Badlands Bride

A fiery desert flower and an irresistible cowboy steam up the Wild, Wild West in Adrianne Wood’s rip-roaring romantic debut. Lily Highfill has spent eight years in Colorado, exiled from her wealthy, h

★美國總統國家與社會貢獻獎金獎得主★ 韓秀　傾情鉅獻 從一畫成名驚天下，到窮愁潦倒無人問 他是時代的孤勇者，更是西方藝術史的先行者 林布蘭（Rembrandt, 1606-1669）生於荷蘭萊登，以色彩鮮明的版畫與精湛的銅版蝕刻技術聞名於世，為巴洛克時期最具代表性的藝術家之一。早期善於以「明暗對照法」繪製栩栩如生的肖像，例如《杜爾普教授的解剖課》，他也因此畫一舉成為當時阿姆斯特丹最富有的人之一。 但好景不長，因為受妻兒接連過世的打擊，1640年之後，林布蘭的畫筆不再濃墨重彩，他的畫布變得灰暗，人物形象追求自然、更加忠於原貌──但這樣的轉變卻也讓他從此跌落畫壇。 荷蘭的風帆正在黃金時代的浪潮中駛向全世界，林布蘭的人生卻陷入了暗無星月的夜晚。因為不符合審美潮流，幾乎沒有人再肯委託他作畫，財務狀況每下愈況；到了人生的終章，林布蘭甚至必須割愛珍貴的異國收藏、不斷遷居，過世時幾乎可說是身無分文、窮愁潦倒…… ═════ 林布蘭畫布下的故事 ═════ ♦《夜巡》（The Night Watch） ──世界三大油畫之一，為何當年會被裁剪、焚毀、謾罵百年？ ♦《猶太新娘》（The Jewish Bride） ──讓梵谷為之瘋狂的詩意之作，訴說林布蘭一生最重要的女人 ♦《杜爾普教授的解剖課》（The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp） ──杜爾普教授是誰？一窺十七世紀荷蘭的醫學片段 ♦《克勞迪‧基維里斯密謀起義》（The Conspiracy of the Batavians under Claudius Civilis） ──只餘下草圖的偉大畫作，究竟是得罪了何人？ ♦《雅各與天使角鬥》（Jacob Wrestling with the Ange） ──無比經典的聖經故事，也是林布蘭一生心志的寫照…… 「我的身心為之一震，彷彿有一塊巧奪天工的色彩撲面而來。」 「當沉溺於心中的夢想時，他失去了一切，但同時，他也得到了一切。」 「終其一生他都生活在一個虛幻的世界中，這個世界有著無限的美麗和完滿，以至於世人只能聳聳肩，帶著惡意與嫉妒的嗤笑，不予理睬

'What you do to children matters. And they might never forget.' Sweetness wants to love her child, Bride, but she struggles to love her as a mother should. Bride, now glamorous, grown up, ebony-black

Billy Crystal needs no introduction, so I’ll just say When Harry met Sally, The Princess Bride, City Slickers and 9-time Oscar host. He has seen Hollywood from the inside out for the last 40 yea

When Orpheus' bride Eurydice is killed by a snakebite on their wedding day, Orpheus's world is shattered. The young widower must journey to the Underworld to negotiate with Hades himself to win his br

Wynter Atrialan, the Winter King, once lived in peace with his southern, Summerlander neighbors, but when the prince of Summerlea steals Wynter’s bride and murders his young brother, Wynter calls upon

In this charming fairy tale originally written by Charles Perrault, a clever, fast-talking cat changes the life of its penniless master, helping him win both a princess bride and a kingdom.

A Newbery Honor WinnerANew York TimesBestsellerIn this first book inNew York Timesbestselling, Newbery Honor-winning author Shannon Hale's Princess Academy series,Miri finds herself a sudden participant in a contest to find the next princess of the realm.Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have lived a simple life. Then word comes that the king's priests have divined her village the home of the future princess. In a year's time, the prince will choose his bride from among the village girls.The king's ministers set up an academy on the mountain, and every teenage girl must attend and learn how to become a princess. Soon Miri finds herself confronted with a harsh academy mistress, bitter competition among the girls, and her own conflicting desires. Winning the contest could give her everything she ever wanted--but it would mean leaving her home and family behind.

A new Anne Tyler novel destined to be an instant classic: a socially awkward mother of the bride navigates the days before and after her daughter's wedding.Gail Baines is having a bad day. To start, she loses her job—or quits, depending on whom you ask. Tomorrow her daughter Debbie is getting married, and she hasn’t even been invited to the spa day organized by the mother of the groom. Then, Gail’s ex-husband Max arrives unannounced on her doorstep, carrying a cat, without a place to stay and without even a suit.But the true crisis lands when Debbie shares with her parents a secret she has just learned about her husband-to-be. It will not only throw the wedding into question but also stir up Gail and Max’s past.Told with deep sensitivity and a tart sense of humor, full of the joys and heartbreaks of love and marriage and family life,Three Days in Juneis a triumph, and gives us the perennially bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer at the height of her powers.

With a colorful cast of characters and a cellar full of wine, anything can happen--from murder to a second chance at love--in Jenny Elder Moke's half mystery, half romance adult debut set at a lavish destination wedding. A high-end wedding on a private island off the coast of Seattle sounds like something out of a magazine. But for bestselling mystery author Kate Valentine, it's more like a nightmare. Why Kate agreed to attend her ex-fianc?s wedding is its own enigma, but she'll plaster on a fake smile for two nights, with the aid of free champagne, naturally. And because the groom happens to be her editor, she'll try to finish a draft of her latest Loretta Starling mystery as a wedding gift. But when the bride is poisoned and Kate stumbles across a dead body, she finds herself in a real-life mystery that eerily echoes the plot of her latest novel. And the only person who seems willing to help Kate catch the killer is Jake Hawkins, aka: the Hostralian; aka: Kate's biggest romantic regr

Real life and fairy tales collide in book two of this funny and exciting middle grade series from #1 New York Times–bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz.Filomena Jefferson-Cho of nothing-ever-happens North Pasadena teams up with dashing Jack, adorable Alistair, and glamorous Gretel for another adventure in the land of Never After, this time to get the glass slipper back from Cinderella!Neither heroine nor victim, Cinderella is manipulative and cunning, doing anything to be Princess of Eastphalia. Her twin stepsisters, Hortense and Beatrice―Hori and Bea―have been maligned in reputation, their lives upended by Cinderella. For one, Prince Charming has been in love with Hori since they were children, but when King Gregor forces his son to throw a ball to pick a bride, Cinderella steals the spotlight and her happily ever after.While attempting to help her sister, bookish Bea is captured by a terrible beast. Spells abound, and evil will reign . . . or will it?

From bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair comes a new installment in the Hades and Persephone series, told in Hades’s point of view.Discover the enthralling fantasy world of gods and mortals in bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair's reimagined New Greece. Readers are "hopelessly addicted" to this captivating story of Hades and Persephone."Take her, and I will destroy this world. Take her, and I will destroy you. Take her, and I will end us all."Hades, God of the Underworld, is known for his inflexible rule, luxurious night clubs, and impossible bargains. Used to control, he is not prepared to discover the Fates have chosen his future wife and Queen—Persephone, Goddess of Spring.Despite her attraction to the god, Persephone, an ambitious journalism student, is determined to expose Hades for his cruel and ruthless ways. She defies him at every turn, even as the attraction between them explodes.Hades finds himself faced with the impossible—proving his future bride wrong. Regardless of h

Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. She and her sisters-in-law, married to three brothers in a single ceremony, spend their days hard at work in the family's 'china room', sequestered from contact with the men. When Mehar develops a theory as to which of them is hers, a passion is ignited that will put more than one life at risk.Spiralling around Mehar's story is that of a young man who in 1999 travels from England to the now-deserted farm, its 'china room' locked and barred.In enforced flight from the traumas of his adolescence - his experiences of addiction, racism, and estrangement from the culture of his birth - he spends a summer in painful contemplation and recovery, before finally finding the strength to return 'home'.

首部從區域環境的獨特視角開展出臺灣兩種歷史豐度――地球科學史、人文生態史◆ 看月世界如何以極限邊地之姿，刻寫島嶼的形成與變遷 ◆◎在臺灣就能上月球？◎惡地如何以時間、營力、材料、地層深度訴說臺灣大地故事？◎崎嶇不毛的月世界竟能種出遠近馳名、甘甜香脆的燕巢芭樂？◎貧瘠環境憑藉什麼吸引野生動物來此棲身，造就生態方舟？◎迂迴隱蔽的西南惡地為何成為宋江陣（武藝）、總舖師（廚藝）的原鄉？★揭開惡地（Badlands）真實樣貌，顛覆你對不毛之地的想像★見證臺灣造山運動前後結構相以及地質多樣性★西南惡地面積約占國土3%，卻封存了臺灣四百年族群發展的縮影★以水貫穿，寫下人、生物與環境間相互試探、適應的過程與結果★在高度開發的臺灣西部，意外保留了一處生物多樣性方舟★在地人以草根力量結合特有生物兵團，正在創造當代SDGs永續發展模式――地質公園人們常聽聞的「月世界」地形，異景如夢似幻、宛若外星球，而它正式的名稱是惡地（Badlands）。惡地的特徵是地表極易受到水流侵蝕，形成密密麻麻的侵蝕溝，使植被難以附著，呈現出裸露、崎嶇、破碎的地貌景觀。臺灣惡地分布多處，其中較為顯著的有三處，一處在島嶼西南淺山帶，大致從臺南延伸到高雄；一處在東南，主要集中於臺東利吉；還有一處是人們南來北往較易看見的苗栗三義火炎山礫岩惡地，它們分別展現了島嶼不同的大地構造與地質成因。臺灣本島面積最大、最具代表性的惡地地形是西南部臺南到高雄一帶，面積廣達一千多平方公里，厚約三千到四千公尺深。這片泥岩（mudstone）惡地雖約占國土百分之三，卻驚異地創造了觀看、理解臺灣的多重視角，而且封存了臺灣四百年族群發展縮影，更意外成為淺山地帶生態方舟。本書從地質的大尺度出發，告訴你位於西部麓山帶的這一片泥岩惡地是如何形成、如何見證臺灣六百萬年前造山運動的前後結構相，以及如何反映出臺灣環境的特性。雖然惡地環境似乎不宜人居，然而歷史告訴我們，人類已在此活動數百年。本書爬梳了四百年來，在溝谷交錯、空間迴旋錯置的環境下，人們如何發展、選擇聚落、遷徙，並在族群勢力不斷交替間，形成短暫或持續的、穩定或變動的、時消時長的多元生活樣態。這是一段人與環境之間相互試探與適應的過程。惡地地區極為重要的是水源。透過惡地生態多樣性、環境保育運動雙軸線，溯源水在當地自然與人為力量影響下的流動路線，以及保存方式。草根公民科學家「喇賽班」和生物們是一股強大的

It stirs depths that Cat's Eye did not reach, and grants deeper stronger powers to women's friendship in distress' MARINA WARNERAn exceptional novel from the winner of the 2000 Booker Prize

The best-selling novel about the queen who founded the Tudor dynasty. ‘A bewitching first novel…alive with historical detail’ Good Housekeeping. Her beauty fuelled a war.Her courage captured a king.He

★本書榮獲1992年西班牙加泰隆尼亞國際插畫雙年展大獎★朗朗上口的生動民間故事×處處埋藏玄機的精緻細膩圖繪，讓歷久彌新的經典繪本，啟動孩子的觀察力與想像力，增進中英雙語閱讀素養！ 一月一，年初一。一月二，年初二。年初三，早上床，今夜老鼠娶新娘。 大小老鼠來幫忙，抬花轎，搬嫁妝，新郎新娘早拜堂。一拜堂，二拜堂， 三拜堂來入洞房。 這是一則流傳在臺灣的民間故事。老鼠村長的女兒要拋繡球選新郎，不料，一隻黑貓衝進來攪亂了局面。為了女兒的幸福，老鼠村長決定找一個比貓還強、全世界最強的女婿。左思右想，他覺得太陽是全世界最強的，於是跑去找太陽。可是，烏雲遮住了太陽，風吹散了烏雲，牆擋住了風……，到底誰才是老鼠村長最理想的女婿呢？ 故事中的老鼠村就位在人類家園的牆角下，繪者劉宗慧在一開始的三幅畫，就巧妙運用微觀與巨觀的對比，透過鏡頭的連續推近，從人類的視野慢慢壓低到老鼠的視野，讓老鼠的國度與人類的世界構成了有趣的畫面。全書充滿豐富細節的圖像，不僅有許多地方讓人莞爾一笑，也發展出文本之外的另一種敘事角度。 The wise old head of a small mouse village has a big problem. It is time for his beautiful young daughter to get married. But the old mouse wants to find her the most powerful husband in the world, to protect her from the vicious cat that is terrorizing his village. Setting off on a long journey, the old mouse leader intends to ask the Sun to marry his daughter. But he soon finds the Cloud is stronger. He then asks the Cloud, but to his surprise sees that the Wind is even greater. The Wind

Before the early 1900s, the northern edge of the eroded White River Badlands was virtually impenetrable except for the precarious horseback trails that reached the plain below. The "Badlands Wall" is

Originally published in 1975, Badlands has been heralded as a comic triumph for decades. The story starts in 1916, when scientist William Dawe leads a paleontological expedition into the badlands of A

In C.J. Box's Badlands, the town of Grimstad used to be a place people came from but were never headed to. Now it’s the oil capital of North Dakota. With oil comes money, with money comes drugs, and w

In C.J. Box's Badlands, the town of Grimstad used to be a place people came from but were never headed to. Now it’s the oil capital of North Dakota. With oil comes money, with money comes drugs, and w

Singer and song writer Max Bemis of Say Anything spins a fresh tale of terror in the pages of Crossed: Badlands! In a world overrun by madmen and maniacs, how can anyone hope to survive with their san

In 1916, scientist William Dawe leads a palaeontological expedition into the badlands of Alberta, obsessed with achieving world renown by discovering dinosaur fossils. Fifty years later, his daughter,

Fiction. BADLANDS portrays the twenty-four-year marriage of Caro and Daniel Singleman--the marriage that was, is, and might have been. As the dying Caro confronts a night of crisis, the couple attempt

The South Dakota Badlands seldom fails to stir a sense of wonder to those who encounter its surreal landscape for the first time. From a distance, the eroded formations look like the ruins of an alaba

Experience the open skies of the Badlands, the rolling prairies of the West, and one of America's most famous monuments with Moon Mount Rushmore & The Black Hills. Inside you'll find:Strategic, flexib

Badlands Dynamics in the Context of Global Change presents the newest ideas concerning badland formation and relates them to the larger context of global change. The book provides an overview of badla

The author/photographer first visited Badlands National Park in 2010 and has returned several times since drawn to the eroded peaks and windswept vistas within its borders. Here he fell in love with t

Fiction. The stories in CRETACEA AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE BADLANDS mostly take place in hot weather, where dust and sweat envelop everyone and everything. A teenage boy spends a summer with his hard

South Dakota resident Laural A. Bidwell offers her firsthand experience and advice on Mount Rushmore and the Black Hillsincluding the Southern Hills, the Badlands, and Keystone. Bidwell provides uniqu

The forbidding Big Badlands in Western South Dakota contain the richest fossil beds in the world. They are a bone hunter’s paradise. Even today these rocks continue to yield new specimens brought to l

A collection of articles linked together by the topic of the Badlands National Park in South Dakota

South Dakota resident Laural A. Bidwell offers her firsthand experience and advice on Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills?including the Southern Hills, the Badlands, and Keystone. Bidwell provides uniq

A geographer presents an introduction to the badlands environments of the western United States. The physical geography and geology of these spectacular environments is presented in plain language (Re

Isabel Ling returned to the barren Badlands of South Dakota to bury her sister—but she stayed to find answers no one wants to give. Cassie's death was no accident, and Isabel will find the kille

Isabel Ling returned to the barren Badlands of South Dakota to bury her sister—but she stayed to find answers no one wants to give. Cassie's death was no accident, and Isabel will find the kille

When Noramary's cousin, Winnie, surprises her family by secretly eloping during the night, Noramary is asked to step into Winnie's place as the bride of Duncan Montrose. Valiant Bride is a historica

At the start of The Translator's Bride, the Translator's bride has left him. But if he can only find a way to buy a small house, maybe he can win her back . . . These are the obsessive thoughts that p