St Augustine, bishop of Hippo, was one of the central figures in the history of Christianity, and "City of God" is one of his greatest theological works. Written as an eloquent defence of the faith at a time when the Roman Empire was on the brink of collapse, it examines the ancient pagan religions of Rome, the arguments of the Greek philosophers and the revelations of the Bibl...(展开全部)

St Augustine, bishop of Hippo, was one of the central figures in the history of Christianity, and "City of God" is one of his greatest theological works. Written as an eloquent defence of the faith at a time when the Roman Empire was on the brink of collapse, it examines the ancient pagan religions of Rome, the arguments of the Greek philosophers and the revelations of the Bibl...(展开全部)

美国作家多克特罗（E.L.Doc-torow）曾出版多部小说，荣膺包括国家图书奖在内的七项重要文学奖项。

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

美国作家多克特罗（E.L.Doc-torow）曾出版多部小说，荣膺包括国家图书奖在内的七项重要文学奖项。

作者哈丽特·克劳福德是英国剑桥大学麦克唐纳考古研究所高级研究员，伦敦大学学院考古研究所荣休主讲。出版著作《狄勒蒙及其波斯湾邻居》（1998年）、《苏美尔和苏美尔人》（2004年）和《苏美尔的世界》（2012年）。她常年在伊拉克、巴林、科威特和叙利亚进行考古挖掘。 译者李雪晴，北京大学外国语学院西亚系博士研究生。

A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering journey into the unknown heart of the world's densest jungle. Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Indigenous tribes...(展开全部)

道格拉斯·普雷斯顿（Douglas Preston），曾在美国自然历史博物馆工作八年，做过编辑、撰稿人和出版经理，并在普林斯顿大学教授过写作课。他也是《纽约客》《自然历史》《国家地理》《哈珀斯》《史密森尼》《大西洋月刊》等杂志的特约撰稿人，著有《神秘黄金城》（Cities of Gold）等作品。 普雷斯顿也是一位畅销小说作家，他与林肯·柴尔德（Lincoln Child）联手打造的FBI探员彭德格斯特（Pendergast）系列畅销小说，数次位居《华尔街日报》《纽约时报》的“畅销书排行榜”榜首，其中《遗迹》（Relic）和《佛罗伦萨的恶魔》（The Monster of Florence）被改编为热门电影。

The city is Beszel, a rundown metropolis on the eastern edge of Europe. The other city is Ul Qoma, a modern Eastern European boomtown, despite being a bit of an international pariah. What the two cities share, and what they don't, is the deliciously evocative conundrum at the heart of China Mieville's The City & The City. Mieville is well known as a modern fantasist (and urbani...(展开全部)

The city is Beszel, a rundown metropolis on the eastern edge of Europe. The other city is Ul Qoma, a modern Eastern European boomtown, despite being a bit of an international pariah. What the two cities share, and what they don't, is the deliciously evocative conundrum at the heart of China Mieville's The City & The City. Mieville is well known as a modern fantasist (and urbani...(展开全部)