布萊克．克勞奇(Blake Crouch) 除了史蒂芬．金與休豪伊，我們也應該知道這號人物！ 克勞奇一九七八年出生於美國北卡羅來納州，他從小就愛說故事，弟弟喬丹（Jordan Crouch）是他的第一個聽眾，睡覺時克勞奇總愛說些恐怖故事嚇唬他，兩兄弟長大後甚至還合寫了一本哥德驚悚小說《毛骨悚然》（Eerie）。克勞奇出版了為數眾多的小說和中篇故事、短篇故事和單篇文章。小說《滿載》（Fully Loaded）、《逃》（Run）與J．A．康拉斯（J.A. Konrath）合著的《煽動》（Stirred）全順利登上亞馬遜電子書暢銷排行榜的前十名。他創作出的三本小說、一個中篇故事、一個短篇故事皆已被改拍成電影或電視影集。他自述自己的寫作風格深受多位名家影響，包含《納尼亞傳奇》作者C．S． 路易斯、《長路》作者戈馬克．麥卡錫、說故事大師史蒂芬．金與《隔離島》作...(展开全部)

The Awakening Land trilogy traces the transformation of Ohio from wilderness to farmland to the site of modern industrial civilization, all in the lifetime of one character. The trilogy earned Richter immediate acclaim as a historical novelist. It includes The Trees (1940), The Fields (1946), and The Town (1950) and follows the Luckett family's migration from Pennsylvania to So...(展开全部)

'It is the sum of myself, as far as the written word can go' - Kerouac on "The Town and the City". Kerouac's debut novel is a great coming of age story which can be read as the essential prelude to his later classics. Inspired by grief over his father's death and gripped by determination to write the Great American Novel, he draws largely on his own New England childhood.

In this compelling first novel, Kerouac draws on his New England mill-town boyhood to create the world of George and Marguerite Martin and their eight children, each endowed with an energy and a vision of life.

This is the classic tale of four beleaguered animals—a donkey who can no longer work, a hound who can no longer hunt, a cat who’s too old to chase mice, and a rooster who’s scheduled to become dinner—who decide to run off to be musicians in the town of Bremen. But they get more than they bargained for when they stumble upon a frightful gang of robbers. Maybe they can find a cle...(展开全部)

This is the classic tale of four beleaguered animals—a donkey who can no longer work, a hound who can no longer hunt, a cat who’s too old to chase mice, and a rooster who’s scheduled to become dinner—who decide to run off to be musicians in the town of Bremen. But they get more than they bargained for when they stumble upon a frightful gang of robbers. Maybe they can find a cle...(展开全部)

Today only about a thousand giant pandas survive in the wild. Dependent on a shrinking supply of bamboo on the one hand and threatened by human greed on the other, the panda is at extreme risk. Here, acclaimed naturalist George B. Schaller uses his evocative powers and the insight gained by four years in the forests of the Wolong and Tangjiahe panda reserves to document the pli...(展开全部)

Adults and children the world over have fallen in love with Beagle's timeless classic, The Last Unicorn. Now, in this historic publication, Beagle's richly inventive novel springs to life in beautifully rendered illustrations that perfectly evoke the mystery and magic of one of man's favorite myths.

在线阅读本书 "We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." --Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled " The Last Lecture ." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was o...(展开全部)

Adults and children the world over have fallen in love with Beagle's timeless classic, The Last Unicorn. Now, in this historic publication, Beagle's richly inventive novel springs to life in beautifully rendered illustrations that perfectly evoke the mystery and magic of one of man's favorite myths.