Starting off on the Eurostar from London, Paul Theroux once again sets out on a railway journey through the East, travelling overland through Eastern Europe, and eventually reaching India and Asia. Infused with the changes that have shaped the exterior landscape and enriched with developments to his own perceptions and psychology, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star is an absorbing...(展开全部)

Thirty years ago Paul Theroux left London and travelled across Asia and back again by train. His account of the journey - "The Great Railway Bazaar" - was a landmark book and made his name as the foremost travel writer of his generation. Now Theroux makes the trip all over again. Through Eastern Europe, India and Asia to discover the changes that have swept the continents, and ...(展开全部)

Everything you need to know about finding, keeping, and training your very own pet train. Finding advice on caring for a dog, a cat, a fish, even a dinosaur is easy. But what if somebody’s taste in pets runs to the more mechanical kind? What about those who like cogs and gears more than feathers and fur? People who prefer the call of a train whistle to the squeal of a guinea ...(展开全部)

A huge international best seller, this ambitious novel plumbs the depths of our shared humanity to offer up a breathtaking insight into life, love, and literature itself. A major hit in Germany that went on to become one of Europe’s biggest literary blockbusters in the last five years, Night Train to Lisbon is an astonishing novel, a compelling exploration of consciousness, the...(展开全部)

邓肯•安德森（Duncan Anderson） 曾任英国桑德赫斯特皇家军事学院战争研究系主任，德蒙特福特大学高级研究员。著有《帝国的灭亡》《登陆日：从诺曼底到解放巴黎》《战争中的世界1939—1945》和《现代战争的精英：特种部队的编制、训练和使用1917—1993》等二十余部作品。多次受邀担任历史频道、发现频道、国家地理和BBC等电视频道专栏中有关第二次世界大战历史纪录片的顾问和解说嘉宾。 劳埃德•克拉克（Lloyd Clark） 曾任桑德赫斯特皇家军事学院战争研究系高级讲师，研究方向为空军史及第一次世界大战。其作品广泛涉及军事历史的诸多方面，包括《第一次世界大战历史解读》《帝国的灭亡》（合著）等。 斯蒂芬•华尔什（Stephen Walsh） 曾任桑德赫斯特皇家军事学院战争研究系高级讲师，研究方向为苏联军事历史。著有《斯大林格勒战役：地狱熔炉》（...(展开全部)

Former British prime minister Adam Lang (clearly modelled on Tony Blair) is up against a firm deadline to submit his memoirs to his publisher, and the project is dangerously derailed when his aide and collaborator, Michael McAra, perishes in a ferry accident off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. To salvage the book, a professional ghostwriter is hired to whip the manuscript into ...(展开全部)

尤里·瓦西里耶维奇·布伊达 Юрий Васильевич Буйда，1954— 俄罗斯作家。出生于俄罗斯加里宁格勒地区的兹纳明斯克。小说《零号列车》入围1994年俄罗斯布克奖短名单。短篇小说集《普鲁士新娘》于1999年获得阿波罗·格里戈里耶夫奖，该书的英文版由奥利弗·雷德翻译，于2005年获得罗西卡翻译奖。

Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. “Jess and Jason,” she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she ...(展开全部)