Product Description The Cold War's boiling over. Global tensions are near the breaking point. So what's the perfect assignment for a super-spy who hasn't slept since the Korean conflict? A fun-filled trip to the Montreal World's Fair! The adorable little girl he's escorting—who, under different circumstances, would be sitting on the Lithuanian throne—can hardly contain her...(展开全部)

伊凡‧麥可‧譚納現年三十四歲，自從在韓戰期間遭到一個砲彈碎片擊中，破壞了睡眠中樞以來，他就沒有闔過眼睡覺。譚納喜歡追求無望的理想和女人。聯邦調查局裡有他的厚厚檔案；中情局則竊聽他的電話；一個超級機密的情報局希望吸收他成為他們的密探。他擁有各項才能和特殊的人脈，這使他成為極機密危險任務的不二人選──而這類任務如果出錯，就會消失得無影無蹤。 譚納總是會碰上新鮮事，好在他有許多時間去一一加以探索。這次他只不過想讓他的小女孩米娜玩得開心。米娜是立陶宛遜位皇室的唯一後裔，但她仍然只是個小女孩──她很興奮能去參觀蒙特婁的世界博覽會。但皇家加拿大騎警隊、一群魁北克恐怖份子和不知名的美國政府機構都各懷鬼胎……一場單純的出遊卻讓他和米娜陷入一場恐怖計畫中，而這不只是個一般的恐怖計畫，它是史上最大膽、最卑怯的計畫……就是將英國女王炸成碎片！

伊凡‧麥可‧譚納現年三十四歲，自從在韓戰期間遭到一個砲彈碎片擊中，破壞了睡眠中樞以來，他就沒有闔過眼睡覺。譚納喜歡追求無望的理想和女人。聯邦調查局裡有他的厚厚檔案；中情局則竊聽他的電話；一個超級機密的情報局希望吸收他成為他們的密探。他擁有各項才能和特殊的人脈，這使他成為極機密危險任務的不二人選──而這類任務如果出錯，就會消失得無影無蹤。 譚納總是會碰上新鮮事，好在他有許多時間去一一加以探索。這次他只不過想讓他的小女孩米娜玩得開心。米娜是立陶宛遜位皇室的唯一後裔，但她仍然只是個小女孩──她很興奮能去參觀蒙特婁的世界博覽會。但皇家加拿大騎警隊、一群魁北克恐怖份子和不知名的美國政府機構都各懷鬼胎……一場單純的出遊卻讓他和米娜陷入一場恐怖計畫中，而這不只是個一般的恐怖計畫，它是史上最大膽、最卑怯的計畫……就是將英國女王炸成碎片！

The Tanners, Robert Walser's amazing 1907 novel of twenty chapters, is now presented in English for the very first time, by the award-winning translator Susan Bernofsky. Three brothers and a sister comprise the Tanner family-Simon, Kaspar, Klaus, and Hedwig: their wanderings, meetings, separations, quarrels, romances, employment and lack of employment over the course of a year ...(展开全部)

One of the most feared weapons of World War II, the Tiger tank was a beast of a machine which dominated the battlefields of Europe with its astonishing size, speed and firepower. It continues to fascinate more than 70 years after it was first designed, and a comprehensive, illustrated history such as this is long overdue. Revealing its design and development history, Thomas And...(展开全部)

Claudia Hampton, a beautiful, famous writer, lies dying in hospital. But, as the nurses tend to her with quiet condescension, she is plotting her greatest work: a history of the world and in the process, my own'. Gradually she re-creates the rich mosaic of her life and times, conjuring up those she has known. There is Gordon, her adored brother; Jasper, the charming, untrustwor...(展开全部)

Als Kind immer wieder sexueller Gewalt ausgesetzt, erzählt Neige Sinno von einem Familienleben, das um Lügen und Täuschungen herum gebaut ist. Und von den vielen Facetten von Erinnerung, den vielen Gesichtern eines Menschen in Ungeheuerlichkeit und Banalität. Wie werden wir zu denen, die wir sind? Kommt vor Gericht zur Sprache, was in Familien ungesagt bleibt?

Sad Tiger is built on the facts of a series of devastating events. Neige Sinno was 7 years old when her stepfather started sexually abusing her and at 14 or 15 the abuse stopped. At 19, she decided to break the silence that is so common in all cultures around sexual violence. This led to a public trial and prison for her stepfather and Sinno started a new life in Mexico. Throug...(展开全部)

Claudia Hampton, a beautiful, famous writer, lies dying in hospital. But, as the nurses tend to her with quiet condescension, she is plotting her greatest work: a history of the world and in the process, my own'. Gradually she re-creates the rich mosaic of her life and times, conjuring up those she has known. There is Gordon, her adored brother; Jasper, the charming, untrustwor...(展开全部)