At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, along the lonely stretch of cells known as the Green Mile, killers as depraved as the psychotic "Billy the Kid" Wharton and the possessed Eduard Delacroix await death strapped in "Old Sparky". Here, guards as decent as Paul Edgecombe and as sadistic as Percy Wetmore watch over them. But good or evil, innocent or guilty, none have ever seen the bru...(展开全部)

At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, along the lonely stretch of cells known as the Green Mile, killers as depraved as the psychotic "Billy the Kid" Wharton and the possessed Eduard Delacroix await death strapped in "Old Sparky". Here, guards as decent as Paul Edgecombe and as sadistic as Percy Wetmore watch over them. But good or evil, innocent or guilty, none have ever seen the bru...(展开全部)

《绿里奇迹》分为六部，原作为连载小说每月推出一部，于是成就了一个出版业中的奇迹：所有的六部同时全部荣登《纽约时报》畅销榜单，十本书的位置竟被占去了六本。合为一卷的完整版则毫无悬念地冲顶榜首。 州立冷山监狱死囚牢房的走廊上铺了绿色的油毡，因此这条在其他监狱称为“最后一英里”的不归路，在冷山就被叫成“绿里”。那是1932年的事，当时死囚在走过“绿里”之后要上的是电椅。斯蒂芬•金似乎一直对监狱不能释怀，这一部，自然还是短篇小说《肖申克的救赎》，正是监狱小说中的杰作。这也难怪，正是在这最接近地狱的“绿里”上，人性的善、恶才彰显得格外清楚，其间的角斗、对人性的拷问才格外惊心动魄。“恐怖小说之王”掘发“人类灵魂深处种种美丽的和悲剧的道德真相”的一出大悲剧，在死囚身上展现人性的光彩，在地狱之中梦想着天堂；感天动地，震撼人心。 第一部 两个死去的女孩 第二部 绿里上...(展开全部)

《绿里奇迹》分为六部，原作为连载小说每月推出一部，于是成就了一个出版业中的奇迹：所有的六部同时全部荣登《纽约时报》畅销榜单，十本书的位置竟被占去了六本。合为一卷的完整版则毫无悬念地冲顶榜首。 州立冷山监狱死囚牢房的走廊上铺了绿色的油毡，因此这条在其他监狱称为“最后一英里”的不归路，在冷山就被叫成“绿里”。那是1932年的事，当时死囚在走过“绿里”之后要上的是电椅。斯蒂芬•金似乎一直对监狱不能释怀，这一部，自然还是短篇小说《肖申克的救赎》，正是监狱小说中的杰作。这也难怪，正是在这最接近地狱的“绿里”上，人性的善、恶才彰显得格外清楚，其间的角斗、对人性的拷问才格外惊心动魄。“恐怖小说之王”掘发“人类灵魂深处种种美丽的和悲剧的道德真相”的一出大悲剧，在死囚身上展现人性的光彩，在地狱之中梦想着天堂；感天动地，震撼人心。 第一部 两个死去的女孩 第二部 绿里上...(展开全部)

Noted science writer Chet Raymo explores how we found our place in space and time, and what it has meant to humankind. In "Walking Zero," Chet Raymo uses the Prime Meridian--the line of zero longitude and the standard for all the world's maps and clocks--to tell the story of humandkind's intellectual journey from a cosmos not much larger than ourselves to the universe of the ga...(展开全部)

In 1867, John Muir, age twenty-eight, was blinded in an industrial accident. He lay in bed for two weeks wondering if he would ever see again. When his sight miraculously returned, Muir resolved to devote all his time to the great passion of his life -- studying plants. He quit his job in an Indiana manufacturing plant, said good-bye to his family, and set out alone to walk to ...(展开全部)

Here is the adventure that started John Muir on a lifetime of discovery. Taken from his earliest journals, this book records Muir's walk in 1867 from Indiana across Kentucky. Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida to the Gulf Coast. In his distinct and wonderful style, Muir shows us the wilderness, as well as the towns and people, of the South immediately after the Civ...(展开全部)

Part two of the literary sci-fi thriller follows a boy and a girl who are caught in a warring town where thoughts can be heard — and secrets are never safe. Reaching the end of their flight in THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO, Todd and Viola did not find healing and hope in Haven. They found instead their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss, waiting to welcome them to New Prentisstown. ...(展开全部)

罗杰·塔厚尔，在书界职业生涯超过二十年，1988年起为《出版新闻》记者，见过作者逾百，参与伦敦城内文学大事无数，本书中一些灵感便来自于此。 罗杰·塔厚尔还是《卫报》、《庞奇》等媒体撰稿人，著有Poems NOT on the Underground。

Walking Literary London presents 25 carefully planned walks that explore London＇s rich literary heritage. You find it packed with stories of the lives, loves, and works of famous novelists, poets, and