From the master of the novel of international intrigue comes a riveting new book as timely and unsettling as tomorrow's headlines. It is summer 1999 in Russia, a country on the threshold of anarchy.An interim president sits powerless in Moscow as his nation is wracked by famine and inflation, crime and corruption, and seething hordes of the unemployed roam the streets. For th...(展开全部)

Summer 1999.Russia stands on the threshold of anarchy.An interim president sits powerless in Moscow as his nation iswracked by famine and inflation, crime and corruption, and seething hordes of the unemployed roam the streets.For them, only one man holds out hope.The striking voice of Igor Komarov, waiting in the wings for the presidential election of January 2000, rings out ov...(展开全部)

Have you ever needed to create an icon for something and not known where to start? How do you go about crafting the right message, the tone, the line work and getting it to work in the environment it's supposed to; be it mobile, operating system, or browser. Thankfully we now have the place to go. Jon Hicks' 'The Icon Handbook' will become the go-to book for the modern designer...(展开全部)

考古学家、古代历史学家。剑桥大学博士，维也纳大学古典考古学研究所古典考古学教授。

考古学家、古代历史学家。剑桥大学博士，维也纳大学古典考古学研究所古典考古学教授。

尤利娅·科姆斯卡（Yuliya Komska） 达特茅斯学院的德国研究助理教授。

The sixteen essays in this volume form a series of related focuses upon various levels and areas of literary criticism. W.K. Wimsatt's assumption is that practice and theory of both the past and the present are integrally related-that there is a continuity in the materials of criticism-that a person who studies poetry today has a critical concern, not merely a historical intere...(展开全部)

With a Single Glance considers the visual culture of the Japanese esoteric Buddhist tradition, Mikkyo, at the time of its introduction to Japan early in the ninth century. Huge painted mandalas of assembled colorful divinities, hand-held gilt-bronze vajra, and statues on temple altars were more than ritual aids. Cynthea Bogel demonstrates that the visual and visionary impact of...(展开全部)

Perhaps no company reflects American ingenuity, innovation, and industrial fortunes as well as the iconic General Electric Company. Producing storied leaders and almost every product imaginable, GE built a cult of leadership success that hid cracks in its foundation. In a masterful appraisal of the company that claimed to "bring good things to life," William B. Cohan, one of Am...(展开全部)

◆安藤忠雄唯一、親自執筆之自傳！ ◆攝影大師 荒木經惟，親自拍攝封面及安藤忠雄照片！ 書中收錄上百張珍貴照片（安藤忠雄幼年、青年等私人照片、手稿、建築照片）。歷經拳擊手、自學走向建築家之路。但並不是事事如願，人生很多經歷都以失敗收場。但他從剩餘的可能性中，抓住了微小的希望之光，拼命地生存下去。而現在，他不只是為建築而生，更致力於環保理念的宣揚、透過種樹與環境改造，倡導永續共生的概念。 偉大的建築家，平凡的人生！ 出生在大阪老街的安藤忠雄，是雙胞胎中的哥哥，但他因為從小就過繼給外婆家，所以是跟著阿嬤長大的孩子。安藤忠雄的阿嬤家是做買賣生意的，從小就沒人管他的功課或是生活。所以安藤忠雄每天放學回家就是找同學玩，或是到住家附近的鐵工廠、木工廠閒晃，看師傅工作，偶而也跟著學做一點東西。他從小的功課就是倒數幾名，也沒想過未來要做什麼。 阿嬤只教他：「守信、守時...(展开全部)