A compelling new biography that recasts the most important European statesman of the first half of the nineteenth century, famous for his alleged archconservatism, as a friend of realpolitik and reform, pursuing international peace. Metternich has a reputation as the epitome of reactionary conservatism. Historians treat him as the archenemy of progress, a ruthless aristocrat wh...(展开全部)

伊塔洛·卡尔维诺（Italo Calvino, 1923-1985） 意大利记者、作家，一九二三年出生于古巴，不久随父母返回意大利，在圣莱莫定居。第二次世界大战期间，德国占领意大利北部，卡尔维诺加入了抵抗组织。战争结束后，根据这段经历，创作了小说《通往蜘蛛巢的小径》，获誉颇丰。而后陆续出版《我们的祖先》三部曲。一九六七年起定居巴黎，与罗兰·巴特、列维-施特劳斯等人交往密切；出版《命运交叉的城堡》《看不见的城市》等长篇小说。一九八五年夏，突发脑溢血逝世。

From fabulous enchantments and supernatural horrors to subtler, more psychological terrors, the best of nineteenth-century fantastic literature is collected here by Italo Calvino. These mysterious and macabre tales include Hoffmann's nightmarish 'The Sandman', Poe's terrifying 'The Tell-Tale Heart' and Dickens's chilling ghost story 'The Signal-Man', and relatively unknown work...(展开全部)

From the author of The History Boys and The Clothes They Stood Up In A deliciously funny novella that celebrates the pleasure of reading. When the Queen in pursuit of her wandering corgis stumbles upon a mobile library she feels duty bound to borrow a book. Aided by Norman, a young man from the palace kitchen who frequents the library, Bennett describes the Queen’s transfor...(展开全部)

一個結過五次婚、有九個小孩的男人，在他個人事業最不順遂時，神來之筆，「寫」出了這本「驚世之作」。在這本書裡，神透過作者「直接的」和你一起討論你所有生命與生活中各個層面上的問題：「人的一生到底是為了什麼？」「我是否永遠也不會有足夠的錢？」「我到底做過什麼事，活該要有如此不斷掙扎的一生？」「如果真有萬能的神，這世界怎麼還會有這麼多的災難？」相信每個人都曾經問過這類的問題，但是卻往往無解。現在，所有這些問題都將一一的得到回應了。 在這些對話中，神還對這地球提出了有關社會的、教育的、政治的、經濟的和神學等各方面的革命性建議，是我們所未見過甚至極少想過的。這些對話，既迷人又騷亂，既具挑戰性又有提昇力。 迷人是因為這些話的深度與廣度令人喘息；騷亂是因為它們向我們顯示了自己和全人類的面目；有挑戰性是因為它們激勵我們，要我們比以前更成長，激勵我們成為一個新世界的淵源...(展开全部)

From one of England's most celebrated writers, the author of the award-winning "The History Boys," a funny and superbly observed novella about the Queen of England and the subversive power of reading When her corgis stray into a mobile library parked near Buckingham Palace, the Queen feels duty-bound to borrow a book. Discovering the joy of reading widely (from J. R. Ackerley, ...(展开全部)

一個結過五次婚、有九個小孩的男人，在他個人事業最不順遂時，神來之筆，「寫」出了這本「驚世之作」。在這本書裡，神透過作者「直接的」和你一起討論你所有生命與生活中各個層面上的問題：「人的一生到底是為了什麼？」「我是否永遠也不會有足夠的錢？」「我到底做過什麼事，活該要有如此不斷掙扎的一生？」「如果真有萬能的神，這世界怎麼還會有這麼多的災難？」相信每個人都曾經問過這類的問題，但是卻往往無解。現在，所有這些問題都將一一的得到回應了。 在這些對話中，神還對這地球提出了有關社會的、教育的、政治的、經濟的和神學等各方面的革命性建議，是我們所未見過甚至極少想過的。這些對話，既迷人又騷亂，既具挑戰性又有提昇力。 迷人是因為這些話的深度與廣度令人喘息；騷亂是因為它們向我們顯示了自己和全人類的面目；有挑戰性是因為它們激勵我們，要我們比以前更成長，激勵我們成為一個新世界的淵源...(展开全部)

Although both are central to architecture, siting and construction are often treated as separate domains. In Uncommon Ground, David Leatherbarrow illuminates their relationship, focusing on the years between 1930 and 1960, when utopian ideas about the role of technology in building gave way to an awareness of its disruptive impact on cities and culture. He examines the work of ...(展开全部)

In keeping with the first two books in this trilogy, Conversations With God, Book 3 continues to clarify the muddy waters of our spiritual existence, but moves from individual and global issues to "universal truths," which apply to all levels of existence from the microscopic to the macrocosmic. It is difficult to criticize God, but if he is as pleasant as he presents hims...(展开全部)

In Conversations with God: Book II, Neale Walsch and God resume their discussion and move on to larger topics than the personal issues addressed in their previous dialogue in Volume 1. For an "unedited transcript" of a conversation, Book II is remarkably well organized and articulate, as if Walsch anticipatd our "but what about" questions before we asked them. The peculiar...(展开全部)