SINNER follows Cole St. Clair, a pivotal character from the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling Shiver series. found. Cole St. Clair has come to California for one reason: to get Isabel Culpeper back. She fled from his damaged, drained life, and damaged and drained it even more. He doesn't just want her. He needs her. lost. Isabel is trying to build herself a life in Los Angeles. It's not really working. She can play the game as well as all the other fakes. But what's the point? What is there to win? sinner. Cole and Isabel share a past that never seemed to have a future. They have the power to love each other and the power to tear each other apart. The only thing for certain is that they cannot let go.
No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of "Henry IV Part One and Two" on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare containsThe complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday languageA complete list of characters with de*ionsPlenty of helpful commentary
This is the first authorized graphic adaptation of one of the world's most beloved novels, printed on matte-coated stock with a sleek film-laminated cover. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey ‘there and back again’. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon… The prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit has sold many millions of copies since its publication in 1937, establishing itself as one of the most beloved and influential books of the twentieth century.
This is a new title from a successful and respected series.It features the original text alongside an accessible, modern daytranslation. It includes helpful commentary, character de*ionsand more. It is ideal for students or for those who wish to gain abetter understanding of the text. "No Fear: The Scarlet Letter"provides the original tales on the left-hand page, side-by-sidewith an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Featuring thecomplete text of the original play, a line-by-line translation thatputs Hawthorne into everyday language, a complete list ofcharacters with de*ions, and plenty of helpful commentary, "NoFear: The Scarlet Letter" allows readers to enjoy this masterpiecein all its brilliance - and actually understand what itmeans.
January 24th After you've had it, there isn't even life without drugs.... It started when she was served a soft drink laced with LSD in adangerous party game. Within months, she was hooked, trapped in adownward spiral that took her from her comfortable home and lovingfamily to the mean streets of an unforgiving city. It was a journeythat would rob her of her innocence, her youth -- and ultimatelyher life. Read her diary. Enter her world. You will never forget her. For thirty-five years, the acclaimed, bestselling first-personaccount of a teenage girl's harrowing decent into the nightmarishworld of drugs has left an indelible mark on generations of teenreaders. As powerful -- and as timely -- today as ever, Go AskAlice remains the definitive book on the horrors of addiction.
At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jimenez, together with hisolder brother Roberto and his mother, are caught by la migra.Forced to leave their home, the entire family travels all night fortwenty hours by bus, arriving at the U.S. and Mexican border inNogales, Arizona. In the months and years that follow, Francisco,his mother and father, and his seven brothers and sister not onlystruggle to keep their family together, but also face crushingpoverty, long hours of labor, and blatant prejudice. How theysustain their hope, their goodheartedness, and tenacity is revealedin this moving sequel to The Circuit. Without bitterness orsentimentality, Francisco Jimenez finishes telling the story of hisyouth.
The Two Towers' is the second part of JRR Tolkien's epic masterpiece 'The Lord of the Rings'. This paperback edition has the classic black cover featuring Tolkien's own design and includes the definitive edition of the text. The Company of the Ring is sundered. Frodo and Sam continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin - alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go...JRR Tolkien's great work of imaginative fiction has been labelled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail. Tolkien created a vast new mythology in an invented world which has proved timeless in its appeal. Part of a set of three paperbacks, this popular edition is once again available in its classic black livery designed by Tolkien himself.
Welcome to the Dark World. Tal lives high above, in a mountaintop castle where light is the ultimate commodity, the spirit world is the only escape and isolation from the outside world is complete. He does not think to question his world. He does not dare to dream of anything else. Then one day he tries to steal a sunstone, the only way of assuring his family's safety. The attempt fails, and Tal falls from the Castle...straight into the unknown
借助魔法神刀，莱拉和威尔穿梭于各个险象环生的黑暗世界，与恶魔、鬼怪、教会，甚至上帝的摄政王进行着殊死战斗。为了神圣的事业，在爱的感召下，阿斯里尔勋爵和库尔特夫人与邪恶的摄政王搏斗在一起，同归于尽…… 威尔、莱拉和马隆，也就是预言中的亚当、夏娃和蛇终于会合了，阻止了尘埃的流失。但是，阿斯里尔勋爵的天堂共和国无法永久地存在，因为人和精灵只有在属于自己的世界里才能生存，他们可以通过窗口穿越世界，但不能长久。同时这些窗口又会导致尘埃的流失，而且每打开一个即生出一个吞噬精灵的妖怪，所以所有的窗口必须关闭，只可以留下一个。已深深相爱的莱拉和威尔将惟一的窗口留给了鬼魂世界，让亡灵可以从冥府进入到人间获得重生。而等待两个回归各自世界的少年的，却是那不可抗拒的命运和犹如生死之隔的永别……
Sixteen-year old Nora finds forbidden love with a fallen angel,the "New York Times" Bestseller, now in paperback
这是一个不凡的世界，人的灵魂是一个以动物形式存在的精灵，且人与精灵密不可分，不然，生命将不复存在。 13岁的莱拉，长在这世界的牛津大学，没有家庭之爱，不识富有、强大但已成故的父母，更不知自己身负震撼世界的诅咒；她终日与玩伴及他们的精灵自由自在地嬉闹，长成了一个诡计多端、恣意妄为且谎话连篇的野女孩。然而，可怕的预言无法抗拒，莱拉注定要承担起救世主之责，扮演人类之母夏娃角色；人人畏惧的“尘埃”出现了，饕餮游荡在城市各个角落，玩伴接连莫名失踪，快乐时光彻底完结于密友罗杰的失去，巨大的阴谋正在酝酿之中…… 于是，在这个唯她可懂、能预知未来的黄金罗盘——真理仪的帮助下，浑然不觉险恶的莱拉决定去寻找被邪恶科学家掠走的孩子们，从此开始了拯救世界的艰难之旅；她朝着未知的北极而去；等待她的，有披
The wildly popular series by K.A. Applegate is back! The first six books of Animorphs return, with striking new lenticular covers that morph. It was bad when Jake found out his brother was one of them. A Human-Controller. A slave. But that was nothing compared to this. When the Animorphs decide to visit the Yeerks' new base, it seems simple. But then they get caught and Jake falls -- just for a moment -- into the Yeerk pool. Now they're out, and his friends can't see it. To them he's just like normal. But Jake is screaming for help. His worst fear has finally come true. He's become the enemy.
宇宙由无数平行的世界组成、借助奇妙的魔法神刀的切割可以彼此穿行。 生活在另一个牛津的少年威尔，遭遇着莫名追杀；在一只神秘的猫的指引下，他跨过一个秘密的窗口，来到另一个横行着吞噬成人精灵的妖怪的世界…… 出于对母亲深沉的爱，威尔决定去寻找失踪多年的探险父亲。殊不知这对父子的命运早已与关系宇宙生死的巨大阴谋密不可分了…… 亡命天涯的威尔遇到了继续在朝自己使命的莱拉，并偶然得到那把可以切开宇宙从而在不同世界穿梭的魔法神刀； 其实，这并非偶然，许多世纪前，就有了关于他和莱拉的神秘预言：他们即是亚当与夏娃，必须联合女巫和天使，以及所有正义的力量，帮助阿斯里尔勋爵，才能对抗强大的宗教和政治势力，揭开“尘埃”的秘密，拯救宇宙；而伊甸园那条引诱他们的蛇，则是女科学家马隆博士…… 如同所有伟大的故
The classic bestseller behind this year’s biggest movie, this definitive paperback edition features nine illustrations and two maps drawn by J.R.R. Tolkien, and a preface by Christopher Tolkien. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey ‘there and back again’. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon… The prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit has sold many millions of copies since its publication in 1937, establishing itself as one of the most beloved and influential books of the
