This dynamic account contains authoritative text complemented by full-color maps explaining the movement of forces. In addition, there are full-color artworks of the uniforms, armored fighting vehicles, aircraft, and ships that took part in the campaigns, with specification tables accompanying the vehicle, ship and aircraft artworks. Highlights profile the great commanders who ...(展开全部)

Eileen Chang is now recognized as one of the greatest modern Chinese writers, though she was completely erased from official histories in chinese mainland. These previously unpublished, semi-autobiographical novels depict in gripping detail her childhood years in Tianjin and Shanghai, as well as her student days in Hong Kong during World War II, and shed light on the constructi...(展开全部)

Eileen Chang is now recognized as one of the greatest modern Chinese writers, though she was completely erased from official histories in chinese mainland. These previously unpublished, semi-autobiographical novels depict in gripping detail her childhood years in Tianjin and Shanghai, as well as her student days in Hong Kong during World War II, and shed light on the constructi...(展开全部)

南森·法勒（Nathan Filer) 1980年生于英国布里斯托尔，曾在一家精神病院工作多年，现为作家、自由撰稿人、表演诗人及大学讲师。 他为《纽约时报》《卫报》《每日邮报》等报刊撰稿，并时常做客英国BBC广播电台的读书节目。他的单人诗朗诵是一些英国文艺活动的固定表演 节目，包括纬度音乐节、艾略特港口音乐节、切尔登汉姆文学节等。而他也曾凭借戏剧短片《俄狄浦斯王》收获英国BBC最佳电影新人奖殊荣。 2013年他的长篇小说《坠落之愕》在英国甫一出版即引起轰动，摘得多项文学大奖，并成功跻身超级畅销书之列，同时将与二十余国的读者见面。

作者簡介： 彼得．施奈德（Peter Schneider） 彼得．施耐德於一九四〇年出生於北德的呂北克市（Lübeck），一九六〇年代初期因為轉學到西柏林的自由大學主修日耳曼學、副修歷史學與哲學而從此定居於柏林。施耐德是德國戰後著名的左派作家，他於一九七三年發表的小說《連茨》（Lenz）是當時左派圈子人手一本的熱門作品。除了小說之外，這位多產的作家還撰寫劇本、散文與評論，其中以一些談論分裂和統一後的柏林的著作最受矚目。他還通曉英文與義大利文等多種外文，曾為德國《明鏡週刊》、美國《紐約時報》、法國《世界報》（Le Monde）及義大利《共和報》（La Repubblica）撰寫文章，並曾受邀到美國史丹佛大學、普林斯頓大學和哈佛大學等校擔任訪問學者。 譯者簡介： 莊仲黎 德國漢堡大學民族學碩士、博士候選人。曾任《講義》雜誌德文編譯，譯有《怎麼有人研究這個...(展开全部)

In the stunning continuation of the epic adventure begun in "Hyperion,"Simmons returns us to a far future resplendent with drama and invention. Onthe world of Hyperion, the mysterious Time Tombs are opening. And the secretsthey contain mean that nothing--nothing anywhere in the universe--will ever bethe same.

在线阅读本书 As the bloody Human-Covenant War rages on Halo, the fate of humankind may rest with one warrior, the lone SPARTAN survivor of another legendary battle . . . the desperate, take-no-prisoners struggle that led humanity to Halo--the fall of the planet Reach. Now, brought to life for the first time, here is the full story of that glorious, doomed conflict. While the bruta...(展开全部)

As the bloody Human-Covenant War rages on Halo, the fate of humankind may rest with one warrior, the lone SPARTAN survivor of another legendary battle... the desperate, take-no-prisoners struggle that led humanity to Halo--the fall of the planet Reach. Now, brought to life for the first time, here is the full story of that glorious, doomed conflict. While the brutal Covenant ju...(展开全部)

吉姆•哈里森（1937—2016），美国诗人、小说家和影视剧本作家，素有“中篇小说大师”之称。哈里森受家庭熏陶，酷爱阅读，最初以诗歌创作开始其文学生涯，视创作为生命的召唤，一生笔耕不辍，是一名多才多艺的多产作家。他的中篇小说多以三部曲形式结集出版，包括《秋日传奇》、《被萤火虫照亮的妇女》、《朱莉普》、《上帝忘记创造的野兽》、《他未死的那年夏天》、《农民的女儿》和《远古游吟诗人》。其主要作品都以他熟悉的北部半岛、蒙大拿州或亚利桑那州的乡村为背景，与福克纳有许多相似之处。 他酷爱垂钓、打猎等户外活动，喜爱饮酒和美食，作品中又常现“硬汉”形象，因此被誉为“当代海明威”。他的作品已经被译为二十多种语言，深受读者喜爱，尤其是法国等欧洲国家的读者更是对他的作品情有独钟，认为它们更真实地反映了美国社会生活和文明冲突。