In this first book of Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom series, Civil War veteran John Carter finds himself mysteriously transported to the Red Planet, a world of strange men, vicious beasts, and beautiful women in need of rescue.

In this first book of Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom series, Civil War veteran John Carter finds himself mysteriously transported to the Red Planet, a world of strange men, vicious beasts, and beautiful women in need of rescue.

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格雷格·贝尔（1951- ） 美国当代硬科幻大师，出生于加利福尼亚州圣迭戈市，毕业于圣迭戈大学，获文学学士学位。两次荣获“雨果奖”，五次荣获“星云奖”。 贝尔的科幻作品涉及星际冲突、人工智能、生物进化等诸多主题。他善于在小说中为当下的科学和文明难题提供解决方案。 《天使女王》中，他的这一特点展现得淋漓尽致，此书因而获得了雨果奖、轨迹奖和约翰•坎贝尔纪念奖三项提名。

格雷格·贝尔（1951- ） 美国当代硬科幻大师，出生于加利福尼亚州圣迭戈市，毕业于圣迭戈大学，获文学学士学位。两次荣获“雨果奖”，五次荣获“星云奖”。 贝尔的科幻作品涉及星际冲突、人工智能、生物进化等诸多主题。他善于在小说中为当下的科学和文明难题提供解决方案。 《天使女王》中，他的这一特点展现得淋漓尽致，此书因而获得了雨果奖、轨迹奖和约翰•坎贝尔纪念奖三项提名。

In 1915, two spirited Australian sisters join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their father's dairy farm and carrying a guilty secret with them. Used to tending the sick as they are, nothing could have prepared them for what they confront, first in the Dardanelles, then on the Western Front. Yet amid the carnage, Naomi and Sally Durance become the friends they...(展开全部)

In 1915, two spirited Australian sisters join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their father's dairy farm and carrying a guilty secret with them. Used to tending the sick as they are, nothing could have prepared them for what they confront, first in the Dardanelles, then on the Western Front. Yet they find courage in the face of extreme danger and become the fr...(展开全部)

在线试读It was said around the valley that the two Durance girls went off but just the one bothered to come back. People could not have said which one, since both the girls were aloof and looked similar—dark and rather tall. There was confusion even in the local paper. And they weren’t the sort of girls whose names were called across streets—girlfriend hallooing girlfriend in the e...(展开全部)

An expert historian on Mary, Queen of Scots draws on hundreds of her encrypted letters to paint a vivid portrait of one of history’s most compelling figures. For almost two decades before her execution at Fotheringhay Castle in 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was a prisoner. From her chambers, she wrote countless letters, many encrypted using complex ciphers to prevent her communica...(展开全部)