The rollicking adventures of the Stone family on a tour of the Solar System. It all started when the twins, Castor and Pollux Stone, decided that life on the Lunar colony was too dull and decided to buy their own spaceship and go into business for themselves. Their father thought that was a fine idea, except that he and Grandma Hazel bought the spaceship and the whole Stone fam...(展开全部)

It doesn’t seem likely for twins to have the same middle name. Even so, it’s clear that Castor and Pollux Stone both have "Trouble" written in that spot on their birth certificates. Of course, anyone who’s met their grandmother Hazel would know that they came by it honestly… Join the Stone twins as they connive, cajole, and bamboozle their way across the Solar System in the com...(展开全部)

The rollicking adventures of the Stone family on a tour of the Solar System. It all started when the twins, Castor and Pollux Stone, decided that life on the Lunar colony was too dull and decided to buy their own spaceship and go into business for themselves. Their father thought that was a fine idea, except that he and Grandma Hazel bought the spaceship and the whole Stone fam...(展开全部)

It doesn’t seem likely for twins to have the same middle name. Even so, it’s clear that Castor and Pollux Stone both have "Trouble" written in that spot on their birth certificates. Of course, anyone who’s met their grandmother Hazel would know that they came by it honestly… Join the Stone twins as they connive, cajole, and bamboozle their way across the Solar System in the com...(展开全部)

Ruskin surveys the great buildings of Venice, applying the principles enunciated in his "The Seven Lamps of Architecture" in a three-volume treatment. Volume I, "The Foundations, " presents a short history of the city and discusses architecture's functional and ornamental aspects. There is no better guide to the spiritual and aesthetic pleasures of architecture. Hardcover editi...(展开全部)

Ruskin surveys the great buildings of Venice, applying the principles enunciated in his "The Seven Lamps of Architecture" in a three-volume treatment. Volume I, "The Foundations, " presents a short history of the city and discusses architecture's functional and ornamental aspects. There is no better guide to the spiritual and aesthetic pleasures of architecture. Hardcover editi...(展开全部)

John Ruskin, Victorian England's greatest writer on art and literature, believed himself an adopted son of Venice, and his feelings for this city are exquisitely expressed in The Stones of Venice . This edition contains Ruskin's famous essay "The Nature of Gothic," a marvelously descriptive tour of Venice before its postwar restoration. As Ruskin wrote in 1851, "Thank God I am...(展开全部)

John Ruskin, Victorian England's greatest writer on art and literature, believed himself an adopted son of Venice, and his feelings for this city are exquisitely expressed in The Stones of Venice . This edition contains Ruskin's famous essay "The Nature of Gothic," a marvelously descriptive tour of Venice before its postwar restoration. As Ruskin wrote in 1851, "Thank God I am...(展开全部)

利奥·霍利斯（Leo Hollis），1972年出生于伦敦。曾就读于东安格利亚大学（UEA）学习历史，专攻17世纪史。毕业后回到伦敦，花费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》《伦敦的石头》，近著为《城市对你大有益》（三联书店即将出版）。他经常在《独立报》《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BBC、英国第五频道节目的录制。现与妻子和两个孩子生活在伦敦。

In a sweeping narrative, from its mythic origins to the glittering towers of the contemporary financial capital, THE STONES OF LONDON tells the story of twelve London buildings in a kaleidoscopic and unexpected history of one of the world's most enigmatic cities. From the Roman forum to the Gherkin, Regent Street to the East End, the Houses of Parliament to Greenwich Palace, Lo...(展开全部)