This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks and the Hamiltons--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.

肯·福莱特（Ken Follett，1949－） 通宵小说大师，爱伦·坡终身大师奖得主。 20部小说被译成33种语言，累计总销量已逾1.6亿册。 在欧美出版界，肯·福莱特这个名字就是畅销的保证。 1978年，他凭借悬疑小说《针眼》获得爱伦坡奖，声名鹊起，从此专职写作。2010年，获得国际惊悚悬疑大师奖。2013年，获得爱伦·坡终身大师奖。 【一个拥有柏林墙的作家】 柏林市政府为了感谢肯·福莱特的写出了《永恒的边缘》，送给他一块柏林墙。 【一个铜像成为热门景点的作家】 肯·福莱特等身铜像已成为西班牙维多利亚市的热门景点，书迷从世界各地赶来合影。 【一个屡屡打破销售记录的作家】 肯·福莱特的小说World Without end上市10天就登顶了西班牙所有畅销排行榜。 【一个拥有专属档案馆的作家】 萨基诺谷州立大学为他建立了一座档案馆，那里存放着许多他的...(展开全部)

"An exciting adventure into a ?what if¹ world. A brilliant work of creative imagination, one that rivals in conception, scope, and execution of plot Jean Auel¹s bestselling novels." ?The Nashville Banner Sixty-five million years ago, a disastrous cataclysm eliminated three quarters of all life on Earth. Overnight, the age of dinosaurs ended. The age of...(展开全部)

From the bestselling author of The Double Bind , Midwives, and Skeletons at the Feast comes a novel of shattered faith, intimate secrets, and the delicate nature of sacrifice. "There," says Alice Hayward to Reverend Stephen Drew, just after her baptism, and just before going home to the husband who will kill her that evening and then shoot himself. Drew, tortured by the c...(展开全部)

This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks and the Hamiltons--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.

在线阅读本书 Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. 作者简介： David Wyatt teaches English at the University of Mayrland,where he was named Distinguishe...(展开全部)

From the bestselling author of The Double Bind , Midwives, and Skeletons at the Feast comes a novel of shattered faith, intimate secrets, and the delicate nature of sacrifice. "There," says Alice Hayward to Reverend Stephen Drew, just after her baptism, and just before going home to the husband who will kill her that evening and then shoot himself. Drew, tortured by the c...(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。