A young Swedish immigrant finds himself penniless and alone in California. The boy travels East in search of his brother, moving on foot against the great current of emigrants pushing West. Driven back again and again, he meets naturalists, criminals, religious fanatics, swindlers, Indians, and lawmen, and his exploits turn him into a legend. Diaz defies the conventions of hist...(展开全部)

A young Swedish immigrant finds himself penniless and alone in California. The boy travels East in search of his brother, moving on foot against the great current of emigrants pushing West. Driven back again and again, he meets naturalists, criminals, religious fanatics, swindlers, Indians, and lawmen, and his exploits turn him into a legend. Diaz defies the conventions of hist...(展开全部)

霍坎·索德斯特伦是一位传奇人物。他身材高大，传闻嗜血无畏，人们简称他为“鹰”。 但在这个神话背后，是一个关于失去与生存的故事。年轻时的霍坎和弟弟莱纳斯从哥德堡被派往纽约寻求发展。在港口的混乱中，他与莱纳斯失散，发现自己身处一艘开往加利福尼亚的船上。他不会说英语，身无分文，但决心要找到弟弟，于是他踏上了东方之旅。他徒步跋涉，逆历史潮流而行，经历了淘金热及其影响，邂逅了资本家和殖民者、探险家和早期科学家，见证了美国的形成及其梦想的背叛。 《在远方》是一部关于彻底的异乡的小说——关于迷失在一个尚不存在的国度。当哈坎面对沙漠和群山时，他被夹在暴力的威胁和毁灭性的孤独之间，同时始终将哥哥的形象和陪伴的希望留在远方。 H?kan S?derstr?m is a man who has become a legend. Giant in size, rumoure...(展开全部)

When The Forsyte Saga was shown on television in 1967 it was hugely successful. The nation was gripped by the masterful visual telling of the Forsyte family's troubled story and adapted its activities to suit the next transmission. The Forsyte Saga, comprising The Man of Property, In Chancery and To Let is here produced by Wordsworth for the first time in a single volume. Initi...(展开全部)

This stunning set, complete with all four paperback books as well as four collectible prints, makes the perfect gift for fans of the bestselling vampire love story. Including all the books from the Twilight Saga, which includes; Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and lastly Breaking Dawn.

When The Forsyte Saga was shown on television in 1967 it was hugely successful. The nation was gripped by the masterful visual telling of the Forsyte family's troubled story and adapted its activities to suit the next transmission. The Forsyte Saga, comprising The Man of Property, In Chancery and To Let is here produced by Wordsworth for the first time in a single volume. Initi...(展开全部)

This stunning set, complete with all four paperback books as well as four collectible prints, makes the perfect gift for fans of the bestselling vampire love story. Including all the books from the Twilight Saga, which includes; Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and lastly Breaking Dawn.

Before the seventeenth century, trade across Eurasia was mostly conducted in short segments along the Silk Route and Indian Ocean. Business was organized in family firms, merchant networks, and state-owned enterprises, and dominated by Chinese, Indian, and Arabic traders. However, around 1600 the first two joint-stock corporations, the English and Dutch East India Companies, we...(展开全部)

玛姬·欧法洛，1972年出生于北爱尔兰的科尔伦，她是英国最负盛名的小说家，处女作《你走了以后》获得英国《卫报》“25年来最佳小说”，是英国最大连锁书店“水石”（Warterstones）评选出的“影响未来25年的25位作家”之一。 玛姬至今共出版四部小说，继第二本作品《我爱人的情人》之后，第三本《我们之间的距离》为她夺下2005年的“毛姆文学奖”，而本书则获选为2007年亚马逊网络书店的年度选书。这本书不只在文坛累积极高的声誉，在国外也已被译成十六种语言，广受亚洲、欧洲、美国等地读者喜爱。正如评论界所言：“只要玛姬 · 欧法洛愿意持续写下去，我们将永远期待阅读她的作品。

玛姬·欧法洛，1972年出生于北爱尔兰的科尔伦，她是英国最负盛名的小说家，处女作《你走了以后》获得英国《卫报》“25年来最佳小说”，是英国最大连锁书店“水石”（Warterstones）评选出的“影响未来25年的25位作家”之一。 玛姬至今共出版四部小说，继第二本作品《我爱人的情人》之后，第三本《我们之间的距离》为她夺下2005年的“毛姆文学奖”，而本书则获选为2007年亚马逊网络书店的年度选书。这本书不只在文坛累积极高的声誉，在国外也已被译成十六种语言，广受亚洲、欧洲、美国等地读者喜爱。正如评论界所言：“只要玛姬 · 欧法洛愿意持续写下去，我们将永远期待阅读她的作品。