全书以一本家传的秘书残卷为引，讲述胡八一、Shirley?杨、王胖子三人为解开部族消失的千古之谜，解读天下大山大川的脉搏，寻找一处处失落在大地深处的龙楼宝殿的故事。在他们的追寻下，历史的神秘面纱一层层被揭开……? 胡八一和胖子两人的后背上都长了一个眼球形印记，远在美国的Shirley?杨也有此异状。考古专家孙教授见到印记惊恐万分，只道：天机不可泄露。?
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？
米歇尔·图尔尼埃(1924-)，法国当代文学大师，当代著名的新寓言派文学的主将。他不仅是才华横溢的小说家，而且是睿智深刻的哲学家。西方批评界对他的小说以及融汇在小说中的现代哲学思想推崇备至，评价极高，认为他以自己独特的风格为法国小说开创了新局面。《礼拜五或太平洋上的灵薄狱》是他的代表作之一，发表当年即获法兰西学院文学大奖。 《礼拜五或太平洋上的灵薄狱》是一篇“现代文明衰亡记”的寓言，它戏仿笛福的名著《鲁滨孙漂流记》的题材，在主题上却反其道而行之。鲁滨孙孤独一人被弃荒岛后，按西方文明社会的模式将荒岛治理得井井有条。礼拜五来到荒岛后，非但没有被驯化为鲁滨孙的奴隶，反而以其自然的天性将文明的迹象破坏得一干二净，同时也慢慢影响了鲁滨孙，使这个西方文明的代表逐步抛弃了原有的文化传统，变成了一个能
First published in 1918, My ?ntonia is the unforgettable storyof an immigrant woman’s life on the hardscrabble Nebraska plains.Together here with O Pioneers! , a classic American tale ofpioneer life and the transformation of the frontier, this volume ofWilla Cather’s works captures a time, a place, and a spirit thatare part of our national heritage.
Jane Margaux is a lonely little girl. Her mother, a powerfulBroadway producer, makes time for her only once a week, for theirSunday trip to admire jewelry at Tiffany's. Jane has only onefriend: a handsome, comforting, funny man named Michael. He'sperfect. But only she can see him. Michael can't stay forever,though. On Jane's ninth birthday he leaves, promising her thatshe'll soon forget him. Years later, in her thirties, Jane is justas alone as she was as a child. And despite her own success as aplaywright, she is even more trapped by her overbearing mother.Then she meets someone-a handsome, comforting, funny man. He'sperfect. His name is Michael . . .
Robert Kincaid, a photographer and free spirit, and Francesca Johnson, the farm wife waiting for the fulfillment of a girlhood dream, reveal what it is like to love and be loved so intensely that life is never the same again. Reprint."
A man named Mohammed sits in a café in Vienna, about to propose a deal to a Colombian. Mohammed has a strong network of agents and sympathizers throughout Europe and the Middle East, and the Colombian has an equally strong drug network throughout America. What if they were to form an alliance, to combine all their assets and connections? The potential for profits would be enormous--and the potential for destruction unimaginable. In a nonde* office building in suburban Maryland, the firm Hendley Associates does a profitable business in stocks, bonds, and international currencies, but its true mission is quite different: to identify and locate terrorist threats, and then deal with them, in whatever manner necessary. Established with the knowledge of President John Patrick Ryan, “the Campus” is always on the lookout for promising new talent, its recruiters scattered throughout the armed forces and government agencies--and three men are about to cross its radar. The first is Dominic Caruso, a rookie FBI ag
In one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most eerie and accomplished stories, Holmes and Dr. Watson solve the case of the demonic creature roaming the moors near the Baskerville estate.
Charlotte Bronte was a natural story-teller with a gift for creating memorable characters and for evoking atmosphere. The novel is set among the cloth mills of the author's native Yorkshire and she succeeds brilliantly in creating the full drama of the latter part of the Napoleonic Wars when labour-saving machinery was smashed by desperate, unemployed workers. Rich in historical detail Shirley is a human as well as a social novel with a perpetual relevance in its exploration of humanity's efforts to reconcile personal and economic aspirations with social justice and harmony.
It doesn't get any better than Frank Muller reading vintageStephen King! In Apt Pupil, this master of suspense treats hisreaders to a sinister plot in which a 13-year-old boy, Todd Bowden,becomes completely absorbed by the life and true stories of aformer Nazi, Kurt Dussander. When Todd uncovers the identity of awar criminal hiding out in his town, he blackmails Kurt intotelling, and reliving, all of the concentration camp horrors soTodd can almost feel what it was like to have been there. The moreinvolved the two become, the deeper and harder it is for Todd toremain the "apt pupil" that he once was. And, of course, theauthor's (Bag of Bones, Audio Reviews, LJ 12/98) plots always havetwists. This audiotape is pure, unadulterated Stephen King; it's"must- have audio" at its best. Highly recommended.AKristin M.Jacobi, Eastern Connecticut State Univ., Willimantic Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This textrefers to an out of print or unavailable edition of thistitle.
'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird'. A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the thirties. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much. "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a coming-of-age story, an anti-racist novel, a historical drama of the Great Depression and a sublime example of the Southern writing tradition.
The ultimate battle between good and evil
He saw her across the Piazza San Marco and fell in love fromafar. When he sees her again in a Venice café a year later, heknows it is fate. He knows little English; and she, a divorcedAmerican chef, speaks only food-based Italian. Marlena thinks sheis incapable of intimacy, that her heart has lost its capacity forromantic love. But within months of their first meeting, she haspacked up her house in St. Louis to marry Fernando—“the stranger,”as she calls him—and live in that achingly lovely city in whichthey met. Vibrant but vaguely baffled by this bold move, Marlena isoverwhelmed by the sheer foreignness of her new home, its ritualsand customs. But there are delicious moments when Venice opens upits arms to Marlena. She cooks an American feast of Mississippicaviar, cornbread, and fried onions for the locals . . . and takesthe tango she learned in the Poughkeepsie middle school gym to acandlelit trattoría near the Rialto Bridge. All the while, she andFernando, two disparate souls, build
Agatha Christie's 'most absorbing mystery' -- her ownautobiography, with new exclusive CD containing newly discoveredpriceless recordings from more than 40 years ago of Agathadictating excerpts about her life as a writer. Over the threedecades since her death on 12 January 1976, many of AgathaChristie's readers and reviewers have maintained that her mostcompelling book is probably still her least well-known. Her candidAutobiography, written mainly in the 1960s, modestly ignores thefact that Agatha had become the best-selling novelist in historyand concentrates on her fascinating private life. From earlychildhood at the end of the 19th century, through two marriages andtwo World Wars, and her experiences both as a writer and onarchaeological expeditions with her second husband, Max Mallowan,Agatha shares the details of her varied and sometimes complex lifewith real passion and openness. Then, in 2008, Agatha Christie'sgrandson made a remarkable discovery. While clearing out her oldhouse in preparation f
Everythings going great for Freddy and the Funkhauser family:Theodore, Wally, Curly, Ziggy, Si, and MeeseFreddys French fry palswho came to life thanks to Freddys knack for sciencehave helpedthem face up to their mean rivals, the Spankers. Trouble is, bigbully Adam Spanker isnt about to let Freddy get the upper hand. AsFreddy hatches a plan to set Adam straight, he discovers the lab oflong-lost scientist Silas Finklebean, along with instructions onhow to build a time machine. With Finklebeans help, Freddy and theFries are determined to prove themselves to Adam once again. Inthis sequel to Freddy and the French Fries: Fries Alive!,bestselling thriller writer David Baldacci writes about sillyscience and a mystery that will spook readers from the firstchapter, not to mention the antics of six very spry fries that willhave them laughing out loud on every page! Visit Freddy online atwww.freddyandthefrenchfries.com --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Michael Adams is a composer of advertising jingles whoshares a bachelor pad with three other guys. He spends his dayslying in bed (a minifridge positioned perfectly within reach) andplaying trivia games with his underachieving roommates. And when hefeels like it, Michael crosses the city and returns home to hisunsuspecting wife and two small children. Michael is living adouble life, stretching out his "wilting salad days" with imaginarybusiness trips and fake deadlines while his wife enjoys theexhausting misery of the little ones. It's the best thing for hismarriage, Michael figures. She can care for the new loves of herlife as it seems only she knows how, and he can sleep until theafternoon. Can this double life continue indefinitely? In The Besta Man Can Get, best-selling comic novelist John O'Farrell takesreaders on a dark romp through the soul of the contemporary male,torn between eternal adolescence and the very real demands offatherhood. It's wry, witty, and surprisingly charming.
An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling and pronunciation, up-to-date annotated bibliographies, and convenient listing of key passages. An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling and pronunciation, up-to-date annotated bibliographies, and convenient listing of key passages.
When a mysterious weather balloon crashes to earth in the Swiss Alps, the head of the NSA handpicks Robert Bellamy to track down and identify the ten known witnesses to the event. A man whose obsession with his covert assignments has cost him the only woman he can ever love, Bellamy now faces the impossible. But as he searches for clues from Rome to Budapest to Texas, this mission blows up in his face -- and rips the lid off an incredible conspiracy that stretches around the globe and even into space... Alone and betrayed on every side, Bellamy must run for his life -- holding an astonishing secret and the key to the planet's very survival.
