The corporation has become the core institution of the modern world. Designed to seek profit and power, it has pursued both with endless tenacity, steadily bending the framework of law and even challenging the sovereign status of the state.

鲍里斯·约翰逊（Boris Johnson）生于美国纽约，5岁时跟随家人移居伦敦，先后就读于伊顿公学和牛津大学，与现任保守党领袖戴维·卡梅伦同为布灵顿俱乐部会员。 在2001年成为英国国会保守党籍议员之前，约翰逊曾在《泰晤士报》、《每日电讯报》和《旁观者》杂志从事实习生、记者与主编等工作，专门撰写讽刺性的政论，并出版了7本书。之后，他成为保守党副主席，任保守党“影子内阁”教育大臣。2008年5月，他当选伦敦为市长，2012年5月又获得新的四年任期。他被认为是下一届英国首相的最富有实力的竞争者。 约翰逊育有四个孩子，喜欢骑自行车、写作、画画和打网球。他极富喜剧天才，其玩笑和搞怪形象让他在英国乃至世界许多国家和地区家喻户晓，BBC的搞笑谈话节目“我有没有给你新闻”因此而请他客串主持人，获得了英国电视奖的提名。他也因不拘小节的仪表和行为在2008年北京奥运...(展开全部)

This illustrated history of the City of London provides a nostalgic look at the Square Mile's past and highlights the special character of some of its most important historic sites. The photographs ar

From hard-edged adventures in the Klondike territory to harrowing experiences on the South Seas, Jack London's three most popular novels form the basis of this collection. Popular short stories round out this beautiful leather-bound volume that will be a treasured addition to any home library. You'll enjoy hours of reading infused with the romance, hopes, and frustrations of on...(展开全部)

Between 1949 and 1953, Robert Frank continually returned to Europe from his new home in New York to take photographs in France, Switzerland, Spain, and Great Britain, photographs that show the development of his uniquely humanist, poetic, and realist eye. In 1951 and early 1952, Frank visited London--"I liked the light, I liked the fog."--and set out to photograph the unique at...(展开全部)

"War is over; the heroic French population reaffirms superiority. Love, Paris, and Flowers but London was black, white, and gray, the elegance, the style, all present in front of always changing fog. Then I met a man from Wales talking about the Miners and I had read How Green Was My Valley. This became my only try to make a 'Story'." --Robert Frank This magnificent new edition...(展开全部)

克里斯托弗·希伯特（Christopher Hibbert，1924—2008），出生于英国莱斯特郡，毕业于牛津大学拉德利和奥里尔学院。二战期间他在伦敦爱尔兰步枪团任步兵军官，曾两次负伤，并于1945年获得军功十字勋章。普拉姆教授（J. H. Plumb）称其为“能力极高的作家”，《新政治家》称其为“传记作者中的明珠”。他是一位久负盛名的通俗历史学家。 其作品以治学严谨著称，包括《拉格伦王的灭亡》（The Destruction of Lord Raglan，荣获1962年海涅曼文学奖）、《温莎宫廷》（The Court at Windsor）、《查尔斯·狄更斯成名之路》（The Making of Charles Dickens）、《猛龙觉醒：1793—1911年的中国与西方》（The Dragon Wakes: China and the Wes...(展开全部)

London Fields is Amis's murder story for the end of the millennium. The murderee is Nicola Six, a "black hole" of sex and self-loathing intent on orchestrating her own extinction. The murderer may be Keith Talent, a violent lowlife whose only passions are pornography and darts. Or is the killer the rich, honorable, and dimly romantic Guy Clinch?

Operated by the Govia Group, London Midland commenced operation in November 2007, combining the former Silverlink franchise with parts of the former Central Trains franchise. The geographical area cov