Amazon.com "They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing--these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity, they had tangible weight. They carried shameful memories. They carried the common secret of cowardice.... Men killed, and died, because they were embarrassed not to." A finalist for both the...(展开全部)

Tim O'Brien's modern classic that reset our understanding of fiction, nonfiction, and the way they can work together, as well as our understanding of the Vietnam war and its consequences, The Things They Carried now has well over a million copies in print.

蒂姆·奥布莱恩，美国作家。生于美国明尼苏达州沃辛顿，1968年毕业于圣保罗的麦卡莱斯特学院。1966至1970年，他作为步兵在越南服役。战后，他在哈佛大学攻读政府学研究生课程，后担任《华盛顿邮报》的国家事务记者。现居于马萨诸塞。 奥布莱恩的作品主要反映他在越战中的经历以及战争给美国士兵带来的巨大影响。1979年，《追寻卡奇亚托》荣获美国国家图书奖。1994年《湖畔迷网》被《纽约时报书评》评为年度最佳图书，亦被《时代周刊》评为年度最佳小说。1998年，《恋爱中的雄猫》一经出版立刻成为全美畅销书。

Amazon.com "They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing--these were intangibles, but the intangibles had their own mass and specific gravity, they had tangible weight. They carried shameful memories. They carried the common secret of cowardice.... Men killed, and died, because they were embarrassed not to." A finalist for both the...(展开全部)

Filled with characters and Earthsea lore from Le Guin's previous novels, this new story introduces a sorcerer who makes a desperate last stand against the land of the dead when he dreams of an imminent invasion.

THE NEW EARTHSEA NOVEL--NOW IN MASS MARKET World Fantasy Award Winner--Best Novel

Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the cemetery of lost books , a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print. To this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son Daniel one cold morning in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out La Sombra del Viento by Julian Carax. But as he grows up...(展开全部)

中译名《杨柳风》。以下简介及作者简介均摘选转自http://www.douban.com/subject/1256292/，谢谢原作者： 《杨柳风》是一部妙趣横生的经典儿童小说，书中塑造了几个可爱的动物形象：胆小怕事但又生性喜欢冒险的鼹鼠，热情好客、充满浪漫诗趣的河鼠，侠义十足、具有领袖风范的老獾，喜欢吹牛、臭显、追求时髦的蟾蜍，敦厚老实的水獭――他们生活在河岸或者大森林里，有乐同享，有难同当。为了教育连连闯祸的蟾蜍，他们煞费苦心，对他说服教育；当蟾蜍的住宅被黄鼠狼们霸占以后，他们联合起来，齐心协力，用智慧战胜了比他们数量多得多的黄鼠狼，蟾蜍也从此改正身上的毛病，变成了一个好蟾蜍。（这是“通用”介绍，我对蟾蜍有不同意见，等看完再写书评。） 《杨柳风》于1908年出版，后来引起美国总统罗斯福的注意，他曾写信告诉作者，自己把《杨柳风》一口气读...(展开全部)

The "New York Times" bestselling novel. This is the riveting first-person narrative of Kvothe, a young man who grows to be one of the most notorious magicians his world has ever seen. From his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic,...(展开全部)

Far from fading with time, Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of fantasy has attracted a growing audience in each generation. Rat, Mole, Badger and the preposterous Mr Toad (with his 'Poop-poop-poop' road-hogging new motor car), have brought delight to many through the years with their odd adventures on and by the river, and at the imposing residence of Toad Hall.