A decade ago, fourteen-year-old Suzanne Lombard, the daughter of Benjamin Lombard—then a senator, now a powerful vice president running for the presidency—disappeared in the most sensational missing-person case in the nation’s history. Still unsolved, the mystery remains a national obsession. For legendary hacker and marine Gibson Vaughn, the case is personal—Suzanne Lombard ha...(展开全部)

A decade ago, fourteen-year-old Suzanne Lombard, the daughter of Benjamin Lombard—then a senator, now a powerful vice president running for the presidency—disappeared in the most sensational missing-person case in the nation’s history. Still unsolved, the mystery remains a national obsession.For legendary hacker and marine Gibson Vaughn, the case is personal—Suzanne Lombard had...(展开全部)

This is a Summary of Matthew FitzSimmons’ The Short DropA decade ago, fourteen-year-old Suzanne Lombard, the daughter of Benjamin Lombard—then a senator, now a powerful vice president running for the presidency—disappeared in the most sensational missing-person case in the nation’s history. Still unsolved, the mystery remains a national obsession.For legendary hacker and marine...(展开全部)

The Short Drop by Matthew FitzSimmons | A 15-Minute Summary & Analysis Preview: When Benjamin Lombard’s daughter, he being a political figure, goes missing the world holds its breath as she is searched for in all areas of the states. She went missing without warning and was thought to have been kidnapped. Sadly, Benjamin had a secret of his own about her disappearance, though h...(展开全部)

An international literary phenomenon-now available for the first time in English translation-Candy is a hip, harrowing tale of risk and desire, the story of a young Chinese woman forging a life for herself in a world seemingly devoid of guidelines. Hong, who narrates the novel, and whose life in many ways parallels the author's own, drops out of high school and runs away at age...(展开全部)

From one of the most celebrated writers of our time, a literary figure with cult status, a “sibling novel” to her Pulitzer Prize- and NBCC Award-winning A Visit from the Goon Squad—an electrifying, deeply moving novel about the quest for authenticity and meaning in a world where memories and identities are no longer private. The Candy House opens with the staggeringly brilliant...(展开全部)

【著者简介】 [美] 斯蒂芬妮·波拉斯（Stephanie Porras），曾任教于考陶尔德艺术学院和哥伦比亚大学，现为杜兰大学艺术史教授。她的研究重点是15—17世纪的欧洲北部艺术，著有《彼得·勃鲁盖尔的历史想象》《北方文艺复兴艺术：宫廷、商业与虔信》《第一批病毒式传播的图像：梅尔滕·德·沃斯、安特卫普和早期现代全球》等。 - 【译者简介】 李方木，北京外国语大学文学博士，英语人文社科译者，现任山东师范大学外国语学院副教授，近期出版译著有《文艺复兴时期的威尼斯艺术：从传统到个人主义》《我和我的世界：威廉·福克纳传》等。

This groundbreaking book provides the first comprehensive analysis of Ming China’s pursuit of national security along its 1,700 miles of northern frontier. Drawing on a wealth of original sources, John Dardess vividly portrays how Ming China’s emperors, officials, and commanders in the field thought, argued, and made decisions in real time as they worked to defend their country...(展开全部)

This groundbreaking book provides the first comprehensive analysis of Ming China’s pursuit of national security along its 1,700 miles of northern frontier. Drawing on a wealth of original sources, John Dardess vividly portrays how Ming China’s emperors, officials, and commanders in the field thought, argued, and made decisions in real time as they worked to defend their country...(展开全部)

芭贝·柯尔（Babette Cole） 英国著名儿童文学作家、插画家。1949年出生，自小就显露绘画的天分，七岁时创作了自己的第一本书。虽然大学期间曾因太有个性被赶出校门两次，她还是以优异成绩于1973年从著名的坎特伯雷艺术学院毕业。之后进入英国广播公司（BBC），参与了《粉嘟嘟布偶猫》《妈咪陪我看》等经典儿童电视剧的制作。1976年，她正式出版自己的第一本书，至今已有七十多部作品面世，获得了英国凯特芭贝·柯尔格林纳威大奖提名奖、英国库特芭贝·柯尔麦奇勒大奖及美国《父母》杂志选书在内的多项大奖和荣誉。芭贝目前住在英国肯特郡乡间的一所农舍里，和她喜爱的动物们生活在一起。 目录