Longing for adventure, Priscilla Morton leaves Boston and heads for Texas, never dreaming that the adventure she seeks will leave her badly injured and her parents dead. Priscilla is determined to reb

Longing for adventure, Priscilla Morton leaves Boston and heads for Texas, never dreaming that the adventure she seeks will leave her badly injured and her parents dead. Priscilla is determined to reb

Available for the first time as an exclusive eBook in this original Outlander novella, Diana Gabaldon reveals what really happened to Roger MacKenzie Wakefield’s parents. Orphaned during World War II, Roger believed that his mother died during the London Blitz, and that his father, an RAF pilot, was killed in combat. But in An Echo in the Bone, Roger discovers that this may not...(展开全部)

THE NEW EARTHSEA NOVEL--NOW IN MASS MARKET World Fantasy Award Winner--Best Novel

Filled with characters and Earthsea lore from Le Guin's previous novels, this new story introduces a sorcerer who makes a desperate last stand against the land of the dead when he dreams of an imminent invasion.

THE NEW EARTHSEA NOVEL--NOW IN MASS MARKET World Fantasy Award Winner--Best Novel

The puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery sets the scene for this fervent, hard-hitting novel about disillusionment in independent Kenya. A deceptively simple tale, "Petals of Blood" is on the surface a suspenseful investigation of a spectacular triple murder in upcountry Kenya. Yet as the intertwined stories of the four suspects unfold, a devast...(展开全部)

'A compelling novel about the tragedy of corrupting power, set in post-independence Kenya... Ngugi writes with passion about every form, shape and colour which power can take' Sunday Times After decades of British rule Kenya has declared its independence, but drought and poor harvests still govern the village of Ilmorog. Undeterred, Munira, Karega, Wanja and Abdulla each move t...(展开全部)

After a terrible murder in the village of Ilmorog, four suspects are placed in detention: Munira the headmaster; Abdullah the storekeeper; Karega the assistant teacher and 'barmaid' Wanja. The lives of these four characters are inextricably linked with the lives of the three murder victims, the fortunes of Ilmorog and with the fate of Kenya itself. Published to great controvers...(展开全部)

中译名《杨柳风》。以下简介及作者简介均摘选转自http://www.douban.com/subject/1256292/，谢谢原作者： 《杨柳风》是一部妙趣横生的经典儿童小说，书中塑造了几个可爱的动物形象：胆小怕事但又生性喜欢冒险的鼹鼠，热情好客、充满浪漫诗趣的河鼠，侠义十足、具有领袖风范的老獾，喜欢吹牛、臭显、追求时髦的蟾蜍，敦厚老实的水獭――他们生活在河岸或者大森林里，有乐同享，有难同当。为了教育连连闯祸的蟾蜍，他们煞费苦心，对他说服教育；当蟾蜍的住宅被黄鼠狼们霸占以后，他们联合起来，齐心协力，用智慧战胜了比他们数量多得多的黄鼠狼，蟾蜍也从此改正身上的毛病，变成了一个好蟾蜍。（这是“通用”介绍，我对蟾蜍有不同意见，等看完再写书评。） 《杨柳风》于1908年出版，后来引起美国总统罗斯福的注意，他曾写信告诉作者，自己把《杨柳风》一口气读...(展开全部)