Our Earth is more beautiful and more diverse than we can possibly conceive of. The Book of Vanishing Species is a stunning homage to the planet’s most mysterious, bizarre and wondrous creatures and plants. Their stories are captivating, from the eyeless and tiny dragonlike olm to the hawksbill turtle, whose gender will be determined by the temperature of the sand it is born in....(展开全部)

The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern...(展开全部)

Duration: 11:34:06 AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick! "Bennett's tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but it's especially reminiscent of Toni Morrison's 1970 debut novel, The Bluest Eye." —Kiley Reid, Wall Street Journal "A story of absolute, universal timelessness ...For any era, it's an accomplished, affectin...(展开全部)

The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern...(展开全部)

Our Earth is more beautiful and more diverse than we can possibly conceive of. The Book of Vanishing Species is a stunning homage to the planet’s most mysterious, bizarre and wondrous creatures and plants. Their stories are captivating, from the eyeless and tiny dragonlike olm to the hawksbill turtle, whose gender will be determined by the temperature of the sand it is born in....(展开全部)

In New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson’s second novel in the Truly Devious series, there are more twists and turns than Stevie Bell can imagine. No answer is given freely, and someone will pay for the truth with their life. The Truly Devious case—an unsolved kidnapping and triple murder that rocked Ellingham Academy in 1936—has consumed Stevie for years. It’s the ...(展开全部)

布萊克．克勞奇(Blake Crouch) 除了史蒂芬．金與休豪伊，我們也應該知道這號人物！ 克勞奇一九七八年出生於美國北卡羅來納州，他從小就愛說故事，弟弟喬丹（Jordan Crouch）是他的第一個聽眾，睡覺時克勞奇總愛說些恐怖故事嚇唬他，兩兄弟長大後甚至還合寫了一本哥德驚悚小說《毛骨悚然》（Eerie）。克勞奇出版了為數眾多的小說和中篇故事、短篇故事和單篇文章。小說《滿載》（Fully Loaded）、《逃》（Run）與J．A．康拉斯（J.A. Konrath）合著的《煽動》（Stirred）全順利登上亞馬遜電子書暢銷排行榜的前十名。他創作出的三本小說、一個中篇故事、一個短篇故事皆已被改拍成電影或電視影集。他自述自己的寫作風格深受多位名家影響，包含《納尼亞傳奇》作者C．S． 路易斯、《長路》作者戈馬克．麥卡錫、說故事大師史蒂芬．金與《隔離島》作...(展开全部)

This is the classic tale of four beleaguered animals—a donkey who can no longer work, a hound who can no longer hunt, a cat who’s too old to chase mice, and a rooster who’s scheduled to become dinner—who decide to run off to be musicians in the town of Bremen. But they get more than they bargained for when they stumble upon a frightful gang of robbers. Maybe they can find a cle...(展开全部)

In the middle of tending to the everyday business at her vintage-clothing shop and sidestepping her married boyfriend’s attempts at commitment, Iris Lockhart receives a stunning phone call: Her great-aunt Esme, whom she never knew existed, is being released from Cauldstone Hospital—where she has been locked away for more than sixty-one years. Iris’s grandmother Kitty always c...(展开全部)

2002年贝蒂特拉斯克奖、2005年毛姆文学奖得主、荣获2007年亚马逊年度选书 玛姬•欧法洛：1972年出生于北爱尔兰的科尔伦，她是英国最负盛名的小说家，处女作《你走了以后》获得英国《卫报》“25年来最佳小说”，是英国最大连锁书店“水石”(Warterstones)评选出的“影响未来25年的25位作家”之一。 玛姬曾在香港和英国两地从事过新闻工作，担任过英国独立报的副文学编辑，也曾教授过创意写作。在成为专职作家之前，她曾当过餐厅服务生、快递员、教师与剧场经理，也在香港当过记者，在伦敦担任《周日独立报》副总编辑。这些丰富的职场经历，虽未完全反映在她的作品里，但多少影响了她从少年时期即已开展的写作活动。 玛姬的作品多涉及家庭关系、家族秘密及个人情感，探讨不可违逆的意外与灾难对家庭的影响，她的笔法细巧而充满热情，擅于以层层剥茧的手法将一个寻常的故事写得鲜...(展开全部)