If you've ever wondered what happened when Vernon Dursley first met James Potter, wanted to know more about the magical properties of wand cores or pondered whether the Malfoys were always wealthy and firmly anti-Muggle - then From the Wizarding Archive (Volume 1) should go straight to the top of your must-read list. Containing 45 articles written by J.K. Rowling for the original Pottermore website, Harry PotterTM fans everywhere are in for a treat.

If you've ever wondered why Squibs are never offered a place at Hogwarts, what happened when Vernon Dursley first met James Potter, or how Dumbledore and McGonagall formed their lifelong friendship, From the Wizarding Archive should go straight to the top of your reading list. Containing 80 articles and anecdotes written by J.K. Rowling for the original Pottermore website, Harry PotterTM fans everywhere are in for a treat.

The typewriter, the card index, and the filing cabinet: these are technologies and modalities of the archive. To the bureaucrat, archives contain little more than garbage, paperwork no longer needed; to the historian, on the other hand, the archive's content stands as a quasi-objective correlative of the "living" past. Twentieth-century art made use of the archive in a variety ...(展开全部)

The Marquis de Custine's record of his trip to Russia in 1839 is a brilliantly perceptive, even prophetic, account of one of the world's most fascinating and troubled countries. It is also a wonderful piece of travel writing. Custine, who met with people in all walks of life, including the Czar himself, offers vivid descriptions of St. Petersburg and Moscow, of life at court an...(展开全部)

安东尼奥·葛兰西(Antonio Gramsci, 1891年1月23日-1937年4月27日)、意大利共产主义思想家、意大利共产党创始者之一。 葛兰西生于意大利撒丁岛一个小职员家庭，家境贫寒，靠勤工和奖学金读完都灵大学。1913年他加入意大利社会党。1921年1月2 1日葛兰西带领陶里亚蒂、路易吉·隆哥等人，与阿梅迪奥·波迪加为首的社会党左派联合组建了意大利共产党（PCI）。 1922年5月，葛兰西作为意共代表在莫斯科当选为共产国际执委会书记处书记。1924年被共产国际任命为意共总书记，他取道维也纳回国，召开里昂会议，在罗马创办《团结报》，反对墨索里尼的国家法西斯党。1926年10月墨索里尼宣布取缔意共，又不顾葛兰西的国会议员身份，下令逮捕并判二十年徒刑。自1929年起，葛兰西获准在狱中写作。他写下32本《狱中札记》，这是意大利现代思想史上的重要著...(展开全部)

尼尔•弗格森 《时代周刊》“影响世界的100人”之一英国最著名的历史学家之一在历史、金融、媒体领域负有盛名的跨界学术专家哈佛大学历史系劳伦斯•A•蒂施教授牛津大学耶稣学院高级研究员斯坦福大学胡佛研究所高级研究员清华大学苏世民学院荣誉研究员罗斯柴尔德家族史研究权威著有《广场与高塔》《基辛格》《文明》《帝国》《金钱关系》《货币崛起》等超级畅销书

This revised edition of Tolkien's famous illustrated letters from 'Father Christmas' includes extracts and pictures not included in the original publication 25 years ago. Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R.Tolkien's children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting and a beautiful coloured drawing or some sketch...(展开全部)

The first ever B-format edition of Tolkien's complete Father Christmas letters, including a new introduction and rare archive materials. Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R.Tolkien's children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting and a beautiful coloured drawing or some sketches. The letters were from Father ...(展开全部)