An epic story of empire-building and bloody conflict, this ground-breaking biography of one of history’s most venerated military and religious heroes opens a window on the Islamic and Christian worlds’ complex relationship. When Saladin recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187, returning the Holy City to Islamic rule for the first time in almost ninety years, he sent sho...(展开全部)

Justine Picardie has spent the last decade puzzling over the truth about Coco Chanel, attempting to peel away the accretions of romance and lies. In this full-scale biography we finally discover the history of the incredible woman who created the way we look now. Coco Chanel was an extraordinary inventor - she conjured up the little black dress, bobbed hair, trousers for women...(展开全部)

Justine Picardie has spent the last decade puzzling over the truth about Coco Chanel, attempting to peel away the accretions of romance and lies. In this full-scale biography we finally discover the history of the incredible woman who created the way we look now. Coco Chanel was an extraordinary inventor - she conjured up the little black dress, bobbed hair, trousers for women...(展开全部)

斯科特•埃曼是美国《棕榈滩邮报》的作者和编辑，他的研究重点是黄金时期的好莱坞，作品包括《路易斯•梅耶：好莱坞之狮》、《铸就传奇：约翰•福特的生命与时光》、《刘别谦：天堂中的笑声》以及《声音的速度：好莱坞与有声片革命》等等。

Marie Tussaud led a remarkable life and with grit and audacity she overcame reversals of fortune to build an extraordinary spectacle. Of lowly birth, Marie became apprentice to a charismatic Paris showman who taught her wax modelling. They lived among a colourful cast of 'Italian singers, pastry cooks, restaurant keepers, marionettes, acrobats, giants, dwarves, ferocious beast...(展开全部)

作者 凯特·贝里奇（Kate Berridge）英国知名作家、撰稿人，现居伦敦；在《星期日泰晤士报》（Sunday Times ）、《旁观者》（The Spectator ）等报刊上发表过大量作品；热衷于研究19 世纪的历史文化，代表作有《蜡像传奇：杜莎夫人和她的时代》（Waxing Mythical: The Life and Legend ofMadame Tussaud ）、《僵尸：死亡禁忌的社会文化史考察》（Vigor Mortis: From Fear to Fashion - Discarding the Death Taboo ）等。 译者 刘火雄 现供职于南京大学，从事教学科研工作。著有《邹韬奋与中国现代出版转型》《曾经年少轻离别》《历历来时路：诺贝尔文学奖获奖作品在华出版传播研究》《想起故国想起你，各种悲欣交集》等。

The dramatic true-life story of George Hogg, a young Oxford graduate who is caught up in the Japanese invasion of China in 1937 and the Chinese Civil war, and who leads a group of Chinese children hundreds of miles across 15,000-foot mountains to safety -- only to die tragically in early 1945. The author, James MacManus, was working as a reporter in Shanghai in 1980s when he he...(展开全部)

This de luxe collector's edition features the first edition text and contains a facsimile page of Tolkien's original manuscript. The book is quarterbound with a special gold motif stamped on the front board and is presented in a matching slipcase. "Many years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien composed his own version, now published for the first time, of the great legend of Northern antiqui...(展开全部)