Read the enthralling medieval murder mystery. The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective. William collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs ...(展开全部)

Read the enthralling medieval murder mystery. The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. When his delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths, Brother William turns detective. William collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and coded manuscripts, and digs ...(展开全部)

Set in Italy in the Middle Ages, this is not only a narrative of a murder investigation in a monastery in 1327, but also a chronicle of the 14th century religious wars, a history of monastic orders, and a compendium of heretical movements.

'If any man or woman should ask what I wish this romance...to be called, it is the Romance of the Rose, in which the whole art of love is contained'. Guillaume de Lorris's own introduction to his allegorical account of the progress of a courtly love affair gives no indication of the eventual scale and scope of the work, which became the most popular and influential of all medie...(展开全部)

The "New York Times" bestselling novel. This is the riveting first-person narrative of Kvothe, a young man who grows to be one of the most notorious magicians his world has ever seen. From his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic,...(展开全部)

One of the most remarkable women of the modern era, Josephine Bonaparte was born Rose de Tasher on her family's sugar plantation in Martinique. She embodied all the characteristics of a true Creole-sensuality, vivacity, and willfulness. Using diaries and letters, Andrea Stuart expertly re-creates Josephine's whirlwind of a life, which began with an isolated Caribbean childhood ...(展开全部)

ロウランド伯爵邸に家庭教師として来たレイチェルは、そのひたむきさで徐々に生徒であるロウランド家の子供たちと心を通わせつつあった。ただ一人の心を除いては…。

19世紀英国。没落貴族の公爵家の娘・グレースは愛人のロウランド宅で謎の死を遂げた。彼女の息子ライナスとロレンスは実父・ロウランド伯爵に引き取られるが、ライナスは母の死にロウランド家の人々が関わっていると疑念を抱く。真相を究明しようとするライナスの孤独な闘いが始まった。

帕乌斯托夫斯基(1892～1968)，俄罗斯作家。出身于莫斯科一个铁路员工家庭。从中学时代起他就醉心于文学，1912年发表了第一个短篇小说。在十月革命和国内战争时期他比较广泛地接触俄国的社会生活，参加过红军，当过记者及报社编辑。这期间他创作了许多作品。使他一举成名的是中篇小说《卡拉－布加兹海湾》(1932)。后来他还写了一系列画家、作家的传记小说和历史题材的作品，如《伊萨克·列维坦》(1937)、《塔拉斯·谢甫琴柯》(1939)、《北方故事》(1938)等。卫国战争时期他当过战地记者。他于1956年发表的《金玫瑰》是一本创作札记，其中谈了许多创作体会和经历，受到广泛欢迎。后期他致力于创作长篇自传体小说《一生的故事》(1945～1963)，反映了19世纪末直到20世纪30年代作者的经历，是作者对创作历程和道德、精神内容的思考、探索的总结。 帕乌斯托夫斯...(展开全部)

Battle-tested project leader at a PR firm and slippery bachelor, Sakuma sees himself as a player. His smug self-regard doesn't seem entirely unfounded, both in love and at work. When is idea for a mini-theme park is dismissed as too costly and vacuous at the last minute by a major client he seems to have met his match. Katsuragi, an heir and executive at the global car maker, N...(展开全部)