This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works.

史诗般恢弘的历史故事与一个现代谋杀谜案交织，演绎成一部才华横溢、悬念迭生的小说。 1875年，安•伊莉莎•扬刚刚从她权倾一时的丈夫、摩门教的先知与领袖——布里格姆•扬处逃脱出来。她无依无靠，无家可归，由此踏上为终结美国一夫多妻制而抗争的征程。于是，大幕拉开，一个家族的一夫多妻历史缓缓展现在人们面前，从中人们也看到了一个年轻女人如何一步步变成一夫多妻制下的妻子。 安•伊莉莎的故事刚开始不久，另一条精细的叙事线索也展开了——这是今日犹他一个一夫多妻家庭的谋杀案。乔丹•斯科特，一个多年前曾从那里被赶出来的年轻人，为揭开父亲之死的真相，不得不重新踏入了那个曾抛弃他的世界。安•伊莉莎的叙述交织着乔丹的探究，把读者引入有关爱与信仰的的谜团深处。

In this engrossing book, an internationally respected historian gives an account of contemporary representations of Louis XIV-in paintings and engravings, medals and sculptures, plays, ballets, and operas-to show how the making of a royal image illuminates the relationship between art and power.

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。

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。

A young Italian boy has moved to the Welsh hills with his family. He feels isolated and unhappy, a stranger in a strange land. It is only when he makes an unlikely friend, an old man who lets him fly one of his pigeons in a race, that he learns how he can belong. Nicola Davies's beautiful story — an immigrant's tale with powerful resonance in our troubled times — is illustrated...(展开全部)

A city ignited by hate. A man in thrall to power. The ferociously original award-winning bestseller by Poland’s literary phenomenon―his first to be translated into English. It’s 1937. Poland is about to catch fire. In the boxing ring, Jakub Szapiro commands respect, revered as a hero by the Jewish community. Outside, he instills fear as he muscles through Warsaw as enforcer for...(展开全部)

A young Italian boy has moved to the Welsh hills with his family. He feels isolated and unhappy, a stranger in a strange land. It is only when he makes an unlikely friend, an old man who lets him fly one of his pigeons in a race, that he learns how he can belong. Nicola Davies's beautiful story — an immigrant's tale with powerful resonance in our troubled times — is illustrated...(展开全部)