When Rin aced the Keju, the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies, it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who real...(展开全部)

World War Two left two compelling, indelible images that colored the decades to come: the immense force of the Soviet Union's Red Army and the horrific devastation wrought by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki. For the next half-century, the great powers prepared themselves for another, deadlier international conflagration...one that never happened. Politicians and strate...(展开全部)

Private William Mandella is a reluctant hero, drafted into an elite military unit to fight in a distant interstellar war against an unknowable and unconquerable alien enemy. Mandella will perform his duties and, as he survives, rise through the ranks, but his greatest test will come when he returns to Earth. Because of the effects of relativity, every time he comes home afte...(展开全部)

The monumental Hugo and Nebula award winning SF classic-- Featuring a new introduction by John Scalzi The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand--despite the fact that the fierce alien enemy they would oppose is inscrutable, unconquerable, and very far away. A reluctant conscript drafted into an elite Military unit, Private William Mandella has been propelle...(展开全部)

The headmaster of Trinity College asks Archie Costello, the leader of the Vigils, a secret society that rules the school, to help with the selling of 20,000 boxes of chocolates in the annual fund-raising effort. Archie sees the chance of adding to his power - he is the Assigner, handing out to the boys tasks to be performed if they are to survive in the school. Freshman, Jerry ...(展开全部)

IN 1974, AFTER SUFFERING rejections from seven major publishers, The Chocolate War made its debut. An uncompromising portrait of conformity and corruption, it quickly became a bestselling—and provocative—classic for young adults. “Masterfully structured and rich in theme; the action is well crafted, well timed, suspenseful.”— The New York Times Book Review “The characteriz...(展开全部)

约翰•刘易斯•加迪斯（JOHN LEWIS GADDIS），现为耶鲁大学罗伯特•A.拉韦特（Robert A Lovett）讲座教授，著名的冷战史学家和大战略研究家，曾被《纽约时报》称作“冷战史学泰斗”，2005年获美国“国家人文奖章”（National Humanit ies Medal）。著有《遏制战略》（Strategies of Containment）、《长和平》（The Long Peace）、The United States and the Origins of the Cold War、、We Now Know、The landscape of History、Surprise, Security, and the American Experience、George F. Kennan。 翟强 ，美国奥本大学蒙哥马利校区历史系教授...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 巴里•施特劳斯是康奈尔大学古典学系和历史学系教授，研究方向为古代军事史。他撰写了多部著作，包括《萨拉米斯战役》《特洛伊战争》《斯巴达克斯战争》等。 . 【译者简介】 王舒琴，1996年生，安徽合肥人，2019年淮北师范大学翻译系毕业。 杜萍，职业译者。

Based on the latest archaeological research and written by a leading expert on ancient military history, the true story of the most famous battle in history is every bit as compelling as Homer's epic account - and confirms many of its details. "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" are cornerstones of Western literature. But did the war they describe really happen? Spectacular new archa...(展开全部)

约瑟夫•法莱尔（Joseph P. Farrell）：远古外星人研究者。先后获得圣经研究与哲学文学学士、历史与神学研究文学硕士以及基督学博士学位。他毕生致力于另类史学、科学与古代文献的研究，并提出了“吉萨大金字塔武器”假说。