The exquisitely crafted stories in Anthony Doerr's acclaimed debut collection take readers from the African coast to the pine forests of Montana to the damp moors of Lapland, charting a vast physical and emotional landscape. Doerr explores the human condition in all its varieties-metamorphosis, grief, fractured relationships, and slowly mending hearts-and conjures nature in bot...(展开全部)

HThe natural world exerts a powerful, brooding presence in this first collection; it's almost as much a main character as any of the individuals the 26-year-old Doerr records. Nature, in these eight stories, is mysterious and deadly, a wonder of design and of nearly overwhelming power. This delicate balance is evidenced by the title story, about a blind man who spends his days ...(展开全部)

安东尼·多尔 Anthony Doer （1973 - ），美国小说家，二〇一五年普利策奖得主。作品包括《捡贝壳的人》（The Shell Collector）、《关于恩典》（About Grace）、《罗马四季》（Four Seasons in Rome）、《记忆墙》（Memory Wall）等书。多尔凭短篇小说三次获得欧亨利小说奖、一次全国杂志奖和手推车奖，作品收录于《美国最佳短篇小说》、《安可新美国短篇小说选》和《斯克里布纳当代小说选》中，邦诺书店新秀奖、罗马奖和纽约公共图书馆幼狮文学奖也给予他高度肯定。 2007年，著名文学杂志《格兰塔》将安东尼·多尔列入二十一位全美最佳青年小说家的排名中。多尔目前在沃伦威尔森学院的文艺创作硕士班任教，与妻子和两个儿子住在爱达荷州博伊西市。

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《海上钢琴师》原著作者。1958年生于都灵。1991年，处女作《愤怒的城堡》获得意大利坎皮耶罗奖、法国美第奇外国作品奖。1993年，《海洋，海》获得维多雷久文学奖和波斯克城堡文学奖。1994年，《丝绸》一出版便立刻登上意大利畅销榜，热潮迅疾燃烧整个欧洲，盘踞各国畅销榜单。 1998年，作品《海上钢琴师》被知名导演托纳多雷改编成电影。巴里科的作品，有着浓烈的艺术与童话气质，富有实验性与音乐感，浓缩着人类最为美好温暖的情感，既古老又新鲜，既传统又现代，散发着无穷的魅力。他的非虚构作品《野蛮人》曾探讨了写作与数字化革命之间的关系。在新作《游戏世界》中，巴里科重新回到了这个话题，将他的视角扩大到数字革命对人文主义思想和文化的影响。

One of Sidney Sheldon's most popular and bestselling titles, repackaged and reissued for a new generation of fans. Kate Blackwell is one of the richest and most powerful women in the world. She is an enigma, a woman surrounded by a thousand unanswered questions. Her father was a diamond prospector who struck it rich beyond his wildest dreams. Her mother was the daughter of a cr...(展开全部)

One of Sidney Sheldon's most popular and bestselling titles, repackaged and reissued for a new generation of fans. Kate Blackwell is one of the richest and most powerful women in the world. She is an enigma, a woman surrounded by a thousand unanswered questions. Her father was a diamond prospector who struck it rich beyond his wildest dreams. Her mother was the daughter of a cr...(展开全部)

Count Dracula meets Bonnie Parker. What will they do together? The vampire you'd hate to love, sinister and debonair, sinks those eye teeth into Bonnie's succulent throat.' Is this the beginning of a sadistic relationship or simply an extract from a psychopath's diary? Either way it marks the beginning of a dangerous game that is destined to end in chilling terror and bloody mu...(展开全部)

Hugo Award Winner! Miles Vorkosigan graduates from the Academy, joins a mutiny, is placed under house arrest, goes on a secret mission, reconnects with his loyal Dendarii Mercenaries, rescues his Emperor, and thwarts an interstellar war. Situation normal, if you're Miles.

A bizarre chain of events begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. And though no one knows why the eccentric, game-loving millionaire has chosen a virtual stranger - and a possible murderer - to inherit his vast fortune, one thing's for sure: Sam Westing may be dead... but that won't stop him from playing one last game!