曾获得詹姆斯•泰特•布雷克纪念奖 2006年初改编成舞台剧于英国伦敦利瑞克汉默史密斯剧院（Lyric Hammersmith）上演 一向擅长魔幻写实技法的英国作家安吉拉•卡特，这次以巡回马戏团为舞台，将时空安排在新旧世纪交接之处，带领读者倾听号称“整部世界史上唯一一个羽丰翼全的处女”的空中女飞人——飞飞——细数她如何飞上马戏团之顶的怪诞经历！ 因为一双天使般斑斓翅膀而赢得“伦敦维纳斯”称号的飞飞掳获了所有观众的心，更撩起了许多男人的欲望，但记者华尔斯起了疑窦：“她是真的存在，还是虚构 出来的？”为了厘清真相，也为了日渐增长的爱欲，他跟随飞飞的脚步一同参与巡回马戏团的演出。他能揭发这个空中骗子的真相吗？ 卡特在《马戏团之夜》里灵巧地戏弄“叙述”的本质，将故事与故事层层堆栈交错，呈现如万花筒般炫惑迷人的架构，再加上哥特式的华丽叙事让情欲膨胀的临界隐藏在马戏团帐棚的背后，真实且丑陋的世界让人不得不信以为真，偶尔出现的零星意外却又让人怀疑，眼前看到的 文字是真实抑或是谎言？整部小说看似记实，又似谎言虚构，是卡特发挥说故事女巫的本事，在读者眼前上演前所未见的文字马戏。 聪明、性感、逗趣、惊人。——《英国独立报》 一部光辉灿烂的作品，叙事方式成熟圆润，情节描述细腻逼真。——《泰晤士报》文学副刊 让人大笑同时也发人省思。至高的幻想小说巨作。——《观察家日报》 情感奔放且荒诞不经的奇想故事，引人入胜，直教人陶醉狂喜。——《洛杉矶时报》书评 安吉拉•卡特影响了整整一代的同行作家们，将他们引向了种种梦幻世界，这些世界充满了巴洛克风格的壮丽、童话般的恐怖和对未来世界异化残骸的各式幻想。在《马戏团之夜》中，她为女主人公飞飞创造了一种淫秽粗糙的新型东伦敦语言表达，将我们带回了一个位于19世纪末新旧转折点上的世界，这个世界丰富多彩，充满各式各样的人类与动物。——《泰晤士报》 《马戏团之夜》具有一种光辉灿烂的魔力，但是这种魔力根植于一种粗俗、丰富而有力的语言……一部令人迷醉的作品。——《文学评论》杂志 一部光辉灿烂的作品，一出布满各种具有强烈效果的片段的戏。叙事方式成熟圆润，情节描述细腻逼真。以不可思议的效果完成可思议之事，令人着迷。——《泰晤士报》文学副刊 无论以何种标准，这都是一本非凡的书。——英国《卫报》

你真的會跑步嗎？ ●你以為人天生就會跑，所以不需要學習就可以跑步嗎？ ●你以為跑步的里程數只要累積得多，跑步技術就會變好嗎？ ●你以為要跑得更快，身體就必須使勁全力才能達成嗎？ ●你以為跑步的人到最後一定會和運動傷害當朋友嗎？ 大部分的跑步書籍在開頭就先預設跑步並非一項需要學習的技術，而只是需要不斷操練的運動。這些書籍著重在體能訓練的知識──要跑多少、強度多高、如何交叉訓練、該吃什麼等等。這些當然是很重要的知識，但沒有人討論最核心的議題──如何跑步。 尼可拉斯．羅曼諾夫博士的「姿勢跑法」是他25年來研究人類動作與開發跑步技術成果。有很多原本因慣性傷害準備退出跑步生涯的優秀跑者，在學到他所開發的跑步技術後，現在跑步都不會痛了，而且跑得竟然比二十年前更快、更不費力。《跑步，該怎麼跑？》要從根本徹底改變你的跑步技術，教你如何用「姿勢跑法」不費力的跑得更快、更遠，而且再也不會受傷！ ◆掌握「姿勢跑法」的關鍵技術，包括： ．腳呈Ｓ形姿勢。 ．不能以腳跟著地，要以腳掌前緣著地。 ．轉化重力為身體往前進的力量。 ．注意力放在抬腳動作，而非腳往下踩的動作。 ．跑得快是因為步頻高，不是因為步伐大。

《英国文学史》是中国现代文学大师梁实秋先生晚年的力作，叙述了英国上溯盎格鲁撒克逊时代，下至维多利亚时代的文学进程，重要作家作品，并作出相对应的评价。本书分上中下三卷，文笔古雅，见解独到，是一部极具个人特色的文学史。

For ex-cop Jack Whalen, it all begins with a visit from a childhood friend, a lawyer who needs Jack's help. The family of a noted scientist has been senselessly, brutally murdered, and the scientist is nowhere to be found. But Jack has more pressing concerns. The past that drove him from the L.A.P.D. continues to haunt him. And his wife has disappeared during a routine business trip to Seattle. She never checked into her hotel, she isn't answering her cell phone. She is gone. A third missing person, a little girl in Oregon, is found miles away. But it soon becomes obvious that she is not an innocent victim . . . and far from defenseless. Something very strange is happening—a perplexing series of troubling events that's leading Jack Whalen into the shadows. And the secrets buried there are unlike anything he, or anyone, could possibly have imagined.

．第一本完整收錄全世界所知213種貓頭鷹的專書。 ．200餘幅栩栩如生的貓頭鷹精細插畫，搭配拉線圖說，辨識最容易。 ．清晰小圖示標明各種貓頭鷹食性，一看便知。 ．多種檢索方式，讓你不論是依中英文名、分類或外形，都能迅速找到目標。 貓頭鷹真的只在夜晚出現？牠能張大嘴吞下獵物，連嚼都不嚼，你知道嗎？而且，貓頭鷹緊握獵物的腳爪力度是所有猛禽中最強的！本書以系統化的編排方式，詳細介紹各種貓頭鷹的外形特徵、生態習性、分布範圍等資訊，無論業餘或專業人士都適用。本書特色包括： 一、收錄全世界所知213種貓頭鷹 本書收錄全世界所知213種貓頭鷹，詳盡敘述牠們的生活狀態、自然史與人類的關係，內容專業，行文卻不艱澀，以深入淺出的文字說明各種貓頭鷹的特徵與習性。 二、200多幅精細插畫，搭配拉線圖說，幫助辨識 《世界貓頭鷹圖鑑(全新美耐版）》有200餘幅栩栩如生的貓頭鷹精細插畫，完整呈現每種貓頭鷹的外形特徵，並以拉線圖說標出辨識重點，入門者也能迅速上手。 三、三種檢索方式，使用方便 本書提供三種檢索方式，讓你依需求選用。如果你知道眼前的貓頭鷹屬於哪一科，可以從目錄中查到各科的頁碼，進而縮小範圍查詢。如果你已經知道牠的中文名、英文名或學名，就可以在書末的索引查到該物種所在的頁面，進入條目，查詢更詳細的資訊。如果你對想查找的貓頭鷹毫無所悉，可以在本書「簡易辨別」單元依照所觀察到貓頭鷹的外形、大小，逐步檢索，找到你的目標。 除了鑑別功用，本書更包括了百科全書性質的總論，闡述貓頭鷹的分類、辨別、身體結構、特殊習性、棲地與分布、保育，以及貓頭鷹和人類的關係。本書完整收錄目前全世界所知的貓頭鷹213種，包含全台灣可見的13種，從貓頭鷹的生物地位與人類文化中的角色切入，本圖鑑讓你更貼近這種神秘生物。

北欧、肥腴月湾、爱琴海延安、尼罗河畔……凡是神话发达的地方都流传着一则类似的神话故事，虽然情节各依地理风貌和民族想象变化多致——有一位神，死了，却又复活；他的死给大地带来新的生机。在牛津大学教授古典文学的大学者C.S.路易斯，将这些神话玩味再三，仿佛倾听到上帝要传递给人类“道成肉身”德、的信息，亘古以来，沿着人类意识的幽峡不断回荡，至今不绝……

Bestselling novelist Sebastian Faulks takes a look at the excellence of the British novel over the past three hundred years and examines how certain types of characters have evolved during that period.

《牛津精选:浪漫派、叛逆者及反动派(1760-1830年间的英国文学及其背景)》结合1760-1830年欧洲的政治历史背景、作家的生活环境、思想历程来分析浪漫主义时期英国著名作家的作品，论及的作家有布莱克、华兹华斯、柯尔律治、奥斯丁、司各特、雪莱、济慈等等各位名家。《牛津精选:浪漫派、叛逆者及反动派(1760-1830年间的英国文学及其背景)》作者曾任剑桥大学英国文学教授，她对浪漫主义的含义和范围，对政治环境、宗教信仰、传统观念如何影响作家的创作，对浪漫主义时期英国作家创作风格的异同都作了研究和阐述。

六月里的一个夜晚，狂风暴雨肆虐，天气很凉。五位年轻人聚在温暖的狄沃达蒂别墅里，这是一座临着日内瓦湖南岸的避暑山庄，颇为豪华。当中的一位，拜伦勋爵提议来一场比赛：每个人都来写一个鬼故事。他也许想像不到，他提出的这项挑战会催生一部注定比他自己的作品更有名的小说，也想像不到，玛丽•雪莱会是这部小说的作者…… 本书主要以玛丽•雪莱创造科学怪人的思想来源、精神脉络为主线，着重揭示了创造者与创造物之间的神秘关系，及创造物的孤独命运，集中展现了玛丽•雪莱与当时浪漫主义诗人雪莱的情感、婚姻生活，及与拜伦等当时英国文化圈的精英之间的思想交流、碰撞等，刻画了英国18世纪末至19世纪初整个时代的变幻和文人命运。

本书乃著名翻译家杨德豫先生译诗集之三，集中展示了其“把英语格律诗译成汉语格律体诗”的译诗原则，文字贴切，格律谨严，且文辞斐然，真正做到了译诗与原诗的高度近似，达到了后来者很难超越的高度。柯尔律治为英国浪漫主义诗歌运动的巨擘，“湖畔派”诗歌的主要代表兼理论家，杨德豫先生以其贴合无间的译笔，精彩呈现了柯尔律治极富想象力兼有神秘气息的诗歌。 杨先生精心打磨译文，力求一字一词一标点的密合无间，其功力与毅力同样令人惊叹。在编定这套译诗集的过程中，杨先生仍在不断精益求精，呈现在读者面前的这五卷译诗集是目前最完善的杨氏译本。今后若有识者有意编选先生的译文，当以此为准。

The multiple award-winning author of The Dreamthiefs Daughter and The Skrayling Tree delivers a stirring new novel in his beloved Elric the Eternal Champion saga. When Una, granddaughter of Oona the Dreamthiefs Daughter and Count Ulric von Bek, is left alone at the family house in Yorkshire Dales, all kinds of strange visitors start appearing. They believe that she will lead them to the White Wolfs son, control of whom will give them immense power. They are also searching for The Runestaff, a manifestation of the Holy Grail that Unas family has protected for centuries. Only with the help of the White Wolfs son will Una be able to prevent the power of The Runestaff from falling into the hands of the most evil creatures in creation.

"Not only does any tale which crosshatches between this world and Faerie owe a Founder's Debt to Lord Dunsany, but the secondary world created by J.R.R. Tolkien--from which almost all fantasylands have devolved--also took shape and flower from Dunsany's example." --The Encyclopedia of Fantasy Most fantasy enthusiasts consider Lord Dunsany one of the most significant forces in modern fantasy; his influences have been observed in the works of H.P. Lovecraft, L. Sprague de Camp, Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, and many other modern writers. The Book of Wonder is Dunsany at his peak of his talent. The stories here are a lush tapestry of language, conjuring images of people, places, and things which cannot possibly exist, yet somehow ring true. They are, in short, full of wonder. Together with Dunsany's other major collections, A Dreamer's Tales and Tales of Three Hemispheres, they are a necessary part of any fantasy collection.

Enter a decaying far, far future society, a time when anything and everything is possible, where words like 'conscience' and 'morality' are meaningless, and where heartfelt love blossoms mysteriously between Mrs Amelia Underwood, an unwilling time traveller, and Jherek Carnelian, a bemused denizen of the End of Time. The Dancers at the End of Time, containing the novels An Alien Heat, The Hollow Lands and The End of All Songs, is a brilliant homage to the 1890s of Wilde, Beardsley and the fin de siecle decadents, satire at its sharpest and most colourful.

Synopsis Traces Arthur's evolution from the earliest records of the historical Artorius through countless incarnations to the idealised figure of the King Arthur we know today - the perfect king of a utopian kingdom. Full-colour paintings, atmospheric photographs and maps.

The content of Tolkien's Mythology, the Silmarillion, has been the subject of considerable exploration and analysis for many years, but the logistics of its development have been mostly ignored and deserve closer investigation. Nineteenth-and twentieth-century scholars understood the term "mythology as a gathering of song and story that derived from and described an identifiable world. Tolkien made a continuous effort over several years to construct a comprehensive mythology, to include not only the stories themselves but also the storytellers, scribes, and bards who were the offspring of his thought. In "Interrupted Music Flieger attempts to illuminate the structure of Tolkien's work, allowing the reader to appreciate its broad, overarching design and its careful, painstaking construction. She endeavors to "follow the music from its beginning as an idea in Tolkien's mind through to his final but never-implemented mechanism for realizing that idea, for bringing the voices of his story to the reading public. "In addition, Flieger reviews attempts at myth-making in the history of English literature by Spenser, Milton, and Blake as well as by Joyce and Yeats. She reflects on the important differences between Tolkien and his predecessors and even more between Tolkien and his contemporaries. This in-depth study will fascinate those interested in Tolkien and fantasy literature.

The poetic style and sweeping grandeur of The King of Elfland's Daughter has made it one of the most beloved fantasy novels of our time, a masterpiece that influenced some of the greatest contemporary fantasists. The heartbreaking story of a marriage between a mortal man and an elf princess is a masterful tapestry of the fairy tale following the "happily ever after."