"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)

The flower hunters were intrepid explorers - remarkable, eccentric men and women who scoured the world in search of extraordinary plants from the middle of the seventeenth to the end of the nineteenth century, and helped establish the new science of botany. For these adventurers, the search for new, undiscovered plant specimens was something worth risking - and often losing - t...(展开全部)

The flower hunters were intrepid explorers - remarkable, eccentric men and women who scoured the world in search of extraordinary plants from the middle of the seventeenth to the end of the nineteenth century, and helped establish the new science of botany. For these adventurers, the search for new, undiscovered plant specimens was something worth risking - and often losing - t...(展开全部)

乔治·R·R·马丁 欧美奇幻小说大师，作品主要以人物为关注点，描写细腻丰富，突破了幻想文学界固有的创作模式，多次引领阅读潮流。代表作有十大浪漫太空歌剧之一的《光逝》、由雨果奖获奖名篇扩展而成的《风港》以及当代正统奇幻的第一经典《冰与火之歌》等。由于马丁的辉煌成就，他被誉为美国的托尔金和新世纪的海明威。由《冰与火之歌》改编的电视剧《权力的游戏》已在HBO播出。乔治·R·R·马丁被时代杂志评选为2011年影响世界的一百人。 加德纳·多佐伊斯 担任了近二十年《阿西莫夫科幻小说》的编辑，也是《年度最佳科幻》系列年选的编辑，赢得了十六次轨迹年度最佳选集奖，十五次雨果年度最佳编辑奖，三十次轨迹最佳编辑奖（创下了十六次连续获奖的记录）。他自己创作的短篇作品赢得了两次星云奖，以及一次侧向奖。加德纳是超过一百部书的作者或编者，他最近的作品包括《猎人行》及选集《银河帝国...(展开全部)

Running from poverty and hopelessness, Ramon Espejo boarded one of the great starships of the mysterious, repulsive Enye. But the new life he found on the far-off planet of Sao Paulo was no better than the one he abandoned. Then one night his rage and too much alcohol get the better of him. Deadly violence ensues, forcing Ramon to flee into the wilderness. Mercifully, almost h...(展开全部)

A new benchmark in modern SF. A sharp, clever, funny morality tale that answers the biggest question of all: what makes us human? A fight in an alley behind a bar: a visiting European is knifed by local thug Ramon Espejo and all hell breaks loose. The dead man was a diplomat on an important mission to Sao Paulo, and next day Ramon is on the run heading north in his van toward l...(展开全部)

保罗•尹（Paul Yoon）：美国最受瞩目的新人小说家，曾出版短篇小说集Once the Shore，被《纽约时报》评选为最受瞩目新书，被《洛杉矶时报》《出版人周刊》、美国国家公共电台评选为年度最佳首作。2013年出版第一部长篇小说《异乡人》，迅速受到媒体和读者的关注，成为奥普拉八月首选图书，美国独立书商协会八月选书，《纽约客》最受瞩目新书，《新闻周刊》最热门图书。《异乡人》用充满诗意的语言为我们讲述了一个经历战争创伤的人，如何在异乡的细微生活里找寻生存的意义，字里行间充满了建立在孤寂生活之上的美丽沉思，字字珠玑，直击心灵。这是一部抚慰心灵的美丽小说，它将引领每一个孤独的灵魂找到与世界温柔相处的答案。

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)