After more than a quarter of a century and three million copies in print, Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War classic, "The" "Killer Angels," remains as vivid and powerful as the day it was originally published. This handsome new hardcover edition introduces a whole new generation to Shaara's masterpiece-and offers readers everywhere a literary keepsake for years ...(展开全部)

This novel reveals more about the Battle of Gettysburg than any piece of learned nonfiction on the same subject. Michael Shaara's account of the three most important days of the Civil War features deft characterizations of all of the main actors, including Lee, Longstreet, Pickett, Buford, and Hancock. The most inspiring figure in the book, however, is Col. Joshua Lawrence Cham...(展开全部)

This novel reveals more about the Battle of Gettysburg than any piece of learned nonfiction on the same subject. Michael Shaara's account of the three most important days of the Civil War features deft characterizations of all of the main actors, including Lee, Longstreet, Pickett, Buford, and Hancock. The most inspiring figure in the book, however, is Col. Joshua Lawrence Cham...(展开全部)

"MY FAVORITE HISTORICAL NOVEL . . . A superb re-creation of the Battle of Gettysburg, but its real importance is its insight into what the war was about, and what it meant."--James M. McPherson, Author of Battle Cry of Freedom In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life...(展开全部)

From master storyteller Carlos Ruiz Zafón, author of the international phenomenon The Shadow of the Wind , comes The Angel’s Game—a dazzling new page-turner about the perilous nature of obsession, in literature and in love. “The whole of Barcelona stretched out at my feet and I wanted to believe that, when I opened those windows, its streets would whisper stories to me,...(展开全部)

Penelope Fitzgerald wanted to call her 1990 novel Mistakes Made by Scientists. On the other hand, she laughingly likened it to a Harlequin doctor-nurse romance. The truth about The Gate of Angels is somewhere in between. The doctor, Fred Fairly, is indeed a young Cambridge scientist, and the nurse, Daisy Saunders, has been ejected from a London hospital. If Fred is to win her l...(展开全部)

佩内洛普·非兹杰拉德（1916-2000）是当今英国文坛最杰出，最受读者欢迎的小说家之一。她的三本书获得英国文学最高奖——布克奖提名，分别是：《书店》（1978），《早春》（1988）和《天使之门》（1990）。1979年，作者凭借《离岸》一书荣获该奖项。1995年，她的作品《蓝花》胜过同期其他文学作品，被选为“年度之书”。佩内洛普长期定居伦敦，曾就业于新闻业，政府食品部，BBC广播公司以及各类学校，包括一所戏剧学校，她在晚年开始从事写作，并成为了一名杰出的作家。佩内洛普2000年于伦敦去世，享年83岁。

Beautiful reissue of this wonderful Fitzgerald backlist title, shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize In 1912 Fred Fairly is a Junior Fellow at the college of St Angelicus in Cambridge, where for centuries no female, not even a pussy cat, has been allowed to set foot ("though the starlings couldn't altogether be regulated"). Fred lectures in physics and the questionable nature ...(展开全部)

Despite growing up with a widowed and reclusive mother, young Zoe Cunningham retains an unshakable faith in storybook happy endings. When her mother, Anne, finally decides to remarry, Zoe is thrilled with her prospective stepfather, Simon Gould, who is not only wealthy, but also kind and generous. Simon's affection for his new family allows Zoe to pursue what she thinks is an i...(展开全部)

佩内洛普·非兹杰拉德（1916-2000）是当今英国文坛最杰出，最受读者欢迎的小说家之一。她的三本书获得英国文学最高奖——布克奖提名，分别是：《书店》（1978），《早春》（1988）和《天使之门》（1990）。1979年，作者凭借《离岸》一书荣获该奖项。1995年，她的作品《蓝花》胜过同期其他文学作品，被选为“年度之书”。佩内洛普长期定居伦敦，曾就业于新闻业，政府食品部，BBC广播公司以及各类学校，包括一所戏剧学校，她在晚年开始从事写作，并成为了一名杰出的作家。佩内洛普2000年于伦敦去世，享年83岁。