Sybel, the beautiful great-granddaughter of the wizard Heald, has grown up on Eld Mountain with only the fantastic beasts summoned there by wizardry as companions. She cares nothing for humans until, when she is sixteen, a baby is brought for her to raise, a baby who awakens emotions that she has never known before. He is Tamlorn, the only son of King Drede, and, inevitably, Sy...(展开全部)

作者簡介 派翠西亞‧麥奇莉普（Patricia Anne McKillip, 1948.2.29-）生於美國奧瑞岡州西冷市，於加州聖荷西州立大學獲得英國文學碩士學位。碩士畢業後成為專職作家，尤以奇幻小說知名%%，著有多本奇幻長篇小說，包括The Book of Atrix Wolfe、Winter Rose、Song for the Basilisk等書。此外，亦寫作成人與青少年小說。 1975年以《女巫與幻獸》獲得世界奇幻獎、1994年《豐饒與陌異》獲創神奇幻文學獎（Mythopoeic Award）、《風中豎琴手》入圍雨果獎、《冬日玫瑰》入圍星雲獎。現居奧瑞岡州。 譯者簡介 陳敬旻，紐約州立大學戲劇所碩士。曾任出版社編輯，目前專職編譯撰稿，譯著有莎士比亞故事集等十六部。對戲劇、舞蹈、文學、音樂懷有不變的熱情。

Sixteen when a baby is brought to her to raise, Sybel has grown up on Eld Mountain. Her only playmates are the creatures of a fantastic menagerie called there by wizardry. Sybel has cared nothing for humans, until the baby awakens emotions previously unknown to her. And when Coren--the man who brought this child--returns, Sybel's world is again turned upside down.

Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold is about to join his fearless grandmother on the trip of a lifetime. An International Geographic expedition is headed to the dangerous, remote wilds of South America, on a mission to document the legendary Yeti of the Amazon known as the Beast. </p> But there are many secrets hidden in the unexplored wilderness, as Alex and his new friend N...(展开全部)

Translated into English for the first time, a gripping short novel about an affair gone wrong, from the acclaimed Japanese author, Yukio Mishima. Set in rural Japan shortly after World War II, The Frolic of the Beasts tells the story of a strange and utterly absorbing love triangle between a former university student, Kōji; his would-be mentor, the eminent literary critic Ippei...(展开全部)

Translated into English for the first time, a gripping short novel about an affair gone wrong, from the acclaimed Japanese author, Yukio Mishima. Set in rural Japan shortly after World War II, The Frolic of the Beasts tells the story of a strange and utterly absorbing love triangle between a former university student, Kōji; his would-be mentor, the eminent literary critic Ippei...(展开全部)

In The Big Book of Beasts, Yuval Zommer’s wonderful illustrations bring to whimsical life some of the grizzliest, hairiest, bravest, wiliest, and most fearsome beasts in the animal kingdom. Brimming with interesting facts from beast consultant Barbara Taylor, this charming picture book is a beautiful way for parents to introduce young children to the animal world―and for older ...(展开全部)

“Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes.”— New York Times Book Review Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, w...(展开全部)

“Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes.”— New York Times Book Review Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, w...(展开全部)

D.E. Mungello is professor of history and director of Asian Studies at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.