A gripping story of obsession, adventure and the search for our oldest surviving ancestor -- 400 million years old -- a four-limbed dinofish! In 1938, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, a young South African museum curator, caught sight of a specimen among a fisherman's trawl that she knew was special. With limb-like protuberances culminating in fins the strange fish was unlike anyth...(展开全部)

萨曼莎·温伯格（Samantha Weinberg），英国记者、旅游作家、杂志编辑。温伯格出生于伦敦，毕业于剑桥大学三一学院，曾在南非、美国和伦敦担任记者，擅长非虚构创作。 卢静，中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所研究员，国家优秀青年基金获得者。主要从事古鱼类学，特别是早期硬骨鱼类演化、四足动物起源研究。 卢静自称“拉蒂迈鱼的粉丝”，而这份情缘的建立，便始于这本书。当年初入古生物学领域时，是这本书为她 “打开了新世界的大门”。受邀翻译简体中文版时，卢静老师欣然应允，不仅亲自打磨译文，提供拉蒂迈鱼的精彩复原图，而且倾情作序推荐：“‘拉蒂迈鱼’是一个铭刻在我心上的名字，我希望这个名字可以走进更多人心里。”

哈兰•科本，美国神秘悬疑小说教父级人物。代表作品有《死亡拼图》、《林中迷雾》、《守口如瓶》、《沉默猎杀》、《别无选择》。 克林顿最喜欢的畅销书作家，《达芬奇密码》作者丹布朗的伯乐。 第一位包揽国际最权威的埃德加•爱伦•坡奖、莎姆斯奖和安东尼奖的美国作家。 第一位入选图书奥斯卡（英国年度图书奖）的美国人。 科本的作品已经至少以二十二种语言出版，发行达三十二个国家和地区。每一部作品都是世界范围的畅销书。 周鹰，毕业于四川大学英国语言文学专业，数次出人联合国教科文组织关于世界自然遗产审批与考察的首席翻译，2002年以来从事翻译工作。主要译作有《放胆求生》、《白宫追杀令》、《以血成书》。

An explosive new stand-alone thriller from #1 "New York Times" bestseller Harlan Coben Wendy is a reporter on a mission: She's chasing down the lowest of the low-sexual predators-and exposing them on national television. Her big break comes when she nails a child advocate who works with abused and underserved children. She's there, cameras rolling, when the cops cuff him and t...(展开全部)

The coelacanth (see-lo-canth) is no ordinary fish.Five feet long, with luminescent eyes and limb like fins, this bizarre creature, presumed to be extinct, was discovered in 1938 by an amateur icthyologist who recognized it from fossils dating back 400 million years. The discovery was immediately dubbed the "greatest scientific find of the century," but the excitement that ensue...(展开全部)

This portrait of a Southern family's downfall was the literary debut of the #1 New York Timesbestselling author of Sophie's Choice. A finalist for the National Book Award, Lie Down in Darkness center

In this novel, the South looms dark and ominous in the background with its Biblical rhetoric, its conflict between a tradition of religious fundamentalism and modern scepticism, racial contrasts and the industrialisation of a rural society. But more than a novel of time and place, it is the story of a tormented family submerged in infidelity and driven by a vengeful love that i...(展开全部)

William Styron traces the betrayals and infidelities--the heritage of spite and endlessly disappointed love--that afflict the members of a Southern family and that culminate in the suicide of the beautiful Peyton Loftis.

Three former CIA officers--among the world's foremost authorities on recognizing deceptive behavior--share their proven techniques for uncovering a lie Imagine how different your life would be if you could tell whether someone was lying or telling you the truth. Be it hiring a new employee, investing in a financial interest, speaking with your child about drugs, confronting yo...(展开全部)