11 hours 3 minutes The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark, one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore. The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather’s house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in...(展开全部)

The Jazz Age is in full swing, but it's passing Casiopea Tun by. She's too busy scrubbing floors in her wealthy grandfather's house to do anything more than dream of a life far from her dusty, small town in southern Mexico. A life she could call her own. This dream is impossible, distant as the stars - until the day Casiopea opens a curious chest in her grandfather's room and a...(展开全部)

The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore. The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather’s house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in southern Mexico. A life ...(展开全部)

An explosive global history that redefines the historical origins of the modern world through the life of Sultan Selim I and his Ottoman Empire. Long neglected in accounts of world history, the Ottoman Empire was a hub of flourishing intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. At the helm of its ascent was the omnipotent Sultan Selim I (1470–1520)...(展开全部)

An explosive global history that redefines the historical origins of the modern world through the life of Sultan Selim I and his Ottoman Empire. Long neglected in accounts of world history, the Ottoman Empire was a hub of flourishing intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. At the helm of its ascent was the omnipotent Sultan Selim I (1470–1520)...(展开全部)

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李·巴杜格（Leigh Bardugo），美国新锐作家，《纽约时报》畅销书作者，与超级畅销书《分歧者》的作者维罗妮卡·罗斯同属新叶经纪公司。 她出生于耶路撒冷，成长于洛杉矶，毕业于耶鲁大学，曾从事广告、新闻、好莱坞特效化妆等工作。她喜欢奇幻作品，喜欢古地图，现居住于好莱坞，从事写作。其处女作“格里莎三部曲”充满精彩丰富的奇幻景色、引人入胜的魔幻架构和浪漫的神话色彩，一经出版，即空降《纽约时报》排行榜，同时称霸《今日美国》《洛杉矶时报》以及美国书商协会IndieBound等畅销榜，各大媒体好评如潮，同时也是好莱坞著名制片人戴维•海曼（David Heyman）继成功打造哈利•波特系列电影后，唯一再度签下电影版权的青少年小说！

李·巴杜格（Leigh Bardugo），美国新锐作家，《纽约时报》畅销书作者，与超级畅销书《分歧者》的作者维罗妮卡·罗斯同属新叶经纪公司。 她出生于耶路撒冷，成长于洛杉矶，毕业于耶鲁大学，曾从事广告、新闻、好莱坞特效化妆等工作。她喜欢奇幻作品，喜欢古地图，现居住于好莱坞，从事写作。其处女作“格里莎三部曲”充满精彩丰富的奇幻景色、引人入胜的魔幻架构和浪漫的神话色彩，一经出版，即空降《纽约时报》排行榜，同时称霸《今日美国》《洛杉矶时报》以及美国书商协会IndieBound等畅销榜，各大媒体好评如潮，同时也是好莱坞著名制片人戴维•海曼（David Heyman）继成功打造哈利•波特系列电影后，唯一再度签下电影版权的青少年小说！

For millennia much of the world was ruled by emperors: a handful of individuals claimed no limit to the lands they could rule over and no limit to their authority. They operated beyond normal human constraint and indeed often claimed a superhuman or divine authority. In practice they ran the gamut from being some of the most remarkable men who ever lived, to being some of the w...(展开全部)

A dazzling account of the men (and occasional woman) who led the world’s empires, a book that probes the essence of leadership and power through the centuries and around the world. From the rise of Sargon of Akkad, who in the 3rd millenium BCE ruled what is now Iraq and Syria, to the collapse of the great European empires in the 20th century, the empire has been the dominant f...(展开全部)