Dear Reader,If this is the first book you found while searching for a book to read next, then the first thing you should know is that this next-to-last book is what you should put down first. Sadly, this book presents the next-to-last chronicle of the lives of the Baudelaire orphans, and it is next-to-first in its supply of misery, despair, and unpleasantness.Probably the next-to-last thing you would like to read about are a harpoon gun, a rooftop sunbathing salon, two mysterious initials, three unidentified triplets, a notorious villain, and an unsavory curry.Next-to-last things are the first thing to be avoided, and so allow me to recommend that you put this next-to-last book down first, and find something else to read next at last, such as the next-to-last book in another chronicle, or a chronicle containing other next-to-last things, so that this next-to-last book does not become the last book you will read.With all due respect,Lemony Snicket

Arsène Lupin (1874–), tuo kirjoista, elokuvista ja tv-sarjoista tuttu veijari, on riemastuttanut ja ihastuttanut charmikkaan jännityksen ja suuren maailman tyylin ystäviä jo yli sadan vuoden ajan. Nerokkaana varkaana Lupin ei koskaan surmaa ketään, vaan hän hurmaa ne, jotka asettuvat hänen ja hänen saaliinsa väliin. Usein tuo saalis koostuu timanteista, jotka – tietenkin naiskauneuden ohella – ovat Lupinin suuri intohimo. Mutta hän ei unohda vähäosaisiakaan seikkaillessaan lain väärällä puolella. Kirjailija Leblanc on itse luonnehtinut Lupinia ”urheaksi sieluksi vahingoittumattomassa ruumiissa”. Nyt julkaistava uusi suomennoskokoelma sisältää kaikki 19 Maurice Leblancin kertomusta, joissa Lupin itse esiintyy pääosassa. Kaikkien aikojen herrasmiesvaras on palannut.

Harry Potter has no idea how famous he is. That's because he's being raised by his miserable aunt and uncle who are terrified Harry will learn that he's really a wizard, just as his parents were. But everything changes when Harry is summoned to attend an infamous school for wizards, and he begins to discover some clues about his illustrious birthright. From the surprising way he is greeted by a lovable giant, to the unique curriculum and colorful faculty at his unusual school, Harry finds himself drawn deep inside a mystical world he never knew existed and closer to his own noble destiny.

Vif, audacieux, impertinent, rossant sans arrêt le commissaire (qui ici, en l'occurrence, s'appelle l'inspecteur Ganimard), tramant les coeurs après lui et mettant les rieurs de son côté, se moquant des situations acquises, ridiculisant les bourgeois, portant secours aux faibles, Arsène Lupin, gentleman cambrioleur est un Robin des Bois de la «Belle Époque ». Un Robin des Bois bien français : il ne se prend pas trop au sérieux, ses armes les plus meurtrières sont les traits d'esprit , ce n'est pas un aristocrate qui vit comme un anarchiste mais un anarchiste qui vit comme un aristocrate. Arsène Lupin, après plus d'un demi-siècle, n'a pas vieilli. Il ne vieillira jamais en dépit de son chapeau haut de forme, de sa cape et de son monocle.