Not since The Thorn Birds has Colleen McCullough written a novel of such broad appeal about a family and the Australian experience as The Touch. At its center is Alexander Kinross， remembered as a young man in his native Scotland only as a shiftless boilermaker s apprentice and a godless rebel. But when， years later， he writes from Australia to summon his bride， his Scottish r...(展开全部)

Not since "The Thorn Birds" has Colleen McCullough written a novel of such broad appeal about a family and the Australian experience as "The Touch." At its center is Alexander Kinross, remembered as a young man in his native Scotland only as a shiftless boilermaker's apprentice and a godless rebel. But when, years later, he writes from Australia to summon his bride, his Scotti...(展开全部)

Spanning nearly fifty years, from the 1860s through to the turn of the century, "The Touch" tells the story of Alexander Kinross, who flees from a childhood of poverty in Scotland to make his fortune in the Australian and the American gold fields. In the process, he meets the woman he loves but can never marry - and marries a woman who can never love him. When Alexander Kinross...(展开全部)

丹尼尔 • 凯斯（Daniel Keyes，1927—2014） 作家，雨果奖和星云奖得主，俄亥俄大学英文系教授，擅长在小说中探讨人类最精微、最深层的心理问题。 漫威漫画草创时期他与斯坦 • 李（Stan Lee Stan Lee ）共事，因《献给阿尔吉侬的花束》获雨果奖和星云奖。1981—1981年出版的《24 个比利》获拉斯维兹小说奖、日本星云奖。他还著有《比利战争》《5个莎莉》等多部探讨多重人格分裂的作品，以及描写核事故的惊悚小说《危尘》。凯斯擅长以医疗背景描写人类心理，他的名字几乎与“精神分析小说”画上等号。 2000 年，美国科幻协会向凯斯颁发年度荣誉作家奖（Author Emeritus Author Emeritus)，以表彰他在医疗科幻领域的成就。丹尼尔 • 凯斯的所有作品在全球有30多个语种的版本，累计销量超过千万册。2014年6月...(展开全部)

The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are all intimately connected with the mysterious number e. In this informal and engaging history, Eli Maor portrays the curious characters and the elegant mathematics that lie behind the number. Designed for a reader with only a modest background in mat...(展开全部)

Eli Maor 知名科普作家，以色列理工学院博士，曾在芝加哥洛约拉大学教授数学史课程。著有畅销书《三角之美：边边角角的趣事》、《勾股定理：悠悠4000年的故事》、《无穷之旅：关于无穷大的文化史》等。在各国期刊上发表过大量论文，涉及应用数学、数学史和数学教育等领域。

Eli Maor 知名科普作家，以色列理工学院博士，曾在芝加哥洛约拉大学教授数学史课程。著有畅销书《三角之美：边边角角的趣事》、《勾股定理：悠悠4000年的故事》、《无穷之旅：关于无穷大的文化史》等。在各国期刊上发表过大量论文，涉及应用数学、数学史和数学教育等领域。

The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are all intimately connected with the mysterious number e. In this informal and engaging history, Eli Maor portrays the curious characters and the elegant mathematics that lie behind the number. Designed for a reader with only a modest background in mat...(展开全部)

Legendary spymaster Markus Wolf has emerged from the shadows to reveal his remarkable life of secrets, lies, and betrayals as head of the world's most formidable and effective foreign intelligence service ever. Wolf was undoubtedly the greatest spymaster of our century. He was a figure of mystery, a shadowy Cold War legend who kept his own past locked up as tightly as the s...(展开全部)

The roller-coaster rags-to-riches story behind the phenomenal success of Pixar Animation Studios, and the first in-depth look at the company that forever changed the film industry and the "fraternity of geeks" who shaped it.