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)

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)

'About this coast...In the event of war it seems to me that every inch of it would be important, sand and all.' Executed in 1922 for his involvement in Irish republicanism, Childers in remembered most vividly for his ground-breaking spy novel, The Riddle of the Sands (1903). In spite of good prospects in the Foreign Office, the sardonic civil servant Carruthers is finding it h...(展开全部)

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)

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)

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)

1.21世纪最伟大的未来学家与思想家，奇点大学校长，谷歌工程总监。毕业于麻省理工学院计算机专业，享有19个荣誉博士头衔。《福布斯》杂志称他为“终极思考机器”；《华尔街日报》称他为“永不满足的天才”；《公司》杂志（Inc.）将其评选为“顶尖创业家”之一，并形容他是“爱迪生的合法继承人”；美国公共电视台（PBS）更是评价他为“开创美国的16位改革家”之一。 2.天才发明家，美国总统亲自为其颁奖，入选美国发明家名人堂。获得过美国国家技术奖、奖金高达50万美元的Lemelson-MIT发明奖等众多奖项。 3.“加速回报定律”创立者，人工智能领域的传奇预言家。库兹韦尔指出，“技术力量正以指数级规模快速发展”。同时预测：2030年，计算机将在智能上超过人脑，2045年，“奇点”将会出现，届时，“严格生物学意义上的”人类将不复存在。

1.21世纪最伟大的未来学家与思想家，奇点大学校长，谷歌工程总监。毕业于麻省理工学院计算机专业，享有19个荣誉博士头衔。《福布斯》杂志称他为“终极思考机器”；《华尔街日报》称他为“永不满足的天才”；《公司》杂志（Inc.）将其评选为“顶尖创业家”之一，并形容他是“爱迪生的合法继承人”；美国公共电视台（PBS）更是评价他为“开创美国的16位改革家”之一。 2.天才发明家，美国总统亲自为其颁奖，入选美国发明家名人堂。获得过美国国家技术奖、奖金高达50万美元的Lemelson-MIT发明奖等众多奖项。 3.“加速回报定律”创立者，人工智能领域的传奇预言家。库兹韦尔指出，“技术力量正以指数级规模快速发展”。同时预测：2030年，计算机将在智能上超过人脑，2045年，“奇点”将会出现，届时，“严格生物学意义上的”人类将不复存在。