The story of a very nice young man called Ned Maddstone who, 20 years after being seized outside a Knightsbridge language college and thrown into solitary confinement as a political prisoner, returns to London implacably focused upon revenge.

New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan island, 1746. One rainy evening in November, a handsome young stranger fresh off the boat arrives at a countinghouse door on Golden Hill Street: this is Mr. Smith, amiable, charming, yet strangely determined to keep suspicion shimmering. For in his pocket, he has what seems to be an order for a thousand pounds, a huge sum, and he w...(展开全部)

New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan island, 1746. One rainy evening in November, a handsome young stranger fresh off the boat arrives at a countinghouse door on Golden Hill Street: this is Mr. Smith, amiable, charming, yet strangely determined to keep suspicion shimmering. For in his pocket, he has what seems to be an order for a thousand pounds, a huge sum, and he w...(展开全部)

Aboard A"rgo," a colonization ship bound for Eta Cephei IV, people are very close--there's no other choice. So when Aaron Rossman's ex-wife dies in what seems to be a bizarre accident, everyone offers their sympathy, politely keeping their suspicions of suicide to themselves. But Aaron cannot simply accept her death. He must know the truth: Was it an accident, or did she commit...(展开全部)

Aboard Argo, a colonization ship bound for Eta Cephei IV, people are very close--there's no other choice. So when Aaron Rossman's ex-wife dies in what seems to be a bizarre accident, everyone offers their sympathy, politely keeping their suspicions of suicide to themselves. But Aaron cannot simply accept her death. He must know the truth: Was it an accident, or did she commit s...(展开全部)

约翰·邓普顿爵士（John Templeton） 邓普顿基金集团创始人，被誉为全球最具智慧、最受尊崇的投资者之一。他被美国《福布斯》杂志称为“环球投资之父”及“历史上最成功的基金经理之一”。作为在金融界一个有传奇色彩的人物，他是全球投资的先锋。邓普顿共同基金曾经为全球的投资者带来数十亿美元的收益。2006年，他被美国《纽约时报》评选为“20世纪全球十大顶尖基金经理人”。

FitzChivalry Farseer is back at work as apprentice to master assassin Chade, but the master is nearing the end of his life. Nor is that the young assassin's only problem. The rescued Prince Dutiful isn't living up to his name and in his dereliction threatens to disclose his secret and scandalous possession of beast magic. Moreover, Farseer's wolf bondmate, Nighteyes, is dead, a...(展开全部)

The first ever illustrated paperback of part two of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring 16 colour paintings by Alan Lee.

A reprint of the 1976 Macmillan edition. This fictional outline of a modern Utopia has been a centre of controversy ever since its publication in 1948. Set in the United States, it pictures a society in which human problems are solved by a scientific technology of human conduct. FROM THE PREFACE: It is now widely recognised that great changes must be made in the American way of...(展开全部)

伯勒斯·弗雷德里克·斯金纳（Burrhus Frederic Skinner, 1904-1990）是20世纪后半叶最卓越、最著名的心理学家之一。他于1904年3月20日出生在宾夕法尼亚州萨斯奎汉纳的一个中产阶级家庭。在斯金纳晚年回忆中，父母对其管教严格。父亲假期曾带他参观乡下的监狱，以体会行为不当会产生怎样的后果。在读中学时，他擅长文学，但科学成绩不佳。1922年，斯金纳进入汉密尔顿学院学习文学。大学毕业后，他投身于文学事业，但结果一事无成，还差一点因精神问题去看心理医生。后因受巴甫洛夫（Ivan Petrovich Pavlov）和华生（John Broadus Watson）等人著作的影响，决定转向行为主义心理学。他曾经指出，其科学生涯的一项指导原则就是巴甫洛夫的一句简单格言，即如果你控制了你的环境，你就会看到秩序。斯金纳于1928年进入哈佛大...(展开全部)