弗朗西斯卡•海格（Francesca Haig），作家，诗人。墨尔本大学博士毕业，主要研究领域是灾难文学，现任英国切斯特大学高级讲师，好莱坞知名经纪公司UTA签约作家。她曾在澳洲与英国的文学刊物上发表多篇诗作，并于2006年出版首部个人诗集《生命之水》，2010年获英国 霍桑登（Hawthornden）奖学金。 《骸骨迷宫》是海格的首部科幻系列小说《烈火的召唤》的第二本。全书以一对双胞胎兄妹为核心，讲述了他们分别所处的敌对阵营，试图重建末日后的世界以及为了破除同生共死的命运、重获自由而斗争的故事。作者以高度丰满的叙事架构和诗意的语言，构建了一个黑暗与希望交织的世界，引领读者跟随着勇敢的主人公一路冒险，破除桎梏，拯救他们所爱。作品充满了迷人的复杂性，隐秘而深刻的氛围贯穿始终，引人入胜。 该系列的第三本《永生船》预计于2017年夏天上市。

弗朗西斯卡•海格（Francesca Haig），作家，诗人。墨尔本大学博士毕业，主要研究领域是灾难文学，现任英国切斯特大学高级讲师，好莱坞知名经纪公司UTA签约作家。她曾在澳洲与英国的文学刊物上发表多篇诗作，并于2006年出版首部个人诗集《生命之水》，2010年获英国 霍桑登（Hawthornden）奖学金。 《骸骨迷宫》是海格的首部科幻系列小说《烈火的召唤》的第二本。全书以一对双胞胎兄妹为核心，讲述了他们分别所处的敌对阵营，试图重建末日后的世界以及为了破除同生共死的命运、重获自由而斗争的故事。作者以高度丰满的叙事架构和诗意的语言，构建了一个黑暗与希望交织的世界，引领读者跟随着勇敢的主人公一路冒险，破除桎梏，拯救他们所爱。作品充满了迷人的复杂性，隐秘而深刻的氛围贯穿始终，引人入胜。 该系列的第三本《永生船》预计于2017年夏天上市。

Much more than a history atlas, this book drops you right in the heart of the action, as 130 detailed maps tell the story of pivotal episodes in world history, from the first human migrations out of Africa to the race for space. After the foreword written by renowned broadcaster and historian Peter Snow, purpose-made regional and global maps present the history of the world as ...(展开全部)

A sparkling anecdotal account with the pace of an epic, about the men and women who created turning points in history. Rebecca Fraser's dramatic portrayal of the scientists, statesmen, explorers, soldiers, traders, and artists who forged Britain's national institutions is the perfect introduction to British history.Just as much as kings and queens, battles and empire, Britain's...(展开全部)

In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire. Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation was shaken by war and peace. The two wars were the worst we had ever known and the ...(展开全部)

The Oxford History of Britain tells the story of Britain and its people over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Encompassing political, social, economic, and cultural developments throughout the British Isles, the dramatic narrative is taken up in turn by ten leading historians who offer the fruits of the best modern scholarship to the ...(展开全部)

德国，科隆大教堂，三圣王节之夜的盛大弥撒中，一队持枪匪徒突然闯入。他们开启贮存三圣王遗骨的金棺，教堂内电波激荡，所有吃过圣饼的教众均离奇死去……梵蒂冈罗马教廷派出特使追查，特种部队西格玛临危受命。他们与一个神秘古老的宗教团体——龙庭，展开了生死搏斗。 追踪圣骨之路陷阱重重，梵蒂冈的大火、埃及亚历山大港的水淹。圣彼得墓中发现铂金地图，地中海沿岸的世界奇迹构成时间沙漏。圣骨非骨，黄金非金。神秘的白色粉末开启了重构世界之门，而古老教派的纠缠背后究竟隐藏着什么内幕？ 所罗门王的宝藏在圣殿骑士的手中得到新生……“因为它在上面，所以它也在下面。”从这个世界，到下个世界。一切，都是镜像。

This rollicking page-turner with a cast of real and imagined literary characters and cunning intertwined plots stars a skeptical H.G. Wells as a time-traveling investigator. Set in Victorian London, The Map of Time boasts a triple-play of intertwined plots in which a skeptical H.G. Wells is called upon to investigate purported incidents of time travel. Now, he must save the ...(展开全部)