Don't give away the ending... Don't give away the beginning. How does it feel to be desired by every man and envied by every woman? Wonderful. This is the life Nora Sinclair has worked hard for, the life she will never give up. She doesn't just attract men, she enthralls them. So why is FBI agent John O'Hara interested in Nora Sinclair? Mysterious things happen to people around...(展开全部)

The honeymoon is over-now the murders can begin. America*s #1 thriller writer returns with his sexiest, scariest novel ever. James Patterson's explosive new thriller introduces a bride who is beautiful, talented, devoted-and deadly. When a young investment banker dies of baffling causes, FBI agent John O'Hara immediately suspects the only witness, the banker's alluring and myst...(展开全部)

How does it feel to be desired by every man and envied by every woman? Wonderful. This is the life Nora Sinclair has dreamed about, the life she's worked hard for, the life she will never give up. Meet Nora Sinclair. When FBI agent John O'Hara first sees her, she seems perfect. She has the looks. The career. The clothes. The wit. The sophistication. The tantalizing sex appeal....(展开全部)

阿绮波德·立德(Archibald Little，1845～926)，英国在华著名商人立德之妻，习称立德夫人。立德夫人1887年到达中国，她与丈夫在中国生活了20年，几乎走遍了中国南方的所有通商口岸。她努力了解中国家庭，研究中国的政治及教育制度。主要著作有：《在中国的婚事》(1899)、《亲密接触中国》(1899)、《穿蓝色长袍的国度》(1901)、《北京指南》(1904)，《李鸿章，他的生平和时代》、《北京我家花园的周围》(1905)等。游历、写作之外，立德夫人还对中国妇女饱受缠足陋习的荼毒极为同情，因而全力投入清末的反缠足运动。 1906年，立德夫妇离开中国，返回英国。1926年，81岁的立德夫人走完了她作为作家、旅游家和社会改革家的一生。

Lewis Mumford's massive historical study brings together a wide array of evidence--from the earliest group habitats to medieval towns to the modern centers of commerce (as well as dozens of black-and-white illustrations)--to show how the urban form has changed throughout human civilization. His tone is ultimately somewhat pessimistic: Mumford was deeply concerned with what he v...(展开全部)

Lewis Mumford's massive historical study brings together a wide array of evidence--from the earliest group habitats to medieval towns to the modern centers of commerce (as well as dozens of black-and-white illustrations)--to show how the urban form has changed throughout human civilization. His tone is ultimately somewhat pessimistic: Mumford was deeply concerned with what he v...(展开全部)

著者简介 尤里·奥列沙（1899—1960），苏联小说家、诗人、剧作家、编剧和记者，20世纪最伟大的苏联小说家之一。1927年，他发表了长篇小说《嫉妒》，获得了极高的文学声誉。童话《三个胖国王》是他最广为人知的作品，不仅再版30多次，畅销至今，还相继被改编为戏剧、芭蕾舞剧、电影、漫画等。尤里·奥列沙最先使用“人类灵魂的工程师”一说，用来称呼作家。

多萝西·L.塞耶斯，侦探小说黄金时代一个不朽的名字，以其塑造的贵族神探彼得·温西勋爵为人熟知。同时她还是杰出的诗人、剧作家、翻译家、神学研究者。 一八九三年，塞耶斯出生于英国牛津一个牧师家庭，很小便开始学习拉丁语和法语，十九岁考入牛津大学，专修中世纪文学，是第一批获得牛津大学学位的女性之一。毕业后她先是任职于出版社，后成为广告公司撰稿人。在此期间，她开始酝酿写作侦探小说，并于一九二三年发表了首部作品《谁的尸体》（Whose Body？），彼得·温西勋爵首次出场。此后，塞耶斯为这位贵族业余神探创作了十多部小说，温西勋爵成为广受读者喜爱的侦探人物。他幽默风趣，出语不凡，学识渊博，爱好收藏珍本书，喜欢品酒、弹钢琴，有个聪明、体贴的男仆，算得上是塞耶斯心目中理想的男人形象。最初他多少有些喜欢卖弄，爱出风头；随着作品的不断问世，塞耶斯让他的个性逐步得到发展，成...(展开全部)

Murder is hardly the best way for Lord Peter and his bride, the famous mystery writer Harriet Vane, to start their honeymoon. It all begins when the former owner of their newly acquired estate is found quite nastily dead in the cellar. And what Lord Peter had hoped would be a very private and romantic stay in the country soon turns into a most baffling case, what with the missp...(展开全部)

The desert air is hot with sex and betrayal, death and madness and only Archer can make sense of a killer who makes murder a work of art. Finding a purloined portrait of a leggy blonde was supposed to be an easy paycheck for Detective Lew Archer, but that was before the bodies began piling up. Suddenly, Archer find himself smack in the middle of a decades-long mystery of a bril...(展开全部)