In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter's college tuition, and finally do something great. In "A Hologram for the King," Dave Eggers takes us around the world to show how one man fights to hold himself and his splintering family together in the fac...(展开全部)

In the spring of 1839, the British invaded Afghanistan for the first time. Led by lancers in scarlet cloaks and plumed shakos, nearly 20,000 British and East India Company troops poured through the high mountain passes and re-established on the throne Shah Shuja ul-Mulk. On the way in, the British faced little resistance. But after two years of occupation, the Afghan people ros...(展开全部)

In the spring of 1839, the British invaded Afghanistan for the first time. Led by lancers in scarlet cloaks and plumed shakos, nearly 20,000 British and East India Company troops poured through the high mountain passes and re-established on the throne Shah Shuja ul-Mulk. On the way in, the British faced little resistance. But after two years of occupation, the Afghan people ros...(展开全部)

William Dalrymple FRSL, FRGS, FRAS (born William Hamilton-Dalrymple on 20 March 1965) is a Scottish historian and writer, art historian and curator, as well as a prominent broadcaster and critic. His books have won numerous awards and prizes, including the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize, the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, the Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year Award, the...(展开全部)

William Dalrymple FRSL, FRGS, FRAS (born William Hamilton-Dalrymple on 20 March 1965) is a Scottish historian and writer, art historian and curator, as well as a prominent broadcaster and critic. His books have won numerous awards and prizes, including the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize, the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, the Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year Award, the...(展开全部)

There is no shortage of books on Commutative Algebra, but the present book is different. Most books are monographs, with extensive coverage. There is one notable exception: Atiyah and Macdonald’s 1969 classic. It is a clear, concise, and efficient textbook, aimed at beginners, with a good selection of topics. So it has remained popular. However, its age and flaws do show. So th...(展开全部)

"King is a major achievement. With eloquence, compassion, and grace, Jonathan Eig offers a stirringly contemporary and complex portrait of a fully human―and humane―King . . . A resounding triumph." ―Peniel E. Joseph, author of The Sword and the Shield "Eig has pulled off a kind of miracle. Here is the King we know, think we know and ought to know. Here is the leader, the preach...(展开全部)

This lavishly produced new study features a full-scale color reproduction and commentary on one of the British Library's greatest treasures, the manuscript world map of 1550 produced by Pierre Desceliers. The map is one of the most important of the "Dieppe School" of cartography that flourished in Normandy from the 1540s to the 1560s. Chet Van Duzer's fascinating text situates ...(展开全部)

以《死神的精確度》風靡文壇影壇 愛與和平好青年－－伊坂幸太郎 成功背叛讀者預期，寫作至今爭議性最高的異數作品！ 伊坂主題樂園中，唯一無法歸類的任性之作 「我想寫一個天才的一生。」 這是屬於伊坂的馬克白，是屬於王者的悲劇寓言 2010日本「大學讀書人大獎」入圍！ （＊每年由日本全國216所大學的文藝社團選出年度大學生必讀的5本書。2010年，本書與《1Q84》、《春宵苦短，少女們前進吧！》、《植物圖鑑》、《瓶頸》共同入圍。） 背負「King of 棒球」宿命誕生的王者－－山田 王求 從出生至殞落，令人討厭的一生…… 全書多章採取第二人稱觀點的俯瞰式敘述， 加上三名預言女巫與一頭奇獸不時串場的魔幻設定， 埋伏許多莎士比亞四大悲劇之一《馬克白》的經典梗概， 天才打者王求的一生， 形同一齣動人心魄的紙上舞臺劇， 透過一干凡人的雙眼， 看著王之○歲 → 十多歲...(展开全部)