杰克·特纳(Jack Turner)1968年生于澳大利亚墨尔本，在墨尔本大学荻古典文学艺术专业学士学位。后获罗兹奖学金在牛津大学学习，并以麦克阿瑟基金会初级研究员身份在那里从事研究，获牛津大学国际关系学博士学位。现与妻子海伦娜及儿子旅居瑞士。《香料传奇》是他的第一本著作。

A history of the trade that controlled the world and left an indelible impression on our taste buds; a sweeping story of avarice, ingenuity and exploration, spanning the globe and the centuries in its epic reconstruction of this magnificent obsession. Spices: for centuries the staple of cuisine, remedies and ritual, they have commanded the highest of prices. To this day, saffr...(展开全部)

A brilliant, original history of the spice trade—and the appetites that fueled it. It was in search of the fabled Spice Islands and their cloves that Magellan charted the first circumnavigation of the globe. Vasco da Gama sailed the dangerous waters around Africa to India on a quest for Christians—and spices. Columbus sought gold and pepper but found the New World. By the tim...(展开全部)

“Jingles and pictures, and the traditional forms of the nursery rhymes will delight.”--Kirkus Reviews

在线阅读本书 By the Kate Greenaway Medalist Deep in the woods in an old white cabin, three friends make their pumpkin soup the same way every day. The Cat slices up the pumpkin, the Squirrel stirs in the water, and the Duck tips in just enough salt. But one day the Duck wants to stir instead, and then there is a horrible squabble, and he leaves the cabin in a huff. It isn't long b...(展开全部)

Gary Paul Nabhan takes the reader on a vivid and far-ranging journey across time and space in this fascinating look at the relationship between the spice trade and culinary imperialism. Drawing on his own family’s history as spice traders, as well as travel narratives, historical accounts, and his expertise as an ethnobotanist, Nabhan describes the critical roles that Semitic p...(展开全部)

本書的兩個故事，作者嘗試以輕鬆跳脫的筆觸，牽引出少年人成長的無助、孤獨和痛苦，以及勇往直前、不顧後果的精神，重新檢視年青人的親情、友情和愛情世界。 （1）幸福寶貝不懂與人相處的我，一直渴望獨自生活。藉著上大學，我離開了父母，獨自住進了伯父空置的大屋。不過，裡面竟有一頭小貓，和曾住在這裡的主人亡魂。雖然「她」是鬼魂，卻絲毫不讓人感到害怕，有時她會捉弄我，有時卻照顧的我起居飲食，甚至照顧生病的我。病榻中，我向她傾訴內心的寂寞和痛苦，得到她溫暖體貼的無言安慰，讓我感到有生以來的幸福。一天，小貓突然失蹤了，在我們四處找尋牠時，無意中找到殺死她的兇手…… （2）失蹤 HOLIDAY 六歲的我，隨著窮媽媽嫁進富甲一方的菅原家，就成了富豪的獨生女。媽媽死了以後，剩下我這個跟爸爸毫無血緣關係的女兒，經常擔心終有一天被趕出家門。爸爸再婚，我卻和後母...(展开全部)

“Mañana por la mañana te devolveremos a tu hija. Prepara dos millones deyenes en billetes usados. Recibirás una llamada. Espera en casa.”“Missing Holiday” narra el secuestro de una niña. Una historia llena de girosinesperados y sorprendentes en la que nada es lo que parece y con un finalque pone los pelos de punta.

擔心自己會被沒有血緣關係的繼父、後母趕出家庭的菅原奈緒，因為細故與後母爭吵之後一氣之下離家出走。但是她卻突發奇想，躲進了家中傭人楠木邦子的房間，並製造自己被綁架的假事件，整個事件就在誤打誤撞之下愈滾愈大……