Verlag: Bu Classics Books
Set against the backdrop of White Russian refugees in China, this retelling of the Book of Tobit explores displacement and the enduring hope of finding home.
A scandal cost antiquarian book hunter James Winter everything that mattered to him. Now the rich and unscrupulous Mr. Stephanopoulos has a proposition. A previously unpublished Christmas book by Charles Dickens has turned up in the hands of an English chemistry professor by the name of Sedgwick Crisparkle. Mr. S. wants James to get that book for him--at any price. Three years ago, a scandal cost antiquarian book hunter James Winter everything that mattered to him: his job, his lover, and his self-respect. But now the rich and unscrupulous Mr. Stephanopoulos has a proposition. A previously unpublished Christmas book by Charles Dickens has turned up in the hands of an English chemistry professor by the name of Sedgwick Crisparkle. Mr. S. wants that book at any price -- and he needs James to get it for him. There's just one catch. James can't tell the nutty professor who the buyer is. Actually, two catches because the nutty Professor Crisparkle turns out to be totally gorgeous -- and on the prowl. Faster than you can say "Old Saint Nick," James is mixing business with pleasure -- and in real danger of forgetting that this is just a holiday romance.Zum Buch
Description： "In recent years, due to the rise of 'The Three-Body Problem' and the waves of enthusiasm generated by American sci-fi blockbusters in China, the science fiction genre has gradually gained popularity among more and more people. Additionally, advancements in genetics, the internet, 3D technology, AI, and deep space exploration have greatly contributed to the development of science fiction. With the rise of science fiction, a group of authors born in the 1980s and 1990s, including Zhang Ran, Ah Que, Suo He Fu, Xie Xiaodong, Captain, and many other emerging writers, have embarked on the path of sci-fi creation and achieved remarkable success. This book mainly features the works of this new generation of science fiction authors. It includes both imaginative explorations of interstellar civilizations and predictions of technological advancements, making it a spectacular showcase of new talents, new works, and new ideas in sci-fi literature!"近年来，因为《三体》的崛起以及美国科幻大片在国内掀起的一次次热潮，科幻这一表现形式正逐渐受到越来越多的人的喜爱，同时，基因、网络、3D技术、AI智能、宇宙深空探测等高新科技，对科幻的发展也是一股巨大助力…… 科幻兴起，一批80后、90后作者先后走上科幻创作之路，并取得不俗成就，这其中包括张冉、阿缺、索何夫、谢晓东、舰长等一大批新锐作者。本书主要收录的是新一代科幻作者的作品，其中既有对星际文明探索的设想，又有科技造物发展的预测，可以说是一部精彩纷呈的新人新作新思想的科幻文学大戏！ Author Biography： Xie Xiaodong is a rising science fiction writer and a key original member of the domestic new generation sci-fi collective, Sci-Fi Literary Review. Passionate about sci-fi creation for many years, he excels at depicting vast sci-fi landscapes with a sketch-like approach. His writing is characterized by an ethereal and delicate style that conveys a soulful tremor, blending cold precision with underlying warmth. Notable works include "The Kiss of Sunshine" among others.谢晓东，科幻新锐作家，国内新生代科幻群体科幻文汇主要原创成员之一，醉心科幻创作多年，擅长通过白描手法勾勒浩瀚科幻场景，文笔空灵细腻中透出一种发自灵魂的震颤，冷厉中透出一种温暖……代表作《阳光的吻》等等。Zum Buch
”War and Peace” is a panoramic novel: It is its own justification, and perhaps needs no introduction. It always reminds the translator of a broad and mighty river flowing onward with all the majesty of Fate. On its surface, float swiftly by logs and stumps, cakes of ice, perhaps drowned cattle or men from regions far above. These floating straws, insignificant in themselves, tell the current. Once embark upon it, and it is impossible to escape the onward force that moves you so relentlessly. What landscapes you pass through, what populous towns, what gruesome defiles, what rapids, what cataracts! The water may be turbid, or it may flow translucent and pure, – but still it rushes on. Such to me is “War and Peace.”“War and Peace,” like all of Count Tolstoi’s works, is a mighty protest against war. There is no arguing in it about the waste, and the demoralization, and the cruelty, and the unmanliness of it, but, like all Russian argument, it is by vivid pictures such as no one can resist.The present translation has been made from the original Russian. Tolstoi has been felicitously called “the Russian Rembrandt.” It is not fair to reproduce Rembrandt as a Teniers. One may be sometimes tempted to substitute the curved line of beauty for the straight line of duty, or soften a harsh silhouette, but beyond certain unavoidable issues of the sort necessary for reproducing the impression given by the original, the translator ought to be as faithful as possible. Here the old law of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, repudiated by Count Tolstoi, ought to have a new application. (from the Preface by N.H. Dole)Zum Buch
2019 Silver Medalist in Fiction-Suspense, Readers Favorite International Book Awards!2018 Winner, First Place Award, Chanticleer International Book Awards (PARANORMAL AWARDS)!>>>A Contemporary Gothic Series to Chill Your Bones and Warm Your Heart... A body found hanging from the ceiling fan in the tower room of the old manor house on Storm Island. For nineteen years, Kate Pomeroy has suppressed that memory. A second-year-resident in surgery, she thinks she has her life under control. But a curious conversation overheard while taking a catnap launches her on a descent into a world filled with nightmarish visions that cause her to doubt her own sanity.>>>An Unexpected Romance Battered by Waves of Terror, Old and New Sent to Storm Island to rest and recuperate from an apparent breakdown, Kate is forced to come to grips with memories of the summer her mother died as well as new terrors that plague her mind. Even the blossoming of an unexpected romance with islander, Jeremy Bradshaw, cannot keep her fears at bay for long.>>>A Mystery of Her Own Making? The discovery of a strange little silo, hidden deep in the woods, spurs Kate to action as she tries to unravel its mysteries. But is the silo real or just another illusion created by her tortured mind?>>>"An engrossing and suspenseful mystery." ~Kirkus ReviewsZum Buch
After a tragedy in her family, Lucy Snow leaves her home to become a teacher at a French boarding school. Lucy soon begins to fight against an overwhelming sense of desolation. Meeting a charming doctor and a strict, peculiar schoolmaster changes her life forever-- and threatens to break her spirit. (summary by heatherausten)Zum Buch
The Doctor answers a psionic distress call from England in the 1920s. There, at a fairground, he is reunited with an old friend: Harry Houdini. But how does Harry knows so much about Tegan? A far more sinister and familiar presence is lying in wait...Zum Buch
