A gripping story of obsession, adventure and the search for our oldest surviving ancestor -- 400 million years old -- a four-limbed dinofish! In 1938, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, a young South African museum curator, caught sight of a specimen among a fisherman's trawl that she knew was special. With limb-like protuberances culminating in fins the strange fish was unlike anyth...(展开全部)

萨曼莎·温伯格（Samantha Weinberg），英国记者、旅游作家、杂志编辑。温伯格出生于伦敦，毕业于剑桥大学三一学院，曾在南非、美国和伦敦担任记者，擅长非虚构创作。 卢静，中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所研究员，国家优秀青年基金获得者。主要从事古鱼类学，特别是早期硬骨鱼类演化、四足动物起源研究。 卢静自称“拉蒂迈鱼的粉丝”，而这份情缘的建立，便始于这本书。当年初入古生物学领域时，是这本书为她 “打开了新世界的大门”。受邀翻译简体中文版时，卢静老师欣然应允，不仅亲自打磨译文，提供拉蒂迈鱼的精彩复原图，而且倾情作序推荐：“‘拉蒂迈鱼’是一个铭刻在我心上的名字，我希望这个名字可以走进更多人心里。”

The coelacanth (see-lo-canth) is no ordinary fish.Five feet long, with luminescent eyes and limb like fins, this bizarre creature, presumed to be extinct, was discovered in 1938 by an amateur icthyologist who recognized it from fossils dating back 400 million years. The discovery was immediately dubbed the "greatest scientific find of the century," but the excitement that ensue...(展开全部)

哈兰•科本，美国神秘悬疑小说教父级人物。代表作品有《死亡拼图》、《林中迷雾》、《守口如瓶》、《沉默猎杀》、《别无选择》。 克林顿最喜欢的畅销书作家，《达芬奇密码》作者丹布朗的伯乐。 第一位包揽国际最权威的埃德加•爱伦•坡奖、莎姆斯奖和安东尼奖的美国作家。 第一位入选图书奥斯卡（英国年度图书奖）的美国人。 科本的作品已经至少以二十二种语言出版，发行达三十二个国家和地区。每一部作品都是世界范围的畅销书。 周鹰，毕业于四川大学英国语言文学专业，数次出人联合国教科文组织关于世界自然遗产审批与考察的首席翻译，2002年以来从事翻译工作。主要译作有《放胆求生》、《白宫追杀令》、《以血成书》。

An explosive new stand-alone thriller from #1 "New York Times" bestseller Harlan Coben Wendy is a reporter on a mission: She's chasing down the lowest of the low-sexual predators-and exposing them on national television. Her big break comes when she nails a child advocate who works with abused and underserved children. She's there, cameras rolling, when the cops cuff him and t...(展开全部)

The powerfully told story of a group of German Jews desperately seeking American visas to escape Nazi Germany, and an illuminating account of America's response to the refugee crisis of the 1930's and 40's. This book complements the exhibition The Americans and the Holocaust that is now on view at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC In October 1940 the...(展开全部)

作者简介： 迈克尔·多布斯（Michael Dobbs） 生于北爱尔兰首府贝尔法斯特，毕业于约克大学，曾获普林斯顿大学和哈佛大学的研究资助。曾任《华盛顿邮报》记者，任职期间大多奔波于国外。现任职于美国犹太人大屠杀纪念馆。他著有Down with Big Brother: The Fall of the Soviet Empire（美国笔会非小说类入围作品）、《午夜将至：核战边缘的肯尼迪、赫鲁晓夫与卡斯特罗》（《华盛顿邮报》《圣路易斯邮报》年度最佳图书）、《1945年的六个月：从盟友到对抗》等。 译者简介： 夏文钊，毕业于伦敦政治经济学院人类学系，致力于追寻真诚而有意义的对话。

Meticulously researched and beautifully written, the true story of a Japanese American family that found itself on opposite sides during World War II—an epic tale of family, separation, divided loyalties, love, reconciliation, loss, and redemption—this is a riveting chronicle of U.S.–Japan relations and the Japanese experience in America. After their father’s death, Harry, Fran...(展开全部)

Meticulously researched and beautifully written, the true story of a Japanese American family that found itself on opposite sides during World War II—an epic tale of family, separation, divided loyalties, love, reconciliation, loss, and redemption—this is a riveting chronicle of U.S.–Japan relations and the Japanese experience in America. After their father’s death, Harry, Fran...(展开全部)

"What kind of person do I want my child to be?" There are hundreds of books that give parents advice on everything from weaning to toilet training, from discipline to nutrition. But in spite of this overwhelming amount of information, there is very little research-based advice for parents on how to raise their children to be well rounded and achieve their full potential, ...(展开全部)