As aces and jokers throughout the country gather in Atlanta for a crucial Democratic convention (Ace in the Hole: Wild Cards, 6, LJ 2/15/90 ), a private investigator and a vigilante in New York City stalk the elusive killer of the notorious joker known as Chrysalis. Continuing the saga of a modern world profoundly changed by the "wild card virus," this novel blends fast-moving ...(展开全部)

From renowned pirate historian David Cordingly, author of Under the Black Flag and film consultant for the original Pirates of the Caribbean, comes the thrilling story of Captain Woodes Rogers, the avenging nemesis of the worst cutthroats ever to terrorize the high seas. Once a marauding privateer himself, Woodes Rogers went from laying siege to laying down the law. During ...(展开全部)

From David Cordingly, one of the world’s foremost experts on pirate history, and author of the perennial favorite Under the Black Flag, comes the thrilling story of the man who fought the real pirates of the Caribbean. Sea captain, privateer, and colonial governor, Woodes Rogers was one of the early eighteenth century’s boldest and most colorful characters. Pirate Hunter of the...(展开全部)

The Art of Pirates of the Caribbean presents a definitive, exclusive look into the preparation and production of the successful movie trilogy. Overflowing with hundreds of full-color images, the book showcases concept drawings, set designs, and costume sketches, as well as the intricate props, set pieces, and even special effectsthat contribute so much to the Pirates mytholo...(展开全部)

A charity murder game at a Devon house turns into the real thing...Sir George and Lady Stubbs, the hosts of a village fete, hit upon the novel idea of staging a mock murder mystery. In good faith, Ariadne Oliver, the well known crime writer, agrees to organise their murder hunt. Despite weeks of meticulous planning, at the last minute Ariadne calls her friend Hercule Poirot fo...(展开全部)

作者伊斯玛伊尔·卡达莱（Ismail Kadare），阿尔巴尼亚当代著名作家、诗人。1936年卡达莱生于阿尔巴尼亚南部城市纪诺卡斯特。1954年他以诗集《青春的热忱》初登文坛，此后创作了《群山为何沉思》《山鹰高高飞翔》《六十年代》等，在诗坛独领风骚。1963年，他的首部小说《亡军的将领》问世，在法国名声大振。之后创作了《雨鼓》《石头城纪事》《破碎的四月》《梦幻宫殿》《阿伽门农的女儿》等代表作。迄今为止，他的作品共被翻译成40多种文字，并获得了多项国际著名文学奖，包括2005年的首届布克国际文学奖、2009年西班牙阿斯图里亚斯亲王奖、2015年以色列耶路撒冷奖、2019年纽斯塔特国际文学奖等，也是诺贝尔文学奖的热门人选之一。 译者郑恩波，作家、翻译家、记者，辽宁盖州市人，北京大学俄罗斯语言文学系毕业，先后留学阿尔巴尼亚、南斯拉夫，精通阿尔巴尼亚语，并多...(展开全部)

作者伊斯玛伊尔·卡达莱（Ismail Kadare），阿尔巴尼亚当代著名作家、诗人。1936年卡达莱生于阿尔巴尼亚南部城市纪诺卡斯特。1954年他以诗集《青春的热忱》初登文坛，此后创作了《群山为何沉思》《山鹰高高飞翔》《六十年代》等，在诗坛独领风骚。1963年，他的首部小说《亡军的将领》问世，在法国名声大振。之后创作了《雨鼓》《石头城纪事》《破碎的四月》《梦幻宫殿》《阿伽门农的女儿》等代表作。迄今为止，他的作品共被翻译成40多种文字，并获得了多项国际著名文学奖，包括2005年的首届布克国际文学奖、2009年西班牙阿斯图里亚斯亲王奖、2015年以色列耶路撒冷奖、2019年纽斯塔特国际文学奖等，也是诺贝尔文学奖的热门人选之一。 译者郑恩波，作家、翻译家、记者，辽宁盖州市人，北京大学俄罗斯语言文学系毕业，先后留学阿尔巴尼亚、南斯拉夫，精通阿尔巴尼亚语，并多...(展开全部)

In this book, Lee draws on that wealth of experience and depth of insight to offer his views on today’s world and what it might look like in 20 years. This is no dry geopolitical treatise. Nor is it a thematic account of the twists and turns in global affairs. Instead, in this broad-sweep narrative that takes in America, China, Asia and Europe, he parses their society, probes t...(展开全部)

鄔斯宾斯基简介 彼得·鄔斯宾斯基(PeterD.Ouspensky：一八七八年--一九四七年)出生於莫斯科，并在那里长大。他能够记得两岁以前的事情，也曾写下一些这类记忆的片段，由於这些片段的内容与奇特感觉连结在一起，常常同时出现在脑海，因而决定了他一生的主要方向。 鄔氏是个极有天赋的孩子，六岁左右就已阅读成人的书籍；十二岁以前已探究过诗、画和自然科学。在他十几岁的时候，便研究数学、生物学和心理学，尤其对第四度空间的观念特别感兴趣。 对一个曾体验过秩序井然且和谐的宇宙是真实存在的人来说，那些為十岁至十八岁的男生所安排的古典课程，是无法令他满意的。因此他决定不直接上大学，而在俄国、欧洲和东方各地游歷，找一份报社的工作做。二十七岁时，他根据「永恆回归」的观念写了一本小说，名叫《伊凡·欧索金的奇异人生》。这本书一九一五年才在俄国出版，且到了一九四七年才有英译...(展开全部)

This edition of The Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution includes a lecture, not previously published, in which Ouspensky givers some details of the "School of the Fourth Way," with which he was connected, and an account of some of its fundamental principles, methods, and rules. The psychology Ouspensky sets forth in this introductory lectures has existed in one form or anoth...(展开全部)