In one of the most thought-provoking and wry books by one of the most intriguing contemporary writers in French literature, readers become party to the dilemma of 'challenging' literature in a singularly involving and amusing fashion. Opening a book that has mysteriously appeared amid the clutter of his desk, the narrator finds himself exhorted not to read further, to throw the...(展开全部)

Gwenda Reed has come to England to search for a house. Moving into a delightful Victorian, a recovered memory of a grisly murder from the past surfaces. Miss Marple remains as observant and clever as ever in this perhaps most macabre case of her career. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Private eye Lew Archer finds himself the confidant of a wealthy, violent family with a load of trouble on their hands - including an oil spill, a missing girl, a lethal dose of nembutal, a six figure ransom and a stranger afloat, face down, off a private beach.

In Sleeping Beauty , Lew Archer finds himself the confidant of a wealthy, violent family with a load of trouble on their hands--including an oil spill, a missing girl, a lethal dose of Nembutal, a six-figure ransom, and a stranger afloat, face down, off a private beach. Here is Ross Macdonald's masterful tale of buried memories, the consequences of arrogance, and the anguishe...(展开全部)

Miss Marple's nephew's wife is having trouble settling in to their home. Feelings of unnatural dread are taking their toll. And when Miss Marple investigates, she learns how truthful-and terrifying-the imagination can be.

In the #1 New York Times bestseller The World Needs Who You Were Made to Be, Joanna Gaines and illustrator Julianna Swaney celebrate how creativity and acceptance can come together to make for a bright and beautiful adventure. The book follows a group of children as they each build their very own hot-air balloons. As the kids work together, leaning into their own skills and pro...(展开全部)

A fierce typhoon strikes Tokyo one night, flooding the city streets. Someone unlawfully removes a manhole cover, and a little boy out searching for a lost pet goes missing, possibly drowned in the sewers. Is it murder or accidental? These events bring together a struggling journalist named Kosaka, who is grappling with the ghosts of his past, and two young men who may or may no...(展开全部)

Some of Agatha Christie's earliest stories - including her very first - which show the Queen of Crime in the making! A macabre recurring dream ...revenge against a blackmailer ...jealousy, infidelity and a tortured conscience ...a stolen gemstone ...the haunting attraction of an ancient relic ...a race against time ...a tragic love triangle ...a body in a box ...an unexpected ...(展开全部)

羅伯特．舒華茲（Robert Schwartz） 曾經是行銷顧問的羅伯特．舒華茲，在一段對人生茫然的低潮期，接觸到「出生前計畫」的觀點，讓他對自己有了一番全新的認識，甚至有了覺醒的體驗。之後，他花了三年多的時間，找了數十位有興趣知道自己出生前計畫的人一起研究，進而寫出了獲選為年度最佳心靈類書獎的重要作品－－《從未知中解脫》（方智出版），成為「美國2008年最重要的New Age書籍」。《靈魂的出生前計畫》則繼承了這個研究成果，擴大了案例的面向，更深入細緻地分析了「出生前計畫」的療癒意義。 舒華茲曾是美國《生活》《美國新聞與世界報導》等雜誌的自由撰稿人，也有很長一段時間在企業中擔任行銷與公關等工作。他擁有達特茅斯大學的學士學位，以及凱斯西儲大學的企管碩士學位。官網：www.yoursoulsplan.com

An eclectic, eccentiric and altogether brain-bending new collection of short stories from the cult Japanese author. A young man accompanies his cousin to the hospital to check an unusual hearing complaint and recalls a story of a woman put to sleep by tiny flies crawling inside her ear; a mirror appears out of nowhere and a nightwatchman is unnerved as his reflection tries to t...(展开全部)