普利策奖得主约瑟夫·艾利斯（Joseph J. Ellis）的著述是近年来最为畅销的华盛顿传记

约瑟夫·J·埃利斯（Joseph J. Ellis）美国著名历史学家和畅销书作家，撰写了一系列脍炙人口的美国建国史作品。他的《美国的斯芬克斯：杰弗逊传》和《建国兄弟：革命世代》分别荣获美国国家图书奖和美国普利策历史奖。 埃利斯早年曾就读于威廉-玛丽大学和耶鲁大学，并在美国军中服役，军衔达到陆军上尉。1972年，他在西点军校任教两年。1974年，他在马萨诸塞州大学任教，1979年被任命为全职教授。同时他是福特基金会的教授。 埃利斯是一位美国建国史领域的权威学者。他的研究工作集中在美国的开国元勋，为乔治·华盛顿、约翰·亚当斯、托马斯·杰斐逊、本杰明·富兰克林等人一一立传，作品广受读者的好评。

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

When timid and plain Catherine Sloper acquires a dashing and determined suitor, her father, convinced that the young man is nothing more than a fortune-hunter, decides to put a stop to their romance. Torn between her desire to win her father's love and approval and her passion for the first man who has ever declared his love for her, Catherine faces an agonising dilemma, and be...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

艾西·伊杜吉安（Esi Eudgyan），1978年出生于加拿大卡尔加里，父母是来自加纳的移民。她曾在加拿大维多利亚大学学习创意写作，并获美国约翰•霍普金斯大学写作硕士学位。24岁发表长篇小说首作《塞缪尔•索恩的第二重生活》。凭借长篇小说代表作《混血布鲁斯》与《少年华盛顿·布莱克云船漂流记》两次获得加拿大文学奖“吉勒奖”，两部作品分别入选2011年与2018年布克奖决选名单，也是罗杰斯作家联合会小说奖的入围作品。

When two English brothers take the helm of a Barbados sugar plantation, Washington Black - an eleven year-old field slave - finds himself selected as personal servant to one of these men. The eccentric Christopher 'Titch' Wilde is a naturalist, explorer, scientist, inventor and abolitionist, whose single-minded pursuit of the perfect aerial machine mystifies all around him. Tit...(展开全部)

A dazzling adventure story about a boy who rises from the ashes of slavery to become a free man of the world. George Washington Black, or "Wash," an eleven-year-old field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is terrified to be chosen by his master's brother as his manservant. To his surprise, the eccentric Christopher Wilde turns out to be a naturalist, explorer, inventor, and...(展开全部)