贾森·古德温（Jason Goodwin）(1964-) 是名禀赋极高的作家，毕业于剑桥大学，专攻拜占庭史，最初是一名游记作家，第一本游记书出版于1980年，书名叫《茶的盛世：在中国与印度的觅茶之旅》，其后，他分别于1990和1993年写作了另外两本游记，在1998年出版了一本《奥斯曼帝国史》。古德温在近二十年里出书甚少，但这又何尝不是潜心研究、厚积薄发之举呢？经过多年在土耳其/近东地区文化中的浸淫和在东方土地上的实地考察，杰森•古德温在出版《奥斯曼帝国史》时俨然已经成为相关历史学科方面的权威，称古德温为奥斯曼史的“活字典”一点都不为过。 经过多年的酝酿，古德温在2006年出版了他的第一部虚构类作品《禁卫军之树》（The Janissary Tree）。小说甫一上市，就广获好评，截至目前，已有30种文字的译本。年初，本书获得了埃德加•爱伦坡奖的最佳长...(展开全部)

From Publishers Weekly Goodwin, the author of a well-received history of the Ottoman Empire, Lords of the Horizons (1999), makes a welcome shift to fiction with this impressive first of a new mystery series set in the empire's declining decades. In 1836, though the corrupt elite troops known as the Janissaries were crushed 10 years earlier, there are ominous signs that their in...(展开全部)

这是一本生命之书，净水无香地讲述了一棵树从一粒种子到回归泥土的生命轮回。画面唯美，绝对治愈；中英文对照，适合培养双语阅读习惯。

这是一本生命之书，净水无香地讲述了一棵树从一粒种子到回归泥土的生命轮回。画面唯美，绝对治愈；中英文对照，适合培养双语阅读习惯。

Alice is dismayed when one day the leaves on the old oak tree start to fall. Although she can't save the tree, Alice remembers something that gives her hope: the acorns she collected when the tree was still healthy. "Himler's sensitive, evocative watercolors make a fine complement to the lyrical, perceptive text." -- Kirkus Reviews

Alice is dismayed when one day the leaves on the old oak tree start to fall. Although she can't save the tree, Alice remembers something that gives her hope: the acorns she collected when the tree was still healthy.

Since We Fell follows Rachel Childs, a former journalist who, after an on-air mental breakdown, now lives as a virtual shut-in. In all other respects, however, she enjoys an ideal life with an ideal husband. Until a chance encounter on a rainy afternoon causes that ideal life to fray. As does Rachel’s marriage. As does Rachel herself. Sucked into a conspiracy thick with decepti...(展开全部)

Jack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series—the Magic Tree House! Who would burn books? Jack and Annie find out when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to ancient China. There, a powerful emperor called the Dragon King has ordered that all books be burned. Will Jack and Annie be able to save at least one book? Or will ...(展开全部)

<blockquote> This new edition of Thornton Wilder's renowned 1967 National Book Award-winning novel features a new foreword by John Updike and an afterword by Tappan Wilder, who draws on such unique sources as Wilder's unpublished letters, handwritten annotations in the margins of the book, and other illuminating documentary material. </p> </blockquote> In 1962 and 1963, T...(展开全部)

"Take the plunge with Jack and Annie "Jack and Annie continue their quest for the secrets of happiness--secrets they need if they're going to save Merlin. But when the Magic Tree House leads them to a tiny deserted island in the middle of the ocean, they're not sure who needs help more--Merlin or themselves The brother and sister team are soon rescued by a ship of explorers a...(展开全部)