In the wake of a fever that decimated the earth’s population—killing women and children and making childbirth deadly for the mother and infant—the midwife must pick her way through the bones of the world she once knew to find her place in this dangerous new one. Gone are the pillars of civilization. All that remains is power—and the strong who possess it. A few women like her s...(展开全部)

The Wild Boys is a futuristic tale of global warfare in which a guerrilla gang of boys dedicated to freedom battles the organized armies of repressive police states. Making full use of his inimitable humor, wild imagination, and style, Burroughs creates a world that is as terrifying as it is fascinating.

"ONE OF THE GREAT SERIES OF MODERN DETECTIVE STORIES" So wrote Ellery Queen in the late 1940's when he introduced American readers to the writings of Vincent Cornier (1898-1976). Cornier's detective, Barnabas Hildreth, created for a British magazine in 1933, was not only an agent of the British Secret Service but was also known as "The Black Monk," and he faced (and solved) s...(展开全部)

The massively acclaimed Alien franchise is one of the most successful of all time, beginning with the first film in 1979. In a dramatic twist, this novel will return us to that time, to Ellen Ripley, and to never-before-revealed secrets of the Weyland-Yutani Corporations...secrets that lead into the events of the second film, Aliens...and beyond!

THE FIRST IN AN ALL NEW, OFFICIAL TRILOGY SET IN THE ALIEN UNIVERSE! Featuring the iconic Ellen Ripley in a terrifying new adventure that bridges the gap between Alien and Aliens. Officially sanctioned and true to the Alien canon, Alien: Out of the Shadows expands upon the well-loved mythos and is a must for all Alien fans.

A homage to the city of Trieste, rich with history and tinged with the melancholy of remembrance. "Morris at the peak of her form." - The Atlantic Monthly . Here's a book for lovers of all things Italian. This city on the Adriatic has always tantalized Jan Morris with its moodiness and changeability. After visiting Trieste for more than half a century, she has come to see it as...(展开全部)

简·莫里斯（Jan Morris），被欧洲文学界誉为“20世纪最优秀的叙事作家”。其个人经历颇为传奇：生于英国威尔士的他，原名詹姆斯·莫里斯（James Morris），1972年进行变性手术后，改名为简·莫里斯（Jan Morris），从“他”变成了“她”！ 她著作等身，超过三十余部，包括小说、历史与旅行文学作品。她是英国皇家文学学会会员，曾获大英帝国勋章（OBE）。 2008年1月，莫里斯被《泰晤士报》评选为英国战后最伟大的十五名作家之一。 简·莫里斯从未停止过旅行、写作。她的创作是真实生命的沉潜，而不是浮光掠影式的舞台表演。生活中的她，是个勇敢地忠实于自己内心渴望的人；写作时的她，则是一位内心复杂而丰盛的作者。

The Book of Questions may be the only publication that challenges and changes the way readers view the world, without offering a single opinion of its own. Posing 265 questions, "The Book of Questions" is bound to provoke hours and hours of thought.

E.H.贡布里希 E.H.Gombrich (1909-2001)，艺术史家。生于维也纳，后移居英国。1959年起，任伦敦瓦尔堡研究院院长，直至1976年退休。1972年，获封爵士；1988年，获功绩勋章。著有脍炙人口、影响深广的《艺术的故事》和 《世界小史》等书。 译者 王立秋，北京大学国际关系学院比较政治学系政治思想专业博士生，出版有《潜能》（与严和来等合译）等译著。