The astonishing story of the ten million books that were smuggled across the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. For almost five decades after the Second World War, Europe was divided by the longest and most heavily guarded border on earth. The Iron Curtain, a near-impenetrable barrier of wire and wall, tank traps, minefields, watchtowers and men with dogs, stretched for 4,300 mi...(展开全部)

出版社/著者からの内容紹介 ある日突然すべての建物が崩れ、多くの人間が死に、地上は真っ 白な砂漠に変わった。そして生き残った少数の人間たちには、過酷な現実が待っ ていた...。地下にいたせいで助かった亮介と幼馴染みのしのぶは、食料もな く、飢餓状態に陥りながら死を待つように生きていた。「亮ちゃんが一緒ならい い」と言うしのぶに、死にたくない亮介は苛立つが...。

FOLGER Shakespeare Library The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies Each edition includes: • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play • Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play • Scene-by-scene plot summaries • A key to famous lines and phrases • An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language ...(展开全部)

A thrilling tale of secretaries turned spies, of love and duty, and of sacrifice--inspired by the true story of the CIA plot to infiltrate the hearts and minds of Soviet Russia, not with propaganda, but with the greatest love story of the twentieth century: Doctor Zhivago. At the height of the Cold War, two secretaries are pulled out of the typing pool at the CIA and given the ...(展开全部)

A thrilling tale of secretaries turned spies, of love and duty, and of sacrifice--inspired by the true story of the CIA plot to infiltrate the hearts and minds of Soviet Russia, not with propaganda, but with the greatest love story of the twentieth century: Doctor Zhivago. At the height of the Cold War, two secretaries are pulled out of the typing pool at the CIA and given the ...(展开全部)

This important piece of Australian fiction is republished for the first time as a Penguin Modern Classic. Elizabeth Jolley's award-winning novel is presented in a fresh, new format that is a must-have for lovers of Australian literature. Miss Hester Harper, middle-aged and eccentric, brings Katherine into her emotionally impoverished life. Together they sew, cook gourmet dishes...(展开全部)

Chepstow's location by a crossing of the River Wye, close to the Severn Estuary, has meant that the Monmouthshire town has always occupied a strategically important position. A Norman castle still sta

Cambridge has a world-famous university, but the town's long history predates the coming of the scholars, beginning with the Romans, who first identified this as a good spot for a settlement. It was a

The sprawling urban conurbation that is Swindon began life as an Anglo-Saxon defensible settlement atop a limestone hill. Old Swindon would likely have remained a sleepy market town were it not for th

《秘密》这本集成功学、财富学、心理学等的著作中，作者揭露了运行在宇宙间主宰人生的强有力的黄金法则，清晰明了地解析了如何运用这个法则，创造美满幸福的生活。这是有关一切的秘密，这个秘密将给你想要的幸福、快乐、健康和爱情。《秘密》的构成来自当今成功者的智慧，他们都是各个领域世界级的领袖，他们都因运用这个秘密而获得健康、快乐、成功和声誉。 《秘密》是一本注定属于伟大的心灵励志书。《秘密》作者朗达?拜恩是澳大利亚电视工作者，有一年，父亲突然去世、工作遭遇瓶颈、家庭关系也陷入僵局，就在人生跌至谷底、生活即将崩溃时，意外发现了隐藏在百年古书中的秘密。几个世纪以来,这个秘密零星地存在于各种口述的历史、文学、宗教与哲学之中，更藏在人与世界的各个互动层面，每个人自身都存在着自己所不知道的能量。作者还发现，许多当今的佼佼者早已了解并运用此秘密。因此，作者不禁疑问：“为什么...(展开全部)