It was situated on a perfect natural harbour at the mouth of a great river leading into a huge new land. Manhattan Island was to grow into the most powerful city in the most powerful country in the world. "The Island at the Centre of the World" returns to the origins of New York's extraordinary history. It tells how a wilderness populated only by wolves and native tribes became...(展开全部)

Cartoonist Zoe Thorogood records 6 months of her own life as it falls apart in a desperate attempt to put it back together again in the only way she knows how. IT’S LONELY AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH is an intimate and metanarrative look into the life of a selfish artist who must create for her own survival.

Cartoonist Zoe Thorogood records 6 months of her own life as it falls apart in a desperate attempt to put it back together again in the only way she knows how. IT’S LONELY AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH is an intimate and metanarrative look into the life of a selfish artist who must create for her own survival.

【著者简介】 罗伯特•古德温，全职作家和历史学家，是伦敦大学学院的访问学者。博士就读于伦敦大学学院，主要研究西班牙黄金时代。他的第一本书《穿越大陆1527—1540年：第一个非裔美国人探索美国南部的故事》于2008年出版。

【著者简介】 罗伯特•古德温，全职作家和历史学家，是伦敦大学学院的访问学者。博士就读于伦敦大学学院，主要研究西班牙黄金时代。他的第一本书《穿越大陆1527—1540年：第一个非裔美国人探索美国南部的故事》于2008年出版。

Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake. Their closest neighbors are more than two miles in either direction along a rutted dirt road. One afternoon, as Wen catches grasshoppers in the front yard, a stranger unexpectedly appears in the driveway. Leonard is the largest man Wen has ever seen but he is yo...(展开全部)

费莉希蒂·海斯-麦科伊出生在爱尔兰的都柏林。作为一名撰稿人，她的作品所涉及的领域包括电视和广播戏剧、故事片、纪录片、剧本和改编本，电影剧本，音乐剧本，儿童文学和互动多媒体作品。 她的丈夫威尔弗雷德·贾锝是一名歌剧导演，他们夫妻二人平时居住在爱尔兰的寇卡戴瑞夫尼和伦敦的博蒙德塞区。烹饪，园艺和写作是她最喜欢的事情。 《世界尽头的图书馆》是她的小说处女作。

Outside the island there is nothing: the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. 122 villagers and 3 scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they're told by the scientists. Until, to the horror of the islanders, one of thei...(展开全部)

In a landmark work of history, Russell Shorto presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in riveting detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today. In the late 1960s, an archivist in the New York State Library made an astounding discovery: 12,000 pages of centuries-old correspondence, court cases, legal contracts, and ...(展开全部)

In a landmark work of history, Russell Shorto presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in riveting detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today. In the late 1960s, an archivist in the New York State Library made an astounding discovery: 12,000 pages of centuries-old correspondence, court cases, legal contracts, and ...(展开全部)