杰夫里·迪弗，1950年出生于芝加哥。11岁时写出了他的第一本小说，从此再也没有搁下笔。作为一个诗人、记者，他不光自己他写歌唱歌，还进行巡演。迪弗当过杂志社记者。为了成为《纽约时报》或者《华尔街日报》的法律记者，他去福德汉姆法律学院学习，毕业后，他在法律界实践了一段时间后，就在华尔街一家大律师事务所开始了律师生涯。在这几年间，他开始写那种他最喜欢读的悬疑小说。1990年起，迪弗成为一名全职作家。 迄今为止，迪弗共创作了22部小说，获得六次MWA（美国推理小说作家协会）的爱伦·坡奖提名，一次安东尼奖、三次获得艾勒里•奎恩最佳短篇小说读者奖。2001年，《空椅子》一书获W.H.史密斯好书奖。2004年，因为《野兽花园》，迪弗被CWA（英国犯罪小说家协会）授予钢匕首奖。 迪弗的小说被翻译成35种语言，多次登上世界各地的畅销书排行榜，包括《纽约时报》、《泰晤...(展开全部)

In the most ingenious and provocative thriller yet from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver, a conscience-plagued mobster turned government hitman struggles to find his moral compass amid rampant treachery and betrayal in 1936 Berlin. Paul Schumann, a German American living in New York City in 1936, is a mobster hitman known as much for his brillian...(展开全部)

In the most ingenious and provocative thriller yet from the acclaimed "New York Times" bestselling author Jeffery Deaver, a conscience-plagued mobster turned government hitman struggles to find his moral compass amid rampant treachery and betrayal in 1936 Berlin.Paul Schumann, a German American living in New York City in 1936, is a mobster hitman known as much for his brilliant...(展开全部)

刘向（前77—前6），是西汉后期的博学大家，原名更生，字子政。历仕汉宣、元、成三朝，好直言极谏，多次获罪，仕途不得志，但从不退缩。刘向学问渊博，曾奉诏整理五经秘书、诸子诗赋近二十年。其著作今存《新序》《说苑》《列女传》等几种。刘向在版本学、校雠学、目录学、辨伪学，乃至图书编纂等几个方面的开拓之功与创新贡献，都极为卓著，是中国古文献学学科的奠基者。

‘All we have are stories.’ In the city of Yong’an, an amateur cryptozoologist is commissioned to uncover the stories of its fabled beasts. These creatures — with their greenish stomachs or gills or strange birthmarks — live alongside humans in near-inconspicuousness, some with ancient forbears, others engineered as artificial breeds. Guided – and often misguided – by her elusiv...(展开全部)

‘All we have are stories.’ In the city of Yong’an, an amateur cryptozoologist is commissioned to uncover the stories of its fabled beasts. These creatures — with their greenish stomachs or gills or strange birthmarks — live alongside humans in near-inconspicuousness, some with ancient forbears, others engineered as artificial breeds. Guided – and often misguided – by her elusiv...(展开全部)

Agu is just a boy when war arrives at his village. His mother and sister are rescued by the UN, while he and his father remain to fight the rebels. 'Run!' shouts his father when the rebels arrive. And Agu does run. Straight into the rebels' path. In a vivid, sparkling voice, Agu tells the story of what happens to him next. His story is shocking and painful, and completely unfor...(展开全部)

Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold is about to join his fearless grandmother on the trip of a lifetime. An International Geographic expedition is headed to the dangerous, remote wilds of South America, on a mission to document the legendary Yeti of the Amazon known as the Beast. </p> But there are many secrets hidden in the unexplored wilderness, as Alex and his new friend N...(展开全部)

Here is a delightful look at childhood, written by master poet and storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson. In this collection of sixty-six poems, Stevenson recalls the joys of his childhood, from sailing boats down a river, to waiting for the lamplighter, to sailing off to foreign lands in his imagination. Tasha Tudor's watercolor paintings evoke a simpler time in the past, and cel...(展开全部)

Here is a delightful look at childhood, written by master poet and storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson. In this collection of sixty-six poems, Stevenson recalls the joys of his childhood, from sailing boats down a river, to waiting for the lamplighter, to sailing off to foreign lands in his imagination. Tasha Tudor's watercolor paintings evoke a simpler time in the past, and cel...(展开全部)