Jean Rhys's first novel, a heartbreaking and disturbingly intimate portrayal of an isolated woman in Paris Set in a superficially romantic, between-wars Paris, Quartet is a poignant tale of a lonely woman. Set against a background of winter-wet streets, Pernod in smoky cafes and cheap hotel rooms with mauve- flowered wallpaper, Marya tries to make something substantial of her l...(展开全部)

A superb four-part fantasy, comparable with the work of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, the "Earthsea" books follow the fortunes of the wizard Ged from his childhood to an age where magic is giving way to evil. As a young dragonlord, Ged, whose use-name is Sparrowhawk, is sent to the island of Roke to learn the true way of magic. A natural magician, Ged becomes an Archmage and helps th...(展开全部)

A superb four-part fantasy, comparable with the work of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, the "Earthsea" books follow the fortunes of the wizard Ged from his childhood to an age where magic is giving way to evil. As a young dragonlord, Ged, whose use-name is Sparrowhawk, is sent to the island of Roke to learn the true way of magic. A natural magician, Ged becomes an Archmage and helps th...(展开全部)

菲利普·瑞弗（Philip Reeve） 1966年出生于英国的布莱顿，紧邻伦敦的一个美丽的海滨城市。那里冬天寒冷得像童话世界，夏天美得像天堂。 他先后在剑桥艺术和技术学院以及布赖顿理工学院学习插图。他在书店工作多年，因为作恐怖历史小说的插图而略有名气。没人相信他从五岁就开始写作，而立之年才大器晚成，终于凭青少年文学处女作《致命引擎》（Mortal Engines）一书，征服了挑剔的英国编辑和读者，走红英伦。

约瑟夫•J. 埃利斯（Joseph J. Ellis） 美国著名历史学家和畅销书作家，撰写了一系列脍炙人口的美国建国史作品。他的《杰斐逊传：美国的斯芬克斯》和《奠基者：独立战争那一代》分别荣获美国国家图书奖和美国普利策历史奖。 埃利斯早年就读于威廉玛丽学院和耶鲁大学。他曾在美国军中服役并在西点军校任教，军衔达到陆军上尉。埃利斯目前执教于马萨诸塞大学。 埃利斯主要研究美国殖民地和建国时代的历史，是该领域的权威学者和历史普及作家，为广大历史读者打开了了解美国建国史的窗口。《福布斯》杂志曾盛赞埃利斯的读者声望，称他是“历史学家中的罗杰•费德勒”。

The prizewinning author of Founding Brothers and American Sphinx now gives us the unexpected story--brilliantly told--of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. The triumph of the American Revolution was neither an ideological nor political guarantee that the colo...(展开全部)

The powerful city-state of Saraykeht is a bastion of peace and culture, a major center of commerce and trade. Its economy depends on the power of the captive spirit, Seedless, an andat bound to the poet-sorcerer Heshai for life. Enter the Galts, a juggernaut of an empire committed to laying waste to all lands with their ferocious army. Saraykeht, though, has always been too str...(展开全部)

The powerful city-state of Saraykeht is a bastion of peace and culture, a major center of commerce and trade. Its economy depends on the power of the captive spirit, Seedless, an andat bound to the poet-sorcerer Heshai for life. Enter the Galts, a juggernaut of an empire committed to laying waste to all lands with their ferocious army. Saraykeht, though, has always been too str...(展开全部)

The Mars Quartet: Four Seminars on the Astrology of the Red Planet Lynn Bell, Darby Costello, Liz Greene, Melanie Reinhart These seminars explore the many facets of Mars, an astrological symbol often misunderstood. In the present world climate, it is particularly important to consider this most instinctive and fundamental human urge. Named after the Roman god of war, Mars is us...(展开全部)

「堕天使、占星術、魔術、騙し絵、迷宮、愛死、弦楽」各部屋に悪魔的な意匠をちりばめた館で奏でられる殺人組曲。屋根裏部屋から世界は覗かれ、倫理の欠片もない探偵や殺人鬼が暗躍する。館を支配する昏い旋律が止むとき、世界を揺るがす真相が明らかに。鬼才が技巧の限りをつくして描きあげた騙し絵ミステリー。