The Book of Five Rings is one of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture. Written not only for martial artists but for anyone who wants to apply the timeless principles of this text to their life, the book analyzes the process of struggle and mastery over conflict that underlies every level of human interaction. ...(展开全部)

One of history's most published architectural treatises, this Renaissance volume solidified the architectural canon of the past five centuries. The distinguished architect known as Vignola identified the five orders -- Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite -- and illustrated them in full-page elevational detail. Accessible even to lay readers, his engravings have been...(展开全部)

In leadership, one size does not fit all. In The Five Commitments of a Leader, Mark Leheney asserts that a more revealing way to examine leadership is through the commitments a leader makes (or fails to make). He focuses on five commitments a leader must make to be effective.

There were five of them altogether. Five misfits. ÿÿÿÿ The five had never amounted to much in life, nor did they feel like doing anything. And then one day, from who knows where, came an extraordinary fellow... When Mr Perfect comes to stay, the five misfits find themselves questioning what their purpose in life is. Can they teach him that not fitting in is more fun than trying...(展开全部)

"The five marriages that Carmela Ciuraru explores in Lives of the Wives provide such delightfully gossipy pleasure that we have to remind ourselves that these were real people whose often stormy relationships must surely have been less fun to experience than they are for us to read about."—Francine Prose, author of The Vixen A witty, provocative look inside the tumultuous marri...(展开全部)

"The five marriages that Carmela Ciuraru explores in Lives of the Wives provide such delightfully gossipy pleasure that we have to remind ourselves that these were real people whose often stormy relationships must surely have been less fun to experience than they are for us to read about."—Francine Prose, author of The Vixen A witty, provocative look inside the tumultuous marri...(展开全部)

费子智（C. P. Fitzgerald），原名查尔斯·帕特里克·菲茨杰拉德（Charles Patrick Fitzgerald），一九〇二年出生于英国伦敦，曾在伦敦亚非学院学习汉语，因对中国文化兴趣浓厚，一九二三年来华后在此居住和工作了十多年。其间曾到中国各地考察，他不仅对中国了解很深，而且十分推崇中国文化。他一九五〇年离开中国后赴澳大利亚国立大学任教，直至一九九二年去世。他毕生从事中国历史、文化和外交关系的研究，著有《中国文化简史》《武则天女皇》《五华楼》《胡床》等多部作品，对中国历史文化研究做出了杰出贡献。

A funny, poignant debut novel about the complicated, identity shaping bonds of sisterhood.

A funny, poignant debut novel about the complicated, identity shaping bonds of sisterhood.