克里斯提昂．賈克，一九四七年生於法國巴黎。畢業於巴黎索爾邦大學，是一位埃及歷史博士、教授及小說家。 在他十三歲那年，一本有關埃及文明史的書籍正式開啟了賈克對古文明的熱愛。十七歲第一次造訪埃及，他不但深深愛上了這個國度，甚至認為自己有著像是在外漂流數載，終歸故里的感受。也因此造就了他在回法後繼續深造，取得了埃及歷史博士學位。 法國文壇認為他的文學地位，可與大、小仲馬並駕其驅，他寫小說的功力可見其高深

克里斯提昂．賈克，一九四七年生於法國巴黎。畢業於巴黎索爾邦大學，是一位埃及歷史博士、教授及小說家。 在他十三歲那年，一本有關埃及文明史的書籍正式開啟了賈克對古文明的熱愛。十七歲第一次造訪埃及，他不但深深愛上了這個國度，甚至認為自己有著像是在外漂流數載，終歸故里的感受。也因此造就了他在回法後繼續深造，取得了埃及歷史博士學位。 法國文壇認為他的文學地位，可與大、小仲馬並駕其驅，他寫小說的功力可見其高深

The Wisdom of the Desert was one of Thomas Merton's favorites among his own books―surely because he had hoped to spend his last years as a hermit. The personal tones of the translations, the blend of reverence and humor so characteristic of him, show how deeply Merton identified with the legendary authors of these sayings and parables, the fourth-century Christian Fathers who s...(展开全部)

Waris Dirie leads a double life -- by day, she is an international supermodel and human rights ambassador for the United Nations; by night, she dreams of the simplicity of life in her native Somalia and the family she was forced to leave behind. Desert Flower, her intimate and inspiring memoir, is a must-read for anyone who has ever wondered about the beauty of African life, t...(展开全部)

From the senior White House correspondent for The New York Times comes the definitive history of the Bush and Cheney White House—a tour de force narrative of those dramatic and controversial eight years. Taking readers into the offices of the West Wing and the cabins of Air Force One, Peter Baker tells the gripping inside story of the Bush and Cheney era. Theirs was th...(展开全部)

安德烈·斯帕克沃斯基，波兰著名幻想文学家，全欧洲除已故大师托尔金之外的奇幻第一人，以细腻而幽默的文笔和对“灰色英雄”的独特鉴赏力闻名。《猎魔人》系列是他的成名作，也是整个东欧最有影响力的的文学作品之一。 21世纪初，波兰工作室CDproject穷数年之力，将《猎魔人》改 编为游戏《巫师》系列，轰动全球，曾作为波兰国家国礼赠送给奥巴马总统。

安德烈·斯帕克沃斯基，波兰著名幻想文学家，全欧洲除已故大师托尔金之外的奇幻第一人，以细腻而幽默的文笔和对“灰色英雄”的独特鉴赏力闻名。《猎魔人》系列是他的成名作，也是整个东欧最有影响力的的文学作品之一。 21世纪初，波兰工作室CDproject穷数年之力，将《猎魔人》改 编为游戏《巫师》系列，轰动全球，曾作为波兰国家国礼赠送给奥巴马总统。

It is 1839 and tension has been rapidly mounting between China and British India following the crackdown on opium smuggling by Beijing. With no resolution in sight, the colonial government declares war. One of the vessels requisitioned for the attack, the Hind, travels eastwards from Bengal to China, sailing into the midst of the First Opium War. The turbulent voyage brings tog...(展开全部)

The most important novel of twentieth-century Urdu fiction, Qurratulain Hyder’s River of Fire encompasses the fates of four recurring characters over two and a half millennia. These characters become crisscrossed and strangely inseparable over different eras, forming and reforming their relationships in romance and war, in possession and dispossession. River of Fire interweaves...(展开全部)

Now available as a paperback, the most important novel of twentieth-century Urdu fiction. Now available as a New Directions Paperbook, Qurratulain Hyder's River of Fire makes a bid to be recognized in the West as what it has long been acknowledged in the East: the most important novel of twentieth-century Urdu fiction. First published as Aag ka Darya in 1959, River of Fire enco...(展开全部)