Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox. " He wrote in an off-hand, whimsical prose studded with startling formulations. He is one of...(展开全部)

Armed with a donkey cart filled with rum, cheese and a tavern signpost, pub owner Humphrey Hump and a companion take to the road in this rollicking, madcap adventure, extending good cheer to a cast of memorable characters. A hilarious, satirical romp in which Chesterton inveighs against Prohibition, vegetarianism, theosophy, and other oppressive forms of modernity.

G. K. 切斯特顿(1874—1936)：作家、文学评论家、神学家。英国文学史上的大师级人物，创作了80部著作、200篇短篇小说、4000篇杂文、数百首诗及若干戏剧。作品体裁丰富，横跨传记、推理小说、历史和神学论著。著有《新诗集》《罗伯特·布朗宁》《布朗神父探案集》《诺丁山的拿破仑》等。其创造的最著名的角色是牧师侦探布朗神父，开创以犯罪心理学方式推理案情之先河。

G. K. 切斯特顿(1874—1936)：作家、文学评论家、神学家。英国文学史上的大师级人物，创作了80部著作、200篇短篇小说、4000篇杂文、数百首诗及若干戏剧。作品体裁丰富，横跨传记、推理小说、历史和神学论著。著有《新诗集》《罗伯特·布朗宁》《布朗神父探案集》《诺丁山的拿破仑》等。其创造的最著名的角色是牧师侦探布朗神父，开创以犯罪心理学方式推理案情之先河。

多年以来，贸易城市英勇地对抗他们的敌人——恰斯人（Chalcedeans）。不过，如果不是依靠蓝龙婷黛丽雅（Tintaglia）的力量，他们无法抵御敌人的侵略。作为回报，商人们承诺帮助婷黛丽雅的那些流落在海中的海蛇们沿着雨野原河向上游迁徙，以找到一处安全的避难所，婷黛丽雅希望籍此可以光复她的种群。然而为时已晚，那些新孵化的小龙已经受到伤害变得赢弱不堪，随时可能死去。少数幸存者却不能使用它们的翅膀；无法飞翔，它们便不能狩猎，而且很容易被那些相信龙肉可以疗伤的人类猎人所伤害。 这时，婷黛丽雅却消失了，而商人们也厌倦了花费巨大的人力和财力去照顾那些无用的幼龙。议会担心如果停止供养幼龙，这些饥饿而遭到忽视的生物会变得狂暴——或者死在酸腐的河岸上。为了避免这样的灾难，幼龙们决定沿着这条危险的河流继续朔流而上，去寻找凯尔辛格拉（Kelsingra）——它们古老而...(展开全部)

A fierce typhoon strikes Tokyo one night, flooding the city streets. Someone unlawfully removes a manhole cover, and a little boy out searching for a lost pet goes missing, possibly drowned in the sewers. Is it murder or accidental? These events bring together a struggling journalist named Kosaka, who is grappling with the ghosts of his past, and two young men who may or may no...(展开全部)

"The Invisible Dragon" made a lot of noise for a little book. When it was originally published in 1993 it was championed by artists for its forceful call for a reconsideration of beauty - and savaged by more theoretically oriented critics who dismissed the very concept of beauty as naive, igniting a debate that has shown no sign of flagging. With this revised and expanded editi...(展开全部)

A fierce typhoon strikes Tokyo one night, flooding the city streets. Someone unlawfully removes a manhole cover, and a little boy out searching for a lost pet goes missing, possibly drowned in the sewers. Is it murder or accidental? These events bring together a struggling journalist named Kosaka, who is grappling with the ghosts of his past, and two young men who may or may no...(展开全部)

菲利帕·格里高利是一位全职作者及电台、电视台主持人，拥有爱丁堡大学十八世纪文学研究博士学位，尤其偏爱创作以都铎王朝及16世纪英国为背景的小说，被称作“历史小说女王”。作品《另一个波琳家的女孩》发行全球26个国家，仅在英国就发行量破百万。后被好莱坞搬上银幕。《玫瑰战争》系列也将由BBC改编为电视剧，预计在2013年8月上映。菲利帕·格里高利的历史小说系列仍在不断更新中，每有新作面世便长期占据美英各大畅销书榜单前位，受到读者广泛好评。

菲利帕·格里高利是一位全职作者及电台、电视台主持人，拥有爱丁堡大学十八世纪文学研究博士学位，尤其偏爱创作以都铎王朝及16世纪英国为背景的小说，被称作“历史小说女王”。作品《另一个波琳家的女孩》发行全球26个国家，仅在英国就发行量破百万。后被好莱坞搬上银幕。《玫瑰战争》系列也将由BBC改编为电视剧，预计在2013年8月上映。菲利帕·格里高利的历史小说系列仍在不断更新中，每有新作面世便长期占据美英各大畅销书榜单前位，受到读者广泛好评。