In this behind-the-scenes look at the most famous musical group in history, Hunter Davies gives the complete story of the Beatles. As the only authorized biographer, Davies had full access to the group, as well as their help and encouragement. He spent eighteen months with them when they were at the peak of their musical genius and at the pinnacle of their popularity, and he re...(展开全部)

During 1967 and 1968 Hunter Davies spent eighteen months with the Beatles at the peak of their powers as they defined a generation and rewrote popular music. As their only authorized biographer, he had unparalleled access--not just to John, Paul, George, and Ringo but also to friends, family, and colleagues. Davies collected a wealth of intimate and revealing material that stil...(展开全部)

（1）披頭四解散前「唯一」正式授權的傳記，華文版首度問世！ （2）曾被喻為「有史以來最坦率敢言的合法授權傳記」。 （3）最新版本「前言」中披露一九六八年版本出版時，素材取捨之考量，塵封三十五年的披頭軼事首度出土！「這次和保羅聊天，我向他表達原先打動我的那個想法。寫一本完全為披頭四而寫的書，用嚴謹的態度述說整個故事，將它寫下，就此一次解決；以便要是別人一再地問起那些相同的蠢問題時，就可以告訴他們：一切盡在此書中。嘿，這主意不是很好嗎，怎麼樣呢？」－－作者杭特．戴維斯 此書最早於 1968 年問世，作者是 Beatles 解散前唯一獲得合法授權，得以親身訪問披頭成員及其親友、舊識、師長、合作夥伴等，近身側寫 Beatles 活動的作家。除了豐富的第一手資料外，作者於書中刻意採取原音（訪談）重現方式，稍稍犧牲書寫及閱讀的順暢要求，以祈能從書裡頭眾多人物的「...(展开全部)

きっ和、それらはぜんぶここにあるべきも的たち。完璧なバランス、そしてすぐにこわされるも的。

“The world that I long to inhabit is the one that Charlie Mackesy has created – a world of infinite kindness, wisdom, mutual care and tenderness, and true love between real friends. My prayer/hope is that our world will become more like this one.” (Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Big Magic)

A book for all ages, a book for all time. Adapted into a short animated film, coming this Christmas. Enter the world of Charlie's four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most important life lessons. The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse have been shared millions of times online. They've also been recreated by children in schools and hung on hospital walls. They...(展开全部)

With Peter Jackson's Acadamy Award-winning epic motion picture trilogy drawing to a spectacular and triumphant close, Gary Russell's detailed research takes us back into the world of Middle-earth, to relive all the visual drama and excitement of The Return of the King. The Art of The Return of the King illustrates the creative development of the film from sketch to special eff...(展开全部)

The first volume of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, revised and with a new foreword and an index by Professor Tolkien. The trilogy recounts the War of the Ring, in which the Third Age of Middle-earth came. This volume opens with the discovery of the Nature of the Ring. "Destined to outlast our time." -- New York Herald Tribune

"It probably arose," he answered, "from the spontaneous combustion of the cotton. The case is rare, but it is far from unknown. Unless the cotton is perfectly dry when it is shipped, its confinement in a damp or ill-ventilated hold will sometimes cause it to ignite; and I have no doubt it is this that has brought about our misfortune."