Of all our great presidents, Theodore Roosevelt is the only one whose greatness increased out of office. When he toured Europe in 1910 as plain “Colonel Roosevelt,” he was hailed as the most famous man in the world. Crowned heads vied to put him up in their palaces. “If I see another king,” he joked, “I think I shall bite him.” Had TR won his historic “Bull Moose” campaign in 1...(展开全部)

This biography by Edmund Morris, the Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning author of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt and Theodore Rex , marks the completion of a trilogy sure to stand as definitive. Of all our great presidents, Theodore Roosevelt is the only one whose greatness increased out of office. What other president has written forty books, hunted lions, foun...(展开全部)

Of all our great presidents, Theodore Roosevelt is the only one whose greatness increased out of office. When he toured Europe in 1910 as plain “Colonel Roosevelt,” he was hailed as the most famous man in the world. Crowned heads vied to put him up in their palaces. “If I see another king,” he joked, “I think I shall bite him.” Had TR won his historic “Bull Moose” campaign in 1...(展开全部)

This biography by Edmund Morris, the Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning author of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt and Theodore Rex , marks the completion of a trilogy sure to stand as definitive. Of all our great presidents, Theodore Roosevelt is the only one whose greatness increased out of office. What other president has written forty books, hunted lions, foun...(展开全部)

中国畅销书苐一名，销量超过 300 万册。这是对英雄特质的一次激烈探索：一部文学杰作，首次以英语出版。 这个男孩在中国南方的一个小村庄里长大，听着关于上校的故事：有人说他是战争时期的传奇军医，有人说他是叛党，还有人说他是邪恶的性机器。这些故事淫荡而迷人，总是比生活更宏大。但实际上，上校只是一个爱猫的中年男子。到底为什么大家都称他为‘太监’呢？ 从这些不同的来源中，男孩试图拼凑出上校的真实身份，就像他本人在快速变化的中国长大一样。直到多年后，当男孩也成为中年人时，他才回过头来，终于解开了这个谜题。 《上校与太监》是麦家八年来的第一部新小说，也是他迄今为止雄心勃勃的作品。与间谍惊悚片不同，这是一个成长故事、一个家庭传奇，以及对英雄特质的激烈探索。上校是麦嘉的独特创造：一个笼罩在战争和历史悲剧中的近乎神话的人物，他的故事即使是铁石心肠的人也会感动得落泪。 ...(展开全部)

加西亚•马尔克斯（Gabriel García Márquez） 1927年出生于哥伦比亚马格达莱纳海滨小镇阿拉卡塔卡。童年与外祖父母一起生活。1936年随父母迁居苏克雷。1947年考入波哥大国立大学。1948年因内战辍学，进入报界。五十年代开始出版文学作品。1961年《没有人给他写信的上校》问世。1967年出版《百年孤独》。1982年获诺贝尔文学奖。 加西亚•马尔克斯中文官方网站 http://www.douban.com/marquez

The gripping story of one of the most enigmatic and alluring figures in British history: a dangerous double agent and Irish rogue in King Charles II's court. One morning in May 1671, a man disguised as a parson daringly attempted to seize the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. Astonishingly, he managed to escape with the regalia and crown before being apprehended. And yet h...(展开全部)

（美）詹姆斯·B.多诺万 生于纽约，毕业于福德姆大学及哈佛大学法学院。第二次世界大战期间，他曾任海军情报机构指挥官；战后，出任美国战略情报局法律顾问，并在纽伦堡审判中担任副检察官。随后，在30多个州的重要审判和上诉中担任首席检察官，同时他也是“沃特斯和多诺万律师事务所”的保险律师和创办合伙人。还曾担任位于纽约的普拉特学院的校长。