Spanning the years of 1940-1965, THE LAST LION picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister-when his tiny island nation stood alone against the overwhelming might of Nazi Germany. The Churchill conjured up by William Manchester and Paul Reid is a man of indomitable courage, lightning fast intellect, and an irresistible will to action. THE LAST LION brilliantly...(展开全部)

Spanning the years of 1940-1965, THE LAST LION picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister-when his tiny island nation stood alone against the overwhelming might of Nazi Germany. The Churchill conjured up by William Manchester and Paul Reid is a man of indomitable courage, lightning fast intellect, and an irresistible will to action. THE LAST LION brilliantly...(展开全部)

Alone is the second volume of William Manchester's brilliant three-volume biography of Winston Churchill. In this volume, we witness the war within, before the colossal war to come. During this period, Churchill was tested as few men are: relentlessly pursued by creditors, disowned by his own party, vociferously dismissed by the press as a warmonger, and twice nearly lost his...(展开全部)

William Manchester met Winston Churchill on January 24, 1953. Their encounter on the Queen Mary sparked an intense curiosity in Manchester that would eventually result in his classic three-volume magnum opus The Last Lion . In this, the first volume, we follow Churchill from his birth to 1932, when he began to warn against the remilitarization of Germany. Born of a lovel...(展开全部)

罗杰·泽拉兹尼杰，美国著名科幻奇幻大师，20世纪60年代科幻“新浪潮”运动的旗手之一。1937年生于美国俄亥俄州，1962年获得哥伦比亚大学文学硕士学位，同年开始科幻创作。泽拉兹尼是一位在科幻、奇幻两大创作领域均达到巅峰状态的极其罕见的作家，在三十几年的创作生涯中，他共摘得六次雨果奖和两次星云奖。他创造性地将科幻、奇幻元素融为一体：科幻作品有奇幻的瑰丽恣肆，奇幻作品有科幻的严谨设定，他也因此被视为“他那个时代最伟大的科幻奇幻作家”。

罗杰·泽拉兹尼杰，美国著名科幻奇幻大师，20世纪60年代科幻“新浪潮”运动的旗手之一。1937年生于美国俄亥俄州，1962年获得哥伦比亚大学文学硕士学位，同年开始科幻创作。泽拉兹尼是一位在科幻、奇幻两大创作领域均达到巅峰状态的极其罕见的作家，在三十几年的创作生涯中，他共摘得六次雨果奖和两次星云奖。他创造性地将科幻、奇幻元素融为一体：科幻作品有奇幻的瑰丽恣肆，奇幻作品有科幻的严谨设定，他也因此被视为“他那个时代最伟大的科幻奇幻作家”。

The Last Defender of Camelot is a new collection of breathtaking stories that showcase the incredible abilities of several authors. Edited and with an introduction by award-winning author Robert Silverberg, it includes such tales as "For a Breath I Tarry," and "Halfjack." It also features the Hugo Award-winning "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai," "Permafrost," and "Home is the...(展开全部)

The Last Defender of Camelot is a new collection of breathtaking stories that showcase the incredible abilities of several authors. Edited and with an introduction by award-winning author Robert Silverberg, it includes such tales as "For a Breath I Tarry," and "Halfjack." It also features the Hugo Award-winning "24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai," "Permafrost," and "Home is the...(展开全部)

No modern astronomer made a more profound contribution to our understanding of the cosmos than did Edwin Hubble, who first conclusively demonstrated that the universe is expanding. Basing his theory on the observation of the change in distanct galaxies, called red shift, Hubble showed that this is a Doppler effect, or alteration in the wavelength of light, resulting from the r...(展开全部)