七万年前，原始人类在濒临灭绝的严峻情况下勉强幸存，七万年后，拥有先进文明与高端科技的人类又再一次面临灭绝危机……瘟疫虽然有了最终的解药，伊麻里组织却依旧进逼着全世界，阿瑞斯更是引爆了遍布在南极洲周围的水雷，融化的古代冰层形成一场大洪水，迅速侵袭世界各地。此时，凯特跟大卫收到一组来自外层空间的加密信号，他们知道这段信号是阻止伊麻里的关键，必须尽快解开密码，于是，一行人穿过传送门来到了亚特兰蒂斯的烽火系统……随着亚特兰蒂斯记忆拼图的逐渐完成，人类世界起源的面纱即将揭开，过去与现在相互角力，的结局，人类将何去何从？
andquot; A book about oil and water, rangers and outlaws,Anglos and Hispanics, frontier and settlement, money andpower...James Michener is something rare and valuable: an honorablecraftsman doing honorable work....He manages to make history vividand palatable to the reader.andquot; THE BOSTON GLOBETexas. A landof sprawling diversity and unparalleled richness; a dazzlingchapter in the history of our nation, a place like no other onearth. Through the remarkable lives of four families, this epicsaga spans four centuries and two continents and charts thedramatic formation of several great dynasties from the age of theconquistadors to the present day. A richly compelling novel of aproud people eager to meet the challenge of the land, TEXAS isJames Michener's most magnificent achievement.
An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaurDNA has been discovered. Creatures once extinct now roam JurassicPark, soon-to-be opened as a theme park. Until something goeswrong...and science proves a dangerous toy.... "Wonderful...Powerful." THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
Here is the classic--and true--story of Vyry, the child of awhite plantation owner and his black mistress, a Southern Civil Warheroine to rival Scarlett O'Hara. Vyry bears witness to the South'sprewar opulence and its brutality, to its wartime ruin and thesubsequent promise of Reconstruction. It is a story that MargaretWalker heard as a child from her grandmother, the real Vyry'sdaughter. The author spent thirty years researching the novel sothat the world might know the intelligent, strong, and brave blackwoman called Vyry. The phenomenal acclaim this best-selling bookhas achieved from readers black and white, young and old, atteststo her success.
Perhaps the most famous of Lawrence's novels, the 1928 LadyChatterley's Lover is no longer distinguished for theonce-shockingly explicit treatment of its subject matter--theadulterous affair between a sexually unfulfilled upper-classmarried woman and the game keeper who works for the estate owned byher wheelchaired husband. Now that we're used to reading about sex,and seeing it in the movies, it's apparent that the novel ismemorable for better reasons: namely, that Lawrence was a masterfuland lyrical writer, whose story takes us bodily into the world ofits characters. --This text refers to an alternate Paperbackedition.
Sam Spade, a slightly shop-worn private eye with his ownsolitary code of ethics, stars in Hammett's detective fiction, anovel that has haunted 2 generations of readers.
Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef has lived all her days in thesmall town of Port Dundas, Ontario and is now making her way towardretirement with something less than grace. Hobbled by a bad backand a dependence on painkillers, and feeling blindsided by divorceafter nearly four decades of marriage, sixty-one-year-old Hazel hasonly the constructive criticism of her mother (the former mayor)and her own sharp tongue to buoy her. But when a terminally illwoman is gruesomely murdered in her own home, Hazel and herunderstaffed department must spring to life. And as one terminallyill victim after another is found, Hazel finds herself tracking atruly terrifying serial killer while everything around her spinsout of control. Through the cacophony of her bickering staff, herunsupportive superiors, a clamoring press, the town's rumor mill,and her own nagging doubts, Hazel can sense the dead trying to callout. Will she hear them before it's too late?
Twenty years ago, top agents from the CIA and KGB bandedtogether to bring down the Matarese Circle, an international cabalof powerbrokers and assassins whose sole objective was to achieveworldwide economic domination. Now the bloody Matarese dynasty isback--and the only man with the power to stop it may have alreadyrun out of time.... CIA case officer Cameron Pryce is hot on thetrail of the new Matarese alliance. His only chance to terminateits ruthless activities is to follow the trail of blood money andstone-cold killers right to the heart of its deadly conspiracy.From the Hamptons to London's Belgrave Square, Matarese assassinshave already struck with brutal efficiency, eliminating all whostand in their way. Their chain of violence is impossible tostop--until Pryce gets a rare break. One of the Matarese's victimssurvives long enough to whisper dying words that will blow the casewide open: the top secret code name for legendary retired CIA agentBrandon Scofield--the only man who has ever infiltrated
The first three books in von Ziegesar's Gossip Girls series are packaged together in this paperback boxed set. Includes "Gossip Girl, You Know You Love Me," and "All I Want Is Everything."
The FBI doesn't believe it. The Governor wants the problem todisappear. But agent Judy Maddox knows the threat is real: anextreme group of eco-terrorists has the means and the know-how toset off a massive earthquake of epic proportions. For California,time is running out. Now Maddox is scrambling to hunt down a petty criminal turnedcult leader turned homicidal mastermind. Because Judy knows thatthe dying has already begun. And soon, the earth will violentlyshift, bolt, and shake down to its very core. . . .
“Interested in getting the hell scared out of you? Buy this book on a Friday ... lock all doors and windows. And by Monday, you might just be able to sleep without a night-light.” You remember Hannibal Lecter: gentleman, genius, cannibal.Hes's back and hungrier than ever in a masterpiece of suspense a dazzling feast for the imagination…… 作者简介： A native of Mississippi,Thomas Harris began his writing career covering crime in the United States and Mexico,and was a reporter and editor for the Associated Press in New York City.His first novel,Black Sunday,was published in 1975,followed by Red Dragon in 1981 and The Silence of the Lambs in 1988.
The Dark Tower saga builds to an explosive climax... In November 2003, the fifth Dark Tower book hits stores for the first time-followed by books six and seven. This #1 bestseller heralds the beginning of the end.
High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was probably the bestquarterback ever to play for the legendary Messina Spartans.Fifteen years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely hascome home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who moldedthe Spartans into an unbeatable football dynasty. Now, as Coach Rake’s “boys” sit in the bleachers waiting for thedimming field lights to signal his passing, they replay the oldgames, relive the old glories, and try to decide once and for allwhether they love Eddie Rake – or hate him. For Neely Crenshaw, aman who must finally forgive his coach –-- and himself – before hecan get on with his life, the stakes are especially high.
Karen Wynn Fonstad's THE ATLAS OF MIDDLE-EARTH is an essentialvolume that will enchant all Tolkien fans. Here is the definitiveguide to the geography of Middle-earth, from its founding in theElder Days through the Third Age, including the journeys of Bilbo,Frodo, and the Fellowship of the Ring. Authentic and updated --nearly one third of the maps are new, and the text is fully revised-- the atlas illuminates the enchanted world created in THESILMARILLION, THE HOBBIT, and THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Hundreds oftwo-color maps and diagrams survey the journeys of the principalcharacters day by day -- including all the battles and keylocations of the First, Second, and Third Ages. Plans andde*ions of castles, buildings, and distinctive landforms aregiven, along with thematic maps describing the climate, vegetation,languages, and population distribution of Middle-earth throughoutits history. An extensive appendix and an index help readerscorrelate the maps with Tolkien's novels.
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 a remote corner of Zangaro, a small republic in Africa, liesCrystal Mountain. At certain times of the day the mountain emits astrange glow. Only Sir James Manson knows why. The mountaincontains ten billion dollar's worth of the world's most valuablemineral, platinum. " Not only exciting but truly surprising"--Atlantic. Now the only question is, how to get hold of it. SirJames knows how. Invade the country with a band of savage,cold-blooded mercenaries. Topple the government and set up a puppetdictatorship. Unleash the dogs of war.
