《星期三的战争》 讲述七年级学生霍林在一个学年里的生活和学习经历： 每个星期三下午都是一场灾难，因为班上的一半同学要去犹太教堂学习希伯来文，另一半则要到天主教堂参加教义问答，作为班里唯一的一名基督徒，霍林不得不与严肃的贝克夫人一起待在教室。不苟言笑的贝克夫人似乎总在刁难霍林， 罚 他清理黑板擦、打扫教室、整理大老鼠笼子 在种种手段都宣告失败后，贝克夫人使出了最致命的一招 让霍林阅读 冗长 而 乏味 的莎士比亚作品 于是，一场旷日持久的 战争 在两人之间悄然展开。

In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, an armada of 7,000 ships carrying 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Nazi-occupied France. Up until then the Allied forces had suffered serious defeats, yet D -Day, as the invasion was called, spelled the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany and the Third Reich. Readers will dive into the heart of the action and discover how it was planned and carried out and how it overwhelmed the Germans who had been tricked into thinking the attack would take place elsewhere. D-Day was a major turning point in World War II and hailed as one of the greatest military attacks of all time.

内容简介：一个乏味至极的下午，觉得一切都了无生趣的男孩米洛，在自己的房间发现一个神奇的收费亭。他开着电动玩具车，驶过收费亭，踏上一趟不可思议的奇妙旅程。一路上，米洛曾身陷懒散国、误入结论岛，还在词语国锒铛入狱。但他在伙伴闹钟狗和骗人虫的帮助下，一次次转危为安，还邂逅了 哪个 婆婆、色彩大师、向下长的男孩、十二面体人、噪音医生等有趣的朋友。最后，米洛勇敢地前往无知山，去帮助词语国和数字国营救韵律公主和真理公主，但是每前进一步都有恶魔相阻。米洛从朋友们身上学到的东西能帮他战胜这些恶魔吗？

She could remember standing in a park near the falls,hypnotized by the sight and sound, and holding her father’s hand asthey took a walk that would lead them closer. That’s what everyone wonders when they see Niagara . . . Howclose will their courage let them get to it? At the turn of the nineteenth century, a retiredsixty-two-year-old charm school instructor named Annie EdsonTaylor, seeking fame and fortune, decided to do something that noone in the world had ever done before—she would go over NiagaraFalls in a wooden barrel. Come meet the Queen of the Falls and witness with your own eyesher daring ride!

Explore the wonder of Oz in this collection of books seven through nine in L. Frank Baum’s classic American fairy tale series. The seventh, eighth, and ninth titles of the iconic Oz series, now in one collection! In The Patchwork Girl of Oz , the Munchkins Unc Nunkie and Ojo the Unlucky call on the Crooked Magician, who introduces them to his latest creation: a living girl made out of patchwork quilts and cotton stuffing. But when an accident leaves beloved Unc Nunkie a motionless statue, it is up to Ojo to save him. Can the mighty Wizard of Oz help? In Tik-Tok of Oz, Betsy Bobbin and her loyal mule, Hank, wash up on the shores of an unknown fairyland during a storm. There they meet the clockwork man Tik-Tok and find themselves trapped in a battle with the king of the Nomes. In The Scarecrow of Oz , Cap’n Bill and Trot journey to Oz and, with the help of the Scarecrow, overthrow the cruel King Krewl of Jinxland, who has been busy gathering an army for an invasion o

Grim Batol: its dark legacy stretches back into the mists ofAzeroth's past. But most know it as the site of a terrible tragedy-- where the vile orcs corrupted the hatchlings of the nobleDragonqueen, Alexstrasza, and used them as weapons of war. Though aband of heroes, led by the enigmatic mage, Krasus, defeated theorcs and freed the captive dragons, the cursed mountain stands asanother ravaged landmark within the...WORLD OF WARCRAFTBut nowKrasus -- known to some as the red dragon Korialstrasz -- sensesthe malice of Grim Batol rising once more to threaten those heholds dear. Determined this time to confront this evil by himself,he is unaware of the quests that will draw others to Grim Batol andreveal the monstrous truth that could not only herald their deaths,but usher in a terrible new age of darkness and destruction.