In this highly original novel Slauerhoff (1898-1936) reprises major themes from his poetry (erotic obsession, nomadism, persecution and confused identity) within a more ambitious formal framework. The book interweaves three narratives, separated in time but linked by a common association with the 'forbidden kingdom' of China. The first of these is the brutal and bloody founding...(展开全部)

From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage—and its consequences, spanning three generations. They seemed like the perfect couple—young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment Pauline, a stranger to the Polish Eastern Avenue neighborhood of Baltimore (though she lived only twenty minutes away), walked into his mother’s grocery ...(展开全部)

From the incomparable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel, spanning three generations, about a mismatched marriage - and its consequences.-Michael and Pauline seemed like the perfect couple - young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment she walked into his mother's grocery store in Baltimore, he was smitten, and in the heat of World War II fervour, they marry in ha...(展开全部)

'Someone swore that, as a little girl, he once saw you touch a tiger. And that the tiger didn't harm you, it let you stroke it. It was always said that you had charmed the beast.' Winter, 1561. Lucrezia, Duchess of Ferrara, is taken on an unexpected visit to a country villa by her husband, Alfonso. As they sit down to dinner it occurs to Lucrezia that Alfonso has a sinister pur...(展开全部)

提摩太•凯勒（Timothy Keller），美国神学家、护教学家，纽约救赎主长老教会牧师。 其著作《为何是他》和《一掷千金的上帝》荣登《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜。其他作品包括《中心教会》、《诸神的面具》、《慷慨的正义》等。凯茜·凯勒（Kathy Keller），凯勒妻子，毕业于戈登-康威尔神学院。

《大紫禁城:王者的轴线(英文版)》主要内容：Though the main hall inside The Forbidden City is only a little over 30 meters high, it was once the tallest building in the ancient City of Beijing. The only hill in the capital city was mini-made especially- to act as a backdrop for the Imperial City.

《大紫禁城:王者的轴线(英文版)》主要内容：Though the main hall inside The Forbidden City is only a little over 30 meters high, it was once the tallest building in the ancient City of Beijing. The only hill in the capital city was mini-made especially- to act as a backdrop for the Imperial City.

美国希腊裔作家，1960年4月13日出生于美国底特律。 祖父母是从小亚细亚来的希腊移民。曾就读于美国著名私立大学布朗大学，并于1986年在斯坦福大学获得英语及创作专业硕士学位。1993年发表了首部长篇《处女自杀》，这部引人入胜的小说介绍了密执安州格罗斯角上五个神秘姐妹以及那些命运被她们永远改变的男孩子们的故事。书一上市就好评如潮，成为畅销书，荣获1993年怀汀奖以及同年美国艺术协会年度风云书，并由著名导演科波拉之女索菲娅•科波拉搬上银幕。《中性》（Middlesex）出版于2002年，是他用九年时间创作的第二本小说，获得了2003年度普利策文学奖。作者以遗传学理论为基础，故事开始是女身最终变成男身的叙述者讲述了一个希腊裔家族历史遭遇的传奇故事。这位雌雄同体的叙事者也象征了美国移民身份的无奈。此书获选《洛杉矶时报》、《芝加哥论坛报》、《纽约时报书评》、...(展开全部)

In Eugenides' first novel since the Pulitzer Prize-winning Middlesex (2002), English major and devotee of classic literature Madeleine Hanna is a senior at Reagan-era Brown University. Only when curiosity gets the best of her does she belly up to Semiotics 211, a bastion of postmodern liberalism, and meet handsome, brilliant, mysterious Leonard Bankhead. Completing a triangle i...(展开全部)

From the inimitable Anne Tyler, a rich and compelling novel about a mismatched marriage—and its consequences, spanning three generations. They seemed like the perfect couple—young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment Pauline, a stranger to the Polish Eastern Avenue neighborhood of Baltimore (though she lived only twenty minutes away), walked into his mother’s grocery...(展开全部)