The Ptolemaic system of the universe, with the earth at the centre, had held sway since antiquity as authoritative in philosophy, science, and church teaching. Following his observations of the heavenly bodies, Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) abandoned the geocentric system for a heliocentric model, with the sun at the centre. His remarkable work, "On the Revolutions of Heavenl...(展开全部)

The Ptolemaic system of the universe, with the earth at the centre, had held sway since antiquity as authoritative in philosophy, science, and church teaching. Following his observations of the heavenly bodies, Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) abandoned the geocentric system for a heliocentric model, with the sun at the centre. His remarkable work, "On the Revolutions of Heavenl...(展开全部)

Set in post-World War II Vienna, "The Third Man" is the result of Greene's collaboration with Carol Reed on the classic movie (which recently celebrated a 50th anniversary). The forceful narrative depends heavily on the master storyteller's penetrating portrait of Vienna in these years of decay and corruption. The Fallen Idol is a separate tale of intrigue set in Britain.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IAN THOMPSON The Third Man is Graham Greene's brilliant recreation of post-war Vienna, a ‘smashed dreary city’ occupied by the four Allied powers. Rollo Martins, a second-rate novelist, arrives penniless to visit his friend and hero, Harry Lime. But Harry has died in suspicious circumstances, and the police are closing in on his associates… The ...(展开全部)

Set in post-World War II Vienna, "The Third Man" is the result of Greene's collaboration with Carol Reed on the classic movie (which recently celebrated a 50th anniversary). The forceful narrative depends heavily on the master storyteller's penetrating portrait of Vienna in these years of decay and corruption. The Fallen Idol is a separate tale of intrigue set in Britain.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IAN THOMPSON The Third Man is Graham Greene's brilliant recreation of post-war Vienna, a ‘smashed dreary city’ occupied by the four Allied powers. Rollo Martins, a second-rate novelist, arrives penniless to visit his friend and hero, Harry Lime. But Harry has died in suspicious circumstances, and the police are closing in on his associates… The ...(展开全部)

This title challenges the belief that the 18th century was essentially modern in its temper. Carl Becker demonstrates that the period commonly described as the Age of Reason was, in fact, very far from that; that Voltaire, Hume, Diderot, and Locke were living in a medieval world, and that these philosophers "demolished the Heavenly City of St. Augustine only to rebuild it with ...(展开全部)

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