A GRIPPING STORY OF IMPERIAL AMBITION, SWASHBUCKLING ADVENTURE, AND THE KAISER'S OWN JIHAD. An acclaimed historian tells, for the first time, the full story of the conspiracy between the Germans and the Turks to unleash a Muslim holy war against the British in India and the Russians in the Caucasus. Drawing on recently opened intelligence files and rare personal accounts, Peter...(展开全部)

The most feared man in China, Dai Li, was chief of Chiang Kai-shek's secret service during World War II. This sweeping biography of "China's Himmler," based on recently opened intelligence archives, traces Dai's rise from obscurity as a rural hooligan and Green Gang blood-brother to commander of the paramilitary units of the Blue Shirts and of the dreaded Military Statistics Bu...(展开全部)

For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth - Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia - fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of Central Asia. Those engaged in this shadowy struggle called it 'The Great Game', a phrase immortalized in Kipling's Kim. When play first began the two rival empires lay nearly 2,000 miles apart. By the end, some Russian out...(展开全部)

彼得·霍普柯克（1930—2014） 彼得·霍普柯克的足迹遍布中亚、高加索、中国、印度、巴基斯坦、伊朗和东土耳其，撰写了六本与这些地区相关的书。在成为专职作家之前，他在独立电视新闻（ITN）做了两年记者，随后在《泰晤士报》工作了近二十年，其中五年是作为该报的高级记者，后期主要是作为中东及远东事务特派员。在上世纪50年代，他是西部非洲的新闻杂志《鼓》（Drum）的编辑，该杂志是一本声名远播的南非同名杂志的姊妹刊。在成为记者之前，他曾在英国皇家非洲步兵团服役，与后来的乌干达独裁者、当时的一等兵伊迪·阿明在一个营。他也曾经历险境，曾在古巴和中东两次被秘密警察拘禁，还被阿拉伯恐怖分子劫持过。他的作品被翻译成了十四种文字。1999年他被英国皇家学会亚洲事务部授予珀西·塞克斯爵士纪念勋章。

For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth - Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia - fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of Central Asia. Those engaged in this shadowy struggle called it 'The Great Game', a phrase immortalized in Kipling's Kim. When play first began the two rival empires lay nearly 2,000 miles apart. By the end, some Russian out...(展开全部)

Lori works illegally in a rented flat in central London, living in fear of police raids which could mean losing her small daughter and her dream of a new life. Freya is a student who finds she can make far more money as an escort than she could in an office; life, after all, is already a tangle of madness and dissociation. And Paula is a journalist whose long-term campaign agai...(展开全部)

Mark Richards是一位造诣颇深的作者和会议演讲者，他是金融服务行业的实战型SOA和企业体系结构师。除了发表大量文章之外，他还是《Java Transaction Design Strategies》（C4Media）的作者，以及《97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know》（O’Reilly）和《No Fluff, Just Stuff Anthology Volumes 1 and 2》（Pragmatic Bookshelf）的丛集著者。他是消息传送机制、面向服务体系结构和事务管理领域的公认权威。Mark是NFJS软件研讨会（NFJS Software Symposium）系列的固定演讲者，并在世界各地的会议上发表演说。 Richard Monson-Haefel是《Enterprise...(展开全部)

“每个人内心都有某种魔力……” 十三岁生日那天，琪琪须决定是否要带着她的猫吉吉离开家，搬到一个没有女魔法师的小镇。她知道她须用她的魔法谋生，但琪琪不擅长药水或咒语…… 琪琪能学会控制她的魔法并在世界上走自己的路吗？ Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable hardback editions of some of the best-loved classics in the world - including this charming edition of Kiki's Delivery Service, which celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2025. 'Everyone has some type of magic inside them....(展开全部)

角野荣子，1935年出生于日本东京，早稻田大学教育学院英语文学系毕业，目前居住在神奈川县。曾在出版社工作，1960年前往巴西居住两年，回国后开始绘本和童话创作。著有《尼斯的女婿》《好想吃意大利面》《我的妈妈是阿静》《脑筋急转弯游戏》《花姐姐的客人》《裤子船长的故事》《大盗布拉布拉》《魔女宅急便》等。其中，《裤子船长的故事》获旺文社儿童文学奖，《大盗布拉布拉》获产经儿童出版文化奖大奖。本书获得IBBY优良作品文学作品奖、野间儿童文艺奖、1984年路傍之石文学奖。 林明子，1945年出生于东京，日本横滨国立大学教育学院美术系毕业，目前居住在长野县。曾从事杂志插画和地图绘制工作，创作《纸飞机》一书后，进入童书世界。在《第一次当跑腿》《我最喜欢妈妈了》《第一次露营》《纸陀螺，转啊转》《我会走了，直直地走》等绘本中大放异彩。

Mark Richards是一位造诣颇深的作者和会议演讲者，他是金融服务行业的实战型SOA和企业体系结构师。除了发表大量文章之外，他还是《Java Transaction Design Strategies》（C4Media）的作者，以及《97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know》（O’Reilly）和《No Fluff, Just Stuff Anthology Volumes 1 and 2》（Pragmatic Bookshelf）的丛集著者。他是消息传送机制、面向服务体系结构和事务管理领域的公认权威。Mark是NFJS软件研讨会（NFJS Software Symposium）系列的固定演讲者，并在世界各地的会议上发表演说。 Richard Monson-Haefel是《Enterprise...(展开全部)