Animals play crucial roles in Buddhist thought and practice. However, many symbolically or culturally significant animals found in India, where Buddhism originated, do not inhabit China, to which Buddhism spread in the medieval period. In order to adapt Buddhist ideas and imagery to the Chinese context, writers reinterpreted and modified the meanings different creatures possess...(展开全部)

DECEMBER 1962, THE WEST COUNTRY. Local doctor Eric Parry, mulling secrets, sets out on his rounds, while his pregnant wife sleeps on in the warmth of their cottage. Across the field, funny, troubled Rita Simmons is also asleep, her head full of images of a past life her husband prefers to ignore. He's been up for hours, tending to the needs of the small dairy farm where he hope...(展开全部)

When a vampire asks Sookie Stackhouse to use her telepathic skills to find another missing vampire, she agrees under one condition: the bloodsuckers must promise to let the humans go unharmed.

This is the epic saga of an earthling, Valentine Michael Smith, born and educated on Mars, who arrives on our planet with many psi powers, including the ability to take control of the minds of others—and complete innocence regarding the mores of man.

提姆．麥金塔-史密斯　Tim Macintosh-Smith 出生於1961年，在牛津大學攻讀阿拉伯語，並曾在地中海東部一帶短期擔任過風琴手。 由於年幼時受到葉門影像的吸引，因而於1982年移居到葉門首都薩那一處頂樓居住，當地人稱他為「拿撒勒先生」(基督教徒)。其足跡遍及葉門各地，對於阿拉伯文化及習俗具有極深刻的了解與研究。此書一出版即榮獲1998年的「湯瑪士．庫克」旅行文學獎，以及「每日電訊報」旅行文學獎。 繪者簡介 馬丁．尤曼(Martin Yeoman) 為插畫家、素描家、雕刻家，其作品廣為英國重要收藏家索收藏，包括女王陛下(HM the Queen)及威爾斯王子。

There should no longer be any doubt: global capitalism is fast approaching its terminal crisis. Slavoj Zizek has identified the four horsemen of this coming apocalypse: the worldwide ecological crisis; imbalances within the economic system; the biogenetic revolution; and, exploding social divisions and ruptures. But, he asks, if the end of capitalism seems to many like the end ...(展开全部)

Internationally celebrated for her novels, Nadine Gordimer has devoted much of her life and fiction to the political struggles of the Third World, the New World, and her native South Africa. "Living in Hope and History" is an on-the-spot record of her years as a public figure--an observer of apartheid and its aftermath, a member of the ANC, and the champion of dissident writers...(展开全部)

戴安娜·加瓦尔东（Diana Gabaldon）： 美国作家，北亚利桑那大学海洋生态学博士与荣誉人文学博士，曾在大学教授解剖学，还是多本科技、电脑期刊的撰稿人、评论员。1988年，黛安娜·加瓦尔东为了“练习”而开始写小说，不料一写就写出了风靡全球的Outlander系列。她学识渊博，感情细腻，又具有大胆的想象力和幽默感，而这些特质正是Outlander魅力的来源。

阿绮波德·立德(Archibald Little，1845～926)，英国在华著名商人立德之妻，习称立德夫人。立德夫人1887年到达中国，她与丈夫在中国生活了20年，几乎走遍了中国南方的所有通商口岸。她努力了解中国家庭，研究中国的政治及教育制度。主要著作有：《在中国的婚事》(1899)、《亲密接触中国》(1899)、《穿蓝色长袍的国度》(1901)、《北京指南》(1904)，《李鸿章，他的生平和时代》、《北京我家花园的周围》(1905)等。游历、写作之外，立德夫人还对中国妇女饱受缠足陋习的荼毒极为同情，因而全力投入清末的反缠足运动。 1906年，立德夫妇离开中国，返回英国。1926年，81岁的立德夫人走完了她作为作家、旅游家和社会改革家的一生。

A murder...A tragic accident...Or just parents behaving badly? What s indisputable is that someone is dead. Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She s funny, biting, and passionate; she remembers everything and forgives no one. Celeste is the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare but she is paying a price for the illusion of perfection. New to town, sin...(展开全部)