"It does a man no good to be free until he learns how to live." These were the words of Amos Fortune, born the son of a king of the At-mun-shi tribe in Africa. When Amos was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction. Although his freedom had been taken, Amos never lost his dignity and courage. He dreamed...(展开全部)

"It does a man no good to be free until he learns how to live." These were the words of Amos Fortune, born the son of a king of the At-mun-shi tribe in Africa. When Amos was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction. Although his freedom had been taken, Amos never lost his dignity and courage. He dreamed...(展开全部)

By the 1860s, the Pilasters are one of the world's greatest banking families, with connections that reach from the City of London to far-afield colonies. However, as the family grow ever richer in the shadow of oppression and tragedy, their very future is threatened - by the self-same ambition and greed that first earned them their fortune. 'A full-blooded melodrama, complete w...(展开全部)

蒋介石（1887年10月31日－1975年4月5日），幼名瑞元、谱名周泰、学名志清，后改名中正，字介石。浙江奉化人，是近代中国著名政治人物及军事家，历任黄埔军校校长、国民革命军总司令、国民政府主席、行政院院长、国民政府军事委员会委员长、中华民国特级上将、中国国民党总裁、三民主义青年团团长、第二次世界大战同盟国中国战区最高统帅、中华民国总统等职。 蒋中正受孙中山赏识而崛起於民国政坛，在孙去世后长期领导中国国民党达半世纪；其於国民政府时代一直居於军政核心，领导中国渡过对日抗战与二次大战，行宪后又连续担任第一至五任中华民国总统长达27年，但其政治手腕与独裁统治亦遭受批评。其从政生涯横跨北伐、训政、国共内战、对日抗战、行宪、民国政府退守台湾及东西方冷战，在中国近代史上有重要地位。1975年4月5日，在台北士林官邸逝世。 蒋介石是中国近现代史上的一个关键人物，...(展开全部)

Orphan's Destiny (April 1, 2008 – Reissued), the second volume in the "Jason Wander" series. At twenty-five, General Jason Wander has fought and won man's only alien conflict. Now, after long years in space, he's coming home...but to what? Earth's desperate nations, impoverished by war damage and military spending, are slashing defense budgets. There's just one problem with thi...(展开全部)

每個人在生命的路途中，都曾經感受到命運的力量。有時我們覺得諸事順遂，彷如順風行舟，只要一分的努力就有十分的收穫，這個時候我們稱之為「幸運」。有的時候我們卻像揮棒頻頻落空的打者，不論如何掙扎，都無法改變失敗的宿命，這時候我們會見識到命運的殘酷。而更多的時候，我們面對不可測知的命運，還是必須做出我們的抉擇，即使注定失敗也必須如此，這是人的自由意志的展現。 在這本書裡，我們將會討論「命運」是什麼？以及什麼是「命」？什麼是「運」？不同的宗教和文化系統又是如何看待命運的問題；星座、占卜等測量命運的方式；趨吉避凶之道；包括張大春極短小說、影像在內的各種關於命運的創作。 除了豐富的文字內容，以及活潑的版面設計外，本書還有不同於過去《網路與書》的三個視覺設計重點。一是長達十二頁的〈世界與人〉繪本，二是以圖像為主的新型態Maps，三是張照堂、謝春德、何經泰、劉振祥等名...(展开全部)

By the 1860s, the Pilasters are one of the world's greatest banking families, with connections that reach from the City of London to far-afield colonies. However, as the family grow ever richer in the shadow of oppression and tragedy, their very future is threatened - by the self-same ambition and greed that first earned them their fortune. 'A full-blooded melodrama, complete w...(展开全部)

In 1866, tragedy strikes at the  exclusive Windfield School. A young student drowns  in a mysterious accident involving a small circle  of boys. The drowning and its aftermath initiates a  spiraling circle of treachery that will span three  decades and entwine many loves... From the  exclusive men's club and brothels that cater to every  dark desire of London's upper classes to...(展开全部)

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his acclaimed novel The Orphan Master's Son, Adam Johnson is one of the most provocative and powerful authors writing today. In these six stories, he delves deep into love and loss, natural disasters, the influence of technology, and how the political shapes the personal. Fortune Smiles is a major collection that gives voice to the perspectives ...(展开全部)

In six masterly stories, Johnson delves deep into love and loss, natural disasters, the influence of technology, and how the political shapes the personal. “Nirvana" portrays a programmer, whose wife has a rare disease, finding solace in a digital simulacrum of the president of the United States. In “Hurricanes Anonymous,” a young man searches for the mother of his son in a Lou...(展开全部)