The job was too good. There had to be a problem - and there was. John Duncan was an honest man, but he needed money. He had children to look after. He was ready to do anything, and his bosses knew it. They gave him the job because he couldn't say no; he couldn't afford to be honest. And the job was like a poison inside him. It changed him and blinded him, so that he couldn't se...(展开全部)

The job was too good. There had to be a problem - and there was. John Duncan was an honest man, but he needed money. He had children to look after. He was ready to do anything, and his bosses knew it. They gave him the job because he couldn't say no; he couldn't afford to be honest. And the job was like a poison inside him. It changed him and blinded him, so that he couldn't se...(展开全部)

The Logic of Chemical Synthesis The title of this three-part volume derives from a key theme of the book-the logic underlying the rational analysis of complex synthetic problems. Although the book deals almost exclusively with molecules of biological origin, which are ideal for developing the fundamental ideas of multistep synthetic design because of their architectural complex...(展开全部)

Long before Oliver Sacks became a distinguished neurologist and bestselling writer, he was a small English boy fascinated by metals–also by chemical reactions (the louder and smellier the better), photography, squids and cuttlefish, H.G. Wells, and the periodic table. In this endlessly charming and eloquent memoir, the author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Awa...(展开全部)

Chepstow's location by a crossing of the River Wye, close to the Severn Estuary, has meant that the Monmouthshire town has always occupied a strategically important position. A Norman castle still sta

The sprawling urban conurbation that is Swindon began life as an Anglo-Saxon defensible settlement atop a limestone hill. Old Swindon would likely have remained a sleepy market town were it not for th

The shape-shifting alien race known as the Skrulls has secretly infiltrated every super-powered organization on Earth with one goal: full-scale invasion! Now, theinvasion is here! The Marvel Universe is in shambles. The Skrull Empire's plan has birthed itself into perfection. It is hero vs. hero! Resurrections and reunions! Is Tony Stark a Skrull? Page after page unveils reveal...(展开全部)

The 'A-side' of Cheltenham's history as a fashionable Regency spa and subsequent reinvention as a town of colleges, churches and festivals is well documented, but what about its 'flip-side'? Much of t

Cambridge has a world-famous university, but the town's long history predates the coming of the scholars, beginning with the Romans, who first identified this as a good spot for a settlement. It was a

《秘密》这本集成功学、财富学、心理学等的著作中，作者揭露了运行在宇宙间主宰人生的强有力的黄金法则，清晰明了地解析了如何运用这个法则，创造美满幸福的生活。这是有关一切的秘密，这个秘密将给你想要的幸福、快乐、健康和爱情。《秘密》的构成来自当今成功者的智慧，他们都是各个领域世界级的领袖，他们都因运用这个秘密而获得健康、快乐、成功和声誉。 《秘密》是一本注定属于伟大的心灵励志书。《秘密》作者朗达?拜恩是澳大利亚电视工作者，有一年，父亲突然去世、工作遭遇瓶颈、家庭关系也陷入僵局，就在人生跌至谷底、生活即将崩溃时，意外发现了隐藏在百年古书中的秘密。几个世纪以来,这个秘密零星地存在于各种口述的历史、文学、宗教与哲学之中，更藏在人与世界的各个互动层面，每个人自身都存在着自己所不知道的能量。作者还发现，许多当今的佼佼者早已了解并运用此秘密。因此，作者不禁疑问：“为什么...(展开全部)