Orphaned Kit Tyler knows, as she gazes for the first time at the cold, bleak shores of Connecticut Colony, that her new home will never be like the shimmering Caribbean island she left behind. In her relatives' stern Puritan community, she feels like a tropical bird that has flown to the wrong part of the world, a bird that is now caged and lonely. The only place where Kit feel...(展开全部)

How do we find the courage to always be true to ourselves—even if we are unsure of whom we are? </p> That is the central question of international bestselling author Paulo Coelho's profound new work, The Witch of Portobello. It is the story of a mysterious woman named Athena, told by the many who knew her well—or hardly at all. Among them: </p> <blockquote> "People cre...(展开全部)

儒勒·米什莱（Jules Michelet，1798—1874）:法国19世纪著名历史学家，在近代历史研究领域中成绩卓越，被学术界称为“法国最早和最伟大的民族主义和浪漫主义历史学家”。曾陆续任职巴黎高等师范学院哲学与历史学教授、历史档案部主任、法兰西学院历史与伦理学教授。他主张“完整地复活过去”，其写作历史的目的，是以重建过去来显示公义，并期待改造社会，被视为年鉴派史学的鼻祖。米什莱著作等身，除了《法国简史》、《罗马共和国史》、《法国史》、《法国革命史》、《女巫》等史学巨著外，还创作了包括《鸟》、《虫》、《海》、《山》、《爱》、《人民》等一系列的散文作品。

Fifteen years ago, Una and Ray had a relationship. They haven't set eyes on each other since. Now she's found him again. Blackbird was commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival and premiered at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh, in August 2005. The production transferred to the Albery Theatre, London, in February 2006, and went on to open at the Manhattan Theater Club, N...(展开全部)

If you can find a better bang for the buck than Wicked, please let me know. I picked up Wicked, knowing nothing except that its subject matter was the Wicked Witch of the West, to be drawn immediately into Maguire's splendidly imagined world of sentient animals, multiple societies, and unique physical laws. Wicked is an enthralling, great read, hugely entertaining. On top of al...(展开全部)

Winnie lived in her black house with her cat, Wilbur. He was black too. And that is how the trouble began. Everything in Winnies house is black--the carpet, the chairs, the bed and the sheets, the pictures on the walls, and even the bathtub And of course her cat, Wilbur, is black too--all except for his bright-green eyes. Whenever poor Wilbur closes his eyes and tries to take...(展开全部)

Winnie the Witch lives in a black house. She has black chairs and black stairs, black floors, and black doors. The trouble is that Winnie's cat, Wilbur, is also black. After sitting on him and tripping over him, Winnie decides to turn Wilbur into a green cat. But then he goes out into the long grass! Winnie is going to need a little magic to make sure she can always see Wilbur ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the true nature of evil? Gregory Maguire creates a fantasy world so rich and vivid that we will never look at Oz the sam...(展开全部)

Feverish and forthright, Pond is an absorbing chronicle of the pitfalls and pleasures of a solitudinous life told by an unnamed woman living on the cusp of a coastal town. Broken bowls, belligerent cows, swanky aubergines, trembling moonrises and horrifying sunsets, the physical world depicted in these stories is unsettling yet intimately familiar and soon takes on a life of it...(展开全部)