"White Guard", Mikhail Bulgakov's semi-autobiographical first novel, revolves around a Russian family in their home city of Kiev in 1918. Alexei, Elena, and Nikolka Turbin, adult siblings who have just lost their mother, find themselves plunged into the chaotic civil war that erupted in the wake of World War I and the Russian Revolution. In the context of this family's saga, Bu...(展开全部)

The setting is Kiev in 1918, a time of revolution, turmoil and civil war. The Germans have occupied the city, Petlyura's Socialists are camped outside awaiting their moment, while the Bolsheviks watch, contemplating their buried armaments. It is a time of suspense and anguished uncertainty for everyone, including the once-wealthy Turbin family, who, like the other last supporte...(展开全部)

“Great and terrible was the year of Our Lord 1918, of the Revolution the second.” It is 1918: the Russian Revolution has just ended, Ukraine is in the midst of civil war, and in Kiev, the two Turbin brothers are preparing to fight for the White Guard in the wake of their beloved mother’s death. Friends charge in from the streets amid an atmosphere of heady chaos, downing vodka,...(展开全部)

Discover Mikhail Bugakov's classic literary love letter to the city of Kyiv. Drawing closely on Bulgakov's personal experiences of the horrors of civil war as a young doctor, The White Guard takes place in Kyiv, 1918, a time of turmoil and suffocating uncertainty as the Bolsheviks, Socialists and Germans fight for control of the city. It tells the story of the Turbins, a once-w...(展开全部)

"Guard of Honor" is a neglected masterpiece that stands comparison with the greatest novels of the Second World War--essayist Noel Perrin deemed it "probably the best war novel of the twentieth century." James Gould Cozzens's "Guard of Honor" won the Pulitzer Prize in 1949. The novel balances a vast cast of intricately enmeshed characters as they react over the course of three ...(展开全部)

[意] 里卡尔多·博兹 著 里卡尔多 · 博兹是一名记者,1966年出生于米兰, 从1990年开始就在意大利《晚邮报》工作。 他说:“当我们学会如何聆听树木时, 我们思想的简洁、敏捷和孩子般的喧嚣达到无比的快乐。” 于是他写下了《森林》的故事。 [西] 比奥莱塔·洛佩斯 绘 比奥莱塔·洛佩斯是一位现居德国柏林的西班牙插画师, 曾被杂志El Culture誉为当代西班牙十大插画师之一。 她为《走过那片森林》创作了独特的浮雕、模切艺术。 [意] 瓦莱里奥·维达利 绘 瓦莱里奥·维达利是一位意大利插画家, 目前生活在葡萄牙。插画作品曾获得国际插图双年展、 美国插画家协会和博洛尼亚童书展多项插画大奖。已出版作品有《你想过怎样的一生？》。

A classic work of nature and humanity, by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the new novel In Paradise Peter Matthiessen crisscrossed 20,000 miles of the South American wilderness, from the Amazon rain forests to Machu Picchu, high in the Andes, down to Tierra del Fuego and back. He followed the trails ...(展开全部)

克劳瑞·A．尼沃拉 出色的图画书女画家。自编自绘了作品《伊丽莎白》和《森林》，曾和作家阿米·海斯特合作推出了《娜娜的星期五晚上》一书。现在跟家人住在美国马萨诸塞州。

The prestigious King's Cavalla of Gernia has been ravaged by the Speck plague. The deadly disease has decimated the ranks of both cadets and instructors, and the few survivors remain weak and frail. Many have been forced to relinquish their military ambitions and will return to their families to face lives of dependency and disappointment. As the academy infirmary empties, cade...(展开全部)

《士兵之子》英国版 The second book in the brand new trilogy from the author of the Tawny Man trilogy, following on from the bestselling Shaman's Crossing. The King's Cavalla Academy has been ravaged by the Speck plague. The disease has decimated the ranks of both cadets and instructors, and even the survivors remain sickly. Many have been forced to relinquish their military ambitions an...(展开全部)