In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope? Looking at the headlines―the worsening climate crisis, a global pandemic, loss of biodiversity, political upheaval―it can be hard to feel optimistic. And yet hope has never been more desperately needed. In this urgent book, Jane Goodall, the world's most famous living naturalist, and Douglas Abrams, the international...(展开全部)

李·恰尔德，声名如日中天的硬派惊悚小说大师。一九五四年出生于英国，与《魔戒》的作者托尔金读同一所高中，拿同样的奖学金。从法律系毕业后，他曾在一家英国电视公司担任主持人和导演。年届不惑之时他忽然失业，酷爱阅读的他花六块美金买来纸笔，开始动笔写第一本小说，也就是“杰克·雷切尔系列”的首曲——《杀戮之地》。本书一出版即登上英国《泰晤士报》的畅销书排行榜，在美国赢得推理小说最高殊荣之一的安东尼奖，以及马瑞奖的“最佳处女作奖”，而次年出版的第二集《博命一击》亦荣获W.H.史密斯好读奖。 在“杰克·雷切尔系列”中，李·恰尔德塑造的杰克·雷切尔这个当代惊悚小说中最亮眼的人物，被评论家形容为现代的西部英雄，荟萃美国精神的游侠骑士。蓝登书屋集团总裁和美国前总统克林顿都是他的拥趸，称之为“二十一世界的詹姆斯·邦德”。 迄今，“杰克·雷切尔系列”已出版十二本，每一本都将李...(展开全部)

When a woman is kidnapped, Jack Reacher's in the wrong place at the wrong time. He's kidnapped with her. Now he has to save them both.

Jack Reacher, alone, strolling nowhere. A Chicago street in bright sunshine. A young woman, struggling on crutches. He offers her a steadying arm. And turns to see a handgun aimed at his stomach. Chained in a dark van racing across America, Reacher doesn't know why they've been kidnapped. The woman claims to be FBI. She's certainly tough enough. But at their remote destination,...(展开全部)

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Hard Times is Dickens's shortest novel, and arguably his greatest triumph. A useful appendix of the author's working notes, together with an enlightening introduction and full explanatory notes, will ensure that this edition becomes the obvious choice for anyone studying the novel. Paul Schlike is Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 10...(展开全部)

Reason, Facts, and statistics... Dickensa scathing portrait of Victorian industrial society and its misapplied utilitarian philosophy, "Hard Times" features schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind, one of his most richly dimensional, memorable characters. Filled with the details and wonders of small-town life, it is also a daring novel of ideasaand ultimately, a celebration of love, hop...(展开全部)

In Time's Arrow the doctor Tod T. Friendly dies and then feels markedly better, breaks up with his lovers as a prelude to seducing them, and mangles his patients before he sends them home. And all the while Tod's life races backward toward the one appalling moment in modern history when such reversals make sense. "The narrative moves with irresistible momentum.... [Amis is] a ...(展开全部)

In Time's Arrow the doctor Tod T. Friendly dies and then feels markedly better, breaks up with his lovers as a prelude to seducing them, and mangles his patients before he sends them home. And all the while Tod's life races backward toward the one appalling moment in modern history when such reversals make sense. "The narrative moves with irresistible momentum.... [Amis is] a ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Kate Flint.