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.

As special assistant to the president, Arthur Schlesingerwitnessed firsthand the politics and personalities that influencedthe now legendary Kennedy administration. Schlesinger's closerelationship with JFK, as a politician and as a friend, hasresulted in this authoritative yet intimate account in which thepresident "walks through the pages, from first to last, alert,alive, amused and amusing" (John Kenneth Galbraith). A THOUSANDDAYS is "at once a masterly literary achievement and a work ofmajor historical significance" (New York Times).

From the award-winning author of "A Year on Ladybug Farm" comesthe continuing story of three women who learn what it takes to turna house into a home. A year after taking the chance of a lifetime,Cici, Lindsay, and Bridget are still trying to make a home forthemselves on the newly-renovated Ladybug Farm. Life in theShenandoah Valley is picturesque, but filled with unexpectedtrials- such as the introduction of two young people into theordered life the women have tried to build for themselves. As thewalls of the old house reveal their secrets and the lives of thosewho have gone before begin to unfold, the cobbled-togetherhousehold starts to disintegrate into chaos. And when one of theirmembers is threatened by a real crisis, they must all come togetherto fight for the roots they've laid down, the hopes they share, andthe family they've become.

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

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

Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Whythe parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up?Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we seehypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or dowe really believe the stories we tell? Backed by years of research and delivered in lively, energeticprose, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) offers a fascinatingexplanation of self-deception—how it works, the harm it can cause,and how we can overcome it.

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...

First published in 1918, My ?ntonia is the unforgettable storyof an immigrant woman’s life on the hardscrabble Nebraska plains.Together here with O Pioneers! , a classic American tale ofpioneer life and the transformation of the frontier, this volume ofWilla Cather’s works captures a time, a place, and a spirit thatare part of our national heritage.

胖查理在伦敦过着正常的生活，当他给住在美国、久已疏远的父亲打电话，请他来参加自己的婚礼时，却发现父亲刚刚过世了。胖查理去佛罗里达参加了父亲的葬礼，于是惊心动魄的故事逐一上演…… 因为他发现两件事：，他的父亲是化作人形的蜘蛛神阿纳西，一个来自非洲的骗子之神；第二，他还有个叫“蜘蛛”的兄弟继承了父亲的部分神力。蜘蛛拥有胖查理所没有的一切优点：幸运、快活、充满自信，还有父亲的如簧巧舌和追求女人的天份。他的出现把胖查理有条不紊的生活被蜘蛛搅得天翻地覆，他偷走了胖查理的工作、未婚妻，甚至是家中好的房间，更糟的是，他还害胖查理被警方当作挪用公款和谋杀客户的嫌疑犯…… 胖查理身陷囹圄，只得回到佛罗里达，试图摆脱兄弟的干扰。他借助于魔法，进入了图腾动物神祗们居住的灵魂世界，但故

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?

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

this delightful novel from an author who "has been favored inso many ways by the muse of comedy,"* we meet Margaret Nathan, thebrilliant but forgetful author of an unlikely bestseller. Happilymarried to a benevolently egotistical, slightly dull but sexyprofessor, Margaret seems blessed—until she finds herself seducedby an eighteenthcentury novel she discovers in the library. Wrapped in its lascivious world, Margaret begins to imitate itsprotagonist, embarking on a hilarious jaunt around Manhattan insearch of renewed passion. Will she find fulfillment through herescapades or settle for her husband? Part romantic comedy, partintellectual parody, Rameau’s Niece is wise, affecting, andthoroughly entertaining. * New York Review of Books

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

With his U.S.A. trilogy, comprising THE 42nd PARALLEL, 1919,and THE BIG MONEY, John Dos Passos is said by many to have writtenthe great American novel. While Fitzgerald and Hemingway werecultivating what Edmund Wilson once called their "own littlecorners," John Dos Passos was taking on the world. Counted as oneof the best novels of the twentieth century by the Modern Libraryand by some of the finest writers working today, U.S.A. is a grand,kaleidoscopic portrait of a nation, buzzing with history and lifeon every page. The trilogy opens with THE 42nd PARALLEL, where wefind a young country at the dawn of the twentieth century. Slowly,in stories artfully spliced together, the lives and fortunes offive characters unfold. Mac, Janey, Eleanor, Ward, and Charley arecaught on the storm track of this parallel and blown New Yorkward.As their lives cross and double back again, the likes of EugeneDebs, Thomas Edison, and Andrew Carnegie make cameoappearances.