In every story Clyde Clason has written he has woven his mystery around an unusual background of subject, and in this book, he surpassed himself. Nobody but he could so convincingly have woven into a modern American mystery story the strange customs and weird rites of colorful Tibet. Adam Merriweather, a Chicago collector, buys an eighth century sacred Tibetan manuscript. This ...(展开全部)

From Caspian drilling rigs and Caucasus mountain villages to Mediterranean fishing communities and European capitals, this is a journey through the heart of our oil-obsessed society. Blending travel writing and investigative journalism, it charts a history of violent confrontation between geopolitics, profit and humanity. From the revolutionary futurism of 1920s Baku to the unb...(展开全部)

The turbulence of the 1960s permanently changed social and cultural values around the world. British author and editor Perry (Magic Movie Moments), who has written extensively on popular culture and the performing arts, has compiled this photojournalism series from the works of numerous photographers. Each volume uses the same format, beginning with a short introduction that se...(展开全部)

This is a fully illustrated guide to the glorious riches of London's museums and galleries, drawing on the cream of the city's collections to create an easily navigable, narrative history of art. The guides unique approach allows you to locate your favourite artist or style of art in any museum and follow this throughout the museums of London. Do you like, say, the pre-Raphaeli...(展开全部)

鲍里斯·约翰逊（Boris Johnson）生于美国纽约，5岁时跟随家人移居伦敦，先后就读于伊顿公学和牛津大学，与现任保守党领袖戴维·卡梅伦同为布灵顿俱乐部会员。 在2001年成为英国国会保守党籍议员之前，约翰逊曾在《泰晤士报》、《每日电讯报》和《旁观者》杂志从事实习生、记者与主编等工作，专门撰写讽刺性的政论，并出版了7本书。之后，他成为保守党副主席，任保守党“影子内阁”教育大臣。2008年5月，他当选伦敦为市长，2012年5月又获得新的四年任期。他被认为是下一届英国首相的最富有实力的竞争者。 约翰逊育有四个孩子，喜欢骑自行车、写作、画画和打网球。他极富喜剧天才，其玩笑和搞怪形象让他在英国乃至世界许多国家和地区家喻户晓，BBC的搞笑谈话节目“我有没有给你新闻”因此而请他客串主持人，获得了英国电视奖的提名。他也因不拘小节的仪表和行为在2008年北京奥运...(展开全部)

鲍里斯·约翰逊（Boris Johnson）生于美国纽约，5岁时跟随家人移居伦敦，先后就读于伊顿公学和牛津大学，与现任保守党领袖戴维·卡梅伦同为布灵顿俱乐部会员。 在2001年成为英国国会保守党籍议员之前，约翰逊曾在《泰晤士报》、《每日电讯报》和《旁观者》杂志从事实习生、记者与主编等工作，专门撰写讽刺性的政论，并出版了7本书。之后，他成为保守党副主席，任保守党“影子内阁”教育大臣。2008年5月，他当选伦敦为市长，2012年5月又获得新的四年任期。他被认为是下一届英国首相的最富有实力的竞争者。 约翰逊育有四个孩子，喜欢骑自行车、写作、画画和打网球。他极富喜剧天才，其玩笑和搞怪形象让他在英国乃至世界许多国家和地区家喻户晓，BBC的搞笑谈话节目“我有没有给你新闻”因此而请他客串主持人，获得了英国电视奖的提名。他也因不拘小节的仪表和行为在2008年北京奥运...(展开全部)

利奥·霍利斯（Le o H o l l i s），1972年出生于伦敦。曾就读于东安格利亚大学（U E A）学习历史，专攻17世纪史。毕业后回到伦敦，花了很多时间以行走的方式探索伦敦城，著有两本关于伦敦历史的书籍《伦敦的崛起》《伦敦的基石》，他的近著是《城市对你大有益》。他经常在《金融时报》《今日历史》《星期日电讯报》《星期日独立报》等报刊上发表文章，并参与多档电台和电视节目的录制。现与妻子和两个孩子生活在伦敦。

From New York to Singapore, from Chicago to London, the trading floors of the world’s financial markets are icons of global capitalism. Images of them are used on the news all the time—traders burying their heads in their hands when the market is down, their arms flailing in a frenzy when fortunes are rising—to convey the current state of the economy. But these marketplaces, an...(展开全部)

Between 1949 and 1953, Robert Frank continually returned to Europe from his new home in New York to take photographs in France, Switzerland, Spain, and Great Britain, photographs that show the development of his uniquely humanist, poetic, and realist eye. In 1951 and early 1952, Frank visited London--"I liked the light, I liked the fog."--and set out to photograph the unique at...(展开全部)

"War is over; the heroic French population reaffirms superiority. Love, Paris, and Flowers but London was black, white, and gray, the elegance, the style, all present in front of always changing fog. Then I met a man from Wales talking about the Miners and I had read How Green Was My Valley. This became my only try to make a 'Story'." --Robert Frank This magnificent new edition...(展开全部)