At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, along the lonely stretch of cells known as the Green Mile, killers as depraved as the psychotic "Billy the Kid" Wharton and the possessed Eduard Delacroix await death strapped in "Old Sparky". Here, guards as decent as Paul Edgecombe and as sadistic as Percy Wetmore watch over them. But good or evil, innocent or guilty, none have ever seen the bru...(展开全部)

At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, along the lonely stretch of cells known as the Green Mile, killers as depraved as the psychotic "Billy the Kid" Wharton and the possessed Eduard Delacroix await death strapped in "Old Sparky". Here, guards as decent as Paul Edgecombe and as sadistic as Percy Wetmore watch over them. But good or evil, innocent or guilty, none have ever seen the bru...(展开全部)

Here is the blue sheep, and here is the red sheep. Here is the bath sheep, and here is the bed sheep. But where is the green sheep?

The Land of Green Plums is the story of a group of young people in Nicolae Ceausescu's Romania. Having left their impoverished villages for University in search of education and camaraderie, yet largely unprepared for urban life by their provincial childhoods, the youths quickly find their hopes dashed: the city no less than the countryside bears the mark of the dictator's corr...(展开全部)

Spanning thirty years and three continents, The Green Road tells the story of Rosaleen, matriarch of the Madigan family, and her four children. Ardeevin, County Clare, Ireland. 1980. When her oldest brother Dan announces he will enter the priesthood, young Hanna watches her mother howl in agony and retreat to her room. In the years that follow, the Madigan children leave one by...(展开全部)

Die cut pages bring surprise after surprise in this magical new book from the "Queen of the concept book"--an intricate and satisfying homage to green, the color of all creation. How many kinds of green are there? There's the lush green of a forest on a late spring day, the fresh, juicy green of a just-cut lime, the incandescent green of a firefly, and the vivid aquamarine of a...(展开全部)

《绿里奇迹》分为六部，原作为连载小说每月推出一部，于是成就了一个出版业中的奇迹：所有的六部同时全部荣登《纽约时报》畅销榜单，十本书的位置竟被占去了六本。合为一卷的完整版则毫无悬念地冲顶榜首。 州立冷山监狱死囚牢房的走廊上铺了绿色的油毡，因此这条在其他监狱称为“最后一英里”的不归路，在冷山就被叫成“绿里”。那是1932年的事，当时死囚在走过“绿里”之后要上的是电椅。斯蒂芬•金似乎一直对监狱不能释怀，这一部，自然还是短篇小说《肖申克的救赎》，正是监狱小说中的杰作。这也难怪，正是在这最接近地狱的“绿里”上，人性的善、恶才彰显得格外清楚，其间的角斗、对人性的拷问才格外惊心动魄。“恐怖小说之王”掘发“人类灵魂深处种种美丽的和悲剧的道德真相”的一出大悲剧，在死囚身上展现人性的光彩，在地狱之中梦想着天堂；感天动地，震撼人心。 第一部 两个死去的女孩 第二部 绿里上...(展开全部)

Focusing on a new generation of marketers who likely grew up with an appreciation for sustainability, it provides in one place essential strategies, tools, and inspiration for connecting effectively with mainstream consumers.

In this beautiful and richly illustrated book, the acclaimed author of Blue and Black presents a fascinating and revealing history of the color green in European societies from prehistoric times to today. Examining the evolving place of green in art, clothes, literature, religion, science, and everyday life, Michel Pastoureau traces how culture has profoundly changed the percep...(展开全部)

This long-awaited Norton Critical Edition presents the acclaimed scholarly translation with supporting materials not available elsewhere in a single volume. The text is accompanied by a detailed introduction, an essay on the metrical form, the translator's note, marginal glosses and explanatory annotations to assist in the study of this canonical Arthurian romance.