Brimming with passion and adventure, Greg Keyes’s epic saga of a royal family’s fall from power through treachery and dark magic, set amid the return of ancient evils whose malevolence threatens to annihilate humanity, bids fair to become a classic of its kind. Now, in the eagerly awaited third installment, Keyes draws the threads of his tapestry ever tighter, illuminating old ...(展开全部)

Brimming with passion and adventure, Greg Keyes’s epic saga of a royal family’s fall from power through treachery and dark magic, set amid the return of ancient evils whose malevolence threatens to annihilate humanity, bids fair to become a classic of its kind. Now, in the eagerly awaited third installment, Keyes draws the threads of his tapestry ever tighter, illuminating old ...(展开全部)

Set in the time of Charlemagne and narrated by a nun with her own secrets to keep, The Nonexistent Knight tells the story of Agilulf, a gleaming white suit of armor with nothing inside it. A challenge to his honor sends Agilulf on a search through France, England, and North Africa to confirm the chastity of a virgin he saved from rape years earlier. In the end, after many surpr...(展开全部)

Set in the time of Charlemagne and narrated by a nun with her own secrets to keep, The Nonexistent Knight tells the story of Agilulf, a gleaming white suit of armor with nothing inside it. A challenge to his honor sends Agilulf on a search through France, England, and North Africa to confirm the chastity of a virgin he saved from rape years earlier. In the end, after many surpr...(展开全部)

约翰·霍克斯（1925-1998），美国著名先锋派和后现代主义作家，美国艺术文学院院士，古根海姆学者奖（1962）、埃特兰格尔奖（1973）和法国美第斯奖（1986）得主。1925年，约翰·霍克斯出生于康涅狄格州，1943年由柏丽高中进入哈佛大学，1949年获得艺术学学士学位，期间曾出版诗集《堕落的庄园》。由哈佛毕业后，霍克斯分别任教于哈佛大学、斯坦福大学和布朗大学。 约翰·霍克斯是一位多产的作家，他一生创作了十八部小说，其中包括《血橙》、《食人者》、《疾速旅程》、《激情的画者》和《血与皮肤的幽默》等，1966年他还创作了戏剧《无辜群》。

What happens when a sheepish knight and a not-so-fierce dragon fight for the very first time? Well, it's no ordinary battle since the knight has to go to the castle library to learn about dragon-fighting and the dragon must dig through his ancestor's things to find out how to fight a knight! Spontaneity of line and feeling are backed by zesty colors and a jovial, tongue-in-chee...(展开全部)

《武士与龙》是一个很好看的故事，大人和孩子都会一下子被吸引，也会迅速地读完它。读完之后，大人会很快地得出结论说：这是一个有关战争与和平的故事。或者说：这里说的是不要打架，要学会和谐共处。小孩呢，当然不像大人那么会概括，但大人说的道理，他们能听懂，也能记住。 这样的道理，说一遍就够了，说几遍就显得多余了。但是奇怪，这本图画书，为什么他们还爱反反复复地看？一页一页，前翻后翻，好像老也看不厌。我以为，这是因为，书里还藏着一些不容易一眼看透的秘密，或者说，在故事背后，还有另一个故事。 我们试着问问孩子，或者像孩子那样，无限耐心地，充满兴趣地，把这本图画书看透。然后，来回答这样的问题：在《武士与龙》中，哪些画面，是最吸引人的，最耐人琢磨的，最让你觉得有趣的？ 一开始，当然是打斗的场面，是龙和武士发愤地练功和准备，然后，就是相互地冲过来，冲过去，打得一塌糊涂。 ...(展开全部)

Jack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series—the Magic Tree House! A castle with a secret passage! That's what Jack and Annie find when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the Middle Ages for another wild adventure. In the Great Hall of the castle, a feast is under way. But Jack and Annie aren't exactly welcome guests...(展开全部)

Gavin Guile is missing, leaving Kip and his allies to face the White King's horde in the fourth novel of the NYT bestselling Lightbringer series by Brent Week's. When does an empire fall?The Seven Satrapies have collapsed into four-and those are falling before the White King's armies.Gavin Guile, ex-emperor, ex-Prism, ex-galley slave, formerly the one man who might have averted...(展开全部)

War and madness cast shadows over the lands dragons once ruled. Geder Palliako's star is rising. He is a hero of Antea, protector to the crown prince, and darling of the court. But storms from his past are gathering, and with them, a war that will change everything. Cithrin bel Sarcour founded a powerful bank on stolen wealth, forged papers, and ready blades. Now every move she...(展开全部)