The #1 National Bestseller by the author of The Hammer of Eden His code name: "The Sphinx." His mission: to send Rommel's advancing army the secrets that would unlock the doors to Cairo...and the ultimate Nazi triumph in the war. And in all of Cairo, only two people could stop this brilliant and ruthless Nazi master agent. One was a down-on-his-luck English officer no one wo...(展开全部)

It’s another first for Maisy! The intrepid mouse is off to the big city with Charley. A perfect story for young children going on an urban adventure. Broom, vroom, beep! Maisy and Charley are in the city visiting their friend Dotty, and there are many things to get used to - noisy traffic, enormous buildings, and sidewalks so crowded they have to walk very slowly (all the bet...(展开全部)

A Companion to the City provides the reader with an indispensable and authoritative overview of the key debates, controversies, and questions concerning the city from a variety of theoretical vantage points with an international perspective. Indispensable companion for students of the City. Multidisciplinary approach of interest across several fields. Includes contributions f...(展开全部)

谷崎润一郎（1886―1965）是日本唯美派文学大师，早期作品追求从施虐与受虐中体味痛切的快感，在肉体的残忍中展现女性的美，故有“恶魔主义者”之称；中后期作品回归日本古典与东方传统，在与诸多社会关系疏离的背景下，幽微而私密地描述了中产阶级男女之间的性心理与性生活。谷崎的小说世界充满荒诞与怪异，在丑中寻求美，在赞美恶中肯定善，在死亡中思考生存的意义。他的散文世界则洋溢着浓郁的日本风，耽溺于阴翳的神秘、官能的愉悦与民族的风情。其代表作另有散文集《阴翳礼赞》，小说《疯癫老人日记》、《万字》、《少将滋乾之母》等。

谷崎润一郎（1886―1965）是日本唯美派文学大师，早期作品追求从施虐与受虐中体味痛切的快感，在肉体的残忍中展现女性的美，故有“恶魔主义者”之称；中后期作品回归日本古典与东方传统，在与诸多社会关系疏离的背景下，幽微而私密地描述了中产阶级男女之间的性心理与性生活。谷崎的小说世界充满荒诞与怪异，在丑中寻求美，在赞美恶中肯定善，在死亡中思考生存的意义。他的散文世界则洋溢着浓郁的日本风，耽溺于阴翳的神秘、官能的愉悦与民族的风情。其代表作另有散文集《阴翳礼赞》，小说《疯癫老人日记》、《万字》、《少将滋乾之母》等。

A Brief History of Time for the 21st Century At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly, not even light can escape its grasp. Its secrets lie waiting to be discovered. It's time to explore our universe's most mysterious inhabitants Black Holes At the heart of the Milky Way lies a supermassive black hole 4 million times more massive than our Sun. A place where space and...(展开全部)

The city is Beszel, a rundown metropolis on the eastern edge of Europe. The other city is Ul Qoma, a modern Eastern European boomtown, despite being a bit of an international pariah. What the two cities share, and what they don't, is the deliciously evocative conundrum at the heart of China Mieville's The City & The City. Mieville is well known as a modern fantasist (and urbani...(展开全部)

The city is Beszel, a rundown metropolis on the eastern edge of Europe. The other city is Ul Qoma, a modern Eastern European boomtown, despite being a bit of an international pariah. What the two cities share, and what they don't, is the deliciously evocative conundrum at the heart of China Mieville's The City & The City. Mieville is well known as a modern fantasist (and urbani...(展开全部)

Many students of the Western esoteric tradition consider Paul Foster Case's The Tarot the finest explanation that has yet appeared on the occult meaning of numbers, the construction of the Tarot, and the attribution of the 22 Major Trumps to the Hebrew alphabet. In clear and understandable language, Case elucidates the Tarot tradition and technique for the modern thinker. Stu...(展开全部)