Axel Heyst, a dreamer and a restless drifter, believes he can avoid suffering by cutting himself off from others. Then he becomes involved in the operation of a coal company on a remote island in the Malay Archipelago, and when it fails he turns his back on humanity once more. But his life alters when he rescues a young English girl, Lena, from Zangiacomo’s Ladies’ ...(展开全部)

As the driving force behind the Allied effort in World War I, France willingly shouldered the heaviest burden. In this masterful book, Robert Doughty explains how and why France assumed this role and offers new insights into French strategy and operational methods. An unparalleled work in French or English literature on the war, "Pyrrhic Victory" is destined to become the stand...(展开全部)

As the driving force behind the Allied effort in World War I, France willingly shouldered the heaviest burden. In this masterful book, Robert Doughty explains how and why France assumed this role and offers new insights into French strategy and operational methods. French leaders, favouring a multi-front strategy, believed the Allies could maintain pressure on several fronts ar...(展开全部)

As the driving force behind the Allied effort in World War I, France willingly shouldered the heaviest burden. In this masterful book, Robert Doughty explains how and why France assumed this role and offers new insights into French strategy and operational methods. An unparalleled work in French or English literature on the war, "Pyrrhic Victory" is destined to become the stand...(展开全部)

As the driving force behind the Allied effort in World War I, France willingly shouldered the heaviest burden. In this masterful book, Robert Doughty explains how and why France assumed this role and offers new insights into French strategy and operational methods. French leaders, favouring a multi-front strategy, believed the Allies could maintain pressure on several fronts ar...(展开全部)

The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries—from the transcendent imagination of Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie In the wake of an insignificant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine enco...(展开全部)

Written by Jeph Loeb Art and cover by Tim Sale Reoffered to coincide with CATWOMAN: WHEN IN ROME. Written as the sequel to the critically acclaimed BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, this trade paperback continues to the tell the story of an early time in Batman's life when James Gordon, Harvey Dent, and the vigilante himself were all just beginning their roles as Gotham's protectors...(展开全部)

保罗•肯尼迪（Paul Kennedy），牛津大学博士，英国皇家历史学会会长，现为美国耶鲁大学历史学教授，重点研究和讲授当代战略和国际关系，是多所大学的客座研究员和客座教授。曾撰写和编辑过10本有关海军史、帝国主义、英德关系、战略和外交等方面的著作。

威廉·斯利姆（William Slim,1891—1970） 英国陆军元帅，第一代斯利姆子爵，二战名将。他1891年出生于英国布里斯托尔，1908年入读爱德华国王学校，尔后加入军官训练团。1914年8月22日，以代理少尉军衔到英国皇家沃里克郡团服役，随军参加一战。1918年11月，转隶英印军，以代理少校军衔到第6廓尔喀步枪团就职。1937年入读英国皇家国防研究院，毕业后，出任第7廓尔喀步枪团第2营营长，随后又出任英印高级军官学校校长。 二战爆发时，斯利姆就任英印第5师第10旅旅长，前赴非洲作战，再度负伤。1941年，升任英印第10师长。日军入侵缅甸后，英印军节节败退，1942年3月，斯利姆临危受命，出任英缅第1军军长，克服重重困难，率军撤抵印度。斯利姆此后历任英印第15军军长、第14集团军司令官和第11集团军群总司令，反败为胜，领军收复缅甸，特别是在...(展开全部)