"Cosa Nostra" is the compelling story of the Sicilian mafia, the world's most famous, most secretive and most misunderstood criminal fraternity. The mafia has been given many names since it was founded one hundred and forty years ago: the Sect, the Brotherhood, the Honoured Society, and now Cosa Nostra. Yet as times have changed, the mafia's subtle and bloody methods have remai...(展开全部)

The Italian-American mafia has its roots in a mysterious and powerful criminal network in Sicily. While the mythology of the mafia has been widely celebrated in American culture, the true origins of its rituals, laws, and methods have never actually been revealed. John Dickie uses startling new research to expose the secrets of the Sicilian mafia, providing a fascinating accoun...(展开全部)

Hailed in Italy as the best book ever written about the mafia in any language, "Cosa Nostra" is a fascinating, violent, and darkly comic account that reads like fiction and takes us deep into the inner sanctum of this secret society where few have dared to tread.In this gripping history of the Sicilian mafia, John Dickie uses startling new research to reveal the inner workings ...(展开全部)

Hailed in Italy as the best book ever written about the mafia in any language, "Cosa Nostra" is a fascinating, violent, and darkly comic account that reads like fiction and takes us deep into the inner sanctum of this secret society where few have dared to tread.In this gripping history of the Sicilian mafia, John Dickie uses startling new research to reveal the inner workings ...(展开全部)

The Italian-American mafia has its roots in a mysterious and powerful criminal network in Sicily. While the mythology of the mafia has been widely celebrated in American culture, the true origins of its rituals, laws, and methods have never actually been revealed. John Dickie uses startling new research to expose the secrets of the Sicilian mafia, providing a fascinating accoun...(展开全部)

"Cosa Nostra" is the compelling story of the Sicilian mafia, the world's most famous, most secretive and most misunderstood criminal fraternity. The mafia has been given many names since it was founded one hundred and forty years ago: the Sect, the Brotherhood, the Honoured Society, and now Cosa Nostra. Yet as times have changed, the mafia's subtle and bloody methods have remai...(展开全部)

约翰朱利叶斯诺里奇（John Julius Norwich，1929—2018），英国历史作家、电视节目主持人，曾在英国外交部任职。著作有《诺曼人在西西里》《撒哈拉》《英格兰南部建筑》《威尼斯史》《拜占庭史》等。他创作并主持过约三十部历史题材的电视纪录片。诺里奇勋爵曾任“拯救威尼斯”基金会主席、世界纪念性建筑基金会主席、国家名胜古迹信托机构执行委员会成员。他还是英国皇家文学学会、皇家地理学会和文物研究学会成员，获得过意大利共和国功勋勋章与英国皇家维多利亚勋章。

约翰朱利叶斯诺里奇（John Julius Norwich，1929—2018），英国历史作家、电视节目主持人，曾在英国外交部任职。著作有《诺曼人在西西里》《撒哈拉》《英格兰南部建筑》《威尼斯史》《拜占庭史》等。他创作并主持过约三十部历史题材的电视纪录片。诺里奇勋爵曾任“拯救威尼斯”基金会主席、世界纪念性建筑基金会主席、国家名胜古迹信托机构执行委员会成员。他还是英国皇家文学学会、皇家地理学会和文物研究学会成员，获得过意大利共和国功勋勋章与英国皇家维多利亚勋章。

From:TechCrunch: I’ve been disappointed by modern sci-fi, fantasy and magical realism for years, and thought I’d try my luck with this newly translated novel touted as “Harry Potter meets metaphysics in backwater Russia.” A girl is approached by a mysterious stranger offering entrance to a mysterious school… but instead of magic the students seem to be having their minds system...(展开全部)

One of the great masterpieces of modern Latin American fiction, Terra Nostra is concerned with nothing less than the history of Spain and of South America, with the Indian Gods and with Christianity, with the birth, the passion, and the death of civilizations. Fuentes skillfully blends a wide range of literary forms, stories within stories, Mexican and Spanish myth, and famous ...(展开全部)