在线阅读本书 Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of dust bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, it tells of the Joad family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel West in search of the promised land. Their story is one of false hopes, ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer prize-winning epic remains his undisputed masterpiece. Set against the background of dust bowl Oklahoma and Californian migrant life, it tells of the Joad family, who, like thousands of others, are forced to travel West in search of the promised land. Their story is one of false hopes, ...(展开全部)

Since the beginning of time, the angelic hosts of the High Heavens and the demonic hordes of the Burning Hells have been locked in a struggle for the fate of all Creation. That struggle has now come to the mortal realm...and neither Man nor Demon nor Angel will be left unscathed.... DIABLO Driven by nightmares to the ruins of a mysterious tomb, Lord Aldric Jitan hopes t...(展开全部)

In a feat of virtuoso storytelling, Anne Rice unleashes Akasha, the queen of the damned, who has risen from a six-thousand-year sleep to let loose the powers of the night. Akasha has a marvelously devious plan to “save” mankind and destroy the vampire Lestat—in this extraordinarily sensual novel of the complex, erotic, electrifying world of the undead.

In a feat of virtuoso storytelling, Anne Rice unleashes Akasha, the queen of the damned, who has risen from a six-thousand-year sleep to let loose the powers of the night. Akasha has a marvelously devious plan to “save” mankind and destroy the vampire Lestat—in this extraordinarily sensual novel of the complex, erotic, electrifying world of the undead.

In 1976, a uniquely seductive world of vampires was unveiled in the now-classic Interview with the Vampire . . . in 1985, a wild and voluptous voice spoke to us, telling the story of The Vampire Lestat.  In The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice continues her extraordinary "Vampire Chronicles" in a feat of mesmeric storytelling, a chillingly hypnotic entertainment in which the olde...(展开全部)

In 1976, a uniquely seductive world of vampires was unveiled in the now-classic Interview with the Vampire . . . in 1985, a wild and voluptous voice spoke to us, telling the story of The Vampire Lestat .In The Queen of the Damned , Anne Rice continues her extraordinary "Vampire Chronicles" in a feat of mesmeric storytelling, a chillingly hypnotic entertainment in which the ...(展开全部)

曼努埃尔·普伊格（Manuel Puig，1932—1990） 阿根廷著名作家，出生于潘帕斯大草原上的比耶加斯将军镇，一个他自称“什么都没有的地方”，因而他从小便喜欢泡在电影院里，尤爱好莱坞电影。1956年，普伊格去罗马学习电影，之后他教过西班牙语、意大利语，洗过盘子，在法国航空做过小职员，他一生中大部分时间都在他乡流亡。1990年逝世于墨西哥。 普伊格经常说：“不是我选择了文学，而是文学选择了我。”他本想成为一名导演，或者电影编剧，但均以失败告终，于是逐渐转向文学写作。他一生共创作了《蜘蛛女之吻》《丽塔?海沃斯的背叛》《布宜诺斯艾利斯事件》等八部长篇小说。《蜘蛛女之吻》是普伊格最为知名的小说，同名电影获得四项奥斯卡提名，出演主角莫利纳的美国演员威廉·赫特收获了奥斯卡最佳男演员及戛纳电影节最佳男演员奖。

曼努埃尔·普伊格（Manuel Puig，1932—1990） 阿根廷著名作家，出生于潘帕斯大草原上的比耶加斯将军镇，一个他自称“什么都没有的地方”，因而他从小便喜欢泡在电影院里，尤爱好莱坞电影。1956年，普伊格去罗马学习电影，之后他教过西班牙语、意大利语，洗过盘子，在法国航空做过小职员，他一生中大部分时间都在他乡流亡。1990年逝世于墨西哥。 普伊格经常说：“不是我选择了文学，而是文学选择了我。”他本想成为一名导演，或者电影编剧，但均以失败告终，于是逐渐转向文学写作。他一生共创作了《蜘蛛女之吻》《丽塔?海沃斯的背叛》《布宜诺斯艾利斯事件》等八部长篇小说。《蜘蛛女之吻》是普伊格最为知名的小说，同名电影获得四项奥斯卡提名，出演主角莫利纳的美国演员威廉·赫特收获了奥斯卡最佳男演员及戛纳电影节最佳男演员奖。

An expert historian on Mary, Queen of Scots draws on hundreds of her encrypted letters to paint a vivid portrait of one of history’s most compelling figures. For almost two decades before her execution at Fotheringhay Castle in 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was a prisoner. From her chambers, she wrote countless letters, many encrypted using complex ciphers to prevent her communica...(展开全部)