The mayor and local officials of a small provincial town in Russia have got it made: corruption is rife and they have all the power. Yet, when they learn that an undercover government inspector is about to make a visit, they face a mad dash to cover their tracks. Soon, the news that a suspicious person has recently arrived from St Petersburg and is staying in a local inn produc...(展开全部)

Two Economist writers show how and why religion is booming around the world and reveal its vast effects on the global economy, politics, and more On the street and in the corridors of power, religion is surging worldwide. From Russia to Turkey to India, nations that swore off faith in the last century—or even tried to stamp it out—are now run by avowedly religious leaders. ...(展开全部)

不要懷疑，所有的問題都可以用圖畫來釐清。你不用具備什麼繪畫技巧，只要會畫圓圈、方塊、箭頭，然後按照作者的指示，一步一步，就可以學會「視覺化思考」的技巧，終身受用！你只需要3樣東西，就可以開始：用肉眼觀察、打開「內心的眼睛」，還有你的雙手。 完整的視覺化思考過程有4個環節：觀看、觀察、設想、展示。有5個架構指標，能幫我們打開內心的眼睛，用SQVID來代表：簡單∕精細、重質／重量、想法∕做法、個別／比較、變化／現狀。6種觀察和呈現的方式：6個W：誰／什麼、多少、何處、何時、如何、為何。

伊恩·兰金，英国著名推理小说、犯罪小说作家。1960年生于苏格兰，毕业于爱丁堡大学。他曾经做过葡萄采摘员、养猪人、收税员、酒精研究员、音响记者和朋克音乐家。 目前，他是英国国内首屈一指的犯罪小说作家，他的小说曾多次获得文学奖项。迄今为止，他的17本系列作品被翻译成31国文字出版，兰金也早已成为英国当代最重要的作家之一。 1997年，《黑与蓝》荣获英国犯罪小说作家协会金匕首奖，同时获得美国推理小说作家协会爱伦坡奖提名；1999年，《死灵魂》再获金匕首奖提名；2004年，《掘墓盗尸人》夺得爱伦坡奖最佳小说奖；2005、2006年连续两年赢得英国国家图书奖年度犯罪惊悚小说奖。 2002年，兰金因其文学贡献获得大英帝国勋章；2005年获得英国犯罪小说作家协会颁予代表终身成就的钻石匕首奖，成为史上最年轻的钻石匕首奖得主；同年，兰金再获法国推理小说大奖、德国犯罪...(展开全部)

Shining star Oliver Jeffers is back with this star spangled inter-galactic adventure tale in space! One day a boy finds an aeroplane in his cupboard. Up, up, up and away he flies, high into the sky. Whizzing past clouds, stars and planets until suddenly, he runs out of petrol! Miles from earth, the boy crashes into the moon and waits. Just as he is beginning to get cold and lon...(展开全部)

Shining star Oliver Jeffers is back with this star spangled inter-galactic adventure tale in space! Now available in gorgeous miniature hardback edition. One day a boy finds an aeroplane in his cupboard. Up, up, up and away he flies, high into the sky. Whizzing past clouds, stars and planets until suddenly, he runs out of petrol! Miles from earth, the boy crashes into the moo...(展开全部)

Shining star Oliver Jeffers is back with this star spangled inter-galactic adventure tale in space! One day a boy finds an aeroplane in his cupboard. Up, up, up and away he flies, high into the sky. Whizzing past clouds, stars and planets until suddenly, he runs out of petrol! Miles from earth, the boy crashes into the moon and waits. Just as he is beginning to get cold and lon...(展开全部)

When a boy discovers a single-propeller airplane in his closet, he does what any young adventurer would do: He flies it into outer space! Millions of miles from Earth, the plane begins to sputter and quake, its fuel tank on empty. The boy executes a daring landing on the moon . . . but there’s no telling what kind of slimy, slithering, tentacled, fangtoothed monsters lurk in th...(展开全部)

When Dad loses his car keys, little Mary suggests they might be down the back of the chair. Join in the fun as Dad begins the search, finding everything from a hairy string to a diamond ring--and much, much more Could the solution to all the family's problems be down the back of the chair? A lively rhyming text and quirky art come together in this visual explosion of fun and i...(展开全部)