The final curtain is closing on the Second World War, and Hana, a nurse, stays behind in an abandoned Italian villa to tend to her only remaining patient. Rescued by Bedouins from a burning plane, he is English, anonymous, damaged beyond recognition and haunted by his memories of passion and betrayal. The only clue Hana has to his past is the one thing he clung on to through th...(展开全部)

The final curtain is closing on the Second World War, and Hana, a nurse, stays behind in an abandoned Italian villa to tend to her only remaining patient. Rescued by Bedouins from a burning plane, he is English, anonymous, damaged beyond recognition and haunted by his memories of passion and betrayal. The only clue Hana has to his past is the one thing he clung on to through th...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Art restorer and sometime spy Gabriel Allon is asked to visit Zurich, to clean the work of an Old Master for a millionaire banker. But when he gets there he finds the corpse of his client in a pool of blood beneath the masterpiece, and discovers that a secret collection of priceless paintings ndash; stolen by Nazis in the war ndash; is missing. With the Swiss author...(展开全部)

A master writer of espionage" ("Cincinnati Enquirer"), Daniel Silva makes his Signet debut with his most acclaimed novel to date... Framed for the murder of a millionaire banker, Israeli spy by trade and art restorer by preference, Gabriel Allon, will have to fight for his life-against an assassin he himself helped train.

丹尼尔·席尔瓦（Daniel Silva），全球首屈一指的国际阴谋论大师，以惊心动魄的故事，为您揭示国际政治斗争的阴暗本质，四次夺得《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜全球第一。美国政府为表彰他对国际政治真相的深刻批判，任命他为美国大屠杀纪念会的委员。 媒体评论 “剪辑利落，故事清晰，人物精致，剧情曲折。” ——《纽约时报》 “高智商的动作惊悚小说。” ——《落基山新闻报》 “对时事新闻敏感，骇人地可信，读起来就像在预言欧洲恐怖主义的成长。” ——《华尔街日报》 悲剧的巴以冲突，绝望的和平议程，复杂国际阴谋和恐怖主义……席尔瓦震撼人心的小说，充满令人目不暇接的紧张情节。 ——《出版人周刊》 有趣，扣人心弦，很伟大。 ——《罗利新闻与观察》

Whereas I am the man who fasts until I see what I want. 我是个一直斋戒的人,直到我看到我喜欢的... I carried Katharine Clifton into the desert, where there is the communal book of moonlight. We were among the rumour of wells. In the palace of winds. 我抱着凯塞琳-克里福藤走入沙漠,那里有苍天下淌满月光的书,我们被关于井的谣言å...(展开全部)

In WATCHING THE ENGLISH anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks, habits and foibles of the English people. She puts the English national character under her anthropological microscope, and finds a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and byzantine codes of behaviour. The rules of weather-speak. The ironic-gnome rule. T...(展开全部)

In WATCHING THE ENGLISH anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks, habits and foibles of the English people. She puts the English national character under her anthropological microscope, and finds a strange and fascinating culture, governed by complex sets of unspoken rules and byzantine codes of behaviour. The rules of weather-speak. The ironic-gnome rule. T...(展开全部)

This is a fun guide to everything American for the English language learner! Written by seasoned ESL instructors, this handy guidebook was designed for people who already have a good grasp of English, but want to improve how they speak the language as it is spoken in the United States. Written in a lighthearted and easy-to-follow style, this book is a great resource for people ...(展开全部)

Maman was exigeante—there is no English word–and I had the benefit of her training. Others may not be so fortunate. If some other young girl, with two million dollars at stake, finds this of use I shall count myself justified. Raised in Marrakech by a French mother and English father, a 17-year-old girl has learned above all to avoid mauvais ton ("bad taste" loses something in ...(展开全部)