Thompson's ( The Paper Bag Prince ) haunting picture book is both serious and witty. The deceptively simple story opens with the death of the young narrator's grandfather, a raffish sailor. Responding to the death, Titanic the parrot says, "Hello, sailor," a contrary comment that sets up the narrator's contrarily successful search for mythical Atlantis. It is all around, Grandf...(展开全部)

蒂芬·金(Stephefl King) 有史以来作品最多、读者最众、声名最大的作家之一。 编过剧本，写过专栏，执过导筒，做过制片人，还客串过演员。 作品总销量超过三亿五千万册，超过一百五十部影视作品改编自他的作品，由此创下一项吉尼斯世界记录。 被《纽约时报》誉为“现代惊悚小说大师”，更是读者心目中的“恐怖小说之王”。 六次荣获布莱姆·斯托克奖，六次荣获国际恐怖文学协会奖，1996年获欧·亨利奖。 2003年因“继承了美国文学注意情节和气氛的伟大传统，体现出人类灵魂深处种种美丽的和悲惨的道德真相，而荣获美国国家图书奖的终身成就奖。 2007年荣获爱伦·坡大师奖——终身成就奖。他以恐怖小说著称，活脱脱概括了此一类型小说的整个发展沿革，他的作品还包括了科幻小说、奇幻小说等其他小说类型。但他的作品又远远超出了类型小说的范畴，他并非一个廉价的恐怖批发商，他的作...(展开全部)

Thompson's ( The Paper Bag Prince ) haunting picture book is both serious and witty. The deceptively simple story opens with the death of the young narrator's grandfather, a raffish sailor. Responding to the death, Titanic the parrot says, "Hello, sailor," a contrary comment that sets up the narrator's contrarily successful search for mythical Atlantis. It is all around, Grandf...(展开全部)

Pierce Brown’s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. “I live for the dream that my children will be born free,” she says. “That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them.” “I live for you,” I say sadly. Eo kisses my cheek. “Then you must live fo...(展开全部)

Pierce Brown’s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. “I live for the dream that my children will be born free,” she says. “That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them.” “I live for you,” I say sadly. Eo kisses my cheek. “Then you must live fo...(展开全部)

David Brin's Uplift novels are among the most thrilling and extraordinary science fiction ever written. Sundiver, Startide Rising, and The Uplift War --a New York Times bestseller--together make up one of the most beloved sagas of all time.Brin's tales are set in a future universe in which no species can reach sentience without being "uplifted" by a patron race.But the grea...(展开全部)

皮尔斯·布朗2010年大学毕业，本想继续在霍格沃茨学校研习魔法与巫术。可惜，他是个麻瓜，于是，在努力成为作家的道路上，他曾在一家科技类创业公司担任过社交媒体运营的经理，在迪士尼工作室里做过苦工，在NBC电视台当过助理，还在美国参议院竞选中当过助手，那段时间的经历，让他对“缺觉”有了全新的认识。 《火星崛起》是皮尔斯·布朗的处女作，宏大的设定之下，他将科幻、奇幻世界中的元素与现实完美地结合在一起，塑造了许许多多鲜活的人物与令人难忘的情节。“火星崛起三部曲”让他赢得了无数粉丝与众多殊荣，电影版权也早已被环球影业拿下。 皮尔斯·布朗目前生活在洛杉矶，他依然在《火星崛起》的宇宙中，涂写着关于宇宙飞船、巫师、食尸鬼以及各种各样古老而离奇的故事。 www.redrisingbook.com www.pierce-brown.com

布琳•布朗博士是美国休斯敦大学的研究教授，多年来，她在勇气、脆弱、羞耻和同理心方面进行了深入研究，并著有《脆弱的力量》《活出感性》等畅销书。 2010年，布琳•布朗所做的TED演讲《脆弱的力量》成为TED*受欢迎的演讲之一，其视频点击率目前已超过3000万次。此外，她还是勇敢领导者股份公司（BRAVE LEADERS INC）的创始人兼首席执行官。目前，她的研究成果已得到了广泛应用。

On the 45th floor of the Matsumoto Tower in LA, the headquarters of the Japanese Electronics Corporation, celebrities from the film and music world mix with the captains of industry and politics. On the 46th floor, the dead body of a young woman is discovered. By the author of "Jurassic Park".