克里斯提昂．賈克，一九四七年生於法國巴黎。畢業於巴黎索爾邦大學，是一位埃及歷史博士、教授及小說家。 在他十三歲那年，一本有關埃及文明史的書籍正式開啟了賈克對古文明的熱愛。十七歲第一次造訪埃及，他不但深深愛上了這個國度，甚至認為自己有著像是在外漂流數載，終歸故里的感受。也因此造就了他在回法後繼續深造，取得了埃及歷史博士學位。 法國文壇認為他的文學地位，可與大、小仲馬並駕其驅，他寫小說的功力可見其高深

克里斯提昂．賈克，一九四七年生於法國巴黎。畢業於巴黎索爾邦大學，是一位埃及歷史博士、教授及小說家。 在他十三歲那年，一本有關埃及文明史的書籍正式開啟了賈克對古文明的熱愛。十七歲第一次造訪埃及，他不但深深愛上了這個國度，甚至認為自己有著像是在外漂流數載，終歸故里的感受。也因此造就了他在回法後繼續深造，取得了埃及歷史博士學位。 法國文壇認為他的文學地位，可與大、小仲馬並駕其驅，他寫小說的功力可見其高深

The Wisdom of the Desert was one of Thomas Merton's favorites among his own books―surely because he had hoped to spend his last years as a hermit. The personal tones of the translations, the blend of reverence and humor so characteristic of him, show how deeply Merton identified with the legendary authors of these sayings and parables, the fourth-century Christian Fathers who s...(展开全部)

Waris Dirie leads a double life -- by day, she is an international supermodel and human rights ambassador for the United Nations; by night, she dreams of the simplicity of life in her native Somalia and the family she was forced to leave behind. Desert Flower, her intimate and inspiring memoir, is a must-read for anyone who has ever wondered about the beauty of African life, t...(展开全部)

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A young Italian boy has moved to the Welsh hills with his family. He feels isolated and unhappy, a stranger in a strange land. It is only when he makes an unlikely friend, an old man who lets him fly one of his pigeons in a race, that he learns how he can belong. Nicola Davies's beautiful story — an immigrant's tale with powerful resonance in our troubled times — is illustrated...(展开全部)

A city ignited by hate. A man in thrall to power. The ferociously original award-winning bestseller by Poland’s literary phenomenon―his first to be translated into English. It’s 1937. Poland is about to catch fire. In the boxing ring, Jakub Szapiro commands respect, revered as a hero by the Jewish community. Outside, he instills fear as he muscles through Warsaw as enforcer for...(展开全部)

A young Italian boy has moved to the Welsh hills with his family. He feels isolated and unhappy, a stranger in a strange land. It is only when he makes an unlikely friend, an old man who lets him fly one of his pigeons in a race, that he learns how he can belong. Nicola Davies's beautiful story — an immigrant's tale with powerful resonance in our troubled times — is illustrated...(展开全部)

Follows the adventures of the Arabian stallion brought to England to become one of the founding sires of the Thoroughbred breed and the mute Arab stable boy who tended him with loyalty and devotion all his life. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.