City of the Uncommon Thief

City of the Uncommon ThiefBy: Lynne Bertrand A dark and intricate fantasy, City of the Uncommon Thief is the story of a quarantined city gripped by fear and of the war that can free it. "Guilders work. Foundlings scrub the bogs. Needles bind. Swords tear. And men leave. There is nothing uncommon in this city. I hope Errol Thebes is dead. We both know he is safer that way." In a walled city of a mile high iron guild towers, many things are common knowledge: No book in any of

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By: Dayle Ann Dodds | Illustrator:  Tracy Mitchell   "In this crafty story of a cross-country race

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尼可拉斯‧穆德（Nicholas Mulder）　　生於荷蘭，成長於比利時，先後畢業於荷蘭烏特列支大學、英國劍橋大學與美國哥倫比亞大學。年僅三十歲便成為康乃爾大學歷史學系助理教授。研究專長是歐洲現代史、政治經濟史與思想史。　　穆德長年對於國際組織中的主權問題感興趣，特別是較為中小型的國際行為者。這使得他得以跳脫大英帝國或美國的視角，看到瑞士、希臘、阿爾巴尼亞、香港、南斯拉夫或芬蘭等地的歷史經驗。　　以《經濟武器》榮獲美國對外關係史學會（SHAFR）伯納斯獎年度最佳圖書，目前正在撰寫他的下一本書，《大徵收時代》（Age of Confiscation）。譯者譚天　　曾任《聯合報》編譯主任、《自由時報》副總編輯、《歐洲日報》編輯主任。現旅居加拿大，專職翻譯，譯有《當政治成為一種產業》、《安倍晉三大戰略》、《全球戰場》、《海權爭霸》、《泰王的新衣》等著作。

Ferrying us between a grim jail cell and the president's lush gardens