William Lowell Kane and Abel Rosnovski, one the son of a Boston millionaire, the other a penniless polish immigrant-born on the same day near the turn of the century on opposite sides of the world-are brought together by fate and the quest of a dream. Two men - ambitious, powerful, ruthless - are locked in a relentless struggle to build an empire, fueled by their all-consuming ...(展开全部)

When Blasted was first produced at the Royal Court in 1995 it was hailed jointly as a masterpiece and a 'disgusting piece of filth'.--Daily Mail Subsequently that play, and the others that followed, have been produced all over the world.

《紅色金字塔》 全球暢銷【波西傑克森】作者雷克‧萊爾頓最新力作！ 卡特和莎蒂這對兄妹可以說是「最親的陌生人」。自從媽媽過世後，他們每年只有短短兩天可以相聚。妹妹莎蒂和外祖父母住在英國倫敦的同時，哥哥卡特則跟著爸爸走遍世界。他們的爸爸就是知名的埃及古物學家──朱利斯‧凱恩博士，不過，對卡特來說，「家」的範圍僅止於跟他一同遊歷各地的那只行李箱。 凱恩博士、卡特與莎蒂難得相聚的這晚，他們來到大英博物館做些「學術研究」。凱恩博士進行一項神秘儀式後，導致博物館的古文物爆炸，更釋放出埃及的邪惡火神──賽特。動亂之後，凱恩博士失蹤，卡特和莎蒂也因此遭受空前危難。 逃命過程中，凱恩兄妹還發現古埃及的神靈全都覺醒了。更糟糕的是，賽特對他們的恐怖威脅持續不斷。為了阻止賽特的野心，凱恩兄妹必須展開一場危險旅程。這趟任務也將帶領他們更接近家族機密的事實真相，並且與一個從法老...(展开全部)

Nobel laureate Erwin Schrodinger was one of the most distinguished scientists of the twentieth century; his lectures on the history and philosophy of science are legendary. 'Nature and the Greeks' and 'Science and Humanism' makes available for the first time in many years the text of two of Schrodinger's most famous lecture series. 'Nature and the Greeks' offers a comprehensive...(展开全部)

Nobel laureate Erwin Schrodinger was one of the most distinguished scientists of the twentieth century; his lectures on the history and philosophy of science are legendary. 'Nature and the Greeks' and 'Science and Humanism' makes available for the first time in many years the text of two of Schrodinger's most famous lecture series. 'Nature and the Greeks' offers a comprehensive...(展开全部)

"Gothic & Lolita" charts the current trend of Gothic street fashion that has swept Japan over the last decade. Influenced by Western fashion trends from the mid 1980s, young teenagers, predominately adolescent girls, congregate in the urban centres of Harajuku, Akihabara and a number of underground clubs in and around Tokyo, dressed head-to-toe in gothic costumes and late-Victo...(展开全部)

Originally published over twenty-five years ago, "Micromotives and Macrobehavior" still feels fresh today. And the subject of these stories - how small and seemingly meaningless decisions and actions by individuals often lead to significant unintended consequences for a large group - is more important than ever. In one famous example, Thomas C. Schelling shows that a slight-but...(展开全部)

Responsibility and Judgment gathers together unpublished writings from the last decade of Arendt’s life, where she addresses fundamental questions and concerns about the nature of evil and the making of moral choices. At the heart of the book is a profound ethical investigation, “Some Questions of Moral Philosophy,” in which Arendt confronts the inadequacy of traditional moral ...(展开全部)

影响深远的巨著《Motivation and Personality》(中译名：动机与人格)，由下而上，把人类的需求层次分为金字塔五阶式人格理论：从生理需求、安全需求、被归属、接纳的需求，到自尊心需求，以及第五阶段的自我实现需求。

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)