This collection of compelling eye-witness accounts showcases the very best writing on the Antarctic, from Ernest Shackleton on the loss of the Endurance to Lynne Cox on her epic, icy swim in 2002. Includes 35 first-hand accounts of men and women challenging one of the Earth's last true wildernesses, encompassing both legendary tales of heroism and shocking contemporary accounts...(展开全部)

彼得·贝雷斯福德·埃利斯 Peter Berresford Ellis 英国历史学家、小说家，英国皇家历史学会会员，爱尔兰皇家文物学会会员。作为国际知名的凯尔特学巨擘，曾担任国际凯尔特联盟主席，编有《爱尔兰神话辞典》《凯尔特神话辞典》，著有《凯尔特帝国》《凯尔特人与撒克逊人》《凯尔特人与希腊人》《凯尔特人与罗马人》《凯尔特人的古代世界》《凯尔特神话全书》《凯尔特简史》等书。他以公元7世纪的爱尔兰为背景，用笔名彼得·特里梅因（Peter Tremayne）创作了系列畅销小说《菲德尔玛修女探案集》。 ———————— 玖羽 文学译者，译有《近代能乐集》《平安朝的生活与文学》《幻兽动物园》等书。

彼得·贝雷斯福德·埃利斯 Peter Berresford Ellis 英国历史学家、小说家，英国皇家历史学会会员，爱尔兰皇家文物学会会员。作为国际知名的凯尔特学巨擘，曾担任国际凯尔特联盟主席，编有《爱尔兰神话辞典》《凯尔特神话辞典》，著有《凯尔特帝国》《凯尔特人与撒克逊人》《凯尔特人与希腊人》《凯尔特人与罗马人》《凯尔特人的古代世界》《凯尔特神话全书》《凯尔特简史》等书。他以公元7世纪的爱尔兰为背景，用笔名彼得·特里梅因（Peter Tremayne）创作了系列畅销小说《菲德尔玛修女探案集》。 ———————— 玖羽 文学译者，译有《近代能乐集》《平安朝的生活与文学》《幻兽动物园》等书。

From the likes of Robert Randisi, Peter Crowther, and Max Rittenberg, these 30 stories of bizarre and impossible crimes will fascinate and intrigue the reader who grapples with their intricate puzzles. A man alone in an all-glass phone booth, visible on CCTV and with no one near him, is killed by an ice pick. A man sitting alone in a room is shot by a bullet fired only onceov...(展开全部)

With more than 300,000 copies sold to date, this is the definitive work on the extraordinary phenomenon of out-of-body experiences, by the founder of the internationally known Monroe Institute.

The Book of Questions may be the only publication that challenges and changes the way readers view the world, without offering a single opinion of its own. Posing 265 questions, "The Book of Questions" is bound to provoke hours and hours of thought.

The Book of Questions may be the only publication that challenges and changes the way readers view the world, without offering a single opinion of its own. Posing 265 questions, "The Book of Questions" is bound to provoke hours and hours of thought.

An insider's view of court life and culture during the Renaissance, here is the handiwork of a 16th-century diplomat who was called upon to resolve the differences in a war of etiquette among the Italian nobility. The ultimate resource on aristocratic manners, it remains the most definitive account of life among the Renaissance nobility.