故事的主角叫安娜Anna。她的姐姐凯特Kate在2岁的时候被诊断出患有acute promyelocytic leukemia（急性早幼粒细胞白血病），为了拯救这个孩子，安娜的父母通过体外受精方式生下了和姐姐有着完美基因配型的安娜。从安娜出生时为她的姐姐提供的脐带血细胞开始，每当姐姐的白血病一次又一次的复发，安娜就要不断的提供血液和骨髓来维持姐姐的生命。凯特16岁的时候面临肾衰竭的威胁，而唯一能挽救她的生命的就是肾脏移植手术，由于接受无血缘关系的人的肾脏的成功率不高，他们的家族里又没有适合的肾脏，安娜就需要为姐姐献出自己的一个肾脏，而那时候，她才13岁。然而安娜决定聘请一名律师，要从父母那儿解放自己的身体，赢得自己的“身体支配权”。她的律师亚历山大Campbell Alexander于是为她奔波上诉。 作者在接近尾声的时候才揭开了安娜控告她父母的原因...(展开全部)

Return to the world of the Liveships Traders and journey along the Rain Wild River in this standalone adventure from the author of the internationally acclaimed Farseer trilogy. Guided by the great blue dragon Tintaglia, they came from the sea: a Tangle of serpents fighting their way up the Rain Wilds River, the first to make the perilous journey to the cocooning grounds in gen...(展开全部)

From a Booker Prize finalist and international literary star: a blazing portrait of one darkly riveting sibling relationship, from the inside out. "One of her generation's most intriguing authors" (Entertainment Weekly), Daisy Johnson is the youngest writer to have been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. Now she returns with Sisters, a haunting story about two sisters caugh...(展开全部)

Raina Telgemeier’s #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning companion to Smile! Raina can't wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren't quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she's also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship doesn't improve much over the years, but when a baby brother enters...(展开全部)

"I asked the sailor what an Elephant looked like; he replied that it was like nothing on earth." "England, 1766: " After a long voyage from the East Indies, a ship docks in Bristol, England, and rumor quickly spreads about its unusual cargo--some say a mermaid is on board. A crowd forms, hoping to catch a glimpse of the magical creature. One crate after another is unpacked: a ...(展开全部)

'I asked the sailor what an Elephant looked like; he replied that it was like nothing on earth.' In the middle of the 18th century, a ship docks at Bristol with an extraordinary cargo: two young elephants. Bought by a wealthy landowner, they are taken to his estate in the English countryside. A stable boy, Tom Page, is given the task of caring for them. 'The Elephant Keeper' ...(展开全部)

多年以来，贸易城市英勇地对抗他们的敌人——恰斯人（Chalcedeans）。不过，如果不是依靠蓝龙婷黛丽雅（Tintaglia）的力量，他们无法抵御敌人的侵略。作为回报，商人们承诺帮助婷黛丽雅的那些流落在海中的海蛇们沿着雨野原河向上游迁徙，以找到一处安全的避难所，婷黛丽雅希望籍此可以光复她的种群。然而为时已晚，那些新孵化的小龙已经受到伤害变得赢弱不堪，随时可能死去。少数幸存者却不能使用它们的翅膀；无法飞翔，它们便不能狩猎，而且很容易被那些相信龙肉可以疗伤的人类猎人所伤害。 这时，婷黛丽雅却消失了，而商人们也厌倦了花费巨大的人力和财力去照顾那些无用的幼龙。议会担心如果停止供养幼龙，这些饥饿而遭到忽视的生物会变得狂暴——或者死在酸腐的河岸上。为了避免这样的灾难，幼龙们决定沿着这条危险的河流继续朔流而上，去寻找凯尔辛格拉（Kelsingra）——它们古老而...(展开全部)

The sixth "Discworld" novel. The witches of Discworld, not the most joyful bunch, decide that they must get involved in the politics of the planet. Granny Weatherwax, their obvious choice as spokesperson, finds that life in royal politics is not as simple as it seems.

特里·普拉切特（1948-2015 ）是当代最著名的幽默奇幻作家，同时也是英语文坛最具影响力的讽刺作家之一，被人誉为“笔锋犀利、擅于讽刺的J.R.R.托尔金”。 深受读者推崇的“碟形世界”系列奇幻小说是普拉切特的代表作品，为他赢得了世界声誉。该系列从1983年《魔法的颜色》问世算起，到2014年，共出版了40部长篇小说，其中多部被改编成了漫画、动画、舞台剧、电视剧、广播剧、桌面游戏和电脑游戏等。 《女巫复仇记》于1997年被改编成为了动画连续剧。

Terry's Pratchett's profoundly irrelevetn novels, are consistent number one bestsellers in England, where they have catapulted him into the highest echelons of parody next to Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen.</P> Meet Granny Weatherwx, the most highly regarded non-leader a coven of non-social witches could ever have. Generally, these loners don't ge...(展开全部)