Nobel Laureate S.Y. Agnon is considered the towering figure of modern Hebrew literature. With this collection of stories, reissued in paperback and expanded to include additional Agnon classics, the English-speaking audience has, at long last, access to the rich and brilliantly multifaceted fictional world of one of the greatest writers of the last century. This broad selection...(展开全部)

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)

Illuminating the dark side of the American century, "The Monster Show" uncovers the surprising links between horror entertainment and the great social crises of our time, as well as horror's function as a pop analogue to surrealism and other artistic movements. With penetrating analyses and revealing anecdotes, David J. Skal chronicles one of our most popular and pervasive mode...(展开全部)

A serial killer is burning people alive in the Lake District's prehistoric stone circles. He leaves no clues and the police are helpless. When his name is found carved into the charred remains of the third victim, disgraced detective Washington Poe is brought back from suspension and into an investigation he wants no part of. Reluctantly partnered with the brilliant but sociall...(展开全部)

◎著者简介 彼得·威尔逊（1963—），英国历史学家，自2015年来一直担任牛津大学万灵学院战争史奇切勒教授。彼得·威尔逊主要研究中欧史、战争史，以及神圣罗马帝国史。除了本书，他的著作还有《神圣罗马帝国，1495—1806》《从帝国到革命：德国历史，1558—1806》等。 ◎译者简介 宁凡，天津师范大学历史学博士，中国社会科学院世界历史研究所助理研究员。《世界历史》杂志编辑。 史文轩，南京大学历史系硕士，编辑、译者。

◎著者简介 彼得·威尔逊（1963—），英国历史学家，自2015年来一直担任牛津大学万灵学院战争史奇切勒教授。彼得·威尔逊主要研究中欧史、战争史，以及神圣罗马帝国史。除了本书，他的著作还有《神圣罗马帝国，1495—1806》《从帝国到革命：德国历史，1558—1806》等。 ◎译者简介 宁凡，天津师范大学历史学博士，中国社会科学院世界历史研究所助理研究员。《世界历史》杂志编辑。 史文轩，南京大学历史系硕士，编辑、译者。

作者简介 塞缪尔•罗森•加德纳，英格兰杰出政治家克伦威尔的后裔，英国历史学家，清教徒革命和英格兰内战研究方面最权威的专家。他毕生致力于17世纪英格兰史研究。他曾任伦敦国王学院近代史教授、《英国历史评论》主编。在历史研究中，他重视原始资料的搜集，曾赴巴黎、罗马、布鲁塞尔、威尼斯和锡曼卡斯等处查阅多种文献资料。 译者简介 王晋瑞，博士，山西大学外国语学院副教授、硕士研究生导师、翻译系主任，长期从事翻译教学和翻译实践活动，研究方向为语言对比与翻译，实践专长为人文社科翻译，曾主编翻译教材一部，出版译著三部，在国内外各级期刊上公开发表翻译研究相关学术论文十余篇，主持省级翻译研究课题一项，参与省级翻译研究课题两项。

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)

Absorbing Roman poet Ovid's tales of transformation in "Metamorphoses "and adding his own dash of art-historical figuration and contemporary pop culture, Mark Ryden broaches new terrain with "The Tree Show," Arcadian Gothic" might hint at the nature of this new work, and fans of Ryden will find familiar preoccupations in these new paintings, drawings and sculptures--made since ...(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.