Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. This is a collection of short stories, following the adventures of the hit collection ...(展开全部)

Waugh's own unhappy experience of being a soldier is superbly re-enacted in this story of Guy Crouchback, a Catholic and a gentleman, commissioned into the Royal Corps of Halberdiers during the war years 1939-45. High comedy - in the company of Brigadier Ritchie-Hook or the denizens of Bellamy's Club - is only part of the shambles of Crouchback's war. When action comes in Crete...(展开全部)

Waugh's own unhappy experience of being a soldier is superbly re-enacted in this story of Guy Crouchback, a Catholic and a gentleman, commissioned into the Royal Corps of Halberdiers during the war years 1939-45. High comedy - in the company of Brigadier Ritchie-Hook or the denizens of Bellamy's Club - is only part of the shambles of Crouchback's war. When action comes in Crete...(展开全部)

(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) This trilogy of novels about World War II, largely based on his own experiences as an army officer, is the crowning achievement of Evelyn Waugh’s career. Its central character is Guy Crouchback, head of an ancient but decayed Catholic family, who at first discovers new purpose in the challenge to defend Christian values against Nazi barbarism, bu...(展开全部)

Waugh's own unhappy experience of being a soldier is superbly re-enacted in this story of Guy Crouchback, a Catholic and a gentleman, commissioned into the Royal Corps of Halberdiers during the war years 1939-45. High comedy - in the company of Brigadier Ritchie-Hook or the denizens of Bellamy's Club - is only part of the shambles of Crouchback's war. When action comes in Crete...(展开全部)

An extraordinary and enthralling illustrated anthology of Norse Myths from a Carnegie-Medal winning author. The gods of the Vikings come to life as never before in this extraordinary illustrated anthology by Carnegie Medal-winning author Kevin Crossley-Holland and astonishing artist Jeffrey Alan Love. These dramatic, enthralling and atmospheric tales are based on the Scandinavi...(展开全部)

安•莱基（Ann Leckie） 美国知名科幻小说作家。在《雷切帝国》出版前，她已发表过许多科幻短篇，并在美国科幻奇幻作家协会担任要职。 2002年，安•莱基开始撰写《雷切帝国》系列的初稿。2005年师从雨果奖、星云奖得主奥克塔维娅•巴特勒，并于2013年成功出版了她的首部科幻长篇小说《雷切帝国：正义号的觉醒》。该书一经面世便获得了整个科幻界的狂热追捧，成为当年名副其实的黑马，一举拿下了包括雨果奖、星云奖在内的多项科幻大奖。 随后两年，安•莱基完成了《雷切帝国》三部曲。该系列的后两部作品斩获了多个科幻至高奖项，其中《雷切帝国2：巨剑号的陨落》更是拿下了轨迹奖和英国科幻协会奖，并入选雨果奖终选名单。2017年，安•莱基推出《雷切帝国》外传《起源之地》，宣告“雷切宇宙”的完美收官。 如今，安•莱基与家人一起生活在圣路易斯。 想了解更多关于安•莱基的信息，...(展开全部)

本书作者乔纳森•帕歇尔和安东尼•塔利，两位作者都是美国著名的二战问题专家，对二次世界大战美日间的战争、特别是中途岛海战有着长期的非常严谨的研究。 随着本书在欧美等地区的发行，作者乔纳森•帕歇尔和安东尼•塔利的研究成果逐渐被西方历史学界所肯定，学术界对此战役的认知也因此得到了修正。两位作者也因为本书的出版而被誉为中途岛海战研究领域的权威。

Many consider the Battle of Midway to have turned the tide of the Pacific War. It is without question one of the most famous battles in history. Now, for the first time since Gordon W. Prange’s bestselling Miracle at Midway, Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully offer a new interpretation of this great naval engagement. Unlike previous accounts, Shattered Sword makes extensive us...(展开全部)

Like most of my novels ,See How They Run comes right out of my worst nightmares rathe than real life. Obviously, the United States boycotted the Moscow Olmpics in 1980. I ask the reader to folllow my alternate entry in this story