Herbert Read was a maverick character in the cultural life of the twentieth century. A radical leader of the avant garde in the 1930s, and an anarchist revolutionary during the war years, by the time of his death in 1968 he had become a key figure at the heart of the British cultural establishment. To Hell with Culture offers readers an ideal overview of the ideas that marked o...(展开全部)

Prepare to die. His kingdom is near. Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him—the fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon and decimated the world’s population. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can’t get their hands on him, or more importantly, on the bioweapon they infected him with. But when cornered by monsters Pre...(展开全部)

This is a wide-ranging and stimulating introduction to the history and theory of visual culture from painting to the computer and television screen. It will prove indispensable to students of art and art history as well as students of cultural studies. Mirzoeff begins by defining what visual culture is, and explores how and why visual media - fine art, cinema, the Internet, adv...(展开全部)

It was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war. It led to the destruction of two suns and the billions of lives they supported. Now, eight hundred years later, the light from the first of those ancient mistakes has reached the Culture Orbital, Masaq'. The light from the second may not. 'Confirms Banks as the standard by which the rest of SF is judged' GUARDIAN 'In ...(展开全部)

The inspiring story of one man's love for God and his unflinching commitment to present the Gospel of Christ to the Chinese. This book recounts the thrilling story of Hudson Taylor and the eventual formation of the China Inland Mission. Hudson Taylor left England on September 19, 1853, and did not reach China until spring of the following year. The long and arduous voyage, pers...(展开全部)

The inspiring story of one man's love for God and his unflinching commitment to present the Gospel of Christ to the Chinese. This book recounts the thrilling story of Hudson Taylor and the eventual formation of the China Inland Mission. Hudson Taylor left England on September 19, 1853, and did not reach China until spring of the following year. The long and arduous voyage, pers...(展开全部)

In the summer of 1914 most of Europe plunged into a war so catastrophic that it unhinged the continent's politics and beliefs in a way that took generations to recover from. The disaster terrified its survivors, shocked that a civilization that had blandly assumed itself to be a model for the rest of the world had collapsed into a chaotic savagery beyond any comparison. In 1939...(展开全部)

伊恩·克肖，英国国家学术院院士、王家历史学会会员、20世纪德国史专家。著有《希特勒迷思》、两卷本《希特勒传》和《命运攸关的抉择：1940—1941 年间改变世界的十个决策》等。2002 年，他因为在历史学方面的贡献而获封为爵士。

In the summer of 1914 most of Europe plunged into a war so catastrophic that it unhinged the continent's politics and beliefs in a way that took generations to recover from. The disaster terrified its survivors, shocked that a civilization that had blandly assumed itself to be a model for the rest of the world had collapsed into a chaotic savagery beyond any comparison. In 1939...(展开全部)