Poirot sets himself a challenge before he retires - to solve 12 cases which correspond with the labours of his classical Greek namesake...In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek hero. Yet -- reasoned the detective -- like Hercules he had been responsible for ridding society of some of its most unpleasant monsters. So, in the period leading up to his retir...(展开全部)

We’re facing a crisis in care likely to affect every one of us over the course of our lives. Care-work is underpaid; its values disregarded. Britain’s society lauds economic growth, productivity and profit over compassion, kindness and empathy. For centuries the caring labours of women have been taken for granted, but with more women now in work, with increasing numbers of elde...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

With Peter Jackson's Acadamy Award-winning epic motion picture trilogy drawing to a spectacular and triumphant close, Gary Russell's detailed research takes us back into the world of Middle-earth, to relive all the visual drama and excitement of The Return of the King. The Art of The Return of the King illustrates the creative development of the film from sketch to special eff...(展开全部)

乔纳森·弗兰岑（Jonathan Franzen） 美国小说家、随笔作家。 1959年生于伊利诺伊州。1996年在《哈泼氏》杂志发表长篇随笔《偶尔做梦》，从此受到广泛关注。迄今为止，出版有小说《纠正》《自由》《纯洁》，回忆录《不舒适地带：个人史》，以及随笔集《如何独处》《地球尽头的尽头》等。凭借《纠正》获得普利策奖提名和美国国家图书奖。

Alan Lee, the beloved illustrator of many of Houghton Mifflin"s Tolkien editions, and a talented team of other artists, including the renowned Tolkien illustrator John Howe, have spent more than three years creating the sets, props, creatures, and locations that truly bring Tolkien"s Middle-earth to life. Hobbiton, Rivendell, and Minas Tirith are no longer designations on the...(展开全部)

在这世上出现过的伟大导师都教导我们， 宇宙间最有力量的法则就是“吸引力法则”。 ——《秘密The Secret》 你生活中的所有事物，都是你吸引过来的；心中所想，终能变成现实。这，正是吸引力法则。就是这个法则决定宇宙的完整秩序、决定你生命中的每分每秒，以及生活中所经历的每一件事。 在本书里，你将认识到，所有事物，包括想要的和不想要的，都是在吸引力法则的作用下来到你身边的。学习吸引力法则，会为你的生活带来意想不到又意料之中的转变。最终，你将清晰地理解、掌控这个无上法则，为自己的生命吸引健康、财富和幸福等美好事物。 实践本书，运用它，你将可以改变一切！你将会拥有任何你所渴望的事物，达成你想要达成的愿望，成就你的美好人生。

A year after the publication of Dicey's LAW OF THE CONSTITUTION, William Gladstone was reading it aloud in the House of Commons, citing it as authority. It remains, to this day, a starting point for the study of the English Constitution and comparative constitutional law. THE LAW OF THE CONSTITUTION elucidates the guiding principles of the modern constitution of England: the le...(展开全部)

The first volume of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, revised and with a new foreword and an index by Professor Tolkien. The trilogy recounts the War of the Ring, in which the Third Age of Middle-earth came. This volume opens with the discovery of the Nature of the Ring. "Destined to outlast our time." -- New York Herald Tribune