child (1903-1993), the pseudonym of British author Claude Vernon Frost. As a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Airforce he worked with Military Intelligence in Iraq during the Second World War. Child wrote that Inspector Chafik was a composite of associates whom he met in the Middle East, whose "agile ...(展开全部)

From one of America's most acclaimed comics writers a startlingly original look at life on the streets of Baghdad during the Iraq War inspired by true events. In the spring of 2003, a pride of lions escaped from the Baghdad Zoo during an American bombing raid. Lost and confused, hungry but finally free, the four lions roamed the decimated streets of Baghdad in a desperate strug...(展开全部)

CSI meets Who Do You Think You Are? meets Time Team meets The Antiques Roadshow. Two-dimensional works of art become three-dimensional thrillers. Philip Mould is an international art dealer who has lived the high stakes game of art sleuthing for twenty years. In Sleuth, we encounter the fascinating dealers, experts, auctioneers and restorers who risk fortunes and reputations t...(展开全部)

菲利普·莫尔德（Philip Mould），拥有大英帝国官佐勋章（OBE），是英国一流的艺术品权威，为众多画廊、私人收藏家和媒体担任过顾问。他著有广受好评的作品《沉睡者：寻找遗失的大师杰作》（Sleepers:In Search of Lost Old Masters），并且长期担任受600万观众喜爱的节目《古董巡回秀》（The Antiques Roadshow ）的特约专家。

菲利普·莫尔德（Philip Mould），拥有大英帝国官佐勋章（OBE），是英国一流的艺术品权威，为众多画廊、私人收藏家和媒体担任过顾问。他著有广受好评的作品《沉睡者：寻找遗失的大师杰作》（Sleepers:In Search of Lost Old Masters），并且长期担任受600万观众喜爱的节目《古董巡回秀》（The Antiques Roadshow ）的特约专家。

CSI meets Who Do You Think You Are? meets Time Team meets The Antiques Roadshow. Two-dimensional works of art become three-dimensional thrillers. Philip Mould is an international art dealer who has lived the high stakes game of art sleuthing for twenty years. In Sleuth, we encounter the fascinating dealers, experts, auctioneers and restorers who risk fortunes and reputations t...(展开全部)

For much of its extraordinary life, Baghdad, known for centuries as the "City of Peace," enjoyed both cultural and commercial preeminence. For five centuries it was the seat of the Abbasid Empire, a marvel of glittering palaces, exquisite parks, magnificent mosques, and Islamic colleges. It was a city boasting the most accomplished astronomers, mathematicians, doctors, musician...(展开全部)

Over thirteen centuries, Baghdad has enjoyed both cultural and commercial pre-eminence, boasting artistic and intellectual sophistication and an economy once the envy of the world. It was here, in the time of the Caliphs, that the Thousand and One Nights were set. Yet it has also been a city of great hardships, beset by epidemics, famines, floods, and numerous foreign invasions...(展开全部)

艾哈迈德·萨达维，伊拉克小说家、诗人、编剧，1973年出生在巴格达，曾做过纪录片导演，著有诗集及3本小说。 萨达维的作品多次获奖，2010年，他作为40岁以下最优秀的阿拉伯作家之一，入选“贝鲁特39”（Beirut39）。 凭借《弗兰肯斯坦在巴格达》一书，萨达维成为第一个赢得I.P.A.F.（阿拉伯国际小说奖，阿拉伯国家最负盛名的文学奖项）的伊拉克作家，他的同胞和其他阿拉伯作家将这次获奖看作巴格达的“复苏”。

Flighty but good-hearted Victoria Jones craves love, intrigue, and adventure. She strikes gold in Edward, a handsome and mysterious traveler whom she's vowed to follow to the ends of the earth. Yet no whirlwind affair can prepare Victoria for what unfolds once she lands in Baghdad. Not a day in Edward's shadow, and she hears whispered warnings of danger and witnesses the murder...(展开全部)