Cook's three voyages of discovery, which took place between 1768 and 1779, are among the most remarkable achievements in the history of exploration. Cook charted vast areas of the globe with astonishing accuracy, and the voyages also made a significant contribution towards solving some of the great problems of cartography and navigation. With crews containing gifted sailors and navigators, as well as botanists, painters and scientists, Cook provides the link between the speculative, profit-hungry voyages of the Elizabethan seafarers and the scientific expeditions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
In this eagerly awaited follow-up to The Lion's Game ,John Corey, former NYPD Homicide detective and special agent forthe Anti-Terrorist Task Force, is back. And, unfortunately forCorey, so is Asad Khalil, the notorious Libyan terrorist otherwiseknown as "The Lion." Last we heard from him, Khali had claimed tobe defecting to the US only to unleash the most horrific reign ofterrorism ever to occur on American soil. While Corey and hispartner, FBI agent Kate Mayfield, chased him across the country,Khalil methodically eliminated his victims one by one and thendisappeared without a trace. Now, years later, Khalil has returned to America to make good onhis threats and take care of unfinished business. "The Lion" is akilling machine once again loose in America with a mission ofrevenge, and John Corey will stop at nothing to achieve his owngoal -- to find and kill Khahil.
A honeymoon cruise for Simon and Linnet Doyle turns into a nightmare when Linnet is found shot to death. One of the passengers is Jacqueline de Bellefort, Simon's jealous ex-fianc, who has confessed to Hercule Poirot that she wants revenge for Linnet stealing Simon from her. But when two more murders are committed, Poirot begins to see that no one on the ship is as straightforward as they seemed.
Her name is Elise Freeman, and her chilling cry for help comes too late to save her. On a DVD found near her lifeless body, the emotionally and physically battered woman chronicles a long ordeal of abuse at the hands of three sadistic tormentors. But even more shocking is the revelation that the offenders, like their victim, are teachers at one of L.A.'s most prestigious prep schools. Homicide detective Milo Sturgis is assigned to probe the hallowed halls of Windsor Prep Academy, and if ever he could use Dr. Alex Delaware's psychological prowess, it's now. As the scandalconscious elite close ranks around Windsor Prep, Alex and Milo push to expose the dirty secrets festeriug among society's manor-born.
Agatha Christie's ingenious murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried 'wee wee wee' all the way home. It is sixteen years later, but Hercule Poirot just can't get that nursery rhyme out of his mind!
In Act I, at a dinner party given by a famed British actor, one of the guests drops dead. In Act II, at a second dinner, which includes some of the same guests, another death occurs. Two dead men may equal murder. One of the guests, Hercule Poirot, follows suspects (often literally) and clues, both real and "staged," to bring the curtain down on the killer. Andrew Sachs gives this minor Christie vigor and authenticity, even to an unoriginal motive. His Poirot is methodical, polite, and perfectly accented, but sounds like other Poirots. Sachs's best interpretations are those of the actor's young fiancée and the killer. M.T.B.
Something is stalking the Northumberland moors. No one is sure exactly what it is, but something is slaughtering sheep and other livestock. There have been sightings of a "big cat," a huge, eral creature that has so far managed to elude capture. Some of the locals are terrified, while others scoff that it's only a legend. Still, the killings continue. 作者简介： STEPHEN LAWS, Stephen Laws lives and works in Newcastle upon Tyne, in northeast England. Married, with three children, he has written ten supernatural thrillers to date, including: Gideon, winner of the Count Dracula Society's Children of the Night Award, and the epic award-nominated Chasm. Stephen Laws's novels have been published in America, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, Japan, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Italy. His short stories have appeared on radio, in magazines and numerous anthologies, winning a number of awards including the prestigious British Fantasy Society Award. His collected short stories were published as
In this thrilling sequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic Treasure Island, ten years have passed since Jim Hawkins and his comrades marooned three ruthless buccaneers on the island. Now, with a lady in distress who needs his help, he reluctantly sets out to return to Treasure Island-and discover the fate of the men he left to die there.
A newly reissued edition of Agatha Christie's 'Mary Westmacott' novel, a Crime of the Heart novel about a mother who comes to resent her daughter's success. 'These books are dramatic, and concentrate on the solution to situations which arise out of the high tensions in life.' Max Mallowan Ann Prentice falls in love with Richard Cauldfield and hopes for new happiness. Her only child, Sarah, cannot contemplate the idea of her mother marrying again and wrecks any chance of her remarriage. Resentment and jealousy corrode their relationship as each seeks relief in different directions. Are mother and daughter destined to be enemies for life or will their underlying love for each other finally win through?
The photos come one every week. A beautiful baby. A growing toddler. The apple of someone's eye. Then Carlotta finds out who has been sending her the snapshots--and why. Now, she begins an investigation into a revered Boston hospital and the possibility that a seven-year-old cancer patient was murdered there. And when her client goes missing and a stalker comes crashing into her life, Carlotta knows that in a realm of clashing egos and big-time medicine, a killer is desperately trying to cover his tracks. But what he has to hide, how far it reaches, and how many hearts it will break are still unclear. Until Carlotta gets the big picture--and faces an evil that she must conquer...any way she can.
These Comedies are among the best loved of Shakespeare's plays. In each a problem emerges, is then intensified to a point of maximum confusion and potential upset, before the chaos is resolved, however improbably, into general goodwill and a spate of marriages. The triumph of these plays lies in the way they mingle humorous stage business and dexterous word play with a more serious study of identity, gender, dreaming, the meaning of love, even of the theatre itself. They reassure us that with all its faults, the world will always in the end be redeemable. The Tragedies with Introductions by Emma Smith 'Not for an age but for all time.' So Ben Jonson established what we now take for granted: Shakespeare's unique place among the world's great authors. Romeo and Juliet shows us the archetypal story of fated young love; Hamlet, the tortured psyche of the young prince of Denmark; Othello, a strikingly modern representation of racial difference; King Lear, a man stripped of all material and psychologica
Rick Dockery was the third-string quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. In the AFC Championship game, to the surprise and dismay of virtually everyone, Rick actually got into the game. With a 17-point lead and just minutes to go, Rick provided what was arguably the worst single performance in the history of the NFL. Overnight, he became a national laughingstock--and was immediately cut by the Browns and shunned by all other teams. But all Rick knows is football, and he insists that his agent find a team that needs him. Against enormous odds, Rick finally gets a job--as the starting quarterback for the Mighty Panthers... of Parma, Italy. The Parma Panthers desperately want a former NFL player--any former NFL player--at their helm. And now they've got Rick, who knows nothing about Parma (not even where it is) and doesn't speak a word of Italian. To say that Italy--the land of fine wines, extremely small cars, and.football americano--holds a few surprises for Rick Dockery would be something of an understatement
Emportés par un cyclone, Dorothée et son chien se réveillentau pays d'Oz. Comment faire pour rejoindre le Kansas, tante Em etoncle Henry ? Une seule solution : se rendre à la cite d'?meraudeet demander l'aide du Grand Magicien Oz. Chemin faisant, lafillette rencontre un épouvantail esseulé, un homme en fer rouilléet un lion poltron. Accompagnée d ces nouveaux amis, Dorothéesaura-t-elle résister au pouvoir assommant d'un champ de pavotsmaléfiques, aux attaques de singes ailés et à toutes lesterrifiantes épreuves qui l'attendent. L'édition réunit desillustrations de William Wallace Denslow, qui travailla aux c?tésde L. Frank Baum. Le dossier permet d'approfondir l'universmerveilleux du conte et évoque la célèbre adaptationcinématographique de Victor Fleming (1939), avec Judy Garland dansle r?le de Dorothée.
Welcomed on the cover of The New York Times Book Review -and now in paperback-ISADORA brings to life "the most influential and the most notorious woman of the first quarter of the 20th century" (The New York Times Book Review); "one of the true visionaries of modern dance-and, by extension, of modernism in all its guises" (Washington Post); a performer who invented her own language of movement to express her needs for art and freedom; a woman whose life, set against the backdrop of Europe and the U.S. in the early 1900s, was crowded with love affairs, passions, and tragedies. AUTHORBIO Peter Kurth is the author of Tsar: The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexandra, Anastasia: The Riddle of Anna Anderson, and American Cassandra: The Life of Dorothy Thompson. He lives in Vermont 作者简介：Peter Kurth is the author of numerous books, a contributing writer for Salon, and has written for Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, The New York Observer and other publications. He lives in Vermont. --This text refers to an o
This international bestseller about the shepherd boy Santiago who learns how to live his dreams includes an inspiring afterword by the author. 作者简介： Paulo Coelho was born in Brazil and has become one of the most widely read authors in the world today. Renowned for his best-loved work The Alchemist, he has sold over 30 million books worldwide and has been translated into 42 languages. The recipient of numerous prestigious awards, he is a storyteller with the power to inspire nations and change people’s lives.
It's Mummy Monday at the museum, and Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are excited about the new Egyptian exhibit. It features a child mummy in an actual tomb! But then the mummy is stolen and the tomb robbed of its treasure. Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose unravel the mystery and return the mummy to its rightful resting place? 作者简介： Ron Roy is the author of more than fifty books for children, including the bestselling A to Z Mysteries and the brand-new Capital Mysteries series. He lives in a very old farmhouse in Connecticut with his dog, Pal. When he's not writing about his favorite kids in Green Lawn, Connecticut, and Washington, D.C. Ron spends time restoring his house, gardening, and traveling all over the country.
#1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci takesreaders inside the nations most elite power club and shows how farits members will go to protect their darkest secrets. The CamelClub. Its where the most influential businessmen and politicianswine, dine, and often change the course of historyand whereruthless mercenaries spy unseen, recording every last bit ofinformation to sell to the highest bidder. But when HarryStonehomeless man and conspiracy theorist extraordinairewitnesses agruesome murder, secrets begin to unravel. Stone steals a piece ofevidence from the scene that links the Clubs founders to the murderof a high-profile government official, and theyll do anything toget it back. Secret Service Agent W. Frank Churchill beginsinvestigating Stone as a murder suspect, but soon, with the help ofdefense attorney Kate Monroe, he unearths a shocking truth: One manis using the Camel Club for his own terrible devicesand to achievehis horrific goals, he must kill Stone....and anyone else who getsin
Marina Scott fell in love with Ward Dillon at first sight.It was the same for him.The only problem was,Marina was engaged to be married-to Ward's brother Ramon!Marina called off the wedding but an obsessive and jealous Ramon took matters into his own hands.Luisa Dillon protected her favorite son and concocted lies with the intention of driving Marina and Ward apart.Her plan worked and Ward fled for the war,leaving his new bride behind.Ward had no way of knowing what his family was capable of-or that Marina was pregnant.It is seven years later and Marina has come to the Maxwell ranch in Texas Hill Country.She must convince Ward to grant her a divorce so she can remarry and give her son a father.All the old pain and anger resurfaces between them,each feeling betrayed by the other.They were separated by the lies and deception of Ward's family and Ward doesn't know what to believe.Marina simply wants to protect her son from the devastating loss she has already experienced.But it is Tanner,the little boy who waits
Unlocking the secret of the Seven Ancient Wonders was only the beginning... After their thrilling exploits in Matthew Reilly's rampaging New York Times bestseller, 7 Deadly Wonders, supersoldier Jack West Jr. and his loyal team of adventurers are back, and now they face an all-but-impossible challenge. A mysterious ceremony in an unknown location has unraveled their work and triggered a catastrophic countdown that will climax in no less than the end of all life on Earth. But there is one last hope. If Jack and his team can find and rebuild a legendary ancient device known only as the "Machine," they might be able to ward off the coming armageddon. The only clues to locating this Machine, however, are held within the fabled Six Sacred Stones, long lost in the fog of history. And so the hunt begins for the Six Sacred Stones and the all-important knowledge they possess, but in the course of this wild adventure Jack and his team will discover that they are not the only ones see
