"A very warm, very engaging read. . . . The reader falls totally under his spell." --"Associated Press " The second volume in the multimillion copy bestselling series Millions of readers have delighted in the wonderful storytelling and everyday miracles of James Herriot in the over thirty years since his delightful animal stories were first introduced to the world. Now in a new...(展开全部)

"A very warm, very engaging read. . . . The reader falls totally under his spell." --"Associated Press " The second volume in the multimillion copy bestselling series Millions of readers have delighted in the wonderful storytelling and everyday miracles of James Herriot in the over thirty years since his delightful animal stories were first introduced to the world. Now in a new...(展开全部)

Nobel Laureate Leon M Lederman and physicist Christopher T Hill explain the supremely elegant concept of symmetry and all its profound ramifications to life on Earth and the universe at large in this eloquent, accessible popular science book. They not only clearly describe concepts normally reserved only for physicists and mathematicians, but they also instil an appreciation fo...(展开全部)

When scientists peer through a telescope at the distant stars in outer space or use a particle-accelerator to analyse the smallest components of matter, they discover that the same laws of physics govern the whole universe at all times and all places.Physicists call the eternal, ubiquitous constancy of the laws of physics symmetry. Symmetry is the basic underlying principle tha...(展开全部)

THE FLASH & GREEN LANTERN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD explores the unlikely relationship between two men who shared nothing in common but a heroic nature. As the fearless ring-wielding Green Lantern, Hal Jordan was a cocky and brash adventurer who believed himself to be invincible. His polar opposite, Barry Allen was a modest and clean-cut police scientist who respected his own mor...(展开全部)

The acclaimed author of A Train in Winter and Village of Secrets delivers the next chapter in The Resistance the astonishing story of the aristocratic Italian family who stood up to Mussolini's fascism, and whose efforts helped define the path of Italy in the years between the World Wars--a profile in courage that remains relevant today. Members of the cosmopolitan, cultural ar...(展开全部)

http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/dyerg/butbeaut.htm The complete review's Review: But Beautiful is a paean to jazz, a study and homage in fictional form. Dedicated to his mentor, John Berger, Dyer follows in the master's footsteps in looking for novel approaches to presenting a literary work. In his preface Dyer states: When I began writing this book I was unsure of the f...(展开全部)