Kate Evans may be a woman in a man's profession, but as Alaskan bush pilots go she's one of the best. She often works closely with doctor Paul Anderson, bringing much needed medical services to far-fl

Kate Evans may be a woman in a man's profession, but as Alaskan bush pilots go she's one of the best. She often works closely with doctor Paul Anderson, bringing much needed medical services to far-fl

Number-one bestselling author Ken Follett tells the inspiring, true story of the Middle East hostage crisis that began in 1979, and of the unconventional means Ross Perot used to save his countrymen.

肯•福莱特（Ken Follett，1949-）当代大师级惊悚小说作家，2010年全球作家富豪榜上第5名。作品被译成三十多国语言，累计总销量超1亿本！在欧美国家几乎所有书店里，都能在最显眼的位置看到肯•福莱特的作品。 1949年7月5日，肯•福莱特生于英国威尔士加的夫，1967年进入伦敦大学学习哲学。1978年，他出版了处女作《风暴岛》，这部后来改名为《针之眼》的谍战小说为他赢得了翌年的爱伦坡最佳小说奖、巨额收入和国际声誉，他从此得以专职写作。 1989年出版的《圣殿春秋》，是作者最受欢迎的一本书，美国版至今仍保持着每年十万册的销量。 此外，他还著有《<蝴蝶梦>之谜》《飞剪号奇航》《大间谍战》《鹰翼行动》《彼得堡刺客》《与狮同眠》等多部登上过美国《出版人周刊》年度畅销榜的超级畅销小说。 福莱特作品的内容都有史实根据，在他的小说中，历史上的真实人物与小...(展开全部)

From the senior White House correspondent for The New York Times comes the definitive history of the Bush and Cheney White House—a tour de force narrative of those dramatic and controversial eight years. Taking readers into the offices of the West Wing and the cabins of Air Force One, Peter Baker tells the gripping inside story of the Bush and Cheney era. Theirs was th...(展开全部)

The most important novel of twentieth-century Urdu fiction, Qurratulain Hyder’s River of Fire encompasses the fates of four recurring characters over two and a half millennia. These characters become crisscrossed and strangely inseparable over different eras, forming and reforming their relationships in romance and war, in possession and dispossession. River of Fire interweaves...(展开全部)

Now available as a paperback, the most important novel of twentieth-century Urdu fiction. Now available as a New Directions Paperbook, Qurratulain Hyder's River of Fire makes a bid to be recognized in the West as what it has long been acknowledged in the East: the most important novel of twentieth-century Urdu fiction. First published as Aag ka Darya in 1959, River of Fire enco...(展开全部)

It is 1839 and tension has been rapidly mounting between China and British India following the crackdown on opium smuggling by Beijing. With no resolution in sight, the colonial government declares war. One of the vessels requisitioned for the attack, the Hind, travels eastwards from Bengal to China, sailing into the midst of the First Opium War. The turbulent voyage brings tog...(展开全部)

安德烈·斯帕克沃斯基，波兰著名幻想文学家，全欧洲除已故大师托尔金之外的奇幻第一人，以细腻而幽默的文笔和对“灰色英雄”的独特鉴赏力闻名。《猎魔人》系列是他的成名作，也是整个东欧最有影响力的的文学作品之一。 21世纪初，波兰工作室CDproject穷数年之力，将《猎魔人》改 编为游戏《巫师》系列，轰动全球，曾作为波兰国家国礼赠送给奥巴马总统。

安德烈·斯帕克沃斯基，波兰著名幻想文学家，全欧洲除已故大师托尔金之外的奇幻第一人，以细腻而幽默的文笔和对“灰色英雄”的独特鉴赏力闻名。《猎魔人》系列是他的成名作，也是整个东欧最有影响力的的文学作品之一。 21世纪初，波兰工作室CDproject穷数年之力，将《猎魔人》改 编为游戏《巫师》系列，轰动全球，曾作为波兰国家国礼赠送给奥巴马总统。