John Kenneth Galbraith (1908-2006) was one of America's most famous economists for good reason. From his acerbic analysis of America's "private wealth and public squalor" to his denunciation of the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, Galbraith consistently challenged "conventional wisdom" (a phrase he coined). He did so as a witty commentator on America's political follies and as a versa...(展开全部)

Mongol leader Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known. His empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central Europe, including all of China, the Middle East, and Russia. So how did an illiterate nomad rise to such colossal power and subdue most of the known world, eclipsing Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Napoleon? Credited by some with ...(展开全部)

A new biography with all accessible paintings illustrated in colour. <br />Traces the life and career of the seventeenth-century painter, shows all of his works, and offers a fresh analysis of each painting.

Few have left a deeper impression on the world of typography than Jan Tschichold (1902â74), one of the most outstanding and influential designers of the 20th century. Not only was he was a master in his field, but he wrote a number of highly influential books and became instrumental in promoting the modernist design strategy called the New Typography. This substantial volume co...(展开全部)

Few have left a deeper impression on the world of typography than Jan Tschichold (1902â74), one of the most outstanding and influential designers of the 20th century. Not only was he was a master in his field, but he wrote a number of highly influential books and became instrumental in promoting the modernist design strategy called the New Typography. This substantial volume co...(展开全部)

Celebrated in his own time as well as the present,Rembrandt's works have remarkable staying power. His output was prodigious, totalling around 600 paintings, 300 etchings and 2,000 drawings ranging from commissioned portraits to landscapes to religious allegories. In spite of his longstanding popularity, however, authoritative accounts of Rembrandt's life and work have been dif...(展开全部)

Celebrated in his own time as well as the present,Rembrandt's works have remarkable staying power. His output was prodigious, totalling around 600 paintings, 300 etchings and 2,000 drawings ranging from commissioned portraits to landscapes to religious allegories. In spite of his longstanding popularity, however, authoritative accounts of Rembrandt's life and work have been dif...(展开全部)

Sculptor, architect, painter, playwright, and scenographer, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) was the last of the universal artistic geniuses of early modern Italy, placed by both contemporaries and posterity in the same exalted company as Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo. And his artistic vision remains palpably present today, through the countless statues, fountains, and bu...(展开全部)

亿万富翁John Benedict与自己的三位前妻Marcia Kemp、Alice Tierney、Audrey Weston相聚在莱特镇，随行的还有律师Al Marsh和律师的秘书Smith小姐。此时奎因父子也受John Benedict之邀，到莱特镇休假。一天晚上，Benedict当众宣布自己要再次结婚，并这样描述新娘：“她就是我生命中最后的女人……”不料当天晚上，Benedict就惨遭杀害，弥留之际，他打电话给埃勒里，拼死说出了最后一句死前留言：“Home……”埃勒里赶到现场，却在现场发现分属三位前妻的晚礼服、假发和手套。究竟是谁杀害了Benedict，而他生命中最后的女人又是谁？