The Vampire Chronicles continue with Anne Rice's spellbinding new novel, in which the great vampire Marius returns. The golden-haired Marius, true Child of the Millennia, once mentor to The Vampire Lestat, always and forever the conscientious foe of the Evil Doer, reveals in his own intense yet inti-mate voice the secrets of his two-thousand-year existence. Once a proud Senator...(展开全部)

"The need for realism in reform of its monetary system is what makes Bernstein's story of the Power of Gold so timely. It is a compelling reminder that maintaining a fixed price for gold and fixed exchange rates were difficult even in a simpler financial environment...Peter Bernstein was reluctant to project the story of gold into the future. But to me his message was clear. Ye...(展开全部)

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Apart from water, tea is more widely consumed than any other food or drink. Tens of billions of cups are drunk every day. How and why has tea conquered the world? Tea was the first global product. It altered life-styles, religions, etiquette and aesthetics. It raised nations and shattered empires. Economies were changed out of all recognition. Diseases were thwarted by the magi...(展开全部)

Le héros de cette histoire n’est jamais désigné par un autre nom que l’« adolescent ». Cette absence d’identité est le reflet de sa peur de vivre. Sa course incertaine dans les quartiers louches de Yokohama possède l’étrange pouvoir de fascination d’une descente aux enfers. Mais un enfer qui refuserait tout accent tragique et qui aurait le visage de notre monde. Observateur pas...(展开全部)

十年来，塞拉佩拉达（Serra Pelada）作为世界上最大的露天金矿，在恶劣的条件下雇佣了大约五万名挖掘者，让人想起了许久之前黄金国（El Dorado）的传说。如今，巴西淘金热成了传说，以及塞巴斯蒂昂-萨尔加多的摄影作品。重版收集了完整的黑白作品集，以无可挑剔的、大比例的、博物馆级别的复制品呈现。

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《冰与火之歌》英国版 Split into two books for the paperback, the third volume in George R.R. Martin's superb and highly acclaimed epic fantasy A Song of Ice and Fire continues the richest, most exotic and mesmerising saga since The Lord of the Rings. The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud, and winter approaches like an angry beast. Beyond the Northern borders, wildlings ...(展开全部)

had been asked many times to write aboutthe Jewish experience in America. This was not strictlytrue. He d been asked only twice, most recently by awoman in Wilmington, Delaware, where he had goneto read, for a fee, from his essays and books, and, whenrequested, from his poems and short stories. "How can I write about the Jewish experience," heasked himself on the Metroliner re...(展开全部)