This is a vintage murder mystery. Respected crime writer Frank Cairns plots the perfect murder - a murder that he himself will commit. Cairns intends to murder the hit-and-run driver who killed his young son, but when his intended victim is found dead and Cairns becomes the prime suspect, the author insists that he has been framed. An old friend of Cairns calls in private detec...(展开全部)

From Ancient Egyptian frescoes to the Renaissance masters, from French Impressionists to American Abstract Expressionists, this highly browsable guide embraces all cultures and every style of painting from 4,000 BC to the present. A visually arresting reference for art lovers and students, it provides a truly comprehensive worldwide gazeteer of paintings organized chronologica...(展开全部)

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is a highly readable list of the best, the most important, and the most influential pop albums from 1955 through 2003. Carefully selected by a team of international critics, each album is a groundbreaking work seminal to the understanding and appreciation of music from the 1950s to the present. Included with each entry are production det...(展开全部)

From "The Alchemist" to "Thus Spake Zarathustra" and Achebe to Zola, "1001 Books" offers concise critical insights into the books and the writers that have excited the imagination of the world. It offers reviews, author biographies, plot and character assessments and historical information on those books considered the most important, compelling, or simply the best fiction ever...(展开全部)

迈克尔•布莱特（MICHAEL BRIGHT）是一位成功的制片人，在英国广播公司（BBC）闻名世界的自然历史组（Natural History Unit）工作了三十多年。他撰写的自然历史著作超过80本，其中包括《从安第斯到亚马逊：南美指南》（Andes to Amazon：A Guide to South America）。他还是许多电视和广播节目的制作人，其中包括备受赞誉的电视系列片《自然世界》（Natural World）和《野生动物》（Wildlife on One），曾经担任《探索世界奇观》（Discovering the Wonders of Our World）和《野生动物年鉴》（The Wildlife Year）的编辑顾问。 联合国教科文组织（UNESCO）是联合国的一个专门机构，致力于通过教育、科学和文化促进国际合作。《世界遗产公约...(展开全部)

迈克尔•布莱特（MICHAEL BRIGHT）是一位成功的制片人，在英国广播公司（BBC）闻名世界的自然历史组（Natural History Unit）工作了三十多年。他撰写的自然历史著作超过80本，其中包括《从安第斯到亚马逊：南美指南》（Andes to Amazon：A Guide to South America）。他还是许多电视和广播节目的制作人，其中包括备受赞誉的电视系列片《自然世界》（Natural World）和《野生动物》（Wildlife on One），曾经担任《探索世界奇观》（Discovering the Wonders of Our World）和《野生动物年鉴》（The Wildlife Year）的编辑顾问。 联合国教科文组织（UNESCO）是联合国的一个专门机构，致力于通过教育、科学和文化促进国际合作。《世界遗产公约...(展开全部)

In fewer than fifty years video games have become one of the most popular forms of entertainment, but which are the best games, the ones you must play? Video game expert Tony Mott presents 1001 of the best video games from around the world and on all formats, from primitive pioneering consoles like Atari's VCS to modern-day home entertainment platforms such as Sony's PlayStatio...(展开全部)

本书主编托尼•莫特（Tony Mott）作为业界圣经级电玩杂志《Edge》的多年首席主编，有着长达三十年的电子游戏经验，其中十五年是在游戏产业打拼，对电子游戏自1962年作为娱乐形式诞生起至今的发展历程有着深刻的认识与了解。

For devoted gamers as well as those interested in groundbreaking graphic design, this is the first, most comprehensive, and only critical guide ever published to video games. The video game has arrived as entertainment and as an art form. This is the first serious critical evaluation ever published of the best video games and is a testament to the medium’s innovativeness and in...(展开全部)

The horror and the heroism of war has long been a staple of cinema and the background for many different story genres, from anti-war comedies such as " M*A*S*H " to the heroic feats of combat troops and fighter pilots played by the likes of John Wayne and other screen favorites. Here are the 101 most memorable war films ever produced, including: Apocalypse Now * The Bridge on ...(展开全部)