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)

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)

A fresh and sharp-eyed history of political conservatism from its nineteenth-century origins to today’s hard Right For two hundred years, conservatism has defied its reputation as a backward-looking creed by confronting and adapting to liberal modernity. By doing so, the Right has won long periods of power and effectively become the dominant tradition in politics. Yet, despite ...(展开全部)

For two hundred years, conservatism has defied its reputation as a backward-looking creed by confronting and adapting to liberal modernity. By doing so, the Right has won long periods of power and effectively become the dominant tradition in politics. Yet, despite their success, conservatives have continued to fight with each other about how far to compromise with liberalism an...(展开全部)

For two hundred years, conservatism has defied its reputation as a backward-looking creed by confronting and adapting to liberal modernity. By doing so, the Right has won long periods of power and effectively become the dominant tradition in politics. Yet, despite their success, conservatives have continued to fight with each other about how far to compromise with liberalism an...(展开全部)

A fresh and sharp-eyed history of political conservatism from its nineteenth-century origins to today’s hard Right For two hundred years, conservatism has defied its reputation as a backward-looking creed by confronting and adapting to liberal modernity. By doing so, the Right has won long periods of power and effectively become the dominant tradition in politics. Yet, despite ...(展开全部)

恰克‧ 帕拉尼克Chuck Palahniuk, 1962-出生美国靠近沙漠地带小镇，身上流有俄罗斯和法国裔的血液，恰克‧帕拉尼克小孩子时，和双亲去墓园探望祖父母的墓地，面对墓碑上的名字，询问他的姓Palahniuk要如何发音，他的母亲指着墓碑上祖父母的的名字，告诉他，就是他来自乌克兰的祖父和祖母的名字，帕拉(Paula)和尼克 (Nick)，连起来念。所以也就是帕拉尼克。 他的祖父尼克‧ 帕拉尼克谋杀了他的祖母帕拉‧ 帕拉尼克后，带着枪准备将他四岁的父亲斐德列一起宰掉，但他躲在床底逃过一劫，他的祖父尼克随后用枪把自己的头轰掉。五十多年过后，他的父亲斐德列‧ 帕拉尼克在三结三离之后，因地方报纸上的「我爱红娘」personals，开始和年轻的女人唐娜约会，唐娜的前夫戴尔因为对妻子性虐待而吃上牢饭，假释后尾随斐列德和唐娜的车，跟踪他们，于他们过夜后要开车...(展开全部)

Book Description The first rule about fight club is you don't talk about fight club. Chuck Palahniuk's outrageous and startling debut novel that exploded American literature and spawned a movement. Every weekend, in the basements and parking lots of bars across the country, young men with white-collar jobs and failed lives take off their shoes and shirts and fight each other b...(展开全部)

恰克‧ 帕拉尼克Chuck Palahniuk, 1962-出生美国靠近沙漠地带小镇，身上流有俄罗斯和法国裔的血液，恰克‧帕拉尼克小孩子时，和双亲去墓园探望祖父母的墓地，面对墓碑上的名字，询问他的姓Palahniuk要如何发音，他的母亲指着墓碑上祖父母的的名字，告诉他，就是他来自乌克兰的祖父和祖母的名字，帕拉(Paula)和尼克 (Nick)，连起来念。所以也就是帕拉尼克。 他的祖父尼克‧ 帕拉尼克谋杀了他的祖母帕拉‧ 帕拉尼克后，带着枪准备将他四岁的父亲斐德列一起宰掉，但他躲在床底逃过一劫，他的祖父尼克随后用枪把自己的头轰掉。五十多年过后，他的父亲斐德列‧ 帕拉尼克在三结三离之后，因地方报纸上的「我爱红娘」personals，开始和年轻的女人唐娜约会，唐娜的前夫戴尔因为对妻子性虐待而吃上牢饭，假释后尾随斐列德和唐娜的车，跟踪他们，于他们过夜后要开车...(展开全部)

“‘A Better Man,' with its mix of meteorological suspense, psychological insight and criminal pursuit, is arguably the best book yet in an outstanding, original oeuvre.” ―Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal "Enchanting... one of his most ennobling missions." ―Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review Catastrophic spring flooding, blistering attacks in the media, and a mysterious...(展开全部)