芭芭拉．妮克莉絲 Barbara Nickless 美國推理作家協會成員。在許多寫作討論會與書展中都曾開設工作坊及發表演說。短篇小說與短文曾收錄於美國與英國的選集中。目前與家人住在科羅拉多州。《軌道殺人事件》是她的首部長篇力作，以其熟稔的寫作風格，結合驚悚、愛情、反戰、道德兩難等元素，未出版前就榮獲達芙妮．莫里哀獎「未出版」類別的最佳主流推理大獎，並獲得克雷默爾獎第二名。

斯坦因，原籍匈牙利，是一名犹太人，1904年入英国籍。考古学家、艺术史家、语言学家、地理学家和探险家，国际敦煌学开山鼻祖之一。他是今天英国与印度所藏敦煌与中亚文物的主要搜集者，也是最早的研究者与公布者之一。他的许多著作至今仍是敦煌吐鲁番学研究者的案边必备之书。曾经分别于1900-1901年、1906-1908年、1913-1916年、1930-1931年进行了著名的四次中亚考察，考察重点是中国的新疆和甘肃，所发现的敦煌吐鲁番文物及其他中亚文物是今天国际敦煌学研究的重要资料。

斯坦因，原籍匈牙利，是一名犹太人，1904年入英国籍。考古学家、艺术史家、语言学家、地理学家和探险家，国际敦煌学开山鼻祖之一。他是今天英国与印度所藏敦煌与中亚文物的主要搜集者，也是最早的研究者与公布者之一。他的许多著作至今仍是敦煌吐鲁番学研究者的案边必备之书。曾经分别于1900-1901年、1906-1908年、1913-1916年、1930-1931年进行了著名的四次中亚考察，考察重点是中国的新疆和甘肃，所发现的敦煌吐鲁番文物及其他中亚文物是今天国际敦煌学研究的重要资料。

A cult classic with an ever-growing audience, Tracks is the brilliantly written and frequently hilarious account of a young woman's odyssey through the deserts of Australia, with no one but her dog and four camels as companions. Davidson emerges as a heroine who combines extraordinary courage with exquisite sensitivity.

Before Sartre, before Beckett, before Robbe-Grillet, Maurice Blanchot created the 'new novel, ' the ultimate post-modern fiction. Written between 1932 and 1940, Blanchot's first novel, here brilliantly translated by Robert Lamberton, contains all the remarkable aspects of his famous and perplexing invention, 'the ontological narrative'--a tale whose subject is the nature of bei...(展开全部)

Before Sartre, before Beckett, before Robbe-Grillet, Maurice Blanchot created the 'new novel, ' the ultimate post-modern fiction. Written between 1932 and 1940, Blanchot's first novel, here brilliantly translated by Robert Lamberton, contains all the remarkable aspects of his famous and perplexing invention, 'the ontological narrative'--a tale whose subject is the nature of bei...(展开全部)

Thirty years ago Paul Theroux left London and travelled across Asia and back again by train. His account of the journey - "The Great Railway Bazaar" - was a landmark book and made his name as the foremost travel writer of his generation. Now Theroux makes the trip all over again. Through Eastern Europe, India and Asia to discover the changes that have swept the continents, and ...(展开全部)

As well as being considered the greatest English political philosopher, Hobbes has traditionally been thought of as a purely secular thinker, highly critical of all religion. In this provocative new study, Professor Martinich argues that conventional wisdom has been misled. In fact, he shows that religious concerns pervade Leviathan and that Hobbes was really intent on providin...(展开全部)