A hundred years ago, a character made his first appearance in the world of literature who was to enter the bloodstream of 20th-century popular culture: the evil genius called Dr Fu Manchu, described at the beginning of the first story in which he appeared as the yellow peril incarnate in one man. Why did the idea that the Chinese were a threat to Western civilization develop at...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Hercule Poirot’s relaxing holiday on the Cornish coast takes an unexpected turn when he meets young and pretty Nick Buckley. For it seems to Poirot that too many accidents have been happening to Nick and he, with the help of Captain Hastings, is determined to prevent another accident becoming a tragedy. But even hiding Nick away in a nursing home does not prevent an...(展开全部)

In this Christie classic, an imperiled woman attributes her safety to a watchful ghost. Hercule Poirot thinks she's mad, until he pays a visit to her isolated mansion. He also suspects her good fortune may be running out.<br/><br/>Pit Poirot against peril and you get perfection. Someone is stalking the lady of End House. She claims her only friend is a ghost. Hercule Poirot ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Hercule Poirot’s relaxing holiday on the Cornish coast takes an unexpected turn when he meets young and pretty Nick Buckley. For it seems to Poirot that too many accidents have been happening to Nick and he, with the help of Captain Hastings, is determined to prevent another accident becoming a tragedy. But even hiding Nick away in a nursing home does not prevent an...(展开全部)

In this Christie classic, an imperiled woman attributes her safety to a watchful ghost. Hercule Poirot thinks she's mad, until he pays a visit to her isolated mansion. He also suspects her good fortune may be running out.<br/><br/>Pit Poirot against peril and you get perfection. Someone is stalking the lady of End House. She claims her only friend is a ghost. Hercule Poirot ...(展开全部)

As new federations take shape and old ones are revived around the world, a difficult challenge is to create incentives for fiscal discipline. A key question is whether a politically-motivated central government can credibly commit not to bail out subnational governments in times of crisis if it funds most of their expenditures. The center can commit when subnational governments...(展开全部)

Book 12 in this grim series continues to follow the miserable lives of the Baudelaire orphans: Violet, Klaus and Sunny. Lemony Snicket tells us that ‘the title and content of this terrible tome are far too distressing to reveal at present’ so the book is for now called The Nameless Novel. This book is so shrouded in secrecy that even the publishers don’t know what to expect. ...(展开全部)

As new federations take shape and old ones are revived around the world, a difficult challenge is to create incentives for fiscal discipline. A key question is whether a politically-motivated central government can credibly commit not to bail out subnational governments in times of crisis if it funds most of their expenditures. The center can commit when subnational governments...(展开全部)