本书由三个文本组成。 *个文本是D（狄亚努斯）的日志，它构成了被称为 鼠的故事 的*部分。这部分以D的视角展开，记述了他与B的情乱，同时，在这场混乱的激情中，A（阿尔法主教）作为一个衔接D与B之关系的人物在场。 *部分也涉及了D与E的情乱，而这构成了第二个文本的记述核心。第二部分被称为 狄亚努斯 ，是A的笔记。这部分以A的视角展开。 这两个文本共同结构了本书的故事。被称为 俄瑞斯忒斯 的第三部分则更像是一个总的视角，或者说，一则诗性概述。它由诗歌和诗论组成。巴塔耶写道： 为了在一片明显的不可能中抓住一丝可能，我必须首先想象相反的情境。
酒店之夜，既不孤独，亦无陪伴，深夜寂静。本书讲述了一对学生恋人的故事。保罗是一个学生，为了维持生计，在一家宾馆中做夜间保安。他被租住在313号房间的年轻女子阿米莉娅给迷住了。关于她的一切都是谜：她去了哪里？又做了什么？四周流传着许许多多关于她的流言。后来，他们相爱了。有一天，阿米莉娅突然消失了。听说阿米莉娅为了找到她的母亲，去了萨拉热窝，她试图在那里找到她的身世与那场内战之间的联系。为了爱情，放弃安定的生活，背井离乡？还是选择遗忘，等待下一段感情？保罗经过反复思量，最终踏上了寻找阿米莉娅的路。
Thirty years ago Jo Becker's bohemian life ended when she found her best friend brutally murdered in the house they shared in Cambridge. Now Jo has everything: work she loves, a devoted husband, three grown daughters, and a beautiful home. But when an old friend settles in her small town, the fabric of her life begins to unravel and Jo hesitantly enters a relationship that returns ther to the darkest moments of her past, imperilling all that she loves.
Parker and Stone-back with another "New York Times" bestsellerWhen the sun sets in Paradise, the women get nervous. A Peeping Tomis on the loose. According to the notes he sends Police Chief JesseStone, he's about to take his obsession one step further.
Deep in the jungles of Peru the contest of the century is underway.It's a race to locate a legendary Incan idol-one carved out of a strange kind of stone.But a stone which,in the present age,could be used as the basis for a terrifying new weapon. The US Army wants this prize at any cost.But they are not alone... The only clue to the idol's final resting place is to be found in a 400-year-bld maun*.Which introduces Professor William Race,a mild-mannered but brilliant young linguist,who is unwillingly recruited to interpret the document taht could lead the US team to the idol itself. So begins the mission that will lead Race and his armed companions to a mysterious stone temple hidden in the foothills of the Andes.This is a carefully contrived sanctuary seething with menace and unexpected dangers.But it is not until the silence of the temple is breched that Race and his team discover they have broken a golden rule...
Unlike most people Matt Beckford is actually looking forward to turning thirty. After struggling through most of his twenties he thinks his career, finances and love life are finally sorted. But when he splits up with his girlfriend, he realises that life has different plans for him. Unable to cope with his future falling apart Matt temporarily moves back to his parents. During his enforced exodus only his old school mates can keep him sane. Friends he hasn't seen since he was nineteen. Back together after a decade apart. But things will never be the same for any of them because when you’re turning thirty nothing’s as simple as it used to be.
