In print for twenty-seven years, A Map of Misreading serves as a companion volume to Bloom's other seminal work, The Anxiety of Influence. In this finely crafted text, Bloom offers instruction in how to read a poem, using his theory that patterns of imagery in poems represent both a response to and a defense against the influence of precursor poems. Influence, as Bloom conceive...(展开全部)

In print for twenty-seven years, A Map of Misreading serves as a companion volume to Bloom's other seminal work, The Anxiety of Influence. In this finely crafted text, Bloom offers instruction in how to read a poem, using his theory that patterns of imagery in poems represent both a response to and a defense against the influence of precursor poems. Influence, as Bloom conceive...(展开全部)

This rollicking page-turner with a cast of real and imagined literary characters and cunning intertwined plots stars a skeptical H.G. Wells as a time-traveling investigator. Set in Victorian London, The Map of Time boasts a triple-play of intertwined plots in which a skeptical H.G. Wells is called upon to investigate purported incidents of time travel. Now, he must save the ...(展开全部)

Much more than a history atlas, this book drops you right in the heart of the action, as 130 detailed maps tell the story of pivotal episodes in world history, from the first human migrations out of Africa to the race for space. After the foreword written by renowned broadcaster and historian Peter Snow, purpose-made regional and global maps present the history of the world as ...(展开全部)

弗朗西斯卡•海格（Francesca Haig），作家，诗人。墨尔本大学博士毕业，主要研究领域是灾难文学，现任英国切斯特大学高级讲师，好莱坞知名经纪公司UTA签约作家。她曾在澳洲与英国的文学刊物上发表多篇诗作，并于2006年出版首部个人诗集《生命之水》，2010年获英国 霍桑登（Hawthornden）奖学金。 《骸骨迷宫》是海格的首部科幻系列小说《烈火的召唤》的第二本。全书以一对双胞胎兄妹为核心，讲述了他们分别所处的敌对阵营，试图重建末日后的世界以及为了破除同生共死的命运、重获自由而斗争的故事。作者以高度丰满的叙事架构和诗意的语言，构建了一个黑暗与希望交织的世界，引领读者跟随着勇敢的主人公一路冒险，破除桎梏，拯救他们所爱。作品充满了迷人的复杂性，隐秘而深刻的氛围贯穿始终，引人入胜。 该系列的第三本《永生船》预计于2017年夏天上市。

弗朗西斯卡•海格（Francesca Haig），作家，诗人。墨尔本大学博士毕业，主要研究领域是灾难文学，现任英国切斯特大学高级讲师，好莱坞知名经纪公司UTA签约作家。她曾在澳洲与英国的文学刊物上发表多篇诗作，并于2006年出版首部个人诗集《生命之水》，2010年获英国 霍桑登（Hawthornden）奖学金。 《骸骨迷宫》是海格的首部科幻系列小说《烈火的召唤》的第二本。全书以一对双胞胎兄妹为核心，讲述了他们分别所处的敌对阵营，试图重建末日后的世界以及为了破除同生共死的命运、重获自由而斗争的故事。作者以高度丰满的叙事架构和诗意的语言，构建了一个黑暗与希望交织的世界，引领读者跟随着勇敢的主人公一路冒险，破除桎梏，拯救他们所爱。作品充满了迷人的复杂性，隐秘而深刻的氛围贯穿始终，引人入胜。 该系列的第三本《永生船》预计于2017年夏天上市。

Of all the great Japanese novelists, Kobe Abe was indubitably the most versatile. With The Ruined Map, he crafted a mesmerizing literary crime novel that combines the narrative suspense of Chandler with the psychological depth of Dostoevsky. Mr. Nemuro, a respected salesman, disappeared over half a year ago, but only now does his alluring yet alcoholic wife hire a private eye....(展开全部)