In 1859, a stockbroker called Jules Verne to England and Scotland with a musician friend. Although re-routed via Bordeaux (ie 'backwards'), they discovered at long last a magical kingdom of steam, wind and rain, poetry and pubs, lochs and bens, Dickens and Scott. The experience so moved Verne that he wrote a book about it, his first full length narrative. The publisher Hetzel t...(展开全部)

This eye-opening book offers a revelatory scientific deep dive into how plants and animals have already unlocked the secrets to immortality–and the lessons they hold for us all. Recent advances in medicine and technology have expanded our understanding of aging across the animal kingdom, and our own timeless quest for the fountain of youth. Yet, despite modern humans living lon...(展开全部)

This eye-opening book offers a revelatory scientific deep dive into how plants and animals have already unlocked the secrets to immortality–and the lessons they hold for us all. Recent advances in medicine and technology have expanded our understanding of aging across the animal kingdom, and our own timeless quest for the fountain of youth. Yet, despite modern humans living lon...(展开全部)

This is a major new launch for the paperback edition of the most original, captivating and award-winning memoir of the year. "Stuart, A Life Backwards", is the story of a remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator ('a middle class scum ponce, if you want to be honest about it, Alexander) and a chaotic, knife-wielding beggar whom he gets to know during a ca...(展开全部)

亚历山大•马斯特斯（Alexander Masters, 1965— ），英国传记作家，现居英国剑桥，曾在一家流浪汉收容所工作过。《倒带人生》（2005）是其处女作，该书荣获《卫报》“第一书奖”，并被英国广播公司（BBC）制作成电影，由汤姆•哈迪和本尼迪克特•康伯巴奇饰演剧中角色。他的第二部书《我地下室里的天才》（2011）是关于住在他所住公寓地下室里的一位天才数学家西蒙•菲利浦斯•诺顿的生平。

Surf-pounded cliffs and crystal-clear lochs, confident metropolises and ancient towns, dramatic wildernesses and remote island getaways - with so much on offer, which Britain will you choose? Explore every side of this diverse land with our inspiring new guide. • PLAN YOUR ROUTE - full-color highlights, compelling itineraries and 200 easy-to-use maps lead you from the Orkne...(展开全部)

Surf-pounded cliffs and crystal-clear lochs, confident metropolises and ancient towns, dramatic wildernesses and remote island getaways - with so much on offer, which Britain will you choose? Explore every side of this diverse land with our inspiring new guide. • PLAN YOUR ROUTE - full-color highlights, compelling itineraries and 200 easy-to-use maps lead you from the Orkne...(展开全部)