In this rich, vibrant tale, Diana Gabaldon continues the story of Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser that began with the now-classic novel Outlander and continued in Dragonfly in Amber. Sweeping us from the battlefields of eighteenth-century Scotland to the exotic West Indies, Diana Gabaldon weaves magic once again in an exhilarating and utterly unforgettable novel.... Their love ...(展开全部)

卡尔·萨根（Carl Sagan，1934—1996） 美国天文学家、享誉全球的科普大师，第2709号小行星就是以他的名字命名。长期参与美国太空探测计划，获得NASA颁发的特别科学成就奖和阿波罗成就奖。萨根是美国天文协会行星科学学会的主席、美国地球物理学会联合会行星研究 会主席、美国科学促进协会行星学会主席。曾任美国康奈尔大学行星研究中心主任，也曾在哈佛、加州理工任教。 萨根的文学艺术造诣颇高，一生共创作了数十部作品，获得过普利策奖、雨果奖、艾美奖、阿西莫夫奖等重量级奖项，80年代他自编自导的系列纪录片《宇宙》在60多个国家上映，引起巨大轰动。此外，他还获得了美国天文学会的“突出贡献奖”和美国国家科学院的最高奖“公共福利奖”，以表彰他在“将科学应用于公众福利方面所做出的杰出贡献”。

Toward the end of the thirteenth century, at about the time Marco Polo was being received by the great Khubilai Khan, a Nestorian Christian monk from China called Rabban Sauma was making the reverse journey from the Mongol capital (what is now Beijing) to Jerusalem. Upon reaching Baghdad—the first traveler to arrive from China—Sauma learned that his pilgrimage could not be fulf...(展开全部)

Toward the end of the thirteenth century, at about the time Marco Polo was being received by the great Khubilai Khan, a Nestorian Christian monk from China called Rabban Sauma was making the reverse journey from the Mongol capital (what is now Beijing) to Jerusalem. Upon reaching Baghdad—the first traveler to arrive from China—Sauma learned that his pilgrimage could not be fulf...(展开全部)

Morris Rossabi is Distinguished Professor of History, City University of New York, and Adjunct Professor of Chinese and Mongolian History at Columbia University. He is the author of many books, including Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times (UC Press).