The ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth and absolute power over kings and popes ...until the Inquisition, when the Knights were wiped from the face of the earth, their riches left hidden -- forever?Cotton Malone is enjoying his quiet new life as an antiquarian book dealer in Copenhagen, when he is unexpectedly plunged back into the cloak-and-dagger worl...(展开全部)

His name is Smitty Tibbs, but everyone calls him the Alien. Ginny is convinced there's more to the Alien than his muted exterior. But as she attempts to break into his safe and emotionless world, she realizes her efforts might be causing more harm than good. Has she gone too far, or not far enough? "Utterly compelling - totally satisfying. A fast-moving, unusual contemporary ...(展开全部)

A new nation has appeared within the United States since the Civil War, but it has been only accidentally connected with that catastrophe. The Constitution emerged from the confusion of strife and reconstruction substantially unchanged, but the economic development of the United States in the sixties and seventies gave birth to a society that was, by 1885, already national in i...(展开全部)

[英]T.M.迪瓦恩(T. M. Devine)， 爱尔兰皇家科学院名誉会员、爱丁堡皇家学会会员及英国学术院会员，是英国和爱尔兰唯一位同时在上述三个学会拥有会员身份的历史学家，现为爱丁堡大学历史学讲座教授、苏格兰侨民研究中心主任。迪瓦恩在2001年被授予苏格兰的最高学术荣誉——皇家金质奖章，他的代表作包括《苏格兰的帝国:全球苏格兰侨民的起源》 (Scotland' s Empire: The 0rigins of the Global Diaspora) 和《直到大地尽头:遍布世界的苏格兰侨民》 (To the Ends of the Earth: Scotland' s Global Diaspora) 。

Throughout the modern period, nations defined themselves through the relationship between nature and machines. Many cast themselves as a triumph of technology over the forces of climate, geography, and environment. Some, however, crafted a powerful alternative identity: they defined themselves not through the triumph of machines over nature, but through technological failures a...(展开全部)

菲利普•科彭斯（Philip Coppens）是国际知名的调查记者和畅销书作家。他也是一些杂志如《亚特兰蒂斯的崛起》（Atlantis Rising）和《连接》（NEXUS Magazine）的专栏作家。现在，他是历史频道（The History Channel）广受欢迎的系列纪录片《远古外星人》（The Ancient Alien Series）的主撰稿人。除本书之外，他最受注目的畅销书是《新金字塔时代：来自全球范围内最新发现的金字塔之挑战》（The New Pyramid Age: Worldwide Discoveries of New Pyramids Challenge Our Thinking）。他目前分别居住在爱丁堡（Edinburgh）和洛杉矶（Los Angeles）。他的个人主页是：www.philipcoppens.com。

菲利普•科彭斯（Philip Coppens）是国际知名的调查记者和畅销书作家。他也是一些杂志如《亚特兰蒂斯的崛起》（Atlantis Rising）和《连接》（NEXUS Magazine）的专栏作家。现在，他是历史频道（The History Channel）广受欢迎的系列纪录片《远古外星人》（The Ancient Alien Series）的主撰稿人。除本书之外，他最受注目的畅销书是《新金字塔时代：来自全球范围内最新发现的金字塔之挑战》（The New Pyramid Age: Worldwide Discoveries of New Pyramids Challenge Our Thinking）。他目前分别居住在爱丁堡（Edinburgh）和洛杉矶（Los Angeles）。他的个人主页是：www.philipcoppens.com。

菲利普•科彭斯（Philip Coppens）是国际知名的调查记者和畅销书作家。他也是一些杂志如《亚特兰蒂斯的崛起》（Atlantis Rising）和《连接》（NEXUS Magazine）的专栏作家。现在，他是历史频道（The History Channel）广受欢迎的系列纪录片《远古外星人》（The Ancient Alien Series）的主撰稿人。除本书之外，他最受注目的畅销书是《新金字塔时代：来自全球范围内最新发现的金字塔之挑战》（The New Pyramid Age: Worldwide Discoveries of New Pyramids Challenge Our Thinking）。他目前分别居住在爱丁堡（Edinburgh）和洛杉矶（Los Angeles）。他的个人主页是：www.philipcoppens.com。

菲利普•科彭斯（Philip Coppens）是国际知名的调查记者和畅销书作家。他也是一些杂志如《亚特兰蒂斯的崛起》（Atlantis Rising）和《连接》（NEXUS Magazine）的专栏作家。现在，他是历史频道（The History Channel）广受欢迎的系列纪录片《远古外星人》（The Ancient Alien Series）的主撰稿人。除本书之外，他最受注目的畅销书是《新金字塔时代：来自全球范围内最新发现的金字塔之挑战》（The New Pyramid Age: Worldwide Discoveries of New Pyramids Challenge Our Thinking）。他目前分别居住在爱丁堡（Edinburgh）和洛杉矶（Los Angeles）。他的个人主页是：www.philipcoppens.com。