Not since "The Thorn Birds" has Colleen McCullough written a novel of such broad appeal about a family and the Australian experience as "The Touch." At its center is Alexander Kinross, remembered as a young man in his native Scotland only as a shiftless boilermaker's apprentice and a godless rebel. But when, years later, he writes from Australia to summon his bride, his Scotti...(展开全部)

Spanning nearly fifty years, from the 1860s through to the turn of the century, "The Touch" tells the story of Alexander Kinross, who flees from a childhood of poverty in Scotland to make his fortune in the Australian and the American gold fields. In the process, he meets the woman he loves but can never marry - and marries a woman who can never love him. When Alexander Kinross...(展开全部)

丹尼尔 • 凯斯（Daniel Keyes，1927—2014） 作家，雨果奖和星云奖得主，俄亥俄大学英文系教授，擅长在小说中探讨人类最精微、最深层的心理问题。 漫威漫画草创时期他与斯坦 • 李（Stan Lee Stan Lee ）共事，因《献给阿尔吉侬的花束》获雨果奖和星云奖。1981—1981年出版的《24 个比利》获拉斯维兹小说奖、日本星云奖。他还著有《比利战争》《5个莎莉》等多部探讨多重人格分裂的作品，以及描写核事故的惊悚小说《危尘》。凯斯擅长以医疗背景描写人类心理，他的名字几乎与“精神分析小说”画上等号。 2000 年，美国科幻协会向凯斯颁发年度荣誉作家奖（Author Emeritus Author Emeritus)，以表彰他在医疗科幻领域的成就。丹尼尔 • 凯斯的所有作品在全球有30多个语种的版本，累计销量超过千万册。2014年6月...(展开全部)

1949年出生于英国，国际畅销小说家，他写的故事感动了世界不同角落里的人，多次获得儿童文学大奖，被联合国教科文组织推荐给全球的家长和孩子们，代表作品有《天蓝色的彼岸》《黑暗的速度》《神秘的易拉罐》《躲藏的人》等。 艾利克斯•希尔在电视剧、电影、舞台剧和广播节目方面也颇有成就，剧本《神秘的巧克力》曾获得英国电影和电视艺术学院奖（BAFTA）。

此书的插画，被授予Grigor Vitez奖和2003年度国际插画双年展“金徽奖”。《The Blue Sky》原作现为日本Chihiro艺术博物馆藏品,Chihiro目前是世界上最大的绘本作品收藏馆，已收有来自25个国家147名艺术家共9，700幅作品。

When The Sheltering Sky was first published in 1949, it established Paul Bowles as one of the most singular and promising writers of the postwar generation. Its startlingly original vision has withstood the test of time and confirmed Tennessee Williams's early estimation: "The Sheltering Sky alone of the books that I have . . . read by American authors appears to bear the spi...(展开全部)

A beautiful 65th anniversary paperback edition of the landmark literary work by acclaimed author Paul Bowles. In this classic work of psychological terror, Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans apprehend an alien culture—and the ways in which their incomprehension destroys them. The story of three American travelers adrift in the cities and deserts of North Africa af...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 When The Sheltering Sky was first published in 1949, it established Paul Bowles as one of the most singular and promising writers of the postwar generation. Its startlingly original vision has withstood the test of time and confirmed Tennessee Williams's early estimation: " The Sheltering Sky alone of the books that I have . . . read by American authors appears to b...(展开全部)

此书的插画，被授予Grigor Vitez奖和2003年度国际插画双年展“金徽奖”。《The Blue Sky》原作现为日本Chihiro艺术博物馆藏品,Chihiro目前是世界上最大的绘本作品收藏馆，已收有来自25个国家147名艺术家共9，700幅作品。

斯蒂芬•福里斯特（Steven Forrest），生于1949年，进化占星学的创始人之一，当今世界最有影响力的占星大师之一。1971年毕业于美国北卡罗莱纳大学宗教学专业。1984—1988年间，出版了《内在的天空》、《变幻的天空》和《昨日的天空》三本占星经典著作，奠定了他早期在占星学界的地位。迄今为止，斯蒂芬出版了12部占星著作，在世界占星学界享有很高的声誉。他是屡获国际占星大奖的世界顶尖占星师，充满智慧与人文情怀。