The best time-travel story since H.G. Wells's The Time Machine, by the Grand Master of science fiction, the story of Andrew Harlan, Technician and Eternal. Andrew Harlan's job is to range through past and present centuries monitoring and even altering Time's myriad cause-and-effect relationships. As a Technician with the Allwhen Council, he initiates Reality Changes that may ...(展开全部)

The best time-travel story since H.G. Wells's The Time Machine, by the Grand Master of science fiction, the story of Andrew Harlan, Technician and Eternal. Andrew Harlan's job is to range through past and present centuries monitoring and even altering Time's myriad cause-and-effect relationships. As a Technician with the Allwhen Council, he initiates Reality Changes that may ...(展开全部)

Set in the popular tourist attraction in present-day London, The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise is an exquisite story of love, loss, and a one-hundred-eighty-one-year-old pet. Balthazar Jones has lived and worked in the Tower of London for the past eight years. Being a Beefeater is no easy job, and when Balthazar is tasked with setting up an elaborate menagerie of the many...(展开全部)

An essential exploration of the engineering aesthetics of celebrated structures from long-span bridges to high-rise buildings What do structures such as the Eiffel Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the concrete roofs of Pier Luigi Nervi have in common? According to The Tower and the Bridge, all are striking examples of structural art, an exciting area distinct from either archite...(展开全部)

An essential exploration of the engineering aesthetics of celebrated structures from long-span bridges to high-rise buildings What do structures such as the Eiffel Tower, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the concrete roofs of Pier Luigi Nervi have in common? According to The Tower and the Bridge, all are striking examples of structural art, an exciting area distinct from either archite...(展开全部)

肯·福莱特（Ken Follett，1949－） 现象级畅销小说大师，爱伦坡终身大师奖得主。 20部小说被译成33国语言，累计总销量超1.5亿册。 在欧美出版界，肯·福莱特这个名字就是畅销的保证。 1978年，出版了处女作《风暴岛》，并于次年获得爱伦坡奖，声名鹊起，专职写作。2010年，荣登全球作家富豪榜上第5名。2013年，获得爱伦坡终身大师奖。 他的小说出版前，都会请历史学家审读书稿，绝不容许出现任何史实错误。 他说：“很多作家只写能取悦他们自己的东西，并模模糊糊地希望这也能取悦别人。但我每写一页都在清醒地思考：读者会怎么想？读者觉得这真的会发生吗？读者关心这些吗？读者想要知道接下来会发生什么吗？我敬佩那些用文字和新奇结构进行文学实验的作家，但我从不这么玩。” 作者官方网站：www.ken-follett.com

肯·福莱特（Ken Follett，1949－） 现象级畅销小说大师，爱伦坡终身大师奖得主。 20部小说被译成33国语言，累计总销量超1.5亿册。 在欧美出版界，肯·福莱特这个名字就是畅销的保证。 1978年，出版了处女作《风暴岛》，并于次年获得爱伦坡奖，声名鹊起，专职写作。2010年，荣登全球作家富豪榜上第5名。2013年，获得爱伦坡终身大师奖。 他的小说出版前，都会请历史学家审读书稿，绝不容许出现任何史实错误。 他说：“很多作家只写能取悦他们自己的东西，并模模糊糊地希望这也能取悦别人。但我每写一页都在清醒地思考：读者会怎么想？读者觉得这真的会发生吗？读者关心这些吗？读者想要知道接下来会发生什么吗？我敬佩那些用文字和新奇结构进行文学实验的作家，但我从不这么玩。” 作者官方网站：www.ken-follett.com

Set in a world of extraordinary circumstances, filled with stunning visual imagery and unforgettable characters, The Dark Tower series is unlike anything you have ever read. The final book opens like a door to the uttermost reaches of Stephen King's imagination. You've come this far. Come a little farther. Come all the way. The sound you hear may be the slamming of the door ...(展开全部)

Continuing the story begun in DAY OF THE DRAGON, WELL OF ETERNITY is the tale of the maverick mage Rhonin and his dragon ally Krasus as they are propelled through time into their world's dangerous and mysterious past.

Brimming with charm and whimsy, this exquisite novel set in the Tower of London has the transportive qualities and delightful magic of the contemporary classics Chocolat and Amélie . Balthazar Jones has lived in the Tower of London with his loving wife, Hebe, and his 120-year-old pet tortoise for the past eight years. That’s right, he is a Beefeater (they really do live t...(展开全部)