Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with mons...(展开全部)

Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with mons...(展开全部)

A superb autobiography by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century, Simone de Beauvoir 's Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter offers an intimate picture of growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an adolescent against the conventional expectations of her class, and striking out on her own with an intellectual and existential ambition exceedingly rar...(展开全部)

<H3 ALIGN=CENTER>Who is Lirael?</H3> Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Abandoned by her mother, ignorant of her father's identity, Lirael resembles no one else in her large extended family living in the Clayr's Glacier. She doesn't even have the Sight -- the ability to See into the present and possible futures -- that is the very birthright of the Clayr...(展开全部)

• Unabridged edition. • Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins. • Narrated by Gisela Chípe. The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is a 2022 novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. It is loosely based on The Island of Doctor Moreau, an 1896 novel by H.G. Wells. The novel received critical acclaim, with reviewers particularly praising its exploration of feminism and colonialism. The novel received nomination...(展开全部)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a lavish historical drama reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. “This is historical science fiction at its best: a dreamy reimagining of a classic story with vivid descriptions of lush jungles and feminist themes. S...(展开全部)

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is a 2022 novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. It is loosely based on The Island of Doctor Moreau, an 1896 novel by H.G. Wells. The novel received critical acclaim, with reviewers particularly praising its exploration of feminism and colonialism. The novel received nominations for the 2023 Hugo Award for Best Novel and 2023 Locus Award for Best Science F...(展开全部)

Lirael has never felt like a true daughter of the Clayr. Now, two years past the time when she should have received the Sight that is the Clayr's birthright, she feels alone, abandoned, unsure of who she is. Nevertheless, the fate of the Old Kingdom lies in her hands. With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, Lirael must undertake a desperate mission under the g...(展开全部)

虹影 享誉世界文坛的著名女作家。1962年生于重庆。曾在北京鲁迅文学院、上海复旦大学读书。代表作有长篇小说《阿难》、《饥饿的女儿》、《K》、《一个流浪女的未来》，中短篇小说集《脏手指・瓶盖子》，散文集《危险年龄》和诗集《鱼教会鱼歌唱》等。 编著有《海外中国女作家小说精选》和《墓床》等。 曾获“英国华人诗歌一等奖”、中国台湾《联合报》短篇小说奖新诗奖、纽约《特尔菲卡》杂志“中国最优秀短篇小说奖”、三部长篇小说被译成16种文字在欧美、以色列、澳大利亚和日本等国出版。长篇自传体小说《饥饿的女儿》曾获中国台湾1997年《联合报》读书人最佳书奖。被中国权威媒体评为2000年十大人气作家之一。

施瓦茨是精神分析学家、心理治疗师、作家。生于纽约，在洛杉矶长大，于加州大学伯克利分校接受教育，获得物理学与社会学学士学位、基本粒子物理学博士学位。在成为临床医师前，他已从事15年的心理健康研究。著有《爱因斯坦浅介》（Einstein for Beginners）及其他三本书。