At once a pop culture icon, cult figure, and film industry outsider, master filmmaker David Lynch and his work defy easy definition. Dredged from his subconscious mind, Lynch’s work is primed to act on our own subconscious, combining heightened, contradictory emotions into something familiar but inscrutable. No less than his art, Lynch’s life also evades simple categorization, ...(展开全部)

In every story Clyde Clason has written he has woven his mystery around an unusual background of subject, and in this book, he surpassed himself. Nobody but he could so convincingly have woven into a modern American mystery story the strange customs and weird rites of colorful Tibet. Adam Merriweather, a Chicago collector, buys an eighth century sacred Tibetan manuscript. This ...(展开全部)

The Man From St Petersburg is a dark tale of family secrets and political consequences. Ken Follett's masterful storytelling brings to life the danger of a world on the brink of war. A Secret Negotiation 1914. Tensions are rising as Europe finds itself caught in a web of alliances and dangerous warmongering. To help tip the balance in their favour Britain aims to draw Russia in...(展开全部)

His name was Feliks. He came to London to commit a murder that would change history. He had many weapons at his command, but the most dangerous were the love of a beautiful young woman longing for the end of innocence, and the passion of a high-born lady demanding satisfaction at any price. Against him were ranged the whole of the English police, a brilliant and powerful lord, ...(展开全部)

柯丽·邓·波姆（1892－1983年），生长于荷兰的一个基督教家庭，是一名钟表匠。二次世界大战期间，她和她的家人帮助、收容了许多受到迫害的犹太人，并因此被送入了纳粹的集中营。她的父亲和大姐都死在集中营里，而幸存下来的柯丽则在战后四处演讲她在战时的经历以及上帝的恩典和引领。她的见证感动并安慰了许多人，也包括那些曾经迫害过她的德国人。1971年，由她与约翰·谢里尔、伊丽莎白·谢里尔合著的自传《密室》问世；1975年同名的电影全球发行。 柯丽·邓·波姆荣获了荷兰女王授予的爵士封号，并获得了以色列授予的国家正义奖。1983年，在她91岁生日当天，在美国去世。

柯丽·邓·波姆（1892－1983年），生长于荷兰的一个基督教家庭，是一名钟表匠。二次世界大战期间，她和她的家人帮助、收容了许多受到迫害的犹太人，并因此被送入了纳粹的集中营。她的父亲和大姐都死在集中营里，而幸存下来的柯丽则在战后四处演讲她在战时的经历以及上帝的恩典和引领。她的见证感动并安慰了许多人，也包括那些曾经迫害过她的德国人。1971年，由她与约翰·谢里尔、伊丽莎白·谢里尔合著的自传《密室》问世；1975年同名的电影全球发行。 柯丽·邓·波姆荣获了荷兰女王授予的爵士封号，并获得了以色列授予的国家正义奖。1983年，在她91岁生日当天，在美国去世。

What does it mean to be religious in the modern world? This is the question posed by well-known human geographer, Yi-Fu Tuan in Religion: From Place to Placelessness. In this, the latest book in his long and distinguished career, Tuan turns to this specific challenge, which has been a uniting current in much of his previous work. To illustrate the modern meaning of religion, Tu...(展开全部)

1980年，一名美国游轮上的摄影师访问了中国沿海港口，他没有拍摄乘客，而是选择拍摄他遇到的当地人。其结果是一个独特而珍贵的窗口，让人们了解中国在几十年来的发展和现代化过程中改变了其社会和人民。摄影师 Mike Emery 主要关注脸部，但这组 200 多张照片中的许多元素都值得考虑。街景、建筑、服装和发型——都让人想起中国历史上的一个时代，这是贫困的过去和高科技未来之间的转折点。