Isolated in Ashworth House, an asylum for the criminally insane, is the Ripper. He believes he's the notorious butcher who terrorized Whitechapel more than a century ago. He talks of time travel, infinity, and the occult. In the black hole of hisimagination, he reenacts the crimes. In the darkness of his heart, he still craves the thrill of the kill. Thank God he can't escape. But with such an ingenious mind for murder, the Ripper doesn't have to--and the ghastly crimes he can manipulate from his padded cell are taking Zinc Chandler and the Special X investigators on a trai! of unspeakable carnage that leads to the idyllic Cook Islands, where human sacrifice and cannibalism is more than a dark and-perverted chapter in history. It's tradition.
All the weapon in the world have not killed a ghost. Zombie soldiers, blood-thirsty pontianak, creepy shadows and wailing babies shake the peace of the night. Each soldier fights to stay alive. A potent and compelling, collection of true ghost stones.
Ce volume contient les oeuvres suivantes : Mémoires, livresXXV à XLIV. Supplément à "Mes Mémoires" : Généalogie de ma famille- Julie de Chateaubriand. Additions : Le Duc Decazes - D?ner àRoyal-Lodge - Ma détention à la Préfecture de police - Le Livre surVenise - ? Maintenon - Avenir du monde. Appendice : [Amour etvieillesse]. --Ce texte fait référence à l'édition Relié .
Only a handful of fictional characters are recognized by first name alone. Dean Koontz’s Odd Thomas is one of those rare literary heroes who have come alive in readers’ imaginations as he explores the greatest mysteries of this world and the next with his inimitable wit, heart, and quiet gallantry. Now Koontz follows Odd as he is irresistibly drawn onward to a destiny he cannot imagine and to undreamed of places where the perils he will face and the stakes for which he fights will eclipse all that he has known.
August 9th，1945，Nagasaki．Hiroko Tanaka steps onto herveranda，wrapped in a kimono with three black cranes swooping acrossthe back．She is twenty—one and on the verge of marrying KonradWeiss．In a split second，the world turns white．In the numbingaftermath of a bomb that obliterates everything she has known，allthat remains are the bird，shaped burns on her back，an indeliblereminder of the world she has lost．
According to tradition Cervantes first conceived his comic masterpiece in jail - his avowed intent being to debunk the romances of chivalry. From first publication Don Quixote was a best-seller, initially taken as a knockabout account of a mad Spanish gentleman and his cowardly peasant squire, but later reinterpreted as an enlightenment text, a representation of universal human nature, a myth of a tragic hero defending man's nobler aspirations, a study in alienation, a spiritual autobiography, a metaphor for Spain's imperial decline, an experimental novel that shaped later prose fiction, a tragedy and comedy in one, and a demonstration that ambiguity and uncertainty can lie at the centre of great art and that great art can be comic. Tobias Smollet's vigorous and lively translation brilliantly catches the feeling and tone of the Spanish original.It is a comic novelist's homage to a comic novelist.
Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! This is the third book in the "Inspector Banks" series, centering around the murder of an unpopular and brutal constable during a political demonstration. Robinson is also the author of "A Dedicated Man", "Bird Detective" and "Caedmon's Song".
Straight-from-the-hip dialogue,designer clothing and gangsters are all reliably in place in Collins's fourth novel to feature the Santangelo family,particularly Lucky,who now heads a Hollywood studio.In previous exploits,this multitalented heroine has been married three times,built Vegas hotels,run a shipping empire and killed for revenge(as one character comments,"she's had quite a life").Along the way,she's made her share of enemies,not least of whom is Donna Landsman?formerly Donatella Bonnatti?who here stages a hostile takeover of Panther Studios,has Santangelo patriarch Gino shot and makes it appear as though Lucky's beloved husband,Lennie Golden,is killed on location in Corsica following a night's indiscretion.Mourning does not become Lucky,however,and all too soon she's involving herself with chauvinistic director Alex Woods(he of the "smile like a crocodile?wide,captivating,and ultimately deadly")even as Lennie is imprisoned in a Sicilian cave.When Lucky learns what she needs to know,however,the novel
Something is stalking the Northumberland moors. No one is sure exactly what it is, but something is slaughtering sheep and other livestock. There have been sightings of a "big cat," a huge, eral creature that has so far managed to elude capture. Some of the locals are terrified, while others scoff that it's only a legend. Still, the killings continue. 作者简介： STEPHEN LAWS, Stephen Laws lives and works in Newcastle upon Tyne, in northeast England. Married, with three children, he has written ten supernatural thrillers to date, including: Gideon, winner of the Count Dracula Society's Children of the Night Award, and the epic award-nominated Chasm. Stephen Laws's novels have been published in America, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, Japan, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Italy. His short stories have appeared on radio, in magazines and numerous anthologies, winning a number of awards including the prestigious British Fantasy Society Award. His collected short stories were published as
After an old Yorkshire farmer discovers a half-buried body in his pasture, excitement interrupts routine in the small community of Swainsdale. Series detective Alan Banks ( Gallows View , 1990) begins investigating the habits and background of the victim, a dedicated professor who left his job upon receiving a sizeable inheritance. Suspicion falls on his charmless wife, his long-time publisher, his local drinking buddies, a younger woman, and others. Before Banks can narrow the list, the murderer strikes again. Readers of English village mysteries should enjoy Robinson's promising second step.
Toby Temple is the world’S funniest comedian，loved by presidents，lusted after by women，He knows what he wants——and he always makes sure that he gets it．But，deep down，he yearns for love and stabi l ity Jill Castle has always been an outsider，desperate to be accepted Despite her beauty，she finds breaking into Hollywood as an actress impossible without auditioning on the di rectors’infamous casting couches． But，with one glance，Toby falls for Jill’S beauty and sweeps her out of obscurity to stardom by his side．Now she can get the revenge she has a lways longed for…
This handsomely illustrated series presents Shakespeare in such a lively and accessible manner that students and young readers will find themselves wishing to read all his plays. Readers learn to enjoy these immortal works as they follow the story, get to know the characters, and explore the historical background of each play. Packed with color illustrations and portraits of the main characters, and enhanced with quotations, these are eye–opening introductions for students as well as valuable tools for teachers. Ages 9-12.
The Tower stands in solitude.What began as a seventeenth-century manor house has grown over the centuries into something very dif-ferent.Something evil.There are the stark walls,the shadow-filled rooms,the lonely corridors.But the Tower is aunted by much more than ghosts of the past,and it can do far more than simply terrify.It has a dark heart and it has grown restless.When five unsuspecting young people agree to stay there as house-sitters,they soon learn that visitors are not welcome in...
Emportés par un cyclone, Dorothée et son chien se réveillentau pays d'Oz. Comment faire pour rejoindre le Kansas, tante Em etoncle Henry ? Une seule solution : se rendre à la cite d'?meraudeet demander l'aide du Grand Magicien Oz. Chemin faisant, lafillette rencontre un épouvantail esseulé, un homme en fer rouilléet un lion poltron. Accompagnée d ces nouveaux amis, Dorothéesaura-t-elle résister au pouvoir assommant d'un champ de pavotsmaléfiques, aux attaques de singes ailés et à toutes lesterrifiantes épreuves qui l'attendent. L'édition réunit desillustrations de William Wallace Denslow, qui travailla aux c?tésde L. Frank Baum. Le dossier permet d'approfondir l'universmerveilleux du conte et évoque la célèbre adaptationcinématographique de Victor Fleming (1939), avec Judy Garland dansle r?le de Dorothée.
GET SKEEVED Skeeve the Magnificent, magician to kings and Kingof Magicians, Businessman and Problem-Solver Extraordinaire, hascome out of retirement. And heas set up shop in the Bazaar, righton the home turf of his old company, M.Y.T.H. Inc. Too bad hisformer co-worker, Aahz the Pervect, is not exactly thrilled withthe competition. Looks like a little wager is in order.
Welcomed on the cover of The New York Times Book Review -and now in paperback-ISADORA brings to life "the most influential and the most notorious woman of the first quarter of the 20th century" (The New York Times Book Review); "one of the true visionaries of modern dance-and, by extension, of modernism in all its guises" (Washington Post); a performer who invented her own language of movement to express her needs for art and freedom; a woman whose life, set against the backdrop of Europe and the U.S. in the early 1900s, was crowded with love affairs, passions, and tragedies. AUTHORBIO Peter Kurth is the author of Tsar: The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexandra, Anastasia: The Riddle of Anna Anderson, and American Cassandra: The Life of Dorothy Thompson. He lives in Vermont 作者简介：Peter Kurth is the author of numerous books, a contributing writer for Salon, and has written for Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, The New York Observer and other publications. He lives in Vermont. --This text refers to an o
Rights of Man is a classic statement of the belief in humanity's potential to change the world for the better. Published as a reply to Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, it differs from that great work in every relevant respect. Where Burke uses the language of the governing classes, Paine writes with the vigour of a self-taught mast-maker and exciseman. With passionate and rapier wit, Paine challenges Burke's assertion that society cannot be judged by rational standards and found wanting. Rights of Man contains a fully-costed budget, advocating measures such as free education, old age pensions, welfare benefits and child allowance over 100 years before these things were introduced in Britain. It remains a compelling manifesto for social change.
A suicidal terrorist cell threatens to detonate explosives in a Singapore skyscraper, taking thousands of innocent American lives. No demands. Just sheer massive destruction--televised as it happens across the globe. As quickly as the terror unfolds, its stopped d ad--by the Superhawks, a crack team of patriotic warriors who live and breathe American vengeance. it's next step is getting the man behind the aborted attack--one of the most elusive terrorists in the world.
There was orlce a woman who bakedthe best cakes in the whole world．The fairies loved the cakes．But they didn’t want buy them．So the fairies said to themselves，“we`ll steal the cake．maker!”Did the fairies get their cake?
