NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly • The Boston Globe • Kansas City Star “A legal thriller that’s comparable to classics such as Scott Turow’s Presumed Innocent . . . Tragic and shocking, Defending Jacob is sure to generate buzz.”—Associated Press NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney fo...(展开全部)

A poetic and nuanced exploration of the human experience of flight that reminds us of the full imaginative weight of our most ordinary journeys—and reawakens our capacity to be amazed. The twenty-first century has relegated airplane flight—a once remarkable feat of human ingenuity—to the realm of the mundane. Mark Vanhoenacker, a 747 pilot who left academia and a career in the ...(展开全部)

◎著者 马克•凡霍纳克 （Mark Vanhoenacker） 为了实现童年的飞行大梦，马克于研究生期间中断学业，投身咨询行业努力攒钱。2001年，他开始接受飞行训练，先后开过空客A320和波音747，如今已是资深的副驾驶，经常穿梭于世界各大都市。他还定期为《纽约时报》 撰稿，也是《石板杂志》的专栏作家。 ◎译者 吕奕欣 笔译专业毕业。曾任职于出版业与金融业，现专职翻译，译作涉及建筑设计、文学小说、语言学习、商业管理、旅游知识、健康养生等领域。 ◎审校 李文新 出生于军人家庭，他本人亦有30年的军旅生涯，多次立功受奖，授大校军衔，历任兰空航运团机械员、北空航技室工程师、空司航行局参谋、空军空管办副主任、空军装备研究院副师职研究员。2004年8月自主择业在国际航空运输协会（IATA）工作17年，历任北亚区航行运营及基础设施部副总监、北亚区安全与航行事务...(展开全部)

尤雷克・贝克尔(1937―1997)是德国当代重要作家，生于波兰。童年曾在集中营度过，大学攻读哲学，1960年开始其自由作家生涯。《小谎者雅各布》是他的第一部长篇小说，被译成多种文字，两次被改编成电影，为作者赢得了亨利希・曼文学奖和瑞士国际夏尔・韦尔文学奖。贝克尔的其他作品还有《欺骗当局》、《不眠的日子》、《金世界的朋友》等。

In THE BOOKS OF JACOB, Tokarczuk traverses the Hapsburg and Ottoman Empires and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in search of Jacob Frank, a highly controversial historical figure from the eighteenth century and the leader of a mysterious, heretical Jewish splinter group that converted at different times to both Islam and Catholicism. Examining Frank through the eyes of both ...(展开全部)

I was proud of my sister, but that year, something began to rankle beneath the pride. Louise has had enough of her twin sister. Caroline is beautiful. Caroline is talented. Caroline is better. Growing up on the small island of Rass in Chesapeake Bay, Caroline seems to do nothing but take from Louise: their parents' love, Louise's chances for an education, her dreams for the f...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Esau have I hated . . . Sara Louise Bradshaw is sick and tired of her beautiful twin Caroline. Ever since they were born, Caroline has been the pretty one, the talented one, the better sister. Even now, Caroline seems to take everything: Louise's friends, their parents' love, her dreams for the future. For once in her life, Louise wants to be the special one. But...(展开全部)

Louise has had enough of her twin sister. Caroline is beautiful. Caroline is talented. Caroline is "better." Growing up on the small island of Rass in Chesapeake Bay, Caroline seems to do nothing but take from Louise: their parents' love, Louise's chances for an education, her dreams for the future. They have spent their lives entwined -- sleeping in the same room, eating at th...(展开全部)

Louise has had enough of her twin sister. Caroline is beautiful. Caroline is talented. Caroline is "better." Growing up on the small island of Rass in Chesapeake Bay, Caroline seems to do nothing but take from Louise: their parents' love, Louise's chances for an education, her dreams for the future. They have spent their lives entwined -- sleeping in the same room, eating at th...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Esau have I hated . . . Sara Louise Bradshaw is sick and tired of her beautiful twin Caroline. Ever since they were born, Caroline has been the pretty one, the talented one, the better sister. Even now, Caroline seems to take everything: Louise's friends, their parents' love, her dreams for the future. For once in her life, Louise wants to be the special one. But...(展开全部)