Two young women in a land shattered by war test the limits of their strengthLovely Julia Hoffman has always enjoyed the carefree life of her well-to-do Philadelphia family. But when she fails to attra

杜鲁门·卡波蒂（Truman Capote），一九二四年九月三十日生于美国新奥尔良。一九四八年第一部长篇小说《别的声音，别的房间》的出版为他赢得国际声誉，此后的创作使他成为战后美国文坛最为著名的作家之一。他两度荣获欧·亨利短篇小说奖，是美国艺术与文学院院士。卡波蒂的其他重要作品包括小说《草竖琴》、《蒂凡尼的早餐》以及“非虚构小说”《冷血》。一九八四年八月二十五日病逝于洛杉矶

杰玛·埃尔文·哈里斯（Gemma Elwin Harris） 久负盛名的职业撰稿人，主要撰写社论和杂志专栏文章。曾工作于《消费导刊》(Time Out)、《魅力杂志》(Glamour)、《星期日泰晤士报》(The Sunday Times)。 她有一个儿子和三个侄女，正是这些孩子的好奇心激发了她出版此书的想法。她联手英国防止虐待儿童学会（NSPCC）——英国首屈一指的儿童保护慈善机构，邀请世界顶级专家，解答孩子们提出的问题。

杰玛·埃尔文·哈里斯（Gemma Elwin Harris） 久负盛名的职业撰稿人，主要撰写社论和杂志专栏文章。曾工作于《消费导刊》(Time Out)、《魅力杂志》(Glamour)、《星期日泰晤士报》(The Sunday Times)。 她有一个儿子和三个侄女，正是这些孩子的好奇心激发了她出版此书的想法。她联手英国防止虐待儿童学会（NSPCC）——英国首屈一指的儿童保护慈善机构，邀请世界顶级专家，解答孩子们提出的问题。

Written by a leading Civil War historian and Pulitzer Prize winner, this text describes the social, economic, political, and ideological conflicts that led to a unique, tragic, and transitional event in American history. The third edition incorporates recent scholarship and addresses renewed areas of interest in the Civil War/Reconstruction era, including the motivations and ex...(展开全部)

"Ordeal by Fire" blends the most up-to-date scholarship with interpretations based on decades of teaching, research, and writing, to tell an important story - that of the American Civil War and Reconstruction. Written by a leading Civil War historian and Pulitzer Prize winner, this text describes the social, economic, political, and ideological conflicts that led to a unique, t...(展开全部)

Thamos, Count of Thebes, one of the last members of a spiritual brotherhood keeping alive the secrets of the pharaohs, has been assigned the mission to find and protect the 'Great Magician', a genius whose works will save humanity. Believing that he has found the One in popular young musician, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he succeeds in initiating him in the Masonic rites inspired ...(展开全部)

Thamos, Count of Thebes, one of the last members of a spiritual brotherhood keeping alive the secrets of the pharaohs, has been assigned the mission to find and protect the 'Great Magician', a genius whose works will save humanity. Believing that he has found the One in popular young musician, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he succeeds in initiating him in the Masonic rites inspired ...(展开全部)

"Ordeal by Fire" blends the most up-to-date scholarship with interpretations based on decades of teaching, research, and writing, to tell an important story - that of the American Civil War and Reconstruction. Written by a leading Civil War historian and Pulitzer Prize winner, this text describes the social, economic, political, and ideological conflicts that led to a unique, t...(展开全部)