Nine strokes from an old country church toll out the death ofan unknown man and call Lord Peter Wimsey to one of his mostbaffling cases. Set in the strange, flat fen-country of EastAnglia, this is a classic tale of suspense by a master ofmystery.

Then one day Lenny vanishes,his yacht discovered abandoned far out at sea.The police believe his death was no accident;that his involvement in a spectaculay financial fraud was about to be exposed to the world.But Grace can't accept the terrible allegations now coming to light,and she will learn the truth...even if that truth destroys her.

The New York Times bestseller and Booker Prize contender that"delivers...a ghost story that creeps up your spine" (SeattleTimes). One post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, Dr. Faraday is calledto a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family forover two centuries, the Georgian house, once impressive andhandsome, is now in decline. Its owners-mother, son, anddaughter-are struggling to keep pace with a changing society, aswell as with conflicts of their own. But are the Ayreses haunted bysomething more sinister than a dying way of life? Little does Dr.Faraday know how closely, and how terrifyingly, their story isabout to become intimately entwined with his.

As special assistant to the president, Arthur Schlesingerwitnessed firsthand the politics and personalities that influencedthe now legendary Kennedy administration. Schlesinger's closerelationship with JFK, as a politician and as a friend, hasresulted in this authoritative yet intimate account in which thepresident "walks through the pages, from first to last, alert,alive, amused and amusing" (John Kenneth Galbraith). A THOUSANDDAYS is "at once a masterly literary achievement and a work ofmajor historical significance" (New York Times).

From the award-winning author of "A Year on Ladybug Farm" comesthe continuing story of three women who learn what it takes to turna house into a home. A year after taking the chance of a lifetime,Cici, Lindsay, and Bridget are still trying to make a home forthemselves on the newly-renovated Ladybug Farm. Life in theShenandoah Valley is picturesque, but filled with unexpectedtrials- such as the introduction of two young people into theordered life the women have tried to build for themselves. As thewalls of the old house reveal their secrets and the lives of thosewho have gone before begin to unfold, the cobbled-togetherhousehold starts to disintegrate into chaos. And when one of theirmembers is threatened by a real crisis, they must all come togetherto fight for the roots they've laid down, the hopes they share, andthe family they've become.

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Contre l'avis de sa famille, Doruntine s'est mariée loin deson pays. Une nuit, elle est de retour. Qui l'a ramenée ? Son frèreKonstantin, comme elle le prétend ? Mais il est mort à la guerre !A-t-il alors ressuscité pour tenir la promesse qu'il lui avaitfaite d'aller la chercher en cas de malheur ? S'agit-il d'unimposteur ? Doruntine meurt. Mais de quoi ? Au c?ur de l'Albanie duMoyen Age, le mystère s'épaissit, les conflits s'exacerbent,donnant à lire un thriller captivant et insolite.

二十一岁的巴特与十八岁的新兵莫菲，於美国出兵伊拉克前夕于军中相识，两人一见如故，巴特答应莫菲母亲，会平安带著她儿子归来，但二○○五年，只剩巴特独自一人退伍返国。莫菲在伊拉克战场上因饱受死亡威胁，精神崩溃逃出军营，巴特与士官长施大林发现他时，莫菲已遭不明人士虐杀，全身赤裸，不仅眼睛被挖出，耳朵、鼻子被割掉，生殖器也几乎被切断，两人在怕事的心态下将莫菲丢入河中佯装失踪，巴特事后假扮莫菲写了封信给莫菲之母。然而等到巴特退伍回国后，莫菲的尸体浮现在底格里斯河与幼发拉底河的汇流处…… A novel written by a veteran of the war in Iraq, The YellowBirds is the harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stayalive. "The war tried to kill us in the spring." So begins thispowerful account of friendship and loss. In Al Tafar, Iraq,twenty-one-year old Private Bartle and eighte

Vicki Forman gave birth to Evan and Ellie, weighing just a poundat birth, at twenty-three weeks gestation. During the delivery shebegged the doctors to "let her babies go" she knew all too wellthat at twenty-three weeks they could very well die and, if theysurvived, they would face a high risk of permanent disabilities.However, California law demanded resuscitation. Her daughter diedjust four days later; her son survived and was indeed multiplydisabled: blind, nonverbal, and dependent on a feeding tube. ThisLovely Life tells, with brilliant intensity, of what became of theForman family after the birth of the twins the harrowing medicalinterventions and ethical considerations involving the sanctity oflife and death. In the end, the longdelayed first steps of afive-year-old child will seem like the fist-pumping stuff of atriumph narrative. Formans intelligent voice gives a sensitive,nuanced rendering of her guilt, her anger, and her eventualacceptance in this portrait of a mothers fierce love for herchildren.

Bola?o's work fugues again and again around the confluence offugitive literary movements and tumultuous political upheavals of'60s and '70s Mexico and Chile. Originally from Montevideo, poetAuxilio Lacouture cleans house in Mexico City for two well-knownpoets and hangs about the university literary scene doing odd jobs.In September 18, 1968, as the army occupies the campus, arrestingand killing people, Auxilio is in the deserted bathroom stalls,obliviously reading poetry; later she becomes famous for being theonly one who resists arrest that fateful day. Over years withoutfixed address or employment, she loses her teeth and befriends theteenage Arturo Belano. Belano eventually returns to Chile at thetime of the Allende coup and is imprisoned by Pinochet—a politicalinitiation author Bola?o experienced himself. Auxilio'sfirst-person narration serves as a medium for lost young voices ofrevolution, such as the elusive, limping Elena, the Catalan painterRemedios Varo, and Lilian Serpas, who claims she sle

THE ANIMAL DIALOGUES tells of Craig Childs' own chillingexperiences among the grizzlies of the Arctic, sharks off the coastof British Columbia and in the turquoise waters of Central America,jaguars in the bush of northern Mexico, mountain lions, elk,Bighorn Sheep, and others. More than chilling, however, thesestories are lyrical, enchanting, and reach beyond what one commonlyassumes an "animal story" is or should be. THE ANIMAL DIALOGUES isa book about another world that exists alongside our own, an entirerealm of languages and interactions that humans rarely get thechance to witness.

Book De*ion Remember when flying was glamorous and sexy, even fun? Whenairline food was gourmet, everyone dressed up for a flight, andstewardesses catered to our every need-at least in ourimaginations? This classic memoir by two audaciously outspokenyoung ladies, who lived and loved the free-spirited stewardesslife, jets you back to those golden days of air travel-from thecaptain who's as subtle as a 747 when he's on the make to thepassenger who mistakes the overhead luggage rack for an upperberth; from the names of celebrities who were a pleasure to serve(and some surprising notables on the "bad guy" list) to the originsof some naughty stereotypes-Spaniards "are" the best lovers, actorsthe most foul-mouthed. This huge bestseller, a First Class jet-agejournal, offers a hilarious gold mine of outrageous anecdotes fromthe high-flying and amorous lives of those busty, lusty,adventuresome young women of the swinging '60s known as"stews." About Author Trudy Baker and Rachel Jones were name

"Mothers and Sons" is a sensitive and beautifully writtenmeditation on the dramas surrounding this most elemental ofrelationships. Psychologically intricate and emotionally incisive,each finely wrought story teases out the delicate and difficultstrands woven between mothers and sons. This is an acute, masterfuland moving collection that confirms Toibin as a great prose stylistof our time. 'Colm Toibin is a writer of extraordinary emotionalclarity. Each of the nine stories is a snapshot of a point ofcrisis ...Toibin perfectly understands the instantaneous nature ofthe ideal short story; the sense that the pen is going straightinto a major vein. These are beautiful stories, beautifullycrafted' - Kate Saunders, "Literary Review". 'The last story inthis excellent collection is a superbly powerful tale of betrayaland desertion. Quintessential Toibin' - "Spectator". 'Moving...beautifully captured moments of longing and loss ...Toibin is asubtle, intelligent and deeply felt writer' - "Guardian" 'By turnssurpr

Seventeen-year-old Veronica 'Ronnie' Miller's life was turnedupside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from NewYork City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, sheremains angry and alienated from her parents, especially her father...until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interestif she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie's father, aformer concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in thebeach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become thecenterpiece of a local church. The tale that unfolds is anunforgettable story about love in its myriad forms - first love,the love between parents and children - that demonstrates, as onlya Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that deeply feltrelationships can break our hearts ...and heal them.

Many years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien composed his own version of thegreat legend of Northern antiquity, recounted here in The Legend ofSigurd and Gudrún. In the Lay of the V?lsungs is told the ancestry of the great heroSigurd, the slayer of Fáfnir, most celebrated of dragons; of hisawakening of the Valkyrie Brynhild, who slept surrounded by a wallof fire, and of their betrothal; and of his coming to the court ofthe great princes who were named the Niflungs (or Nibelungs), withwhom he entered into blood-brotherhood. In scenes of dramatic intensity, of confusion of identity,thwarted passion, jealousy, and bitter strife, the tragedy ofSigurd and Brynhild, of Gunnar the Niflung and Gudrún his sister,mounts to its end in the murder of Sigurd, the suicide of Brynhild,and the despair of Gudrún. The Lay of Gudrún recounts her fate after the death of Sigurd,her marriage against her will to the mighty Atli, ruler of the Huns(the Attila of history), his murder of her brothers, and herhideous reve

The enthralling international bestseller. We are in the centerof Paris, in an elegant apartment building inhabited by bourgeoisfamilies. RenA(c)e, the concierge, is witness to the lavish butvacuous lives of her numerous employers. Outwardly she conforms toevery stereotype of the concierge: fat, cantankerous, addicted totelevision. Yet, unbeknownst to her employers, RenA(c)e is acultured autodidact who adores art, philosophy, music, and Japaneseculture. With humor and intelligence she scrutinizes the lives ofthe buildingas tenants, who for their part are barely aware of herexistence. Then thereas Paloma, a twelve-year-old genius. She isthe daughter of a tedious parliamentarian, a talented andstartlingly lucid child who has decided to end her life on thesixteenth of June, her thirteenth birthday. Until then she willcontinue behaving as everyone expects her to behave: a mediocrepre-teen high on adolescent subculture, a good but not anoutstanding student, an obedient if obstinate daughter. Paloma andRenA(c

When the Iberian Peninsula breaks free of Europe and begins todrift across the North Atlantic, five people are drawn together onthe newly formed island-first by surreal events and then by love."A splendidly imagined epic voyage...a fabulous fable" (KirkusReviews). Translated by Giovanni Pontiero.

Although it follows the movement of thousands of men and women and the transformation of an entire nation, "The Grapes of Wrath" is also the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads, who are driven off their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California.

World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra. Together they embark on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and the most secretive vault on earth...the long-forgotten Illuminati lair.