美国当地时间2017年4月10日，科尔森·怀特黑德凭借《地下铁道》成为二十一世纪唯一凭借同一部小说擒得美国国家图书奖和普利策奖的小说家，跻身福克纳、安•波特、马拉默德、厄普代克、沃克、普鲁之列！ 2016年8月，科尔森·怀特黑德构思长达16年的长篇小说《地下铁道》出版，入选奥普拉读书俱乐部推荐书目，被奥巴马列入夏季书单，11月获得美国国家图书奖，自此“地下铁道旋风”席卷全美，作品进入年底全部选书榜单。科尔森·怀特黑德被媒体誉为“美国在世作家中最出类拔萃的一个”。 科尔森·怀特黑德（Colson Whitehead，1969— ），生于纽约，在上东区长大，童年时期就立志成为作家。毕业于哈佛大学。获得过麦克阿瑟天才奖、古根海姆奖及怀丁作家奖。 他写过六部小说，两部非虚构作品。1999年发表处女作《直觉主义者》(The Intuiti onist)即引起广...(展开全部)

“An epic account of Viet Nam’s painful 20th century history, both vast in scope and intimate in its telling . . . Moving and riveting.” —VIET THANH NGUYEN, author of The Sympathizer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner’s In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells a...(展开全部)

John Alvin's movie poster art is among the most iconic of the last 40 years, from Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast, Mulan and Pinocchio , to Empire of the Sun, Gremlins, Blazing Saddles, Predator , and the Star Wars 30th anniversary posters This beautiful collection encompasses some of Alvin's finest work, and also includes previously unseen comprehensives and in p...(展开全部)

John Alvin's movie poster art is among the most iconic of the last 40 years, from Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast, Mulan and Pinocchio , to Empire of the Sun, Gremlins, Blazing Saddles, Predator , and the Star Wars 30th anniversary posters This beautiful collection encompasses some of Alvin's finest work, and also includes previously unseen comprehensives and in p...(展开全部)

Matthew J. Payne is assistant professor of history at Emory University.

The Turkestano-Siberian Railroad, or Turksib, was one of the great construction projects of the Soviet Union's First Five-Year Plan. As the major icon to ending the economic "backwardness" of the USSR's minority republics, it stood apart from similar efforts as one of the most potent metaphors for the creation of a unified socialist nation. Built between December 1926 and Janu...(展开全部)

The Turkestano-Siberian Railroad, or Turksib, was one of the great construction projects of the Soviet Union's First Five-Year Plan. As the major icon to ending the economic "backwardness" of the USSR's minority republics, it stood apart from similar efforts as one of the most potent metaphors for the creation of a unified socialist nation. Built between December 1926 and Janu...(展开全部)

Matthew J. Payne is assistant professor of history at Emory University.

When Bright Morning takes her sheep to pasture, she gazes across the beautiful valley that is the home of her Navaho tribe and sees Spanish slavers riding straight toward her.

The Spanish slavers were an ever present threat to the Navajo way of life. This historical novel is about a young Navajo girl who is kidnapped and enslaved by Spaniards and then rescued by her husband-to-be.