马克斯·亚当斯（Max Adams） 考古学家、历史学家、旅行家，1961年生于伦敦，毕业于约克大学，纽卡斯尔伯尼西亚王国研究会发起人。已出版作品12部，包括畅销书《北境之王》（The King in the North）、《巨人之地》（In the Land of Giants）、《海军上将柯林伍德》（Admiral Collingwood）等，《盗火者们》（The Prometheans）入选英国《卫报》特别推荐图书。

马克斯·亚当斯（Max Adams） 考古学家、历史学家、旅行家，1961年生于伦敦，毕业于约克大学，纽卡斯尔伯尼西亚王国研究会发起人。已出版作品12部，包括畅销书《北境之王》（The King in the North）、《巨人之地》（In the Land of Giants）、《海军上将柯林伍德》（Admiral Collingwood）等，《盗火者们》（The Prometheans）入选英国《卫报》特别推荐图书。

"The King in Yellow, a series of vaguely connected short stories having as a background a monstrous and suppressed book whose perusal brings fright, madness, and spectral tragedy, really achieves notable heights of cosmic fear in spite of uneven interest and a somewhat trivial and affected cultivation of the Gallic studio atmosphere made popular by Du Maurier's Trilby. The most...(展开全部)

"The King in Yellow, a series of vaguely connected short stories having as a background a monstrous and suppressed book whose perusal brings fright, madness, and spectral tragedy, really achieves notable heights of cosmic fear in spite of uneven interest and a somewhat trivial and affected cultivation of the Gallic studio atmosphere made popular by Du Maurier's Trilby. The most...(展开全部)

In this delightful story, the king refuses to leave his bathtub and rule the kingdom. “Beauty aside, this also has a panache and sly wit that will please children and their parents, who will be called on to peruse the book again and again.”--Booklist

In this delightful story, the king refuses to leave his bathtub and rule the kingdom. One by one, the Knight, the Queen, the Duke, and eventually all the members of the King's Court attempt - and fail - to persuade King Bidgood to leave his sumptuous bath. Why King Bidgood finally leaves his bathtub makes a delightful surprise ending to this exuberant tale.

In this delightful story, the king refuses to leave his bathtub and rule the kingdom. “Beauty aside, this also has a panache and sly wit that will please children and their parents, who will be called on to peruse the book again and again.”--Booklist

Minoru Aose is an architect whose greatest achievement is to have designed the Yoshino house, a prizewinning and much discussed private residence built in the shadow of Mount Asama. Aose has never been able to replicate this triumph and his career seems to have hit a barrier, while his marriage has failed. He is shocked to learn that the Yoshino House is empty apart from a sing...(展开全部)

A 19th-century whaling ship sets sail for the Arctic with a killer aboard in this dark, sharp and highly original tale that grips like a thriller. Behold the man. Stinking, drunk, brutal and bloodthirsty, Henry Drax is a harpooner on the 'Volunteer', a Yorkshire whaling ship that is due to set sail for the rich hunting waters of the Arctic Circle. Also aboard for the first time...(展开全部)

This is the mesmerising story of the very first meeting of those two legends and friends, Lee Scoresby, the Texan balloonist, and Iorek Byrnison, the armoured bear. When Lee and his daemon, Hester, land in the Arctic town of Novy Odense, they quickly become embroiled in an out-and-out political brawl. So when Iorek offers to help, Lee is only too happy to accept. Together they ...(展开全部)