The first complete, annotated English Translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's comic masterpiece. An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita is recognized as one of the essential classics of modern Russian literature. The novel's vision of Soviet life in the 1930s is so ferociously accurate that it could not be published during its autho...(展开全部)

The first complete, annotated English Translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's comic masterpiece. An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and Pontius Pilate, The Master and Margarita is recognized as one of the essential classics of modern Russian literature. The novel's vision of Soviet life in the 1930s is so ferociously accurate that it could not be published during its autho...(展开全部)

VICTOR SEBESTYEN was born in Budapest. He has worked as a journalist on many British newspapers including The Times, the Daily Mail, and the London Evening Standard, where he was foreign editor and editorial writer. He has also written for many American publications, including The New York Times, and was an editor at Newsweek. He is author of Twelve Days: The Story of the 1956 ...(展开全部)

Victor Sebestyen's riveting biography of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin—the first major biography in English in nearly two decades—is not only a political examination of one of the most important historical figures of the twentieth century but also a fascinating portrait of Lenin the man. Brought up in comfort and with a passion for hunting and fishing, chess, and the English classics, ...(展开全部)

Go is a game of strategy in which two players attempt to surround each other’s black or white stones. Simple in its fundamentals, infinitely complex in its execution, Go is an essential expression of the Japanese spirit. And in his fictional chronicle of a match played between a revered and heretofore invincible Master and a younger, more modern challenger, Yasunari Kawabata ca...(展开全部)

Review "Compulsively readable...Any writer who can get his audience to ask breathlessly, 'What next?' needs no help from this or any other envious reviewer". -- New York Times Book Review From the Back Cover WHO IS KATE BLACKWELL? She is the symbol of success, the beautiful woman who parlayed her inheritance into an international conglomerate. Winner of a unique position among ...(展开全部)

One of Sidney Sheldon's most popular and bestselling titles, repackaged and reissued for a new generation of fans. Kate Blackwell is one of the richest and most powerful women in the world. She is an enigma, a woman surrounded by a thousand unanswered questions. Her father was a diamond prospector who struck it rich beyond his wildest dreams. Her mother was the daughter of a cr...(展开全部)

李德·哈特爵士（Basil H.Liddell Hart，1895-1970），英国军事记者、军事理论家、战略学家。生于法国巴黎。早年就读于英国剑桥大学。第一次世界大战期间服役，任步兵团军官，并曾在战斗中负伤。后来加入英国皇家军事教育协会。一战结束后，先后服务于《英国每日电讯报》（1925-1935）和《英国泰晤士报》（1935-1939），从事军事记者工作。李德·哈特同时也是著名的军事战略家，在军事学上提出了“间接路线”的观念以及涵盖军事以外领域的“大战略”概念，同时他也是现代战争“装甲兵”作战的鼓吹者。李德哈特与克劳塞维兹同时被誉为西方战略思想史中的两位现代战略大师。主要著作有：《大战略——间接路线》、《第一次世界大战战史》、《第二次世界大战战史》、《沙漠之狐隆美尔》等。1966年被英国皇家授予爵士勋章。

The Art of Forgery: The Minds, Motives and Methods of Master Forgers chronicles the mystery, intrigue and scandal of forgery, often considered the world's most glamorous crime. The history of art and cultural forgery is packed with true-crime stories - both fabled and lesser-known - that are fascinating, illuminating and often bizarre. This book examines the adventures and misa...(展开全部)

Theorists of "secularization" for two centuries have been saying that religion must inevitably decline in the modern world. But much of the world today is as religious as ever. This volume challenges the belief that the modern world is increasingly secular, showing instead that modernization more often strengthens religion. Seven expert social observers examine several regions ...(展开全部)