When Margaret Lea opened the door to the past, what she confronted was her destiny. All children mythologize their birth...So begins the prologue of reclusive author Vida Winter's collection of stories, which are as famous for the mystery of the missing thirteenth tale as they are for the delight and enchantment of the twelve that do exist. The enigmatic Winter has spent si...(展开全部)

When Margaret Lea opened the door to the past, what she confronted was her destiny. All children mythologize their birth...So begins the prologue of reclusive author Vida Winter's collection of stories, which are as famous for the mystery of the missing thirteenth tale as they are for the delight and enchantment of the twelve that do exist. The enigmatic Winter has spent si...(展开全部)

The man in the grey overcoat is murdering single men across France. The killings appear random, and yet... he shakes hands with each victim before putting a bullet through his heart. The only witness is placed for his own safety inside the ultimate locked room: a concrete windowless bunker with walls one metre thick and covered by two metres of earth, with interior bolts and se...(展开全部)

每個人都有自己的悲傷，雖然輪廓、大小、重量各異，但是悲傷的顏色對我們每個人都是一樣的…… 當瑪格麗特打開通往過去的大門時，她面對的卻是自己的命運。 瑪格麗特自小在父親經營的古書店幫忙，個性內向，平時喜歡讀傳記，也嘗試過替古人寫傳。一天，她突然收到知名暢銷女作家薇妲?溫特的來信。溫特一直過著隱居的生活，非常神秘低調，從未明白道出自己的出身背景，反倒編造了很多離奇故事來唬弄採訪的記者。但是，由於年事已高，加上病痛纏身，她決定說出自己真正的人生故事，於是寫信請瑪格麗特來為她寫傳。 出於好奇，同樣深居簡出的瑪格麗特來到約克郡見溫特。按照溫特的?述，她的母親美麗而任性，父親、哥哥都聽從於她，而母親的一對雙胞胎女兒則是行為怪異。她對女作家的故事既著迷，又疑惑，無法完全相信。於是她開始著手調查這個家族，依照自己的調查結果將這個家族的故事拼接起來。 然而，尋找真相的...(展开全部)

每個人都有自己的悲傷，雖然輪廓、大小、重量各異，但是悲傷的顏色對我們每個人都是一樣的…… 當瑪格麗特打開通往過去的大門時，她面對的卻是自己的命運。 瑪格麗特自小在父親經營的古書店幫忙，個性內向，平時喜歡讀傳記，也嘗試過替古人寫傳。一天，她突然收到知名暢銷女作家薇妲?溫特的來信。溫特一直過著隱居的生活，非常神秘低調，從未明白道出自己的出身背景，反倒編造了很多離奇故事來唬弄採訪的記者。但是，由於年事已高，加上病痛纏身，她決定說出自己真正的人生故事，於是寫信請瑪格麗特來為她寫傳。 出於好奇，同樣深居簡出的瑪格麗特來到約克郡見溫特。按照溫特的?述，她的母親美麗而任性，父親、哥哥都聽從於她，而母親的一對雙胞胎女兒則是行為怪異。她對女作家的故事既著迷，又疑惑，無法完全相信。於是她開始著手調查這個家族，依照自己的調查結果將這個家族的故事拼接起來。 然而，尋找真相的...(展开全部)

Based on a large amount of manuscript material, the so-called manorial court rolls, that has been very little studied hitherto, this fascinating book describes all sides of the social life of mediaeval English villagers. It furnishes a picture of the rural background of English history: how the villagers worked together in the fields under the conditions of a nearly communal hu...(展开全部)

Phineas G. sets out to write a biography of a great biographer. But a “whole life” is hard to find. Everywhere he looks he finds fragments and gaps: bones and husks, boxes of marbles, collections of coins and undated postcards. Trails run cold and mysteries are unresolved. Phineas feels he is hunting shadows. Like a shaman flying across the globe, his mind tracks the journeys ...(展开全部)

Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She has only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs.

马丁·莱瑟姆（Martin Latham） 马丁是一名从业达35年的书商，是英国水石书店（Waterstones）任职时间最长的经理。他拥有伦敦国王大学学院印度历史学博士学位，并在赫特福德大学（University of Hertfordshire）任教，之后转向图书销售。著有《肯特的奇闻轶事》（Kent’s Strangest Tales）、《伦敦都市》（Londonopolis）等，也是《牛津20世纪文学指南》（Oxford Guide to Twentieth Century Literature）的撰稿人。

Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She has only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs.