Originally published in Portuguese in 1943 as Terras do sem fim by Livraria Martins Editoria, Brazil. In this short novel, the aristocratic Badaros family is pitted against the middle-class planter Colonel Horacio Silveira in a struggle to obtain a crucial piece of land for the growing of cacao. Amado's true subject—and one he frequently comes back to—is the effect of the Bahia...(展开全部)

Originally published in Portuguese in 1943 as Terras do sem fim by Livraria Martins Editoria, Brazil. In this short novel, the aristocratic Badaros family is pitted against the middle-class planter Colonel Horacio Silveira in a struggle to obtain a crucial piece of land for the growing of cacao. Amado's true subject—and one he frequently comes back to—is the effect of the Bahia...(展开全部)

Nobody wants to believe that Grace Peltier committed suicide: not Curtis, her father; not former U.S. Senator Jack Mercier; and not private detective Charlie Parker, who has been hired to investigate the circumstances of her death. But when a mass grave in northern Maine reveals the final resting place of the Aroostook Baptists, a religious community that disappeared almost for...(展开全部)

John Connolly's "Every Dead Thing" and "Dark Hollow" were international bestsellers. Now the "compulsively readable" "(Publishers Weekly)" Connolly returns to heart-pounding form with a crime novel that combines sinister menace with superb style.THE KILLING KINDWhen the discovery of a mass grave in northern Maine reveals the grim truth behind the disappearance of a religious co...(展开全部)

Did Grace Peltier commit suicide? When a mass grave in northern Maine reveals the final resting place of a religious community that disappeared almost forty years earlier, private detective Charlie Parker, hired to investigate the circumstances of her death, realises that their deaths and the violent passing of Grace Peltier are part of the same mystery, one that has its roots ...(展开全部)

彼得·斯旺森（Peter Swanson），毕业于马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校的三一学院和爱默生学院，取得创意写作、教育和文学学位。他的小说和诗歌曾经发表于《大西洋》（Atlantic）、《神秘-E》（Mysterical-E）、《词评》（Vocabula Review）和《扬基杂志》（Yankee Magazine）。和妻子以及一只猫，住在马萨诸塞州的萨默维尔，潜心创作。

"I am sure her books will live on and on in American Literature" --Elizabeth Bishop "There is very little contemporary fiction which touches the level of Flannery O'Connor at her best." --Alan Pryce-Jones

This is an explosive guide to the dynamic forces that shape our planet. "Violent Earth" is a spectacular visual exploration of the some of the most awe-inspiring and dramatic events that our planet can throw at us; earthquakes, eruptions, mud slides, tsunamis and more. Feel their terrifying force as they leap off the page through powerful photography, specially commissioned art...(展开全部)

作者：[英]DK出版社 编著 DK出版公司成立于1974年，是一家公认的国际出版公司。该公司的科普、百科、生活等图书畅销全球，其图文并茂的出版风格，深受各国读者的青睐与认可。DK出版公司以精美的图片、与时俱进的知识、生动有趣的讲述方式，成为行业内的佼佼者，二十多年来一直秉承高品质的出版理念，所以他们出版的图书语言的障碍，被翻译成近50种语言，在超过100个国家出版，屡获国际大奖，享誉全球。 译者：李璐 李璐，毕业于中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所，自然资源学专业，理学硕士。现就职于中国科学技术馆，从事网络科普工作，工程师，科普作者、编辑，负责策划、制作科普专题百余个，撰写科普文章30余篇。热爱科幻、推理、足球、美食……理想主义与现实主义的矛盾结合体。 审校者：王群力 中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所副编审。曾多年从事野外科学考察工作, 后又从事期刊杂志的...(展开全部)

作者：[英]DK出版社 编著 DK出版公司成立于1974年，是一家公认的国际出版公司。该公司的科普、百科、生活等图书畅销全球，其图文并茂的出版风格，深受各国读者的青睐与认可。DK出版公司以精美的图片、与时俱进的知识、生动有趣的讲述方式，成为行业内的佼佼者，二十多年来一直秉承高品质的出版理念，所以他们出版的图书语言的障碍，被翻译成近50种语言，在超过100个国家出版，屡获国际大奖，享誉全球。 译者：李璐 李璐，毕业于中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所，自然资源学专业，理学硕士。现就职于中国科学技术馆，从事网络科普工作，工程师，科普作者、编辑，负责策划、制作科普专题百余个，撰写科普文章30余篇。热爱科幻、推理、足球、美食……理想主义与现实主义的矛盾结合体。 审校者：王群力 中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所副编审。曾多年从事野外科学考察工作, 后又从事期刊杂志的...(展开全部)