Katnissisa16-year-oldgirllivingwithhermotherandyoungersisterinthepoorestdistrictofPanem,theremainsofwhatusedbetheUnitedStates.LongagothedistrictswagedwarontheCapitolandweredefeated.Aspartofthesurrenderterms,eachdistrictagreedtosendoneboyandonegirltoappearinanannualtelevisedeventcalled,"TheHungerGames."Theterrain,rules,andlevelofaudienceparticipationmaychangebutonethingisconstant:killorbekilled.WhenKat'ssisterischosenbylottery,Katstepsuptogoinherplace. 第七十四届饥饿游戏即将开始。 在荒蛮的野外环境中,每个人都想置你于死地, 你能靠自己的力量生存下来吗? 24人参加竞赛。只有一人能够存活。 抽签日那天,凯特尼斯的人生彻底改变了。 在未来的北美洲,帕纳姆国建立在一片废墟之上,它的中心凯匹特位于十二个区的中央。每年,十二个区都被迫向凯匹特送去年龄在12岁至18岁的少男少女“贡品”各一名,去参加饥饿游戏,这是一项残酷
Miles "Pudge" Halter is abandoning his safe-okay, boring-life. Fascinated by the last words of famous people, Pudge leaves for boarding school to seek what a dying Rabelais called the "Great Perhaps." Pudge becomes encircled by friends whose lives are everything but safe and boring. Their nucleus is razor-sharp, sexy, and self-destructive Alaska, who has perfected the arts of pranking and evading school rules. Pudge falls impossibly in love. When tragedy strikes the close-knit group, it is only in coming face-to-face with death that Pudge discovers the value of living and loving unconditionally. John Green's stunning debut marks the arrival of a stand-out new voice in young adult fiction.
Though the young Warchief Thrall ended the demon curse thathad plagued his people for generations, the orcs still wrestle withthe sins of their bloody past. As the rampaging Horde, they waged anumber of devastating wars against their perennial enemy -- theAlliance. Yet the rage and bloodlust that drove the orcs to destroyeverything in their path nearly consumed them as well. Long ago, on the idyllic world of Draenor, the noble orc clanslived in relative peace with their enigmatic neighbors, thedraenei. But the nefarious agents of the Burning Legion had otherplans for both of the unsuspecting races. The demon-lord Kil'jaedenset in motion a dark chain of events that would succeed not only ineradicating the draenei, but forging the orc clans into an single,unstoppable juggernaut of hatred and destruction.
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
As demonic Fomorii ravage their land, Bec and a band of warriorcompanions leave their devastated rath to answer a plea for help.An orphaned priestess-in-training, Bec hopes the journey will helpher solve the mysteries of her birth. But fighting demons has asteep price...
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If you have not heard about the world's most brilliant crime solver of all time, the consulting detective, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, you have undoubtedly spent your years beneath a large rock -- for much has been written about him. Those familiar with Mr. Holmes know that a gang of homelss boys, called the Baker Street Irregulars, assisted him in his crime solving. When a murder at the circus unravels another, far more treacherous crime, the master detective and the boys of the BSI must pursue terrifying villians to solve this mystery, dodging danger at every turn.... Follow the boys of the BSI on this fast-paced mystery that is thrilling to follow!
Film tie-in edition of the best-selling classic work offantasy of Bilbo Baggins' adventures in Middle-earth, featuring thecomplete story told in both films, with a striking cover image fromPeter Jackson's THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY and drawings andmaps by J.R.R. Tolkien. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys acomfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than thepantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment isdisturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteendwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on anunexpected journey 'there and back again'. They have a plot to raidthe treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and verydangerous dragon...The prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbithas sold many millions of copies since its publication in 1937,establishing itself as one of the most beloved and influentialbooks of the twentieth century.
I know it's ridiculous. Lights can't whisper. But I swear Iheard a voice calling to me. It sounded like static to begin with,but then it came into focus, a single word repeated over and over.Softly, slyly, seductively, insistently. "Come..." The Disciples are being manipulated by beings older than time. OnlyKernel Fleck knows that something is wrong. But he is in the gripof a creature who cares nothing for the fate of humanity. Voicesare calling to him from the darkness and he's powerless toresist. Kernel has already been to hell and back. Nowhe's about to go further.
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Let's face it. Hearing people talk about Shakespeare can bepretty annoying. Particularly if you feel like you don't understandhim. When people talk about which of Shakespeare's plays they likebest, or what they thought of so-and-so's performance, they oftentreat Shakespeare like membership in some exclusive club. If youdon't "get" him, if you don't go to see his plays, you're not trulyeducated or literate. You might be tempted to ask whether themillions of people who say they love Shakespeare actually know whatthey're talking about, or are they just sheep? No Fear Shakespeare: A Companion gives you the straight scoopon everything you really need to know about Shakespeare,including: What's so great about Shakespeare? How did Shakespeare get so smart? Five mysteries of Shakespeare's life – and why they matter Did someone else write Shakespeare's plays? Where did Shakespeare get his ideas? Shakespeare's world Shakespeare's theater Shakespeare's lan
De*ion of this Book 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 all started with the dreams. But Cassie didn't pay much attention to them. She and her friends have been having nightmares ever since they acquired the power to morph. But when Cassie discovers that Tobias has been having dreams too -- the exact same dreams -- about the ocean, and a voice that's calling to them for help, she decides it's time to start listening. Now she and the others have to figure out if the dreams are a message, or a trap.
In the mist-shrouded haze of the past, long before the beginningof recorded time, there stood the world of Azeroth. Every kind ofmagical being strode the countryside among the tribes of man, andall was at peace -- until the arrival of the demons and horrors ofthe Burning Legion and their baneful Lord Sargeras, dark god ofchaotic magic. Now Dragons, Dwarves, Elves, Goblins, Humans, andOrcs all vie for supremacy across the scattered kingdoms -- part ofa grand, malevolent scheme that will determine the fate of theworld of
Ponyboy can count on his brothers and his friends, but not onmuch else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of richkids who get away with everything, including beating up greaserslike Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect--until the nightsomeone takes things too far. Written forty-five years ago, S. E. Hinton's classic story of a boywho finds himself on the outskirts of regular society remains aspowerful today as it was the day it was written.
杰克、瑞秋、托比亚、卡西和马可偶然遇到一艘失事飞船和一个垂死的飞行员。 因为这次偶遇,他们被赋予了一种神奇的力量——他们可以变成任何他们碰到的动物。 也因为这个神奇的力量,他们变成了动物变形人,在这个隐蔽的战争中保护我们美丽的星球。 同时,敌人也非常强大。敌人可以变成任何一个他们想要变成的人,甚至是杰克他们亲密的人。 拥有超能力但不意味着你可以无限制的使用它。杰克他们的变形能力也是一样,每一次变形不可以超过2小时。 但是,这一次托比亚却打破了时间限制,他在里面呆了超过两个小时,而这意味着他将被永远陷在鹰的身体中! 当托比亚发现了外星人的重要秘密时,托比亚知道他必须尽全力去破坏它。 但是,这样做的话就意味着他必须控制他的身体,毕竟他现