It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Those in power bend justice according to their will, regardless of ordinary people and often in conflict with the king. Without a clear rule of law, chaos reigns. In these turbulent times, three characters find their lives intertwined: A young boatbuilder's ...(展开全部)

A TIME OF CONFLICT It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages, and England faces attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east. Life is hard, and those with power wield it harshly, bending justice according to their will – often in conflict with the king. With his grip on the country fragile and with no clear rule of law, chaos and bloodshed reign. THREE LIVES INTE...(展开全部)

The sensational Dutch bestseller: Marieke Lucas Rijneveld's extraordinary portrait of a farming family distorted by grief, translated by Michele Hutchison. I asked God if he please couldn't take my brother Matthies instead of my rabbit. 'Amen.' Ten-year-old Jas has a unique way of experiencing her universe: the feeling of udder ointment on her skin as protection against harsh w...(展开全部)

Ten-year-old Jas has a unique way of experiencing her universe: the feeling of udder ointment on her skin as protection against harsh winters; the texture of green warts, like capers, on migrating toads; the sound of 'blush words' that aren't in the Bible. But when a tragic accident ruptures the family, her curiosity warps into a vortex of increasingly disturbing fantasies - un...(展开全部)

阿瑟·黑利(1920-2004)，他出生英伦，参加皇家空军征战二战，写尽美国社会百态之后，终老于巴哈马，但更愿承认自己是加拿大人。 他的小说改编成电影，引领好莱坞的灾难片风潮；他的小说改编成电视剧，创造出历史最高的收视纪录。 他的小说入选MBA教材，成为从业人员的必读之书；他的小说入选英文课本，是学习写作的经典范本。 他是畅销书之父，作品被译作38种语言，总销量17亿册。他无时无刻不在编织故事，一天却只能创作600字。 他是行业小说之王，人们从他的小说里了解空港经营、酒店管理、媒体运作、金融内幕，他却谦虚道：“我就是个讲故事的人，读者的其他收获不过是偶然罢了。”

"Such a pleasure to read...nothing less than a triumph." -New York Times Book Review In this "captivating" (Time Out New York) novel, an aging author-now out of print and barely remembered by the literary world that once fleetingly embraced him-is courted by a brash young graduate student who wants to write her thesis on him. What ensues is a story that is at once comical, s...(展开全部)

Leonard Schiller is a novelist in his seventies, a second-string but respectable talent who produced only a small handful of books. Heather Wolfe is an attractive graduate student in her twenties. She read Schiller’s novels when she was growing up and they changed her life. When the ambitious Heather decides to write her master’s thesis about Schiller’s work and sets out to mee...(展开全部)

"Such a pleasure to read...nothing less than a triumph." -New York Times Book Review In this "captivating" (Time Out New York) novel, an aging author-now out of print and barely remembered by the literary world that once fleetingly embraced him-is courted by a brash young graduate student who wants to write her thesis on him. What ensues is a story that is at once comical, s...(展开全部)

Leonard Schiller is a novelist in his seventies, a second-string but respectable talent who produced only a small handful of books. Heather Wolfe is an attractive graduate student in her twenties. She read Schiller’s novels when she was growing up and they changed her life. When the ambitious Heather decides to write her master’s thesis about Schiller’s work and sets out to mee...(展开全部)