Here is the first volume in George R. R. Martin’s magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Clash of Kings and A Storm of Swords. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin’s stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.
A Game of Thrones
Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the land they were born to. Sweeping from a land of brutal cold to a distant summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, here is a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens.
Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; and a determined woman undertakes the most treacherous of journeys. Amid plots and counterplots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, the fate of the Starks, their allies, and their enemies hangs perilously in the balance, as each endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.

In the years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time has established itself as a landmark volume in scientific
writing. It has also become an international publishing phenomenon, translated into forty languages and selling over nine million copies. The book was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the nature of the universe, but since then there have been extraordinary advances in the
technology of observing both the micro- and the macrocosmic world. These observations have confirmed many of Professor Hawking's theoretical predictions
in the first edition of his book, including the recent discoveries of the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite (COBE), which probed back in time to within 300,000 years of the universe's beginning and revealed the wrinkles in the fabric of space-time that he had projected. Eager to bring to his original text the new knowledge revealed by these many observations, as well as his most recent research, for this revised and expanded edition Hawking has prepared a new introduction to the book, revised and updated the original chapters throughout, and written an entirely new chapter on the fascinating subject of wormholes and time travel. In addition, to heighten understanding of complex concepts that readers may have found difficult to grasp despite the clarity and wit of Hawking's writing, this edition is magnificently enhanced throughout with more than 240 full-color illustrations, including satellite images, photographs made possible by spectacular new technological advances such as the Hubble telescope, and computer- generated images of three- and four-dimensional realities. Detailed captions clarify these illustrations, enabling readers to experience the vastness of intergalactic space, the nature of black holes, and the microcosmic world of
particle physics in which matter and antimatter collide. A classic work that now brings to the reader the latest understanding of cosmology, The Illustrated A Brief History of Time is the story of the ongoing search for the tantalizing secrets at the heart of time and space.

有史以來最多人讀過的哲學書，
普立茲非小說獎得主威爾杜蘭成名代表作，
「哲學入門必讀書單」次次上榜。
哲學導讀最佳讀本。
出版第一年再版22次，
迅速譯成18種語言席捲全球。
杜威：「威爾杜蘭首先是一位歷史學家，他博學強識，能將過去與當下融會貫通，也因此，他又被譽為二十世紀最重要的哲學家之一。」
威爾杜蘭以寓教於樂的文字，描述世界最偉大思想家的生平與成果，從蘇格拉底到桑塔耶那，深具無盡的啟發性。
《哲學的故事》不僅提供了讀者像是柏拉圖、亞里斯多德、法蘭西斯‧培根、斯賓諾沙、康德、伏爾泰、洛克及其他類似的世界知名「心靈君王」之思想觀念與哲學體系，更詳述了他們有血有肉的生平傳記。書中不止囊括了舊時代的哲學巨擘，也包含了舉世聞名的現代哲學家，包括柏格森、克羅齊、羅素、杜威，都在此發光發熱；同時，作者亦詳加檢視這些哲學家們的時空背景及其對我們現代智識遺產的影響。書頁中充滿了智慧之語與幽默機智，字字珠璣。對哲學的門外漢來說，這一本以威爾杜蘭活潑簡潔的獨特風格寫成之書，就宛如大學中所開設的一門完整的哲學課程。
《哲學的故事》已證明其存在的價值，它對渴求哲學整體觀點之人開啟了智識冒險與成長的前景，並在萬物最初與最終的恆久基本問題上，為他們向世界最偉大的哲學家尋求最明智、最堅不可摧的答案。
★以說故事的方式，帶領讀者了解西方哲學家的生平以及學說。

当编辑苏珊•赖兰拿到艾伦•康威最新作品的初稿时，她怎么也不会想到这本小说不同于他的其他任何作品。在和这位犯罪小说畅销书作家共事多年之后，她对他笔下的侦探阿提库斯•庞德了如指掌。庞德侦破了许多英国村庄中的谜案。意在向经典英国侦探小说女王阿加莎•克里斯蒂和多萝西•赛耶斯致敬，康威的传统写作模式获得了巨大成功；而苏珊为了保住工作，必须继续忍受他恼人的行为举止。
在康威的新作中，阿提库斯•庞德来到派伊府邸——一座乡村内的庄园——调查一桩谋杀案。是的，其中有死尸和许多各怀鬼胎的嫌疑人。然而随着阅读的深入，苏珊越来越确信，在这本稿件的背后隐藏着另一个故事：一个充斥着嫉妒、贪婪、冷酷的野心和谋杀的真实故事……