In the feverish tropics of the Andaman Islands, a young botanist tends to a fragile rose he has imported to welcome his bride. Hoping their marriage will bloom in this strange life, hundreds of miles from the east coast of India, he is entranced by Chanda Devi's fierce nature and unusual gifts; speaking to trees and the ghosts of former colonialists. These islands, she tells he...(展开全部)

A spellbinding work of literature, Latitudes of Longing follows the interconnected lives of characters searching for true intimacy. The novel sweeps across India, from an island, to a valley, a city, and a snow desert to tell a love story of epic proportions. We follow a scientist who studies trees and a clairvoyant who speaks to them; a geologist working to end futile wars ove...(展开全部)

Internationally celebrated for his writing and his music, Leonard Cohen is one of the legendary writers, performers, and most consistently daring artists of our time. Book of Longing is his dazzling new collection of poetry -- twenty years in the making -- written on southern California's Mount Baldy and in Los Angeles, Montreal, and Mumbai. Following his highly acclaimed 19...(展开全部)

"Book of Longing" is Leonard Cohen's first book of new poetry since "Book of Mercy" was published two decades ago. It collects Cohen's poetry written between the 1980s and the present, and also includes his wonderfully witty and sensuous illustrations, including numerous playful self-portraits. The illustrations interact with, and complement, the poetry in unexpected and fascin...(展开全部)

Internationally celebrated for his writing and his music, Leonard Cohen is one of the legendary writers, performers, and most consistently daring artists of our time. Book of Longing is his dazzling new collection of poetry -- twenty years in the making -- written on southern California's Mount Baldy and in Los Angeles, Montreal, and Mumbai. Following his highly acclaimed 19...(展开全部)

The Caribbean, 1665. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, its capital, is a cutthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses. In this steamy climate there's a living to be made, a living that can end swiftly by disease—or by dagger. For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish h...(展开全部)

An irresistible tale of swashbuckling pirates in the New World from master storyteller Michael Crichton -- now in paperback Jamaica, in 1665 a lone outpost of British power amid Spanish waters in the sunbaked Caribbean. Its capital, Port Royal, a cuthroat town of taverns, grog shops and bawdy houses -- the last place imaginable from which to launch an unthinkable attack on a n...(展开全部)

Jamaca in the 1600s was an outpost of British power amid the Spanish controlled waters of the Caribean. The ruling governor, Sir James Almont, hears a rumour of a pirate galleon stowed near an impregnable Spanish stronghold. Despite the risk and acting against British policy he employs a privateer and a team of buccaneers to sieze the vessel.

作者简介： 约翰·F.霍菲克尔（John F. Hoffecker），美国科罗拉多大学博尔德分校北极和高山研究所研究员。1979获得阿拉斯加大学硕士学位，1986获芝加哥大学博士学位，主要关注寒冷环境中的人类生态学。对阿拉斯加州中部的早期史前遗址、北高加索的尼安德特人洞穴、东欧平原中部的早期的旧石器时代晚期遗址以及阿拉斯加州西北海岸的晚期史前因纽特人定居地进行了野外调查。著有《北极史前史》《荒凉观景：东欧冰河世纪的村落》等。 译者简介： 崔艳嫣，博士，聊城大学外语学院教授，硕士生导师，主要从事外语教学和研究工作。 曲枫，本科毕业于吉林大学考古学专业，获荷兰莱顿大学考古学院硕士学位和美国阿拉斯加大学人类学博士学位。曾在阿拉斯加大学人类学系任研究员、副教授，现为聊城大学北冰洋研究中心主任、教授，在聊城大学北冰洋研究中心与阿拉斯加大学人类学系联合培养博士生...(展开全部)

作者简介： 约翰·F.霍菲克尔（John F. Hoffecker），美国科罗拉多大学博尔德分校北极和高山研究所研究员。1979获得阿拉斯加大学硕士学位，1986获芝加哥大学博士学位，主要关注寒冷环境中的人类生态学。对阿拉斯加州中部的早期史前遗址、北高加索的尼安德特人洞穴、东欧平原中部的早期的旧石器时代晚期遗址以及阿拉斯加州西北海岸的晚期史前因纽特人定居地进行了野外调查。著有《北极史前史》《荒凉观景：东欧冰河世纪的村落》等。 译者简介： 崔艳嫣，博士，聊城大学外语学院教授，硕士生导师，主要从事外语教学和研究工作。 曲枫，本科毕业于吉林大学考古学专业，获荷兰莱顿大学考古学院硕士学位和美国阿拉斯加大学人类学博士学位。曾在阿拉斯加大学人类学系任研究员、副教授，现为聊城大学北冰洋研究中心主任、教授，在聊城大学北冰洋研究中心与阿拉斯加大学人类学系联合培养博士生...(展开全部)