七万年前，原始人类在濒临灭绝的严峻情况下勉强幸存，七万年后，拥有先进文明与高端科技的人类又再一次面临灭绝危机……瘟疫虽然有了最终的解药，伊麻里组织却依旧进逼着全世界，阿瑞斯更是引爆了遍布在南极洲周围的水雷，融化的古代冰层形成一场大洪水，迅速侵袭世界各地。此时，凯特跟大卫收到一组来自外层空间的加密信号，他们知道这段信号是阻止伊麻里的关键，必须尽快解开密码，于是，一行人穿过传送门来到了亚特兰蒂斯的烽火系统……随着亚特兰蒂斯记忆拼图的逐渐完成，人类世界起源的面纱即将揭开，过去与现在相互角力，的结局，人类将何去何从？
"The third and fourth novel in John Updike's acclaimed quartetof Rabbit books-now in one marvelous volume."RABBIT IS RICHWinnerof the American Book Award andthe National Book Critics CircleAward "Dazzlingly reaffirms Updike's place as master chronicler ofthe spiritual maladies and very earthly pleasure of theMiddle-American male."-"Vogue ""A splendid achievement "-"The NewYork Times "RABBIT AT RESTWinner of the Pulitzer Prize andtheNational Book Critics Circle Award "Brilliant . . . It must beread. It is the best novel about America to come out of America fora very, very long time."-"The Washington Post Book World" "Powerful. . . John Updike with his precision's prose and his intimatelyattentive yet cold eye is a master."-"The New York Times BookReview"
First published in 1939, these three short novels secured theauthor's reputation as a master of short fiction.
本书主要内容：约翰23岁时，高中毕业便不再升学，终日不知所以地换了一份又一份工作，惶惶然地在酒吧饮酒作乐度过，恋情不断却未见真爱。直到有一天，他毅然投效军旅，并于放假回家时，在家乡的艳阳下、沙滩上，偶然结识正值花样年华的莎文娜。21岁的莎文娜，成长背景与约翰相去甚远，不同于约翰的放浪形骸，她单纯、善良、率真，有坚定的理念与信仰，有清楚而明确的目标。透过莎文娜，约翰重新认识了自己，也重新认识了爱情。甜蜜的相处时光总是短暂，约翰必须回到军队，甚至被派驻海外。时间一天又一天地过去，这段靠书信维系、偶而得以见上一面的远距离恋情，终因莎文娜的一封分手信而划下句点。陷入心碎绝境的约翰，没有立刻打电话给莎文娜，也没有立刻飞回家乡，只是把信折好放回信封，决定去哪里都带着它，像是带着上战场所
William J. Mann, author of the bestselling Kate: The WomanWho Was Hepburn, has now turned his attention to ElizabethTaylor, the quintessential movie star, and uses her biography toreveal the machinations of stardom and fame, from the studio era ofHollywood through the 1970s. How to Be a Movie Star isa totally fresh, brilliantly researched, and reported portrait ofElizabeth Taylor, as she became our first superstar. It isalso a fascinating revelation of cadre that got her there, from hermother to her managers, publicists, gossip columnists, and earlypaparazzi--and, not least of all, herself. Swathed in mink, sailing aboard her yachts, discarding husbandsnearly as frequently as she changed diamond earrings, Taylordominated the headlines for three glittering decades, rewritingrules, defying conventions, laying down the yardstick by whichcelebrity has been measured ever since. Focusing on the mostglamorous period in Taylor's career, Mann takes us inside herprivileged childhood in England to her schooling
In the stillness of a golden September afternoon, deep in thewilderness of the Rockies, a solitary craftsman, Grady Adams, andhis magnificent Irish wolfhound, Merlin, step from shadow intolight...and into an encounter with mystery. That night, a pair ofsingular animals will watch Grady's isolated home, waiting to maketheir approach. A few miles away, Camillia Rivers, a local veterinarian, beginsto unravel the threads of a puzzle that will bring to her door allthe forces of a government in peril. At a nearby farm, long-estranged identical twins come togetherto begin a descent into darkness...In Las Vegas, a specialist inchaos theory probes the boundaries of the unknowable...On a Seattlegolf course, two men make matter-of-fact arrangements formurder...Along a highway by the sea, a vagrant scarred by the pastbegins a trek toward his destiny. In a novel that is at once wholly of our time and timeless,fearless and funny, Dean Koontz takes readers into the momentbetween one turn of the world and the next, acros
One thousand years after the Jupiter mission to explore themysterious Monolith had been destroyed, after Dave Bowman wastransformed into the Star Child, Frank Poole drifted in space,frozen and forgotten, leaving the supercomputer HAL inoperable. Butnow Poole has returned to life, awakening in a world far differentfrom the one he left behind--and just as the Monolith may bestirring once again . . .
Dick Young is lent a house in Cornwall by his friendProfessor Magnus Lane. During his stay he agrees to serve as aguinea pig for a new drug that Magnus has discovered in hisbiochemical researches. The effect of this drug is to transportDick from the house at Kilmarth to the Cornwall of the 14thcentury. There, in the manor of Tywardreath, the domain of SirHenry Champernoune, he witnesses intrigue, adultery and murder. Ashis time travelling increases, Dick resents more and more the dayshe must spend in the modern world, longing ever more fervently toget back into his world of centuries before ...
Fatherland is set in an alternative world where Hitler has wonthe Second World War. It is April 1964 and one week before Hitler's75th birthday. Xavier March, a detective of the Kriminalpolizei, iscalled out to investigate the discovery of a dead body in a lakenear Berlin's most prestigious suburb. As March discovers theidentity of the body, he uncovers signs of a conspiracy that couldgo to the very top of the German Reich. And, with the Gestapo justone step behind, March, together with an American journalist, iscaught up in a race to discover and reveal the truth -- a truththat has already killed, a truth that could topple governments, atruth that will change history. "From the Paperback edition."
"The first and second novels in John Updike's acclaimedquartet of Rabbit books-now in one marvelous volume."RABBIT, RUN"Brilliant and poignant . . . By his compassion, clarity ofinsight, and crystal-bright prose, Updike] makes Rabbit's sorrowhis and out own."-"The Washington Post ""Precise, graceful,stunning, he is an athlete of words and images. He is also animpeccable observer of thoughts and feelings."-"The Village Voice"RABBIT REDUX " 'Great in love, in art, boldness, freedom, wisdom,kindness, exceedingly rich in intelligence, wit, imagination, andfeeling-a great and beautiful thing . . .' these hyperboles (quotedfrom a letter written long ago by Thomas Mann) come to mind afterreading John Updike's "Rabbit Redux."-The New York Times BookReview""""Updike owns a rare verbal genius, a gifted intelligenceand a sense of tragedy made bearable by wit. . . . Amasterpiece."-"Time"
From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerfulreworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you thinkyou know the legend, you know only half the truth. Now themesmerizing saga concludes. . . . As a devastating hurricaneapproaches, as the benighted creations of Victor Helios begin tospin out of control, as New Orleans descends into chaos and thefuture of humanity hangs in the balance, the only hope rests withVictor’s first, failed attempt to build the perfect human.Deucalion’s centuries-old history began as the originalmanifestation of a soulless vision–and it is fated to end in theultimate confrontation between a damned creature and his madcreator. But first they must face a monstrosity not even Victor’smalignant mind could have conceived–an indestructible entity thatsteps out of humankind’s collective nightmare with powers, and apurpose, beyond imagining.
In To the Far Blue Mountains," " Louis L'Amour weaves theunforgettable tale of a man who, after returning to his homeland,discovers that finding his way back to America may be impossible.Barnabas Sackett was leaving England to find his fortune in the NewWorld. But as he settled his affairs, he learned that a Royalwarrant had been sworn out against him, and that men were searchingfor him in every port. At issue were some rare gold coins Sackettsold to finance his trip to the Americas--coins believed to be partof a great treasure lost by King John years before. Believing thatSackett possesses the rest of the treasure, the Queen will stop atnothing to find him. If caught, not only will his dream of a lifein American be lost, he will be tortured and put to death on thegallows.
A rapturous, witty, and passionate memoir ... Violin Dreams isnot only the story of a man becoming an artist, its a history oftwentieth-century music. John Guare, Tony Awardwinning playwrightArnold Steinhardt, for more than forty years an internationalsoloist and the first violinist of the Guarneri String Quartet,brings warmth, wit, and fascinating insider details to the story ofhis lifelong obsession with the violin, that most seductive andstunningly beautiful instrument. His story is rich with vividscenes: the terror inflicted by his early violin teachers, thesensual pleasure involved in the pursuit of the perfect violin, thecharged atmosphere of high-level competitions. Steinhardt describesBachs Chaconne as the holy grail for the solo violin, and heilluminates, from the perspective of an ardent owner of a greatStorioni violin, the history and mysteries of the renowned Italianviolinmakers. Violin Dreams includes a remarkable CD recording ofSteinhardt performing Bachs Partita in D Minor as a young vio
The controversial Gulf War air campaign is revealed in rich, provocative detail. And in this new edition, General Horner looks at the current Gulf conflict--and comments on the use of air power in Iraq today.
After discovering six gold Roman coins buried in the mud ofthe Devil's Dyke, Barnabas Sackett enthusiastically invests ingoods that he will offer for trade in America. But Sackett has apowerful enemy: Rupert Genester, nephew of an earl, wants him dead.A battlefield promise made to Sackett's father threatens Genester'sinheritance. So on the eve of his departure for America, Sackett isattacked and thrown into the hold of a pirate ship. Genester'sorders are for him to disappear into the waters of the Atlantic.But after managing to escape, Sackett makes his way to the Carolinacoast. He sees in the raw, abundant land the promise of a brightfuture. But before that dream can be realized, he must first returnto England and discover the secret of his father's legacy.
On its mysterious voyage through interstellar space, a massivealien starship carries its human passengers to the end of agenerations-long odyssey. But the great experiment designed by theRamans has failed, and Rama III has become a battleground. Fleeinga tyrant, a band of humans ventures into the nether regions of theship, where they encounter an emerald-doomed lair ruled by thefabulously advanced octospiders. As the octospiders lure the humansdeeper into their domain, the humans must decide whether thecreatures are their allies of enemies. All the while, Rama IIIcontinues its inexplorable journey towards the node, where theclimax of their voyage awaits the stunning revelation of the trueidentity of the beings behind this glittering trek across thecosmos.
