For 3,000 years, the woman known as Helen of Troy has been both the ideal symbol of beauty and a reminder of the terrible power beauty can wield.In her search for the identity behind this mythic figure, acclaimed historian Bettany Hughes uses Homer’s account of Helen’s life to frame her own investigation. Tracing the cultural impact that Helen has had on both the ancient world ...(展开全部)

Surfacing from the literary underground, Bukowski's wild and immortal stories have become cult favourites. This collection of anecdotal short stories demonstrates Bukowski's compelling semi-autobiographical style and his mastery of visceral language and the depiction of seamy underworlds. Focusing on themes that recur throughout his work, from Los Angeles and bar culture to alc...(展开全部)

These mad immortal stories, now surfaced from the literary underground, have addicted legions of American readers, even though the high literary establishment continues to ignore them. In Europe, however (particularly in Germany, Italy, and France where he is published by the great publishing houses), he is critically recognized as one of America's greatest living realist write...(展开全部)

Welcome to the world of Pokémon. For 25 years, this series has entertained leagues of aspiring Trainers. Starting as a mere idea in the mind of Satoshi Tajiri, drawing from his experiences catching bugs as a child, it grew into a duet of Game Boy games that captured the hearts of Japan. From then, the Pocket Monsters set their sights on taking over the rest of the world by stor...(展开全部)

The Story of the Iliad Homer's epic poem, The Illiad, is one of the greatest adventure stories of all time. In it, the abduction of the legendary beauty, Helen of Troy, leads to a conflict in which even the gods and goddesses take sides and intervene. It is in the Trojan War that the most valiant heroes of the ancient world are pitted against one another. Here Hectore, Ajax, ...(展开全部)

The Story of the Iliad Homer's epic poem, The Illiad, is one of the greatest adventure stories of all time. In it, the abduction of the legendary beauty, Helen of Troy, leads to a conflict in which even the gods and goddesses take sides and intervene. It is in the Trojan War that the most valiant heroes of the ancient world are pitted against one another. Here Hectore, Ajax, ...(展开全部)

New York Times bestselling author and nationally renowned minister Timothy Keller unlocks new insights into the life of Jesus Christ. King's Cross is Timothy Keller's revelatory look at the life of Christ as told in the Gospel of Mark. There have been many biographies of Jesus, but few will be as anticipated as one by Keller, the man Newsweek calls "a C.S. Lewis for t...(展开全部)

Pottery tells us about religion, daily life, humor, trade, sex, folklore and creativity. Bearing the imprint of their maker more than any other crafted object, ceramics give us a unique physical link to the past, often the only evidence of long-forgotten civilizations that have otherwise crumbled to dust. From ancient Egyptian canopic death jars to ethereally beautiful porcelai...(展开全部)

威廉•罗森是获奖历史著作《查士丁尼的跳蚤：瘟疫、帝国与欧洲的诞生》（Justinian’s Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe）一书的作者，先后在麦克米伦出版公司（Macmillan）、西蒙与舒斯特出版公司（Simon&Schuster）和自由出版社（the Free Press）做编辑和出版人长达25年。目前居住在新泽西州普林斯顿市。

威廉•罗森是获奖历史著作《查士丁尼的跳蚤：瘟疫、帝国与欧洲的诞生》（Justinian’s Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe）一书的作者，先后在麦克米伦出版公司（Macmillan）、西蒙与舒斯特出版公司（Simon&Schuster）和自由出版社（the Free Press）做编辑和出版人长达25年。目前居住在新泽西州普林斯顿市。