A man returns to his native China to find upheaval in both his homeland and his family in this novel by a New York Times–bestselling author. On the eve of a popular rebellion, the Chinese government starts to crack down in cities across the country. Fleeing the turmoil, Wang Yuan, the son of a famous general and grandson of the patriarch of The Good Earth, leaves for America to...(展开全部)

The second installment in Pearl S. Buck’s acclaimed Good Earth trilogy: the powerful story of three brothers whose greed will bring their family to the brink of ruin Sons begins where The Good Earth ended: Revolution is sweeping through China. Wang Lung is on his deathbed in the house of his fathers, and his three sons stand ready to inherit his hard-won estate. One son has tak...(展开全部)

The second installment in Pearl S. Buck’s acclaimed Good Earth trilogy: the powerful story of three brothers whose greed will bring their family to the brink of ruin Sons begins where The Good Earth ended: Revolution is sweeping through China. Wang Lung is on his deathbed in the house of his fathers, and his three sons stand ready to inherit his hard-won estate. One son has tak...(展开全部)

To the Ends of the Earth, William Golding's great sea trilogy, presents the extraordinary story of a warship's troubled journey to Australia in the early 1800s. Told through the pages of Edmund Talbolt's journall--with equal measure of wit and disdain--it records the mounting tensions and growing misfortunes aboard the ancient ship. An instant maritime classic, and one of Goldi...(展开全部)

A House Divided , the third volume of the trilogy that began with The Good Earth and Sons , is a powerful portrayal of China in the midst of revolution. Wang Yuan is caught between the opposing ideas of different generations. After 6 years abroad, Yuan returns to China in the middle of a peasant uprising. His counsin is a captain in the revolutionary army, his sis...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A poignant tale about the life and labors of a Chinese farmer during the sweeping reign of the country¹s last emperor. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives readers important background information A chronology of the author's life and work A timeline of significant eve...(展开全部)

The Good Earth is a novel by Pearl S. Buck, first published in 1931, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1932. It is the first book in a trilogy that includes the books Sons (1932) and A House Divided (1935). A Chinese peasant overcomes the forces of nature and the frailties of human nature to become a wealthy landowner. Book Description Pearl S. Buck's epi...(展开全部)

《大地》是诺贝尔文学奖获得者赛珍珠的代表作品，本书以20世纪初期的中国社会为故事背景，讲述了生活在安徽的农民王龙与他的妻子阿兰共同经营家庭、慢慢致富的故事。 王龙勤劳肯干，倾注了大量的热情在土地上；阿兰吃苦耐劳，生儿育女，操持着一家人的生活。正当日子越过越好的时候，一场意外不期而至……

《大地》是诺贝尔文学奖获得者赛珍珠的代表作品，本书以20世纪初期的中国社会为故事背景，讲述了生活在安徽的农民王龙与他的妻子阿兰共同经营家庭、慢慢致富的故事。 王龙勤劳肯干，倾注了大量的热情在土地上；阿兰吃苦耐劳，生儿育女，操持着一家人的生活。正当日子越过越好的时候，一场意外不期而至……

The Iremongers have taken up what was not wanted and wanted it. Clod is an Iremonger. He lives in the Heaps, a vast sea of lost and discarded items collected from all over London. At the centre is Heap House, a puzzle of houses, castles, homes and mysteries reclaimed from the city and built into a living maze of staircases and scurrying rats. The Iremongers are a mean and cruel...(展开全部)