The Battle is the book Balzac always wanted to write and, beginning his story with Balzac's own words ('On Tuesday 16th May 1809 ...'), Rambaud has finally achieved his predecessor's dream. The eponymous battle now commonly described as Napoleon's first major defeat on land in Europe took place at Essling, near Vienna; forty thousand men died in forty-eight hours. With vivid de...(展开全部)

The winner of the Prix Goncourt and Grand Prix du Roman de l'Academie Francaise, The Battle is a brilliant, compelling novelization of the battle of Essling, Napoleon's first major defeat. The battle of Essling has long been overlooked by historians and novelists, but Rambaud, relying on research notes compiled by Honore de Balzac, has re-created the confrontation with exceptio...(展开全部)

Hans Oerberg's Lingua Latina per se Illustrata is the world's premiere series for learning Latin via the Natural Method. Students first learn grammar and vocabulary intuitively through extended contextual reading and an innovative system of marginal notes. It is the only textbook currently available that gives students the opportunity to learn Latin without resorting to transla...(展开全部)

Hans Oerberg's Lingua Latina per se Illustrata is the world's premiere series for learning Latin via the Natural Method. Students first learn grammar and vocabulary intuitively through extended contextual reading and an innovative system of marginal notes. It is the only textbook currently available that gives students the opportunity to learn Latin without resorting to transla...(展开全部)

The conclusion of the saga that began with The Magician's Nephew… Narnia … where dwarfs are loyal and tough and strong -- or are they? … where you must say good-bye … and where the adventure begins. The Unicorn says that humans are brought to Narnia when Narnia is stirred and upset. And Narnia is in trouble now. A false Aslan roams the land. Narnia's onl...(展开全部)

这是一本伟大电影的指南，为银幕增光添彩！ 《电影书》（The Movie Book）将推出全新版本，这是一本包罗万象的指南，反映了电影的历史，从好莱坞黑白电影的黄金时代到国际艺术之家和当代杰作。这本关于电影的奇幻书是100部地震片的详细指南，为每个人提供了探索和喜爱的东西。 所以，准备好爆米花，坐下来，我们将带您踏上一段电影般的时光之旅，在本书中： -介绍了100多部有史以来伟大的电影及其背后的想法、主题和情节 -以电影中的标志性引用和评论家的引用为特色 -电影剧照和海报使电影栩栩如生。 -发人深省的图形探索了一些特色电影背后的中心思想和叙事。 -按时间顺序组织，引导读者轻松了解电影历史 《电影书》充满了华丽的剧照、精辟的语录和琐事细节，为您带来了对自己喜爱的电影的新见解，并向您介绍了世界各地鲜为人知的名著。 从20世纪早期的重要幻想家，到60年代和...(展开全部)

The classic account of the final offensive against Hitler's Third Reich -- newly in print for the 50th anniversary of VE Day. The Battle for Berlin was the culminating struggle of World War II in the European theater, the last offensive against Hitler's Third Reich, which devastated one of Europe's historic capitals and brought the Nazi leviathan to its downfall. It was also...(展开全部)

巴里·施特劳斯（Barry Strauss），美国康奈尔大学古典学系和历史学系教授，研究方向为古代军事史。他撰写了多部著作，包括《特洛伊战争》《斯巴达克斯战争》等。