Amazon.co.uk Review Poor Bilbo Baggins! An unassuming and rather plump hobbit (as most of these small, furry-footed people tend to be ), Baggins finds himself unwittingly drawn into adventure by a wizard named Gandalf and 13 dwarves bound for the Lonely Mountain, where a dragon named Smaug hordes a stolen treasure. Before he knows what is happening, Baggins finds himself on the road to danger. Wizards, dwarves and dragons may seem the stuff of children's fairy tales, but The Hobbit is in a class of its own--light-hearted enough for younger readers, yet with a dark edge guaranteed to intrigue an older audience. In the best tradition of the archetypal hero's quest, Bilbo Baggins sets out on his fateful journey a callow, untested soul and returns--tempered by hardship, danger and loss--a better man--er, hobbit. This book is the predecessor to Tolkien's masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, and though that trilogy can be thoroughly enjoyed without first reading The Hobbit, much that happens in the lat

对于维京人的入侵，达科、塞拉和瑞奇显然无法理解，而且看起来他们根本无法阻止这些维京人的入侵。 当数以百计的船只载着无数战士准备围攻中世纪的巴黎时，巴黎人民也在努力守卫着自己的土地，但是，显然这个局面已经无法维持多久了。 当达科被捕之后，他被迫站在维京人一边，帮助维京人一起作战，而塞拉和瑞奇却在努力防守。 究竟哪一边会赢呢？ 集合图书、互动游戏和值得收藏的“历史学家知道手册”的跨媒体少儿故事多平台系列产品将历史知识与各种趣味活动结合在一起，小读者对历史知识的吸收更快，记忆更多。 书本首页附有在线游戏线索图，登入网站输入信息即可开始游戏，边玩游戏边学历史知识，记忆起来更加容易！ 个性鲜明的人物，惊险刺激的情节设计，搭配真实历史的大背景，知识、趣味两

The Hunger Games--a New York Times bestseller and major motion picture--is now available in a gorgeous deluxe foil edition. In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before--and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

History is broken, and three kids must travel back in time toset it right! When best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste stumbleupon a secret of time travel - a hand-held device known as theInfinity Ring - they're swept up in a centuries-long secret war forthe fate of mankind. Recruited by the Hystorians, a secret societythat dates back to Aristotle, the kids learn that history has gonedisastrously off course. Now it's up to Dak, Sera and teenageHystorian-in-training Riq to travel back in time to fix the GreatBreaks ...and to save Dak's missing parents while they're at it.First stop: Spain, 1492, where a sailor named Christopher Columbusis about to be thrown overboard in a deadly mutiny.

“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” So the secondMrs. Maxim deWinter remembered the chilling events that led herdown the turning drive past the beeches, white and naked, to theisolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast. With ahusband she barely knew, the young bride arrived at this immenseestate, only to be inexorably drawn into the life of the first Mrs.deWinter, the beautiful Rebecca, dead but never forgotten... hersuite of rooms never touched, her clothes ready to be worn, herservant—the sinister Mrs. Danvers—still loyal. As an eeriepresentiment of evil tightened around her heart, the second Mrs.deWinter began her search for the real fate of Rebecca and for thesecrets of Manderly.

《安琪拉的灰烬》是影响全球的成长小说杰作，荣获美国文学荣誉普利策奖。当我回首童年，我总奇怪自己竟然活了下来。当然，那是一个悲惨的童年，幸福的童年是不值得在这儿浪费口水的：家庭贫困潦倒；父亲一无所长、醉话连篇；母亲虔诚而沮丧，坐在火炉旁哀叹个不停；神父自以为是；教师恃强凌弱…… 我们在物质上*贫穷，但我们总是很快乐，有很多渴望，很多梦想，很多激情，我们感觉很富有。 “When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.”So begins the luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. Frank’

Building on the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the second part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien’s own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth. Frodo and the Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in the battle with an evil spirit in the Mines of Moria; and at the Falls of Rauros, Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape the rest of the company were attacked by Orcs. Now they continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin – alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.

This official tie-in photo guidebook is packed with exclusivephotographs and in-depth text offering a sneak peek at the highlyanticipated new film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, directed byPeter Jackson. Join the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf the wizard and theCompany of Dwarves on their Quest to recover treasure stolen by theDragon, Smaug the Magnificent. Leaving the comfort of Bilbo’s homethey must face many perils before they can claim their long-lostgold – Trolls, Elves, Goblins, Wargs, and worse… Richly illustrated with more than 100 colour photos fromthe film, and featuring a brand new fold-out map charting thejourney from Bag End to Wilderland, The Hobbit: An UnexpectedJourney Visual Companion begins the Quest for the Lonely Mountainin spectacular style.

我们因天使之血而生，但你的爱，却令我不舍堕入黑暗…… “爱即是毁灭，而被爱即是遭到毁灭。” 瓦伦汀已死，杰斯却对自己再度产生了质疑──血缘，是否真能战胜后天的教养？梦境之中，他一次又一次地伤害着克莱莉……纵使知道，一切只是恐惧的倒影，他仍旧害怕自己的恶如同“父亲”一般，本性难移。 伊德瑞斯的圣战结束，克莱莉回到纽约展开全新生活，母亲乔瑟琳与卢克即将成婚，她也开始接受学院训练，准备成为一名暗影猎人。重要的是，她和杰斯之间终于毫无阻碍，能以男女朋友相称；但杰斯的有意闪避，已在克莱莉心中投下了不安的种子。 恋人间的隔阂使女孩神伤，不专一的男孩却会令女孩发怒。西蒙同时与伊莎贝和梅雅约会，而且彼此互不知情，眼看一场“爱”的圣战就要引爆，西蒙却无暇担忧。古老的吸血鬼因他额上的“流浪者印记

Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying realityTV show is taking place. Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced toappear in a live event called The Hunger Games. There is only onerule: kill or be killed. When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeesteps forward to take her younger sister's place in the games, shesees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been close to deathbefore. For her, survival is second nature.

Catching Fire, the second book in the New York Times bestselling Hunger Games series, is now available in a deluxe foil edition! Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.

Charlotte's Web pictures by Garth Williams The Newbery Honor-winning story of a remarkable pig and thespiderwho changed his life. Stuart Little pictures by Garth Williams A most unusual mouse sets out on the adventure of alifetime. The Trumpet of the Swan new pictures by Caldecott Honor Artist Fred Marcellino The joyous tale of Louis, a trumpeter swan in search of hisvoice.

牧羊少年圣地亚哥接连两次做了同一个梦，梦见埃及金字塔附近藏有一批宝藏。少年卖掉羊群，历尽千辛万苦一路向南，跨海来到非洲，穿越“死亡之海”撒哈拉大沙漠……期间奇遇不断，在一位炼金术士的指引下，他终于到达金字塔前，悟出了宝藏的真正所在…… A new afterword from the author graces this bestselling taleof a young Spanish shepherd boy seeking a treasure in the pyramidsof Egypt. Along the way, he learns to follow his dreams, listen tohis heart, live in the present, and risk everything he has topursue his destiny. The Alchemist has been a NYTimes, PublishersWeekly, L.A. Times, Denver Post, Chicago Tribune, San FranciscoChronicle, and Marin Independent Journal bestseller.

Winner of a 2016 Newbery Honor, ECHO pushes the boundaries of genre, form, and storytelling innovation. Lost and alone in a forbidden forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Decades later, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California each, in turn, become interwoven when the very same harmonica lands in their lives. All the children face daunting challenges: rescuing a father, protecting a brother, holding a family together. And ultimately, pulled by the invisible thread of destiny, their suspenseful solo stories converge in an orchestral crescendo. Richly imagined and masterfully crafted, this impassioned, uplifting, and virtuosic tour de force will resound in your heart long after the last note has been struck."

One boy, one boat, one tiger... After the tragic sinking of acargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild bluePacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-oldboy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a femaleorang-utan - and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is setfor one of the most extraordinary and best-loved works of fictionin recent years.

Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the first part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien’s own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power – the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring – the ring that rules them all – which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose. Now published again in B format, J.R.R. Tolkien’s great work of imaginative fiction has been labelled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. B

To celebrate The Hobbit’s 75th anniversary of publication, a pocket-sized hardback of J.R.R. Tolkien’s timeless classic, perfect for little Hobbits everywhere. Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services – as a burglar – on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo’s life is never to be the same again. The Hobbit became an instant success when it was first published in 1937, and 75 years later Tolkien’s epic tale of elves, dwarves, trolls, goblins, myth, magic and adventure, with its reluctant hero Bilbo Baggins, has lost none of its appeal. Now, for the first time, the classic hardback edition is available in a one-off special pocket-sized edition. Featuring the distinctive cover illustration painted by Tolkien himself, plus his own drawings in the book, this edition will be the per

Revised edition! A dictionary written especially for studentsgrades 9 and up, ages 14 and older. More than 100,000 entries.Nearly 1,000 illustrations, many brand new. Abundant word historyparagraphs, synonym paragraphs, and example sentences. Updated toreflect groundbreaking Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary,Eleventh Edition.