Set during the Napoleonic wars at a time of national economicstruggles, Shirley is an unsentimental yet passionatedepiction of conflict among classes, sexes, and generations.Struggling manufacturer Robert Moore considers marriage to thewealthy and independent Shirley Keeldar, yet his heart lies withhis cousin Caroline. Shirley, meanwhile, is in love with Robert’sbrother, an impoverished tutor. As industrial unrest builds to apotentially fatal pitch, can the four be reconciled?

Fire investigator Reena Hale steps into an inferno of madnessas she tries desperately to trace the origins of the taunting phonecalls she's receiving, the fires, and the hatred aimed in herdirection.

Torn between two vampire brothers Damon: determined to make Elena his, he'd kill his own brotherto possess her. Stefan: desperate for the power to destroy Damon, and protectElena, he gives in to his thirst for human blood. Elena: the girl who can have anyone finds herself in the middleof a love triangle . . . one that might turn deadly.

"Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the gloves herself. Big Benwas striking as she stepped out into the street. It was eleveno'clock and the unused hour was fresh as if issued to children on abeach." -from "Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street" The landmark modernnovel Mrs. Dalloway creates a portrait of a single day in the lifeof Clarissa Dalloway as she orchestrates the last-minute details ofa grand party. But before Virginia Woolf wrote this masterwork, sheexplored in a series of fascinating stories a similar revelry inthe mental and physical excitement of a party. Wonderfullycaptivating, the seven stories in Mrs. Dalloway's Party create adynamic and delightful portrait of what Woolf called "partyconsciousness." As parallel expressions of the themes of Mrs.Dalloway, these stories provide a valuable window into Woolf'swriting mind and a further testament to her extraordinarygenius.

Jeremy Marsh is a born skeptic and a science journalist whospecializes in debunking the supernatural. When he hears aboutghostly apparitions in a cemetery in Boone Creek, North Carolina,he leaves his beloved New York City for this small, rural town-andwhat his instincts tell him could make a great story. What hedoesn't plan on is meeting and falling hopelessly in love withLexie Darnell, who is sure of one thing: her future is here inBoone Creek, close to the people she loves. Now, if the younglovers are to be together, Jeremy must make a difficult choice:return to the life he knows in New York, or do something he couldnever do before... take a giant leap of faith.

A "powerfully rendered" ("Chicgo Tribune") tale from the #1"New York Times" bestselling author-now in a French flap tradeedition. Photographer Jo Ellen Hathaway thought she'd escaped thehouse called Sanctuary long ago. She'd spent her loneliest yearsthere, after the sudden, unexplained disappearance of her mother.Yet the sprawling inn off the Georgia coast continues to haunt herdreams. And now, even more haunting are the pictures someone issending her: strange close-ups and candids, culminating in the mostshocking portrait of all-a photo of her mother- naked, beautiful,and dead. Now Jo must return to the island, and to her bitterlyestranged family-and, with the help of one man, learn the truthabout the tragic past. But Sanctuary may be the most dangerousplace of all.

The book begins at midnight, 5-6 June 1944, when the first British and American airborne troops penetrated France and launched the invasion. What happens in between is covered from every perspective: the high command, the enlisted ranks, the French civilians the German defenders, and Allied attackers by land, sea and air. Drawing on more than 500 interviews and oral histories, the book looks at the individuals involved and their experiences rather than units. Moving from Ike's level to that of a French child, from Bradley to an American paratrooper, from Montgomery to a British private, from Rommel to a German sergeant at the point of the attack, the book tells stories from the people who were there.

Nine-year-old Emily Anne Toussaint is shot dead on a Montreal street. A North Carolina teenager disappears from her home，and parts of what may be her skeleton are found hundreds of miles away. For Dr. Temperance Brennan, a forensic anthropologist in both Montreal and North Carolina, the deaths kindle deep emotions that propel her on a harrowing journey into the world of outlaw motorcycle gangs.

Plutarch of Chaeronea is one of the great storytellers of antiquity, a writer whose ability to create unforgettable scenes matches the grandeur of his subject matter. The heroes of his Lives were the great men of antiquity, often greatly flawed, but with tragic depth and epic stature. Thomas North's translation, one of the most splendid works of sixteenth-century English prose, presents a vigorous and passionate version of the Lives whose qualities so attracted Shakespeare that he used North as his major source for Julius Caesar, Coriolanus and Antony & Cleopatra. This collection includes all the Lives which Shakespeare used and a selection of others which aim to show the variety and range of Plutarch's writing.

Twenty years ago, a boy named Jack Sawyer travelled to aparallel universe called The Territories to save his mother and herTerritories "twinner" from a premature and agonizing death thatwould have brought cataclysm to the other world. Now Jack is aretired Los Angeles homicide detective living in the nearlynonexistent hamlet of Tamarack, WI. He has no recollection of hisadventures in the Territories and was compelled to leave the policeforce when an odd, happenstance event threatened to awaken thosememories. When a series of gruesome murders occur in westernWisconsin that are reminiscent of those committed several decadesearlier by a real-life madman named Albert Fish, the killer isdubbed "The Fisherman" and Jack's buddy, the local chief of police,begs Jack to help his inexperienced force find him. But is thismerely the work of a disturbed individual, or has a mysterious andmalignant force been unleashed in this quiet town? What causesJack's inexplicable waking dreams, if that is what they are, ofrobins' eggs

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

It was a desperate plan. But Mary Grace Winters knew the onlyway to save herself and her child from her abusive cop husband wasto stage their own death. Now all that remains of their former lifeis at the bottom of a lake. Armed with a new identity in a newtown, she and her son have found refuge hundreds of miles away. AsCaroline Stewart, she has almost forgotten the nightmare she leftbehind nine years ago. She is even taking a chance on love with MaxHunter, a man with wounds of his own. But her past is about tocollide with the present when her husband uncovers her trail andthreatens her hard-won peace. Step by step, he's closing in on her-and everything and everyone she loves.

"Assassin's Creed: Forsaken" is the latest thrilling novelisation by Oliver Bowden based on the phenomenally successful game series. 'I am an expert swordsman. And I am skilled in the business of death. I take no pleasure in my skill. Simply, I am good at it.' 1735 - London. Haytham Kenway has been taught to use a sword from the age he was able to hold one. When his family's house is attacked - his father murdered and his sister taken by armed men - Haytham defends his home the only way he can: he kills. With no family, he is taken in by a mysterious tutor who trains him to become a deadly killer. Consumed by his thirst for revenge Haytham begins a quest for retribution, trusting no one and questioning everything he has ever known. Conspiracy and betrayal surround him as he is drawn into the centuries old battle between the Assassins and the Templars. The world of the Assassin's has become far more lethal than ever before. "Assassin's Creed: Forsaken" is based on the phenomenally successful gaming serie

A new paperback edition, never before published in the UK,written and illustrated by the one and only Dr. Seuss. ThisHilarious book tells the story of a bored indecisive boy who isurged by a string of Hunches -- that come in the guise of bizarrefurry creatures -- first to do this and then to do that until,finally, he follows the Munch Hunch and goes for lunch!

A new trade paperback edition of McCullers' second novel,REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE, immortalized by the 1967 film starringElizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, and John Houston. Set on aSouthern army base in the 1930s, REFLECTIONS tells the story ofCaptain Penderton, a bisexual whose life is upset by the arrival ofMajor Langdon, a charming womanizer who has an affair withPenderton's tempestuous and flirtatious wife, Leonora. Upon thenovel's publication in 1941, reviewers were unsure of what to makeof its relatively scandalous subject matter. But a critic for TimeMagazine wrote, "In almost any hands, such material would yield arank fruitcake of mere arty melodrama. But Carson McCullers tellsher tale with simplicity, insight, and a rare gift of phrase."Written during a time when McCullers's own marriage to Reeves wason the brink of collapse, her second novel deals with her trademarkthemes of alienation and unfulfilled loves.

A deadly love triangle Elena: beautiful and popular, the girl who can have any guy shewants. Stefan: brooding and mysterious, desperately trying to resist hisdesire for Elena . . . for her own good. Damon: sexy, dangerous, and driven by an urge for revenge againstStefan, the brother who betrayed him. Elena finds herself drawn to both brothers . . . who will shechoose?

故事发生于12世纪的英格兰。中世纪的雾霭中，高耸的哥特式教堂的出现象征着一个新时代的开端。故事以此为背景，以修建世界座哥特式大教堂为经，以王位、爵位争夺战为纬，描绘了善恶交战引发的政教冲突、兄弟阋墙，讲述了一段有关勇气、奉献、梦想、爱情、悬疑、贪婪和复仇的故事。权力的争夺主要在已故国王的女儿Maud和他的侄子Stephen之间展开。为了满足一己之私，包括Bishop家族和Hamleigh家族在内的很多权贵家族纷纷参与其中。Kingsbridge地区的人们对政治家们的游戏不感兴趣，他们只希望大教堂能早日竣工。Philip牧师和一个叫Tom Builder的人物将在其中发挥关键作用。 Set in 12th-century England, the narrative concerns the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge. The ambitions of three men merge, conflict and collide through 40 years of social and political upheaval as internal church politics

Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into a new year and a new school where undersize weaklings share the corridors with kids who are taller, meaner and already shaving. Desperate to prove his new found maturity, which only going up a grade can bring, Greg is happy to have his not-quite-so-cool sidekick, Rowley, along for the ride. But when Rowley's star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend's popularity to his own advantage. Recorded in his diary with comic pictures and his very own words, this test of Greg and Rowley's friendship unfolds with hilarious results.

He gave up the money. He gave up the power. Now all he hasleft is the law. Michael Brock is billing the hours, making the money, rushingrelentlessly to the top of Drake Sweeney, a giant D.C. lawfirm. One step away from partnership, Michael has it all. Then, inan instant, it all comes undone. A homeless man takes nine lawyers hostage in the firm's plushoffices. When it is all over, the man's blood is splattered onMichael's face--and suddenly Michael is willing to do theunthinkable. Rediscovering a conscience he lost long ago, Michaelis leaving the big time for the streets where his attacker oncelived--and where society's powerless need an advocate forjustice. But there's one break Michael can't make: from a secret that hasfloated up from the depths of Drake Sweeney, from aconfidential file that is now in Michael's hands, and from aconspiracy that has already taken lives. Now Michael's formerpartners are about to become his bitter enemies. Because to them,Michael Brock is the most d

Joining the campaign of a charismatic congresswoman, young Erin Hartsock arrives in Washinton, D.C., filled with idealism and ambition. But her enthusiasm dissolves into terror when the campaign takes a malevolent turn. Someone...something...has begun threatening Erin and her colleagues. First come the strange fires, then a seemingly accidental death. As the election nears, Erin fears that she just may be a murderer's next candidate 著作简介： Barbara Michaels is the the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels, She also writes mysteries under the pseudonym of Elizabeth Peter.Ms.Michaels,who holds a Ph.D.in Egyptology from the University of Chicago,Lives in an historic farmhouse in Frederick,Maryland.

Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most enchanting creations, arich, glamorous couple who solve homicides in between wisecracksand martinis. At once knowing and unabashedly romantic, The ThinMan is a murder mystery that doubles as a sophisticated comedy ofmanners.

In the 8th century AD Ibn al′Arabi, the Moorish governor of Barcelona, bestowed a magnificent gift upon Charlemagne, Holy Emperor of half of the known world: a chess set with the power to transform the course of history. New York City, 1970. Catherine ′Cat′ Velis, a computer expert working for one of the world′s largest accountancy firms, is sent on a dangerous assignment to retrieve an object of immeasurable value from somewhere in the remote reaches of Algeria. Montglane Abbey, France 1790, Mireille de Remy and her cousin Valentine are young novices at the fortress-like Montglane Abbey. With France aflame in revolution, the two girls burn to rebel against constricted convent life - and their means of escape is at hand. Buried deep within the abbey are pieces of the Montglane Chess Service, once owned by Charlemagne. Whoever reassembles the pieces can play a game of unlimited power. But to keep the game a secret from those who would abuse it, the two young women must scatter the pieces throughout t