How did ancient peoples experience, view, and portray the night? What was it like to live in the past when total nocturnal darkness was the norm? Archaeology of the Night explores the archaeology, anthropology, mythology, iconography, and epigraphy of nocturnal practices and questions the dominant models of daily ancient life. A diverse team of experienced scholars uses a varie...(展开全部)

How did ancient peoples experience, view, and portray the night? What was it like to live in the past when total nocturnal darkness was the norm? Archaeology of the Night explores the archaeology, anthropology, mythology, iconography, and epigraphy of nocturnal practices and questions the dominant models of daily ancient life. A diverse team of experienced scholars uses a varie...(展开全部)

Sebastian Haffner examines Hitler's lifespan, his performance, his successes, errors, intellectual misconceptions, crimes and, last but not least, his great betrayal of his nation, the Western world and human civilisation.

Sebastian Haffner examines Hitler's lifespan, his performance, his successes, errors, intellectual misconceptions, crimes and, last but not least, his great betrayal of his nation, the Western world and human civilisation.

The classic, Edgar Award-winning biography, published to celebrate the centenary of Hitchcock's birth with a new introduction by the author. This is the definitive life story of Alfred Hitchcock, the enigmatic and intensely private director of Psycho, Vertigo, Rear Window, The Birds, and more than forty other films. While setting forth every stage of Hitchcock's long life an...(展开全部)

The classic, Edgar Award-winning biography, published to celebrate the centenary of Hitchcock's birth with a new introduction by the author. This is the definitive life story of Alfred Hitchcock, the enigmatic and intensely private director of Psycho, Vertigo, Rear Window, The Birds, and more than forty other films. While setting forth every stage of Hitchcock's long life an...(展开全部)

What does the famous Herzwesten beer have to do with saving the entire western world from the invading Turkish armies? Brian Duffy, aging soldier of fortune, is the only man who can rescue the world from evil--if only he can figure out why the beer was so important to a mysterious old man called the Fisher King, and why his dreams are plagued with images of a sword and an arm r...(展开全部)

【意】多纳托·卡瑞西（Donato Carrisi） 意大利当代悬疑文学的代名词，代表作“罪恶捕手”系列、《魔鬼在呢喃》等。 多纳托·卡瑞西曾主修犯罪学，是名副其实的犯罪学专家。他的作品多基于犯罪学理论和真实案例，节奏快且烧脑，情节扑朔迷离，因此他被称为无法猜到作品结局的悬疑作家。他擅长人物刻画，对变态杀人魔的刻画更是入木三分。 卡瑞西斩获了包括意大利文学至高奖之一的巴卡瑞拉奖等多个大奖，肯·福莱特、迈克尔·康奈利等悬疑大师都对其赞不绝口。 《罪恶捕手：恶童医院》是卡瑞西基于真实故事，精心改编的经典之作。卡瑞西将史料、秘闻和自己的犯罪学知识相结合，使得故事无比紧张刺激，极具阅读快感。

【意】多纳托·卡瑞西（Donato Carrisi） 意大利当代悬疑文学的代名词，代表作“罪恶捕手”系列、《魔鬼在呢喃》等。 多纳托·卡瑞西曾主修犯罪学，是名副其实的犯罪学专家。他的作品多基于犯罪学理论和真实案例，节奏快且烧脑，情节扑朔迷离，因此他被称为无法猜到作品结局的悬疑作家。他擅长人物刻画，对变态杀人魔的刻画更是入木三分。 卡瑞西斩获了包括意大利文学至高奖之一的巴卡瑞拉奖等多个大奖，肯·福莱特、迈克尔·康奈利等悬疑大师都对其赞不绝口。 《罪恶捕手：恶童医院》是卡瑞西基于真实故事，精心改编的经典之作。卡瑞西将史料、秘闻和自己的犯罪学知识相结合，使得故事无比紧张刺激，极具阅读快感。

Late in 1945, Trevor-Roper was appointed by British Intelligence in Germany to investigate conflicting evidence surrounding Hitler's final days and to produce a definitive report on his death. The author, who had access to American counterintelligence files and to German prisoners, focuses on the last ten days of Hitler's life, April 20-29, 1945, in the underground bunker in Be...(展开全部)