"New York Times" bestselling author Vonda N. McIntyre proves she is "blessed with both vision and genius" "(BookPage)" in this breathtaking tale -- part adventure story, part legend, and part Gothic novel-- what "Publishers Weekly" calls "a marvelous alternative history fable." In seventeenth-century France, Louis XIV rules with flamboyant ambition. From the Hall of Mirrors to...(展开全部)

冯达·N.麦金泰尔（Vonda N. McIntyre） 美国著名的科幻、奇幻小说作家。1948年生于路易斯维尔，1970年获得华盛顿大学生物学荣誉学士学位，1971年开始发表作品。 其作品五次登上《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜。1973年其中篇小说《雾草沙》获得星云奖，1978年根据《雾草沙》扩展而成的长篇小说《梦蛇》获得星云奖和雨果奖，1997年《太阳王与海妖》力压乔治•R.R.马丁《权力的游戏》获星云奖。此外，她还写过一些《星际迷航》和《星球大战》的小说。目前居住在西雅图。

Sun and his wife, the moon, lived on Earth and built a large house so that the water people could visit. But so many poured in that they were forced to move to the sky.

"An African folktale is interpreted with originality and harmony." Booklist, ALA

Sun and his wife, the moon, lived on Earth and built a large house so that the water people could visit. But so many poured in that they were forced to move to the sky.

Step into a world of star-crossed lovers, magical winds, mischievous giants, and trolls, through some of the most exquisite illustrations in publishing history. In this gorgeous reprint, TASCHEN revives the most ambitious publication project of beloved Danish artist Kay Nielsen, one of the most famous children’s book illustrators of all time. First published in 1914, East of th...(展开全部)

A classic philosophical work about the historical inevitability of cultural decay and rebirth, written by one of Adolf Hitler's most devoted admirers. Savitri Devi couches her arguments in metaphor, using "lightning" to refer to forces of destruction and "sun" to refer to building in accordance with nature's eternal laws. Both are necessary, says Devi, since to build the pure a...(展开全部)

From the bestselling and Booker Prize winning author of Never Let me Go and The Remains of the Day, a stunning new novel - his first since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature - that asks, what does it mean to love? A thrilling feat of world-building, a novel of exquisite tenderness and impeccable restraint, Klara and the Sun is a magnificent achievement, and an international ...(展开全部)

Klara and the Sun, the first novel by Kazuo Ishiguro since he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, tells the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon cho...(展开全部)