杰夫里·迪弗，1950年出生于芝加哥。11岁时写出了他的第一本小说，从此再也没有搁下笔。作为一个诗人、记者，他不光自己他写歌唱歌，还进行巡演。迪弗当过杂志社记者。为了成为《纽约时报》或者《华尔街日报》的法律记者，他去福德汉姆法律学院学习，毕业后，他在法律界实践了一段时间后，就在华尔街一家大律师事务所开始了律师生涯。在这几年间，他开始写那种他最喜欢读的悬疑小说。1990年起，迪弗成为一名全职作家。 迄今为止，迪弗共创作了22部小说，获得六次MWA（美国推理小说作家协会）的爱伦·坡奖提名，一次安东尼奖、三次获得艾勒里•奎恩最佳短篇小说读者奖。2001年，《空椅子》一书获W.H.史密斯好书奖。2004年，因为《野兽花园》，迪弗被CWA（英国犯罪小说家协会）授予钢匕首奖。 迪弗的小说被翻译成35种语言，多次登上世界各地的畅销书排行榜，包括《纽约时报》、《泰晤...(展开全部)

In the most ingenious and provocative thriller yet from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver, a conscience-plagued mobster turned government hitman struggles to find his moral compass amid rampant treachery and betrayal in 1936 Berlin. Paul Schumann, a German American living in New York City in 1936, is a mobster hitman known as much for his brillian...(展开全部)

“Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes.”— New York Times Book Review Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, w...(展开全部)

“Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes.”— New York Times Book Review Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, w...(展开全部)

In the most ingenious and provocative thriller yet from the acclaimed "New York Times" bestselling author Jeffery Deaver, a conscience-plagued mobster turned government hitman struggles to find his moral compass amid rampant treachery and betrayal in 1936 Berlin.Paul Schumann, a German American living in New York City in 1936, is a mobster hitman known as much for his brilliant...(展开全部)

Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, a...(展开全部)

Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty,early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. John Berendt's sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative reads like a thoroughly engrossing novel, a...(展开全部)

Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold is about to join his fearless grandmother on the trip of a lifetime. An International Geographic expedition is headed to the dangerous, remote wilds of South America, on a mission to document the legendary Yeti of the Amazon known as the Beast. </p> But there are many secrets hidden in the unexplored wilderness, as Alex and his new friend N...(展开全部)

◎ 作者简介： 詹姆斯·纳迪（James Nardi），美国伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-尚佩恩分校的生物学家，科学插画师，有机园艺践行者。 ◎ 译者简介： 桔梗，本名李婕妤，毕业于浙江大学材料系。2013年加入光合作用字幕组，多年来一直从事园艺视频的字幕翻译和校对工作。参与翻译的已出版作品包括《怎样观察一粒种子》《DK园艺智慧》等。

Slowly the morning sun lights up a graceful spring garden, warming the plants and animals that live there. Nestled on a tree branch, a tiny creature awakens. Then, stretching and spreading his wings wide, the hummingbird dances into the sunlight to begin his busy day.