Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès ! L'homme qui défie toutesles polices fran?aises contre l'as des détectives anglais.? C'estjustement quand je ne comprends plus que je soup?onne Arsène Lupin?, avoue le célèbre limier anglais. Quand deux hommes aussiintelligents s'affrontent, leur duel est un grand spectacle.Qui avolé le petit secrétaire d'acajou contenant un billet de loteriegagnant ? Qui a volé la lampe juive, le diamant bleu, joyau de lacouronne royale de France ? Qui joue les passe-murailles en pleinParis ? Arsène Lupin, toujours lui, l'éternel amoureux de la DameBlonde, plus insolent, plus ingénieux que jamais, déjouant une àune toutes les ruses de l'Anglais par d'autres ruses plusétonnantes encore.
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.
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.
Alex Cross is drawn into a bitter personal battle against corruption, conspiracy and savage violence in a chase that takes him through a vast and uncompromising landscape. When Cross is called to investigate a massacre-style murder scene, he is shocked to find that the victim is an old friend. Angry, hurt and more determined than ever, Cross begins the hunt for the perpetrators of this cruel crime. He is drawn into a dangerous underworld right in the heart of Washington DC that leads him on a life threatening journey to the Niger Delta where heroin dealing, slave trade and oil and gas theft are rife. At the centre of this terrifying world, Cross finds the Tiger, the psychopathic leader of a fearsome gang of killers who are not what they seem. When the Tiger is on the prowl, he shows no mercy to others. But Alex Cross is hot on his heels in a heart-stopping chase that takes him across Africa and finds him not only hunting for a horrific killer but also fighting for his own survival. 作者简介： James Pat
'Good people do a great deal of harm in this world. Certainly the greatest harm they do is that they make badness of such extraordinary importance. It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious ...' Beautiful, aristocratic, an adored wife and young mother. Lady Windermere is 'a fascinating Puritan' whose severe moral code leads her to the brink of social suicide. The only one who can save her is the mysterious Mrs Erlynne whose scandalous relationship with Lord Windermere has prompted her ladyship's fatal impulse. And Mrs Erlynne has a secret—a secret Lady Windermere must never know if she is to retain her peace of mind ...
In his debut novel， The Kite Runner， Khaled Hosseini accomplishes what very few contemporary novelists are able to do。 He manages to provide an educational and eye-opening account of a country’s political turmoil--in this case， Afghanistan--while also developing characters whose heartbreaking struggles and emotional triumphs resonate with readers long after the last page has been turned over。 And he does this on his first try。 The Kite Runner follows the story of Amir， the privileged son of a wealthy businessman in Kabul， and Hassan， the son of Amir’s father’s servant。 As children in the relatively stable Afghanistan of the early 1970s， the boys are inseparable。 They spend idyllic days running kites and telling stories of mystical places and powerful warriors until an unspeakable event changes the nature of their relationship forever， and eventually cements their bond in ways neither boy could have ever predicted。 Even after Amir and his father flee to America， Amir r
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
Product De*ion After a whirlwind first week on the Upper East Side, the Carlyles have made their mark on Manhattan's Golden Mile. Owen is new BFFs with Rhys Sterling, but what will happen when they both fall for the same girl? Baby stole resident it girl Jack Laurent's boyfriend...and then Avery stole Jack's popularity. Now Jack is on the warpath, and she wants nothing more than to send the Carlyle girls packing their Louis Vuitton trunks. Is the UES big enough for all their drama? About the Author Cecily von Ziegesar has always lived in New York City. She's already working on her next Gossip Girl: The Carlyles novel coming in May 2009, as well as her next It Girl, so be careful of what you do or say and who you're seen with...
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.
Introduction and Notes by Claire Seymour University of Kent at Canterbury The central figure of this novel is the returning "native", Clym Yeobright, and his love for the beautiful but capricious Eustacia Vye. As character after character is driven to self-destruction, the presence of Egdon Heath becomes all-embracing, while Clym becomes a preacher. 作者简介： Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), the author of Under the Greenwood Tree, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Woodlanders, and many other novels, was also an accomplished poet. Many of his works, including his poetry, are available from Penguin Classics.
#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
When a new NASA satellite spots evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory...a victory that has profound implications for U.S. space policy and the impending presidential election. With the Oval Office in the balance, the President dispatches White House Intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton to the Milne Ice Shelf to verify the authenticity of the find. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic academic Michael Tolland, Rachel uncovers the unthinkable: evidence of scientific trickery -- a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy. But before Rachel can contact the President, she and Michael are attacked by a deadly team of assassins controlled by a mysterious power broker who will stop at nothing to hide the truth. Fleeing for their lives in an environment as desolate as it is lethal, their only hope for survival is to find out who is behind this masterful ploy. The truth, they wil
Between a mysterious past and a treacherous future lies one lost man–and a magic that has changed the world forever…. After years of exile, shattered dreams, and confusion, Josan has finally discovered he is not the simple monk he appeared to be. Nor is he the victim of a mysterious fever, as he was led to believe. Instead his soul had been magically shifted into the body of the condemned Prince Lucius, leader of a failed rebellion against the rightful monarchs of the kingdom of Ikaria. And though Josan is the dominant personality in that body, the remnants of Lucius’s mind grow stronger each day. When the Ikarian royal family is slaughtered in a bloody assassination, Josan/Lucius is not only the prime suspect but the sole remaining legitimate heir to the throne. With Ikaria in chaos, can Josan clear himself from suspicion in time to keep the wolves from the door? And can he ever integrate the two souls that now inhabit a single body?
Ladybird has published fairy tales for over forty years,bringing the magic of traditional stories to each new generation of children. These are based on the original Ladybird retellings,with beautiful new pictures of the kind children like best-full of richness and detail. Children have always loved and will always remember these classic stories and sharing them together is an experience to treasure.
Pride & Prejudice Jane Austen constructed Pride & Prejudice, with wit, social precision and an irresistible heroine. Beginning with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, it is a perfect ironic novel of manners. Persuasion Jane Austen's question 'What is persuasion?' - a firm belief, or the action of persuading someone to think something else? - is the force behind this novel. Anne Elliot, one of Austen's quietest yet strongest heroines, is also open to change. Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte's poor, plain, but plucky heroine, possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order. Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte's tale is a wild, passionate story of intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and the adopted foundling Heathcliff. Humiliated by Hindley, Catherine's brother, Heathcliff leaves Wuthering Heights, but in time he returns to exact a terrible revenge. Tess of the d'Urbervill
Tom Jones is widely regarded as one of the first and most influential English novels。 It is certainly the funniest。 Tom Jones， the hero of the book， is introduced to the reader as the ward of a liberal Somerset squire。 Tom is a generous but slightly wild and feckless country boy with a weakness for young women。 Misfortune， followed by many spirited adventures as he travels to London to seek his fortune， teach him a sort of wisdom to go with his essential good-heartedness。 This’comic，epic prose’ will make the modern reader laugh as much as it did his forebars。Its biting satire finds an echo in today’s society，for Lessntly remarded ’This country becomes every ady more likd the eighteenth century，full of htieves and adventurers，rogues and a robust，unhypocritical saveagery sede-by-side with people lecturing others on morality’。
The Walkers are moving to a new town, and staying with an aunt who's allergic to dogs. Too bad for Andi and her brother Bruce, who love dogs -- and happen to meet a stray that needs help. Soon, Andi hatches a plan, turning the abandoned house down the block into a hotel for dogs. But as more and more tenants move in, the secret gets too big to keep. Can the kids save their canine castle? Or will the hotel have to close?
On the run . . . Elena Gilbert's love, the vampire Stefan Salvatore, has beencaptured and imprisoned by demonic spirits who are wreaking havocin Fell's Church. While her friends Bonnie and Meredith explore theevil that has taken over their town, Elena goes in search ofStefan. In order to find him, she entrusts her life to Stefan's brother,Damon Salvatore, the handsome but deadly vampire who wants Elena,body and soul. Along with her childhood friend Matt, they set outfor the slums of the Dark Dimension, where Stefan is being heldcaptive. It is rumored to be a world where vampires and demons roamfree, but humans must live enslaved to their supernatural masters.. . . Elena will stop at nothing to free Stefan. Yet with each passingday the tension between Elena and Damon grows, and she is facedwith a terrible decision: Which brother does she really want? Back in Fell's Church, Bonnie and Meredith have made some dirediscoveries. They hastily try to follow Elena and warn her—only tob
Here, for a change, is a fish tale that actually does honor to the author. In fact The Old Man and the Sea revived Ernest Hemingway's career, which was foundering under the weight of such postwar stinkers as Across the River and into the Trees. It also led directly to his receipt of the Nobel Prize in 1954 (an award Hemingway gladly accepted, despite his earlier observation that "no son of a bitch that ever won the Nobel Prize ever wrote anything worth reading afterwards"). A half century later, it's still easy to see why. This tale of an aged Cuban fisherman going head-to-head (or hand-to-fin) with a magnificent marlin encapsulates Hemingway's favorite motifs of physical and moral challenge. Yet Santiago is too old and infirm to partake of the gun-toting machismo that disfigured much of the author's later work: "The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks. The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-c
Andrea Sachs goes to work for Miranda Priestly, the all-powerful editor of Runway magazine. Miranda's behaviour is so insanely over-the-top that it's a gas to see what she'll do next, and to try to guess which incidents were culled from the real-life antics of the woman who's been called Anna "Nuclear" Wintour.... How far would you go to change your life in a year? Emmy finds herself single for the first time in years. She vows to find a man on every continent for some pure no-strings-attached fun. Adriana is stunning and can have any man she desires.Yet she wants an eligible bachelor who'll slip a five-carat Harry Winston diamond on her finger. Leigh has a doting boyfriend that most girls would kill for. But when literary bad boy Jesse Chapman asks to work with her, she just can't refuse. Knocking back raspberry mojitos one night, the three friends make a pact - to change one thing in their lives by the end of the year. Game On. The three best friends make a pact over raspberry mojitos one night this year
Martyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J. and his friends George and Harris decide that a jaunt up the Thames would suit them to a 'T'. But when they set off, they can hardly predict the troubles that lie ahead with tow-ropes, unreliable weather-forecasts and tins of pineapple chunks - not to mention the devastation left in the wake of J.'s small fox-terrier Montmorency. "Three Men in a Boat" was an instant success when it appeared in 1889, and, with its benign escapism, authorial discursions and wonderful evocation of the late-Victorian 'clerking classes', it hilariously captured the spirit of its age.
EMMA，first published in 1816,was written when jane Austen was at the height of her powers.in it ,we have her two greatest comic creations the eccentric Mr.Woodhuse and that quintessential bore,Miss Bates, In it,too we have her most profound characterization;the witty,imaginative,self-deluded Emma,a heroine the author declared“no one but myself will much like,”but who has been much loved by generations of redaders ,Delightfully funny,full of rich irony,EMMA is regarded as one of Jane Austen's finest achievements.
