Alexsi Ivanovich Smirnov, an orphan and a thief, has been living by his wits and surviving below the ever-watchful eye of the Soviet system until his luck finally runs out. In 1936, at the age of 16, Alexsi is caught by the NKVD and transported to Moscow. There, in the notorious headquarters of the secret police, he is given a choice: be trained and inserted as a spy into Nazi ...(展开全部)

第二次世界大战（WWII）期间，一名年轻的苏联间谍面对两难的忠义选择，决定秘密潜入纳粹德国，揭开了一宗足以改变人类历史进程的暗杀阴谋。 独行间谍——在适当的时间、地点——甚至会改变人类的历史。 亚历克西斯·伊凡诺维奇·斯米尔诺夫（Alexsi Ivanovich Smirnov）从小就自己相依为命靠偷盗为生，为了生存的他不得不斗智斗勇，始终保持高度的警惕性才勉强能够在苏维埃体制下混口饭吃，可是有一天他的好运气终于用完了。1936年，16岁的亚历克西斯被内务人民委员部（NKVD）的警察抓了起来并被运往了莫斯科（Moscow）。在神秘警察那个臭名昭著的总部里，他除了下半辈子都在卢比扬卡（Lubyanka）监狱受尽折磨而死之外，还获得了一个机会：接受特训并被安插到纳粹德军中成为一名苏联间谍。受训结束后，他会有一个新的身份来顶替他最好的朋友——一位纳粹党高级...(展开全部)

We expose it, cover it, paint it, tattoo it, scar it, and pierce it. Our intimate connection with the world, skin protects us while advertising our health, our identity, and our individuality. This dazzling synthetic overview is a complete guidebook to the pliable covering that makes us who we are. "Skin: A Natural History" celebrates the evolution of three unique attributes of...(展开全部)

We expose it, cover it, paint it, tattoo it, scar it, and pierce it. Our intimate connection with the world, skin protects us while advertising our health, our identity, and our individuality. This dazzling synthetic overview, written with a poetic touch and taking many intriguing side excursions, is a complete guidebook to the pliable covering that makes us who we are. Skin: A...(展开全部)

阿尔韦特·桑切斯·皮尼奥尔（Albert Sánchez Pinol），1965年生于西班牙巴塞罗那，人类学家兼作家，专注于非洲人类的研究。已出版《黄金时代》、《小丑与野兽》、《合作难题》（合著）等著作，并发表多篇短篇小说和关于独裁本性的杂文。 《冷皮》是他的第一部小说。小说出版后受到大众读者和文学批评界的一致认可，获得西班牙评论之眼小说奖。该书已被译成二十二种文字，流传二十四个国家，成为文学界和出版界一大现象。这也是西班牙的加泰罗尼亚语文学作品多年来首次在没有任何机构帮助的情况下，完全靠自身赢得国际赞誉。

In his new novel, Paulo Coelho, best-selling author of The Alchemist and Adultery, brings to life one of history's most enigmatic women: Mata Hari. HER ONLY CRIME WAS TO BE AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN When Mata Hari arrived in Paris she was penniless. Within months she was the most celebrated woman in the city. As a dancer, she shocked and delighted audiences; as a courtesan, she b...(展开全部)

A Leopard-Skin Hat may be Anne Serre's most moving novel yet. Hailed in Le Point as a 'masterpiece of simplicity, emotion and elegance,' it is the story of an intense friendship between the Narrator and his close childhood friend, Fanny, who suffers from profound psychological disorders. A series of short scenes paints the portrait of a strong-willed and tormented young woman b...(展开全部)

Hailed as "original and unsettling, an Animal Farm for the new century" (The Wall Street Journal), this first novel lingers long after the last page has been turned. Described as a "fascinating psychological thriller" (The Baltimore Sun), this entrancing novel introduces Isserley, a female driver who picks up hitchhikers with big muscles. She, herself, is tiny-like a kid peerin...(展开全部)