The “riveting”( The Washington Post ) #1 international bestseller—now in paperback in the U.S. In the tradition of Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth , here is a thrilling historical novel of friendship and revenge, plague and hope, love and war, set in the golden age of 14th-century Barcelona. Arnau Estanyol arrives in Barcelona and joins the powerful guild of stone-wor...(展开全部)

Cathedral of the Sea, by Ildefonso Falcones is the literary successor to Ken Follet’s Pillars of the Earth. A debut novel about faith, freedom, and love, Cathedral of the Sea is set during the construction of Barcelona’s greatest landmark and against the backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition. Spain in the year 1320 is a place of great danger. Bernat Estanyol and his infant son Ar...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a magnificent Gothic cathedral in the imaginary French town of Chutreaux during the thirteenth century.

在线阅读本书 This richly illustrated book shows the intricate step-by-step process of a cathedral's growth.

大卫•麦考利，1946年生于英国，11岁时移居美国。他的作品曾获诸多国际大奖，包括凯迪克奖金奖、波士顿环球报号角图书奖、美国建筑师协会特别奖、华盛顿知识类儿童读物奖、德国青少年文学奖，以及荷兰银铅笔奖，本人还曾经两度获得国际安徒生大奖提名。 1973年，他出版了第一本书《大教堂》，并获得了1974年凯迪克银奖。此后他开启一系列创作，并获得各种奖项。1990年，他出版了《黑与白》，获得了1991年的凯迪克奖金奖。《时代》杂志的一位作家曾评论道：“麦考利画得比世界上任何一位钢笔墨水插画家都好。”他的图书在美国已经售出200万册以上，作品被翻译成了10 多种语言。

Open source provides the competitive advantage in the Internet Age. According to the August Forrester Report, 56 percent of IT managers interviewed at Global 2,500 companies are already using some type of open source software in their infrastructure and another 6 percent will install it in the next two years. This revolutionary model for collaborative software development ...(展开全部)

A tetralogy containing "Spring Snow", a love story, "Runaway Horses", with a protagonist a right-wing terrorist, "The Temple of Dawn", where a Thai princess is mystically linked with the heroes of the preceding works and, written under the shadow of the author's death, "The Decay of the Angel".

JOSEPH CONRAD (1857-1924) was a remarkable figures in English literature. A master stylist, both lush and precise, his outsider's eye gave him special insights into the moral dangers of the great age of European empires.

A tetralogy containing "Spring Snow", a love story, "Runaway Horses", with a protagonist a right-wing terrorist, "The Temple of Dawn", where a Thai princess is mystically linked with the heroes of the preceding works and, written under the shadow of the author's death, "The Decay of the Angel".

JOSEPH CONRAD (1857-1924) was a remarkable figures in English literature. A master stylist, both lush and precise, his outsider's eye gave him special insights into the moral dangers of the great age of European empires.