This big, complex novel detailing the beginnings of the downfall of the Roman Republic is a startling change of pace for McCullough ( The Thorn Birds, LJ 5/1/77). Gaius Marius, an upstart New Man from the Italian provinces, and Lucius Cornelius Sulla, a patrician Roman brought up in the slums of the Subura, are both ambitious enough to want to become First Man in Rome, despite ...(展开全部)

With extraordinary narrative power, New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough sweeps the reader into a whirlpool of pageantry and passion, bringing to vivid life the most glorious epoch in human history. When the world cowered before the legions of Rome, two extraordinary men dreamed of personal glory: the military genius and wealthy rural "upstart" Marius, and...(展开全部)

A visually arresting adaptation of Albert Camus’s masterful biographical novel that offers a new graphic interpretation for the next generation of readers. This new illustrated of Camus’s final novel tells the story of Jacques Cormery, a boy who lived a life much like Camus’s own. This stunning, fully illustrated edition summons up the sights, sounds and textures of a childhood...(展开全部)

From the acclaimed filmmaker, artist, and bestselling author of no one belongs here more than you, comes a spectacular debut novel that is so heartbreaking, so dirty, so tender, so funny, so Miranda July. Readers will be astonished. Here is Cheryl, a tightly-wound, vulnerable woman who lives alone, with a perpetual lump in her throat. She is haunted by a baby boy she met when s...(展开全部)

From the acclaimed filmmaker, artist, and bestselling author of no one belongs here more than you, comes a spectacular debut novel that is so heartbreaking, so dirty, so tender, so funny, so Miranda July. Readers will be astonished. Here is Cheryl, a tightly-wound, vulnerable woman who lives alone, with a perpetual lump in her throat. She is haunted by a baby boy she met when s...(展开全部)

作者：米兰达·裘丽（Miranda July）， 生于1974年，美国中生代重要电影创作者、艺术家、作家。 她的写作散见于《巴黎评论》《哈泼斯杂志》和《纽约客》。2008年出版的短篇小说集《没有人比你更属于这里》荣获弗兰克·奥康纳国际短篇小说奖，更获得美国文学大师乔治·桑德斯的极力赞赏，并称：裘丽为这世上的事物注入了奇想，她的文体不属于任何一个派别，而是自成“裘丽风”（July-esque）。 裘丽成长于美国加利福尼亚的伯克利，目前居住在洛杉矶。 译者：周嘉宁，复旦大学中文系硕士，作家，英语文学翻译。 出版有长篇小说《密林中》、《荒芜城》，短篇小说集《我是如何一步步毁掉我的生活的》等。翻译作品包括：《没有人比你更属于这里》（米兰达·裘丽著）、《写在身体上》（珍妮特·温特森著）、《美好的事物无法久存》（罗恩·拉什著）、《玉米少女》（乔伊斯•卡罗尔•欧茨...(展开全部)

"Earthrise" tells the remarkable story of the first photographs of Earth from space and the totally unexpected impact of those images. The Apollo 'Earthrise' and 'Blue Marble' photographs were beamed across the world some forty years ago. They had an astounding effect, Robert Poole explains, and in fact transformed thinking about the Earth and its environment in a way that echo...(展开全部)

"Earthrise" tells the remarkable story of the first photographs of Earth from space and the totally unexpected impact of those images. The Apollo "Earthrise" and "Blue Marble" photographs were beamed across the world some forty years ago. They had an astounding effect, Robert Poole explains, and in fact transformed thinking about the Earth and its environment in a way that echo...(展开全部)

Here are the stories of Marius, wealthy but lowborn, and Sulla, penniless though aristocratic and debauched - men of vision whose ambitions will lay the foundations of the most awesome empire ever known. Great events and mortal frailties, a vast and vivid cast of unforgettable men and women, kings, commoners, lovers, soldiers and senators are woven effortlessly into a rich dens...(展开全部)

On July 20, 1969, the world stood still to watch thirty-eight-year-old American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong become the first person ever to step on the surface of another heavenly body. Perhaps no words in human history became better known than those few he uttered at that historic moment. Upon his return to Earth, Armstrong was honored and celebrated for his monumental ac...(展开全部)