From the bestselling author of The Swallows of Kabul comes this timely and haunting novel that powerfully illuminates the devastating human costs of terrorism.Dr. Amin Jaafari is an Arab-Israeli surgeon at a hospital in Tel Aviv. As an admired and respected member of his community, he has carved a space for himself and his wife, Sihem, at the crossroads of two troubled societ...(展开全部)

Ammine, a surgeon in a Jerusalem hospital, struggles to cope with the mangled bodies of victims of a suicide bombing in a downtown Jerusalem pizza restaurant. He is harassed, well-meaning, utterly dedicated and professional – and a naturalised Israeli Arab. When the police pin responsibility the suicide attack on Ammine's wife, he is at first baffled, disbelieving and angr...(展开全部)

Throughout Chinese history mountains have been integral components of the religious landscape. They have been considered divine or numinous sites, the abodes of deities, the preferred locations for temples and monasteries, and destinations for pilgrims. Early in Chinese history a set of five mountains were co-opted into the imperial cult and declared sacred peaks, yue, demarcat...(展开全部)

杰夫•范德米尔 美国科幻文学的中坚力量，拥有一连串的科幻文学荣誉。在创作《遗落的南境》三部曲之前，范德米尔的长中篇《马丁湖的转变》获得了2000年的世界奇幻奖，而他的长篇《芬奇探案记》获得美国星云奖和世界奇幻奖提名，他的非虚构类作品《惊奇之书》获得轨迹奖和英伦科幻奖，并有雨果奖和世界奇幻奖提名。他主编的《海底巨兽3》和《怪谭》都曾赢得世界奇幻奖的最佳选集奖。

芙瑞雅•斯塔克 1893-1993，Freya Stark 英国旅行家，生于巴黎，是二十世纪最伟大的女性旅行家，也是最优异的旅行作家之一。身前出版了三十多本有关中东的旅行游记，激发了整个世代起而追随她。芙瑞雅的作品博学又机智，除了刺激的冒险外，兼以独特的手法融入历史背景与当地风情习俗。本书于一九三六年刚问世就成了畅销书，还引起皇太后伊丽莎白女王的关注，两人因此成了朋友。一九七二年受封大英帝国女勋爵士。享年一百零一岁，一九九三年逝世时，伦敦《泰晤士报》赞誉她为“最后一位浪漫旅行家”，《纽约时报》则称她是“无人能望其项背的旅游家”。

In 1934, famed British traveler Freya Stark sailed down the Red Sea, alighting in Aden, located at the tip of the Arabian peninsula. From this backwater outpost, Stark set forth on what was to be her most unforgettable adventure: Following the ancient frankincense routes of the Hadhramaut Valley, the most fertile in Arabia, she sought to be the first Westerner to locate and doc...(展开全部)

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