"It does a man no good to be free until he learns how to live." These were the words of Amos Fortune, born the son of a king of the At-mun-shi tribe in Africa. When Amos was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction. Although his freedom had been taken, Amos never lost his dignity and courage. He dreamed...(展开全部)

By the 1860s, the Pilasters are one of the world's greatest banking families, with connections that reach from the City of London to far-afield colonies. However, as the family grow ever richer in the shadow of oppression and tragedy, their very future is threatened - by the self-same ambition and greed that first earned them their fortune. 'A full-blooded melodrama, complete w...(展开全部)

简介：我也想不起来要写啥

简介：我也想不起来要写啥

By the 1860s, the Pilasters are one of the world's greatest banking families, with connections that reach from the City of London to far-afield colonies. However, as the family grow ever richer in the shadow of oppression and tragedy, their very future is threatened - by the self-same ambition and greed that first earned them their fortune. 'A full-blooded melodrama, complete w...(展开全部)

In 1866, tragedy strikes at the  exclusive Windfield School. A young student drowns  in a mysterious accident involving a small circle  of boys. The drowning and its aftermath initiates a  spiraling circle of treachery that will span three  decades and entwine many loves... From the  exclusive men's club and brothels that cater to every  dark desire of London's upper classes to...(展开全部)

Small World is a biting and very funny satire in which Martin Parr observes global tourism and the tourist's search for authentic cultures that are themselves destroyed in that search.

规格：240mm*160mm 内容主要是对优秀的设计师进行采访，包括:Stefan Sagmeister(施德明)、Niklaus Troxler、Catherine Griffiths和Henry Steiner这些设计师在对世界上24个国家100个小型工作室研究之旅启程以前，都在小型工作室或大公司工作。在学习了这些小型工作室的理念、工作方式和日常规范后，人们提出了一个核心问题：小型工作室能否生存于现代平面设计的世界？ 此书是写给那些为小精品店设计工作室感兴趣的人以及追求拥有一间属于自己的工作室的年轻的设计师们，怎样才有可能呢？小型工作室是否有将来？小型工作室与大型公司有什么区别呢？通过在具有特色的小型工作室的工作经验，年轻有为的设计师们同样能在设计工作中发现自己的价值。

Veteran rivals for an exclusive academic chair (recently endowed with $100,000 a year) do scholarly battle with each other in what the Washington Post Book World called a "delectable comedy of bad manners . . . infused with a rare creative exuberance". From the author of the award-winning Changing Places.