A book of jokes and a book about them. Ted Cohen loves a good laugh, but as a philosopher, he is also interested in how jokes work, why they work and when they don't. The delight at the end of a joke is the result of a complex set of conditions and processes, and Cohen takes us through these conditions in a philosophical exploration of humour. He considers questions of audience...(展开全部)

John Grisham's first work of non-fiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet. In the major league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed with the Oakland A's, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big league glory. Si...(展开全部)

P. D. 詹姆斯（P. D. James, 1920—2014） 英国作家，被誉为“当代推理小说女王”，推理小说界两大至高终生成就奖——“钻石匕首奖”“大师奖”得主，也是继柯南•道尔、阿加莎•克里斯蒂之后，第三位被请进“世界推理小说名人堂”的作家。 P.D.詹姆斯的作品在推理性和文学性上都成就非凡：她前半生任职于医院、警局、刑法部门，积累了丰富素材；她拥有伦敦大学等八所高校的荣誉博士学位，曾担任英国作家协会会长，文学观深刻独到。 P.D.詹姆斯早年在刑法部门负责青少年犯罪案件，《无辜之血》深受这段经历的影响，以一个“寻母悲剧”探讨了血缘、救赎、自我认知的深刻主题。1980年，本书惊艳美国文坛，P.D.詹姆斯自此风靡大西洋彼岸，成为举世闻名的“推理女王”。

Innocent Blood (1980) is a crime novel by English writer P. D. James. Unlike her Adam Dalgliesh mysteries it is not a detective story but closer to a psychological thriller and was the first of James' novels to step outside the detective genre. (She had published a non-fiction account of a real crime, The Maul and the Pear Tree, in 1971.) It follows the story of a young woman s...(展开全部)

A gripping new novel from international bestseller Harlan Coben, author of the New York Times bestsellers Just One Look, No Second Chance, Gone for Good, and Tell No One.

“A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes."—Ludwig Wittgenstein The good news is that this book offers an entertaining but enlightening compilation of Žižekisms. Unlike any other book by Slavoj Žižek, this compact arrangement of jokes culled from his writings provides an index to certain philosophical, political, and sexual themes that...(展开全部)

Žižek as comedian: jokes in the service of philosophy. “A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.”―Ludwig Wittgenstein The good news is that this book offers an entertaining but enlightening compilation of Žižekisms. Unlike any other book by Slavoj Žižek, this compact arrangement of jokes culled from his writings provides an index to c...(展开全部)

One innocent child A secret that could destroy his life Imprisoned for a heinous crime when she was a just a teenager, Allison Glenn is now free. Desperate for a second chance, Allison discovers that the world has moved on without her...Shunned by those who once loved her, Allison is determined to make contact with her sister. But Brynn is trapped in her own world of regret and...(展开全部)

希瑟·古登考夫，为《纽约时报》和《今日美国》畅销书作家。 其作品获得“医学悬疑天后”泰丝·格里森极力推崇，被视为2009年最锐不可当的文坛领袖。

One innocent child A secret that could destroy his life Imprisoned for a heinous crime when she was a just a teenager, Allison Glenn is now free. Desperate for a second chance, Allison discovers that the world has moved on without her...Shunned by those who once loved her, Allison is determined to make contact with her sister. But Brynn is trapped in her own world of regret and...(展开全部)