The popular paperback edition of this fascinating collection of stories, which continue the tales of The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion and contains an alternative version of The Children of Hurin. Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lo...(展开全部)

This title represents the fruit of nearly 15 years of discussion - in person and by letter - between world-famous philosopher, Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) and Dr. Beata Polonowska-Sygulska of Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland. Berlin always felt a special affinity for scholars of Eastern Europe, and the unique chemistry between him and his younger enthusiast for his ideas...(展开全部)

The popular paperback edition of this fascinating collection of stories, which continue the tales of The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion and contains an alternative version of The Children of Hurin. Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lo...(展开全部)

This title represents the fruit of nearly 15 years of discussion - in person and by letter - between world-famous philosopher, Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) and Dr. Beata Polonowska-Sygulska of Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland. Berlin always felt a special affinity for scholars of Eastern Europe, and the unique chemistry between him and his younger enthusiast for his ideas...(展开全部)

A new B-format edition of JRR Tolkien's legacy of short stories which inhabit the realm of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lord of the Rings with a whole collection of background and n...(展开全部)

Explaining how people reason is central to understanding ourselves as human beings. Complex deliberations that take unexpected turns are central to many good detective stories, but they are also ubiquitous in everyday life and academic research. While philosophers have studied both ends of complex deliberations-learning new information and reaching justified conclusions-little ...(展开全部)

Rachel 和 Malrich的父亲为德国人，母亲是阿尔及利亚人。他们出生在阿尔及利亚一个偏僻遥远的小村镇，年幼被送往法国接受教育。Rachel在法国的教育体系下成功的成为了一名跨国公司的商人，但是Malrich比他哥哥年轻15岁， 很早就辍学并且和一帮不良青年混在一起。兄弟二人互相保持着一定的距离，知道他们的父母在一场伊斯兰原教旨主义（Islamic fundamentalist）突袭中被杀害。。。。

作者簡介 布瓦連．桑薩（Boualem Sansal，1949–） 出生於阿爾及利亞的山間村莊，阿爾及爾國立理工學校畢業，具經濟學博士學位，現住阿爾及爾（Alger）附近的布梅爾戴斯（Boumerdes）。他擔任過教師、顧問，在商界服務過，也曾任阿爾及利亞工業部高級官員。他從1997年開始從事創作，1999年出版第一部小說《蠻族的誓言》（Le Serment des barbares），獲「首部小說獎」和「熱帶獎」﹙法國開發署頒﹚，引起注目，也因此遭受到恐嚇和侮辱，但他仍決定留在阿爾及利亞，繼續從事創作。 從初試啼聲起，他就被視為當代阿爾及利亞的最重要作家之一。他於2003年在法國出版他的第三部小說《告訴我天堂》（Dis-moi le paradis），內容充滿對政治腐敗的揭露和批判，導致他從工業部去職。2008年出版《德國人的村莊》（Le Vill...(展开全部)

Drawing on previously unavailable material and never-before-opened archives, An Unfinished Life is packed with revelations large and small -- about JFK's health, his love affairs, RFK's appointment as Attorney General, what Joseph Kennedy did to help his son win the White House, and the path JFK would have taken in the Vietnam entanglement had he survived. Robert Dallek succeed...(展开全部)

This is a book about the meaning of time, what it is, when it has started, how it flows and where to. It examines the consequences of Einstein's theory of relativity and offers startling suggestions about what recent research may reveal.