李维 • 平福德，英国插画大师，擅长将记忆与想象相结合进行创作。他的处女作《五弦琴》曾荣获英国图书信托基金会幼儿读物奖“最佳插画新秀奖”。他的第二部作品《大黑狗》于2013年荣获了插画界重量级奖项——英国凯特•格林纳威奖。 约翰 • 豪，杰出的幻想艺术家之一，他凭借为《魔戒》三部曲、《纳尼亚传奇》《霍比特人》等作品创作的一系列奇幻风格插画享誉世界。 安娜 • 杨 • 吉尔伯特，素有“英国彩铅女神”之称，她华丽而精细的画风受到各界赞誉。她的许多作品被私人收藏，其中包括阿诺德•施瓦辛格和英国已故的玛格丽特公主。目前她已创作出版了《令人吃惊的德古拉》，并且还为“神秘日志”系列中的《吸血鬼的故事》《海盗传奇》《预言家的魔法》等图书担任美术指导及插画工作。

Primo Levi wrote books that have been called "the essential works of humankind," including Survival in Auschwitz and The Periodic Table. Yet he lived an unremarkable existence, remaining to his death in the house in which he'd been born; managing a paint and varnish factory for thirty years; and tending his invalid mother to the end. Now, in a matchless account, Ian Thomson unr...(展开全部)

Primo Levi, author of Survival in Auschwitz and The Periodic Table, wrote books that have been called the essential works of humankind. Yet he lived an unremarkable existence, remaining until his death in the house in which he'd been born; managing a paint and varnish factory for thirty years; and tending his invalid mother to the last. Now, in a matchless account, Ian Thomson ...(展开全部)

Academic, writer, figure of melancholy, aesthete – Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009) not only transformed his academic discipline, he also profoundly changed the way that we view ourselves and the world around us. In this award-winning biography, historian Emmanuelle Loyer recounts Lévi-Strauss’s childhood in an assimilated Jewish household, his promising student years as well as...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 伊恩·汤姆森（Ian Thomson） 自由作家、记者，最后采访莱维的几位记者之一，也是第一位开始为莱维立传的作家，作品另有《南意大利》《你好，布莱克：海地之旅》。 ··· 【译者简介】 杨晨光 辽宁沈阳人，译作另有《休战》《被淹没与被拯救的》《最后的猎巫人》等。

'A Medieval Castle' examines the development of forts and strongholds from the beginning of the Middle Ages, looking at the motives behind the building of castles and the variety of people needed to make castle life run smoothly.

First published in 1934, "Border Town" brings to life the story of Cuicui, a young country girl coming of age during a time of national turmoil. Like any teenager, Cuicui dreams of romance and finding true love. She's spellbound by the local custom of nighttime serenades, and she is deftly pursued by two eligible brothers. But Cuicui is also haunted by the imminent death of her...(展开全部)

The author of dozens of acclaimed novels including those in the Scudder and Keller series, Lawrence Block has long been recognized as one of the premier crime writers of our time. Now, the breathtaking skill, power, and versatility of this Grand Master are brilliantly displayed once again in a mesmerizing new thriller set on the streets of the city he knows and loves so well...(展开全部)

The author of dozens of acclaimed novels including those in the Scudder and Keller series, Lawrence Block has long been recognized as one of the premier crime writers of our time. Now, the breathtaking skill, power, and versatility of this Grand Master are brilliantly displayed once again in a mesmerizing new thriller set on the streets of the city he knows and loves so well...(展开全部)

Nevil Shute’s most beloved novel, a tale of love and war, follows its enterprising heroine from the Malayan jungle during World War II to the rugged Australian outback. Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman living in Malaya, is captured by the invading Japanese and forced on a brutal seven-month death march with dozens of other women and children. A few years after the war, Jean is ...(展开全部)