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

All three Hunger Games books in one gorgeous package The extraordinary, ground breaking New York Times bestsellers--"The Hunger Games," "Catching Fire," and "Mockingjay"--are available now in a deluxe foil boxset edition.

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.

《第二十二条军规》是一部严肃的、讽刺性极强的小说。通过这部小说，约瑟夫·海勒将他眼中的美国社会展现在读者眼前。这个社会处于一种有组织的混乱、一种制度化了的疯狂之中，这个社会的一切只服从“第二十二条军规”的荒诞逻辑。这样一种病态的、荒诞的社会只有海勒的想象力才能够包容它，只有“黑色幽默”这样的创作手法才能够较好地表现它。通过“第二十二条军规”这个象征，读者也可以看到战争、美国社会及其官僚机构的荒诞、疯狂和不可理喻。由于这部小说揭示了美国社会真实的一面，因此它不仅在西方社会里具有普遍的意义并被译成十多种文字，而且对于我们中国读者认识、了解当代美国社会以及由这个社会造就的一代没有理想、没有信仰、没有人生目标的美国人，无疑具有极高的价值。这部小说的主要情节非常简单：第二次世界大战末

天使于此现身，恶魔无力踏足，这座银色的玻璃之城，就是他一心向往的归属之地…… “在见到艾兰坎迪的玻璃塔之前，你所见过的都不算真正的城市。”圣镜所在的伊德瑞斯，已然成为瓦伦汀夺取圣物的下一个目标。同时，也为了逆转乔瑟琳的昏睡咒，加上政委会对成员的召集，通往玻璃之城的门户，将在纽约重新开启── 前往伊德瑞斯的行动在即，杰斯与克莱莉的争执却早一步爆发，他不愿所爱之人身陷险境，更不愿克莱莉创造符印的能力使她卷入战争。于是，杰斯提前了门户开启的时间，并找上西蒙帮助；但，突然来袭的弃民军团打乱了一切── 克莱莉依约赶到学院，迎来的却是杰斯等人已前往伊德瑞斯的消息，而未经允许，门户也无法再次打开。救母心切的她，竟以符印绘出一道燃烧的门户；在闪烁的光线下，她回想着梦境之中曾见过的伊德瑞斯，投

格林迪洛(Grindylow) 格林迪洛是一种长着犄角、浑身淡绿色的水中魔鬼，生活在不列颠和爱尔兰各地的湖泊中。它们以小鱼为食，既攻击麻瓜也攻击巫师，可是据了解，人鱼已经把它们驯服了。格林迪洛长着非常长的手指，这些手指尽管抓东西时颇为有力，却很容易折断。 克利切(Kreacher) 一个年老的家养小精灵，为古老的黑巫师布莱克家族做事。他住在厨房柜子里的大锅炉下。 匈牙利树蜂(Hungarian Horntail) 在[火焰杯]中，主人公在三强争霸赛上的个项目的比赛中就是斗龙，哈里抽到的就是匈牙利树蜂，在书中将其描述得十分凶猛。 摄魂怪(Dementor) 魔法生物，披着一件斗篷，全身都像在水里泡烂了一样，有着结痂的手掌，全身腐烂了一样。凡是此物经过的地方，都会被吸去快乐，让你想起可怕的事，并且他的兜帽下面的“嘴”会吸去人

“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.

The Mortal War is over, and sixteen-year-old Clary Fray is back home in New York, excited about all the possibilities before her. She's training to become a Shadowhunter and ? most importantly of all ? she can finally call Jace her boyfriend. But nothing comes without a price. Someone is murdering the Shadowhunters who used to be in Valentine's Circle, provoking tensions between Downworlders and Shadowhunters that could lead to a second, bloody war. And when Jace begins to pull away from her without explaining why, Clary is forced to delve into the heart of a mystery whose solution reveals her worst nightmare: she herself has set in motion a terrible chain of events that could lead to her losing everything she loves. Even Jace.

这是一套合辑，包括一本“高效能”图书和一本与其相配套的练习册。练习册中的内容与图书相呼应，帮助孩子复习学到的知识，重复记忆能够增强孩子对书本内容的理解。 本书是一个密集的训练计划，在美国青少年中*影响力，它直接影响着美国青少年的素质。 书中充满聪明的点子、伟大的格言和令人惊异的人生经验，对于年轻人来说，这是一本不可或缺的好书；对于青少年的父母、老师以及足以影响青少年的任何一位成年人来说，本书也是读物。 习惯成就性格，性格决定命运。青少年时期短短几年，可以在叛逆中虚度光阴，也可以在习惯养成中成就未来。肖恩?柯维以亲身经历，通过幽默风趣的文章，与青少年进行交流，通过生动的故事和漫画，帮助青少年突破“一般”的界限，从而出类拔萃。本书自2003年出版以来，以其轻松幽默的文笔、丰富多

Beginning with his early days in Syracuse, N.Y., and hischildhood in wartime Germany, this autobiography gives readers aglimpse at what shaped the artist's life, including essays on hiswork by his editors, a speech for the Library of Congress, and morethan sixty full-color illustrations.

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

An amazing underwater adventure with revolutionary pop-up technology from Lucio and Meera Santoro, the creators of "Journey to the Moon" and "Predators"

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.