New York Times bestselling author Michael Korda's fresh, contemporary single volume historical biography of General Robert E. Lee—perhaps the most famous and least understood legend in American history and one of our most admired heroes. Michael Korda, author of Ulysses S. Grant and the bestsellers Ike and Hero, paints a vivid and admiring portrait of Lee as a brilliant general...(展开全部)

An epic story of empire-building and bloody conflict, this ground-breaking biography of one of history’s most venerated military and religious heroes opens a window on the Islamic and Christian worlds’ complex relationship. When Saladin recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187, returning the Holy City to Islamic rule for the first time in almost ninety years, he sent sho...(展开全部)

Bruce Lee has been recognized primarily for his physical skills and tactical principles in the art of unarmed combat. But Bruce Lee: Artist of Life reveals that Lee was a man who was equal parts poet, Philosophysopher, scientist, actor. producer, director, author, choreographer, Martial Artsl artist, husband, father, and friend, dedicated to artistic expression with the goal o...(展开全部)

Marie Tussaud led a remarkable life and with grit and audacity she overcame reversals of fortune to build an extraordinary spectacle. Of lowly birth, Marie became apprentice to a charismatic Paris showman who taught her wax modelling. They lived among a colourful cast of 'Italian singers, pastry cooks, restaurant keepers, marionettes, acrobats, giants, dwarves, ferocious beast...(展开全部)

作者 凯特·贝里奇（Kate Berridge）英国知名作家、撰稿人，现居伦敦；在《星期日泰晤士报》（Sunday Times ）、《旁观者》（The Spectator ）等报刊上发表过大量作品；热衷于研究19 世纪的历史文化，代表作有《蜡像传奇：杜莎夫人和她的时代》（Waxing Mythical: The Life and Legend ofMadame Tussaud ）、《僵尸：死亡禁忌的社会文化史考察》（Vigor Mortis: From Fear to Fashion - Discarding the Death Taboo ）等。 译者 刘火雄 现供职于南京大学，从事教学科研工作。著有《邹韬奋与中国现代出版转型》《曾经年少轻离别》《历历来时路：诺贝尔文学奖获奖作品在华出版传播研究》《想起故国想起你，各种悲欣交集》等。

The dramatic true-life story of George Hogg, a young Oxford graduate who is caught up in the Japanese invasion of China in 1937 and the Chinese Civil war, and who leads a group of Chinese children hundreds of miles across 15,000-foot mountains to safety -- only to die tragically in early 1945. The author, James MacManus, was working as a reporter in Shanghai in 1980s when he he...(展开全部)

斯科特•埃曼是美国《棕榈滩邮报》的作者和编辑，他的研究重点是黄金时期的好莱坞，作品包括《路易斯•梅耶：好莱坞之狮》、《铸就传奇：约翰•福特的生命与时光》、《刘别谦：天堂中的笑声》以及《声音的速度：好莱坞与有声片革命》等等。

This de luxe collector's edition features the first edition text and contains a facsimile page of Tolkien's original manuscript. The book is quarterbound with a special gold motif stamped on the front board and is presented in a matching slipcase. "Many years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien composed his own version, now published for the first time, of the great legend of Northern antiqui...(展开全部)

《塞尔达传说和哲学》(The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy)是一本以任天堂著名游戏“塞尔达传说”系列作为主题的哲学书籍，近日国外Ripten网站采访了该书的作者Luke Cuddy，他谈到了自己创作此书的灵感： “我已经玩了一辈子的游戏，无论我是在打《威浮球》，《英雄传奇》还是《塞尔达》，我一直都是一个善于深入思考的人，所以游戏带给我的乐趣能比一般人更甚一层。游戏创造的世界是一个与现实完全不一样的世界，它们是系统透过化身与我们的互动。此外，所有玩家都知道，一个好的游戏可以是一个辉煌人类的创造结晶。”

在线阅读本书 The first compilation of Bruce Lee photographs published in association with the Bruce Lee estate. This book reveals the full range of Lee's talents. It includes rare photos spanning from his early stage career in Hong Kong to his worldwide success as an actor and martial arts phenomenon. Selected with the assistance of Lee's widow, Linda Lee Cadwell, Bruce Lee expert...(展开全部)