A killer adventure fantasy follow-up to HOPE AND RED, set in a fracturing empire spread across savage seas, where two young people from different cultures find common purpose. Red is being trained as a cold-blooded assassin by the biomancers. As he becomes increasingly embroiled in palace politics, he learns that even life among the nobility can be deadly. While terrorizing imp...(展开全部)

The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays. "Any story that starts will also end." As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh an...(展开全部)

The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays. "Any story that starts will also end." As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh an...(展开全部)

“Two there should be; no more, no less. One to embody the power, the other to crave it.” –Darth Bane, Dark Lord of the Sith On the run from vengeful Republic forces, Dessel, a cortosis miner, vanishes into the ranks of the Sith army and ships out to join the bloody war against the Republic and its Jedi champions. There, Dessel’s brutality, cunning, and exceptional command of th...(展开全部)

“Two there should be; no more, no less. One to embody the power, the other to crave it.” –Darth Bane, Dark Lord of the Sith On the run from vengeful Republic forces, Dessel, a cortosis miner, vanishes into the ranks of the Sith army and ships out to join the bloody war against the Republic and its Jedi champions. There, Dessel’s brutality, cunning, and exceptional command of th...(展开全部)

塩が世界を埋め尽くす塩害の時代。塩は着々と街を飲み込み、社会を崩壊させようとしていた。その崩壊寸前の東京で暮らす男と少女。男の名は秋庭、少女の名は真奈。静かに暮らす二人の前を、さまざまな人々が行き過ぎる。あるときは穏やかに、あるときは烈しく、あるときは浅ましく。それを見送りながら、二人の中で何かが変わり始めていた。そして―「世界とか、救ってみたいと思わない?」。そそのかすように囁く男が、二人に運命を連れてくる。第10回電撃ゲーム小説大賞・大賞受賞作。圧倒的な筆力で贈るSFラブ・ファンタジー。

This first book-length study of gender relations in the Lower Yangzi region during the High Qing era (c. 1683-1839) challenges enduring late-nineteenth-century perspectives that emphasized the oppression and subjugation of Chinese women. Placing women at the center of the High Qing era shows how gender relations shaped the economic, political, social, and cultural changes of th...(展开全部)

This first book-length study of gender relations in the Lower Yangzi region during the High Qing era (c. 1683-1839) challenges enduring late-nineteenth-century perspectives that emphasized the oppression and subjugation of Chinese women. Placing women at the center of the High Qing era shows how gender relations shaped the economic, political, social, and cultural changes of th...(展开全部)