Apart from water, tea is more widely consumed than any other food or drink. Tens of billions of cups are drunk every day. How and why has tea conquered the world? Tea was the first global product. It altered life-styles, religions, etiquette and aesthetics. It raised nations and shattered empires. Economies were changed out of all recognition. Diseases were thwarted by the magi...(展开全部)

Die cut pages bring surprise after surprise in this magical new book from the "Queen of the concept book"--an intricate and satisfying homage to green, the color of all creation. How many kinds of green are there? There's the lush green of a forest on a late spring day, the fresh, juicy green of a just-cut lime, the incandescent green of a firefly, and the vivid aquamarine of a...(展开全部)

The Vampire Chronicles continue with Anne Rice's spellbinding new novel, in which the great vampire Marius returns. The golden-haired Marius, true Child of the Millennia, once mentor to The Vampire Lestat, always and forever the conscientious foe of the Evil Doer, reveals in his own intense yet inti-mate voice the secrets of his two-thousand-year existence. Once a proud Senator...(展开全部)

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。

Le héros de cette histoire n’est jamais désigné par un autre nom que l’« adolescent ». Cette absence d’identité est le reflet de sa peur de vivre. Sa course incertaine dans les quartiers louches de Yokohama possède l’étrange pouvoir de fascination d’une descente aux enfers. Mais un enfer qui refuserait tout accent tragique et qui aurait le visage de notre monde. Observateur pas...(展开全部)

十年来，塞拉佩拉达（Serra Pelada）作为世界上最大的露天金矿，在恶劣的条件下雇佣了大约五万名挖掘者，让人想起了许久之前黄金国（El Dorado）的传说。如今，巴西淘金热成了传说，以及塞巴斯蒂昂-萨尔加多的摄影作品。重版收集了完整的黑白作品集，以无可挑剔的、大比例的、博物馆级别的复制品呈现。

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。

Written in 1923, "Green Wheat "is set in a villa in Brittany and is a story of burgeoning sexuality. This edition does more than meet Rogow's mark "to do justice to Colette's enormous talent," it presents a great classic to the world once again.From the Translator's Preface: Of her more than twenty books, "Green Wheat "is perhaps Colette's most polished, most perfect. It was in...(展开全部)

约翰·斯拉代克出生在美国爱荷华州，在明尼苏达州立大学学习了机械工程和英语文学课程。随后，他便投身于一系列充满叛逆色彩的职业，快餐厨师、专业技术作家、铁路扳道工、牧场工人，这些经历对他将来的写作颇有助益。离开美国之后他先隐居于摩洛哥、西班牙和奥地利。他埋头写作的习惯令当地农民惊叹不已。从1966年起，他定居于英国伦敦，成为新浪潮科幻作家中的一员，逐渐成为备受推祟的科幻作家。 他创作的侦探小说以撒克里·费恩为主角，都是密室和不可能犯罪。第一篇短篇小说《未知之手》是四重密室，获得“泰晤士侦探小说竞赛”首奖。第一部长篇小说《黑色气氛》涉及招魂术、诅咒等各种元素。第二作《无形的绿先生》更是成为密室推理的名作。另外还有一篇超短篇侦探小说。可惜的是，在七十年代完成上述作品之后，他转回又继续创作科幻小说，不能不说是侦探小说界的遗憾。

In the Nebula Award winning Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson began his critically acclaimed epic saga of the colonization of Mars, Now the Hugo Award winning Green Mars continues the thrilling and timeless tale of humanity's struggle to survive at its farthest frontier. Nearly a generation has passed since the first pioneers landed, but the transformation of Mars to an Earthlike...(展开全部)