Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, is living out his old age on the family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret...(展开全部)

The undisputed master returns with a riveting new book—his first Smiley novel in more than twenty-five years Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, is living out his old age on the family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. The rea...(展开全部)

Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, is living out his old age on the family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret...(展开全部)

The undisputed master returns with a riveting new book—his first Smiley novel in more than twenty-five years Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, is living out his old age on the family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. The rea...(展开全部)

This touching diary reveals a year in the life of James Roose-Evans - the author and spiritualist. Older is a vivid and illuminating portrait of growing old. This 'thought diary' was written through James Roose-Evans's ninety-first year. The result is a cornucopia of delights that touches on everything from the profound to the minutiae of daily life. Throughout Roose-Evans writ...(展开全部)

***Listed in THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION's Weekly Book List, April 4, 2011*** Interview with the author: http: //dgeneratefilms.com/critical-essays/cinematalk-a-conversation-with-professor-guo-juin-hong-on-taiwan-cinema-1949-and-documentaries/ A groundbreaking study of Taiwan cinema, this is the first English language book that covers its entire history. Hong revises how ...(展开全部)

[澳]蒂姆•贝恩 认知哲学家，澳大利亚莫纳什大学哲学教授，主要研究意识和思维的本质、意识障碍以及能动性与意识之间的关系。著有《心灵哲学导论》《认知现象》《宗教哲学》等。

布鲁斯•特里格（1937—2006），世界著名考古学家，被誉为考古学界文艺复兴式的人物。生前系加拿大麦吉尔大学人类学系詹姆斯•麦吉尔（James McGill）教授，加拿大皇家学会会员，苏格兰文物学会、英国史前学会荣誉会员。耶鲁大学博士，先后在埃及与苏丹从事考古学研究。兴趣包括早期文明研究、考古学史和考古学与人类学理论。由于在社会科学方面的杰出贡献，他曾获得多项学术奖励，包括魁北克政府授予的声誉极高的莱昂-热兰奖。他有大量著作问世，除本书外，尚有《时间与传统》、《早期文明：语境中的埃及》、《理解早期文明：比较研究》、《超越历史：史前史的方法》、《剑桥美洲土著史第一卷》（合编）等。

In its original edition, Bruce Trigger's book was the first ever to examine the history of archaeological thought from medieval times to the present in world-wide perspective. Now, in this new edition, he both updates the original work and introduces new archaeological perspectives and concerns. At once stimulating and even-handed, it places the development of archaeological th...(展开全部)