The impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler - the man who claimed to be god incarnate and brutally ruled the world for a thousand years - has been vanquished. But Kelsier, the hero who masterminded that triumph, is dead too, and now the awesome task of building a new world has been left to his young prot g, Vin, the former street urchin who is now the most powerful Mis...(展开全部)

Book Description Stephen is an ideal child of aristocratic parents - a fencer, a horse rider and a keen scholar. Stephen grows to be a war hero, a bestselling writer and a loyal, protective lover. But Stephen is a woman, and her lovers are women. As her ambitions drive her, and society confines her, Stephen is forced into desperate actions. It was banned for obscenity in 1928....(展开全部)

Book Description Stephen is an ideal child of aristocratic parents - a fencer, a horse rider and a keen scholar. Stephen grows to be a war hero, a bestselling writer and a loyal, protective lover. But Stephen is a woman, and her lovers are women. As her ambitions drive her, and society confines her, Stephen is forced into desperate actions. It was banned for obscenity in 1928....(展开全部)

In The Well of Stars , Hugo award-nominated author Robert Reed has written a stunning sequel to his acclaimed novel Marrow . The Great Ship, so vast that it contains within its depths a planet that lay undiscovered for generations, has cruised through the universe for untold billions of years. After a disastrous exploration of the planet, Marrow, the Ship's captains face an inc...(展开全部)

In The Well of Stars , Hugo award-nominated author Robert Reed has written a stunning sequel to his acclaimed novel Marrow . The Great Ship, so vast that it contains within its depths a planet that lay undiscovered for generations, has cruised through the universe for untold billions of years. After a disastrous exploration of the planet, Marrow, the Ship's captains face an inc...(展开全部)

The Great Ship is home to a multitude of alien races and a near-immortal crew. They have toured the Milky Way for millennia, the best and the brightest from a thousand worlds, but the true purpose of the Ship has remained hidden. Now, time is running out. The huge spacecraft is heading for the dark, immense, region of space known as the Ink Well, and the only entity in the univ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 In "The Pursuit of the Well-Beloved" (1892) and "The Well-Beloved" (1897), Hardy, writes two different versions of a strange story set in the weird landscape of Portland. The central figure is a man obsessed with the search for his ideal woman and sculpting the perfect figure of a naked Aphrodite.

This important piece of Australian fiction is republished for the first time as a Penguin Modern Classic. Elizabeth Jolley's award-winning novel is presented in a fresh, new format that is a must-have for lovers of Australian literature. Miss Hester Harper, middle-aged and eccentric, brings Katherine into her emotionally impoverished life. Together they sew, cook gourmet dishes...(展开全部)

Well-being occupies a central role in ethics and political philosophy, including in major theories such as utilitarianism. It also extends far beyond philosophy: recent studies into the science and psychology of well-being have propelled the topic to centre stage, and governments spend millions on promoting it. We are encouraged to adopt modes of thinking and behaviour that sup...(展开全部)

美国著名科幻作家，曾获西海岸图书评论金奖、汉米尔顿-布拉克特纪念奖及坎贝尔奖和雨果奖多次提名。除此之外，他还是著名的科幻活动组织者、评论家和编辑。 乔克的作品大都场面宏大，纵横宇宙，以阐述各种文明的起源、变化和发展见长，显示出奔放不羁的想象力。与之相应，其情节也常常打破一般科幻小说的俗套，别出机杼，却又合情合理。在人物塑造方面，乔克创造了一种极有特点的手法：让笔下人物的身体发生巨大变异，以凸显其性格中的某个侧面。这一创作手法启发和影响了许多科幻、奇幻作家。 本书是乔克最著名的作品，甫一出版，即大获成功。之后，作者以同样的设定为背景，又陆续创作了多部小说，构成一个完整的《灵魂之井》系列。