First UK edition The first book in CWA Gold Dagger Award-winning British espionage series starring a team of MI5 agents united by one common They've screwed up royally and will do anything to redeem themselves. London, Slough House is where the washed-up MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their failed careers. The "slow horses," as they’re called, have all disgraced the...(展开全部)

Praise for Mick Herron: "Mick Herron never tells a suspense story in the expected way. . . . In Herron's book, there is no hiding under the desk."— The New York Times Book Review "Stylish and engaging."— The Washington Post "[A] masterful thriller. . . . The intricate plot, coupled with Herron's breezy writing style, results in superior entertainment that makes most oth...(展开全部)

Isao is a young, engaging patriot, and a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns terrorist, organising a violent plot against the new industrialists, who he believes are threatening the integrity of Japan and usurping the Emperor's rightful power. As the conspiracy unfolds and unravels, Mishima brilliantly chronicles the conflicts of a decade that saw the fabr...(展开全部)

Isao is a young, engaging patriot, and a fanatical believer in the ancient samurai ethos. He turns terrorist, organising a violent plot against the new industrialists, who he believes are threatening the integrity of Japan and usurping the Emperor's rightful power. As the conspiracy unfolds and unravels, Mishima brilliantly chronicles the conflicts of a decade that saw the fabr...(展开全部)

Jeannette Walls's memoir The Glass Castle was "nothing short of spectacular" ( Entertainment Weekly ). Now, in Half Broke Horses , she brings us the story of her grandmother, told in a first-person voice that is authentic, irresistible, and triumphant. "Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did." So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Walls's no nons...(展开全部)

Winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. In 1948, when he is fifteen, Trond spends a summer in the country with his father. The events — the accidental death of a child, his best friend’s feelings of guilt and eventual disappearance, his father’s decision to leave the family for another woman — will change his life forever. An early morning adventure out steali...(展开全部)

Jeannette Walls's memoir The Glass Castle was "nothing short of spectacular" ( Entertainment Weekly ). Now, in Half Broke Horses , she brings us the story of her grandmother, told in a first-person voice that is authentic, irresistible, and triumphant. "Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did." So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, Jeannette Walls's no nons...(展开全部)

Written by one of the prominent scholars in the field, this concise, up-to-date text provides a carefully balanced introduction to core topics in the four subfields of general anthropology - physical anthropology, archeology, linguistics, and cultural anthropology - as well as contemporary changes in the field. Since no single or monolithic theoretical perspective orients this ...(展开全部)

约翰•迪克森•卡尔，和阿加莎•克里斯蒂、埃勒里•奎因并称“推理黄金时代三大家”，独以密室题材构思见长，一生设计出五十余种不同类型的密室，被誉为“密室之王”。 一九三三年，卡尔出版基甸•菲尔博士系列首部作品《女巫角》。第二年他以笔名卡特•迪克森发表《瘟疫庄谋杀案》，亨利•梅利维尔爵士登场。这两个系列成为卡尔最具代表性的作品。三十年代是卡尔创作生涯最多产的时期，其中《三口棺材》《扭曲的铰链》（旧译《歪曲的枢纽》）和《犹大之窗》被后世评论家归入“卡尔的经典代表作”。特别是一九三五年出版的《三口棺材》以经典的“密室讲义”和“双重密室”成为推理史上不可能犯罪小说的巅峰之作，至今仍难以超越。 卡尔笔下的密室第一神探基甸•菲尔博士，是一个胖胖的字典编纂者，走路要拄两根拐杖，喜欢穿斗篷，抽着海泡石烟斗，个性相当和蔼可亲。他有着敏锐的观察力，善于分析罪犯的心理，出场代...(展开全部)

格伦•贝克（Glenn Beck）生于1964年10月，被誉为美国保守派的头号政治评论家。同时，他也是当红电视与电台主持人，以他自己的名字命名的脱口秀节目The Glenn Beck Program于2006年5月开始在CNN电视频道开播，每天有超过1000万观人观看。此外，他的广播节目在美国各地超过260个频道播放。他也是《融合》杂志的主办人，并且是《时代周刊》的主笔。除了极其畅销的政治评论著作《常识：反对一个失控的美国》（该书中文版已于2010年3月由法律出版社出版），他还出版有根据亲身经历改写的畅销小说《圣诞毛衣》（中文版即将上市）。他是《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜的常驻作家，曾以不同的作品连续六次排名第一。本书也连续3月居于该榜成人科幻类榜单第一位，并长达30余周高居美国亚马逊书店畅销书总榜前15名。 欢迎访问作者的个人网站：www.glennb...(展开全部)