有朋友请我在飞机场买几本英文书带回来。她的需求是
1）nonfiction类
和
2）谋杀探案类
我不知道能买什么，请大家指教。谢谢。
[求助]英文书籍
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洛洛，快来笑嘻嘻 wrote:2）谋杀探案类
Re: [求助]英文书籍
高产作家Lee Child的书啊! 机场书店肯定有。很通俗很通俗！笑嘻嘻 wrote: 2）谋杀探案类
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "... But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien
哈，这就好办了，谋杀探案的书老子还是颇看过些个的。
轻松快乐喜剧型的，推荐 Janet Evanovich作Stephanie Plum系列
One for the Money (1994)
Two for the Dough (1996)
Three to Get Deadly (1997)
Four To Score (1998)
High Five (1999).
Hot Six (2000).
Seven Up (2001)
Hard Eight (2002)
To the Nines (2003)
Ten Big Ones (2004).
Eleven on Top (2005）
Twelve Sharp (2006)
当然头几本儿比较好看，后面越写越中年妇女yy。
推荐评论：The Fall Of The Stephanie Plum Empirehttp://www.mrsgiggles.com/books/soapbox/steph_plum.html[/url][/intro]
轻松快乐喜剧型的，推荐 Janet Evanovich作Stephanie Plum系列
One for the Money (1994)
Two for the Dough (1996)
Three to Get Deadly (1997)
Four To Score (1998)
High Five (1999).
Hot Six (2000).
Seven Up (2001)
Hard Eight (2002)
To the Nines (2003)
Ten Big Ones (2004).
Eleven on Top (2005）
Twelve Sharp (2006)
当然头几本儿比较好看，后面越写越中年妇女yy。
推荐评论：The Fall Of The Stephanie Plum Empirehttp://www.mrsgiggles.com/books/soapbox/steph_plum.html[/url][/intro]
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硬汉型，
肥皂剧式推荐Robert P Parker. 他写有３个系列，一曰：spenser，一曰：sunny randall，一曰：jesse stone. 他的书水平比较平均，sunny randall系列我不是很喜欢，因为主角是个女人，作家是个自以为了解女人的男人。很多时候觉得他瞎扯。jesse stone是一个新开的系列，相对spenser，我比较喜欢这个系列的第二本书，非常干净利索的一个故事。到后来jesse stone的前老婆又跳出来做主要人物，就有点儿让我腻味。
真正硬汉型当属hammet，作品部部精品，可惜太少。
后面还有Ross McDonald和Raymond Chandler，我个人比较喜欢前者，当然jun恐怕有不同意见
肥皂剧式推荐Robert P Parker. 他写有３个系列，一曰：spenser，一曰：sunny randall，一曰：jesse stone. 他的书水平比较平均，sunny randall系列我不是很喜欢，因为主角是个女人，作家是个自以为了解女人的男人。很多时候觉得他瞎扯。jesse stone是一个新开的系列，相对spenser，我比较喜欢这个系列的第二本书，非常干净利索的一个故事。到后来jesse stone的前老婆又跳出来做主要人物，就有点儿让我腻味。
真正硬汉型当属hammet，作品部部精品，可惜太少。
后面还有Ross McDonald和Raymond Chandler，我个人比较喜欢前者，当然jun恐怕有不同意见
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Oh boy. I like Robert Parker as well (Robert B Parker?). Spencer is pure entertainment. Short, choppy dialogue, sharp characters, funny and witty, fast read. Jesse Stone series have a lot of psychology in it, which I like, but may not be everyone's cup of tea. Just pick whatever in the series, no need to worry about which one.
I like almost every book in Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander series, but it's probably best to start from the beginning because of the continuity of the characters' lives. IIRC, the chronological order is sort of, like, "The White Lioness," "Dogs of Riga" (the only one I don't like much), "Sidetracked," "The Fifth Woman," "Firewall"... I'm missing some, can't remember now. You can google Mankell or look in amazon.
The same thing with Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins series. It's probably best to start with "Devil in the Blue Dress" and move on to later installments ("The Yellow Dog", "Cinnamon Kiss"...).
I think I recommended Jonathan Kellerman's books before. A lot of psychology and child psychology elements mixed in thriller structure.
The more classical mysteries, I do like Dashiel Hammet: "The Thin Man" and "Maltese Falcon" are the only two novels I've read, I think. Another novel he wrote "The Glass Key" was adapted by Akira Korusawa into some Samurai movie, which was later adapted again into "Last Man Standing". But the novel has a couple other movie renditions, "Miller's Crossing" by Coen brothers and an Alan Ladd movie from the 40s but I cannot remember the title.
Of course, Raymond Chandler is my first love so it's hard to be objective about it. I've read all his Philip Marlowe novels: The Big Sleep, The Little Sister, The Long Goodbye, Farewell My Lovely...
If you prefer the more armchair detective style a la Agatha Christie, I'd say try Dorothy Sayer's Lord Peter Wimsey series. Kind of fun read.
I don't read a lot of nonfiction books and my interests are limited to a few topics only. Depends on what you or your friend is interested in. In popular science, the two books by Malcolm Gladwell "Blink" and "The Tipping Point" have been enormously popular. You can pick up any Dave Barry's book in a store and have a good time (in the Humor section) or get a compilation book of the online magazine The Onion.
I like almost every book in Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander series, but it's probably best to start from the beginning because of the continuity of the characters' lives. IIRC, the chronological order is sort of, like, "The White Lioness," "Dogs of Riga" (the only one I don't like much), "Sidetracked," "The Fifth Woman," "Firewall"... I'm missing some, can't remember now. You can google Mankell or look in amazon.
The same thing with Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins series. It's probably best to start with "Devil in the Blue Dress" and move on to later installments ("The Yellow Dog", "Cinnamon Kiss"...).
I think I recommended Jonathan Kellerman's books before. A lot of psychology and child psychology elements mixed in thriller structure.
The more classical mysteries, I do like Dashiel Hammet: "The Thin Man" and "Maltese Falcon" are the only two novels I've read, I think. Another novel he wrote "The Glass Key" was adapted by Akira Korusawa into some Samurai movie, which was later adapted again into "Last Man Standing". But the novel has a couple other movie renditions, "Miller's Crossing" by Coen brothers and an Alan Ladd movie from the 40s but I cannot remember the title.
Of course, Raymond Chandler is my first love so it's hard to be objective about it. I've read all his Philip Marlowe novels: The Big Sleep, The Little Sister, The Long Goodbye, Farewell My Lovely...
If you prefer the more armchair detective style a la Agatha Christie, I'd say try Dorothy Sayer's Lord Peter Wimsey series. Kind of fun read.
I don't read a lot of nonfiction books and my interests are limited to a few topics only. Depends on what you or your friend is interested in. In popular science, the two books by Malcolm Gladwell "Blink" and "The Tipping Point" have been enormously popular. You can pick up any Dave Barry's book in a store and have a good time (in the Humor section) or get a compilation book of the online magazine The Onion.
is he now? boy, I got the charactor and the writer confused again!
and TOTALLY agree with Jun on James Patterson. But another James, James Elroy, is ok.... well, his L.A. Confidential can be read as a textbook of how and where to insert F---ing in regular words, but he usese a lot of verbs and almost no adj./adv., which I like a lot
and TOTALLY agree with Jun on James Patterson. But another James, James Elroy, is ok.... well, his L.A. Confidential can be read as a textbook of how and where to insert F---ing in regular words, but he usese a lot of verbs and almost no adj./adv., which I like a lot
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Oh, BTW, talking about Jame Elroy. He wrote a novel "Black Dahlia" before LAConfidential, based on the real murder case of the Black Dahlia in the 30s? 40s? in Los Angeles. They've made a movie which is coming out soon, but I don't know if it's based on the novel.
I recently read 2 novels by Stephen McCauley, which I like very much -- "Alternatives to Sex" and "The Object of My Affection." One of these days I should write a review about them.
I recently read 2 novels by Stephen McCauley, which I like very much -- "Alternatives to Sex" and "The Object of My Affection." One of these days I should write a review about them.
