I Went To Manderley Again." So the second Mrs. Maxim de Winterremembered the chilling events that led her down the turning drivepast ther beeches, white and naked, to the isolated gray stonemanse on the windswept Cornish coast. With a husband she barelyknew, the young bride arrived at this immense estate, only to beinexorably drawn into the life of the first Mrs. de Winter, thebeautiful Rebecca, dead but never forgotten...her suite of roomsnever touched, her clothes ready to be worn, her servant -- thesinister Mrs. Danvers -- still loyal. And as an eerie presentimentof evil tightened around her heart, the second Mrs. de Winter beganher search for the real fate of Rebecca...for the secrets ofManderley.
The wildly popular series by K.A. Applegate is back! The first six books of Animorphs return, with striking new lenticular covers that morph. It was bad when Jake found out his brother was one of them. A Human-Controller. A slave. But that was nothing compared to this. When the Animorphs decide to visit the Yeerks' new base, it seems simple. But then they get caught and Jake falls -- just for a moment -- into the Yeerk pool. Now they're out, and his friends can't see it. To them he's just like normal. But Jake is screaming for help. His worst fear has finally come true. He's become the enemy.
艾凡斯顿与纳波维尔这两处芝加哥郊区相距不远,但分别住在两地的同名男孩 —— 威尔葛雷森与威尔 葛雷森,却好似住在不同的星球上。 艾凡斯顿的威尔: “只要遵守两项规则,就可以完全避免哭泣:一,别太在意;二,闭上嘴巴。发生在我身上的每件不幸,都是因为没有恪遵这两项规则所致。 纳波维尔的威尔: “我总是挣扎着该自杀还是杀死周围所有人。这世上似乎只有这两种选择,其他都是浪费时间。” 一个寒冷的夜晚,在芝加哥市区某间音像店里,两名威尔阴错阳差地相遇。当命运将他们引向意外的十字路口,两名威尔葛雷森的生命彼此交错,并迈向未曾预期的方向。 两条原本平行的人生道路,在名为“泰尼库柏”的十字路口交叉。泰尼是个身材庞大的美式足球攻击线锋,也是个性绝妙、才华洋溢的音乐剧创作者。 在新旧朋友的推波助澜之下,
Things used to be normal in Casper, Alabama. Charity Pittmanwas a regular fourteen-year-old, the perfect daughter, following inher preacher father's footsteps. But then Adrienne arrived, withher big-city ways and artsy ideas. Reverend Pittman thinks she'sthe devil incarnate. Charity thinks she's amazing.But no one knowswhat to think of Adrienne when she claims she's seen Jesus.In theheartening and humorous book that made the National Book Awardshortlist, Han Nolan visits a small town that's praying for amiracle but heading for disaster.Reader's guide and an interviewwith the author included.
At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jimenez, together with hisolder brother Roberto and his mother, are caught by la migra.Forced to leave their home, the entire family travels all night fortwenty hours by bus, arriving at the U.S. and Mexican border inNogales, Arizona. In the months and years that follow, Francisco,his mother and father, and his seven brothers and sister not onlystruggle to keep their family together, but also face crushingpoverty, long hours of labor, and blatant prejudice. How theysustain their hope, their goodheartedness, and tenacity is revealedin this moving sequel to The Circuit. Without bitterness orsentimentality, Francisco Jimenez finishes telling the story of hisyouth.
Lights. Camera. Slawter! Grubbs Grady and his half-brother Bill-Eare thrilled to join their uncle Dervish as onset consultants forthe newest movie by cult horror producer David A Hayms. Shot in adeserted town renamed Slawter, the demon-themed movie is to beHayms's masterpiece. But as strange incidents disrupt the set,Grubbs begins to wonder whether more than filming is afoot.
Read the first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent . The Maze Runner is now a major motion picture featuring the star of MTV's Teen Wolf , Dylan O’Brien; Kaya Scodelario; Aml Ameen; Will Poulter; and Thomas Brodie-Sangster and the second book, The Scorch Trials , is soon to be a movie, hitting theaters September 18, 2015! Also look for James Dashner’s newest novels, The Eye of Minds and The Rule of Thoughts , the first two books in the Mortality Doctrine series. If you ain’t scared, you ain’t human. When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone. Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade. Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive. Everything is going to change. Then a girl arrives
杰克、瑞秋、托比亚、卡西和马可偶然遇到一艘失事飞船和一个垂死的飞行员。 因为这次偶遇,他们被赋予了一种神奇的力量——他们可以变成任何他们碰到的动物。 也因为这个神奇的力量,他们变成了动物变形人,在这个隐蔽的战争中保护我们美丽的星球。 同时,敌人也非常强大。敌人可以变成任何一个他们想要变成的人,甚至是杰克他们亲密的人。 马可从来不想成为动物变形人,他并不想成为保护地球的战士。 他的朋友们知道其中的原因,那就是马可非常担心自己的父亲。父亲是马可世上的亲人了,如果马可遇到了不测,那么他的父亲在这世上该是多么的孤单呀。 谁想到,之后发生的一件大事彻底改变了马可的想法,而马可也终于知道了自己该为星球战斗的理由…… 独特的故事视角,丰富的想象力,惊险刺
Grubbs Grady has so far escaped the family curse, but when hebegins to experience alarming symptoms at the onset of the fullmoon, he is scared that the jaws of fate are opening and about toswallow him whole. He has cheated death, defeated demons,moved on with his life. But Grubbs is torn between the world ofmagic and his wolfen genes. Can he fight the beast inside or willhe fall victim to his tainted blood?
Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We have powers you dream of having. We are stronger and faster than anything you have ever seen. We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books—but we are real. Our plan was to grow, and train, and become strong, and become one, and fight them. But they found us and started hunting us first. Now all of us are running. Spending our lives in shadows, in places where no one would look, blending in. we have lived among you without you knowing. But they know. They caught Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number Three in Kenya. They killed them all. I am Number Four. I am next.
Film tie-in edition of the bestselling classic work of fantasy of Bilbo Baggins’ adventures in Middle-earth, featuring the complete story as shown in the film trilogy, with a striking cover image from Peter Jackson’s film adaptation and drawings and maps by J.R.R. Tolkien. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey ‘there and back again’. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon… The prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit has sold many millions of copies since its publication in 1937, establishing itself as one of the most beloved and influential books of the twentieth century.
For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind herhouse. One yellow-eyed wolf--her wolf--is a chilling presence shecan't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: Inwinter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and thesilent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious monthsof being human . . . until the cold makes him shift backagain. Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes herbreath away. It's her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sammust fight to stay human--or risk losing himself, and Grace,forever.
After killing the corrupt Warchief Blackhand, OrgrimDoomhammer was quick to seize control over the Orcish Horde. Now heis determined to conquer the rest of Azeroth so that his peoplewill once again have a home of their own in the... WORLD OF WARCRAFT Anduin Lothar, former Champion of Stormwind, has left hisshattered homeland behind and led his people across the Great Seato the shores of Lordaeron. There, with the aid of the noble KingTerenas, he forges a mighty Alliance with the other human nations.But even that may not be enough to stop the Horde's mercilessonslaught. Elves, dwarves, and trolls enter the fray as the two emergingfactions vie for dominance. Will the valiant Alliance prevail, orwill the Horde's tide of darkness consume the last vestiges offreedom on Azeroth?
The valiant night elves have been shattered by the loss of theirbeloved general. The black dragon, Neltharion, has claimed theDemon Soul and scattered the mighty dragonflights to the winds.Above all, the demonlord, Archimonde, has led the Burning Legion tothe very brink of victory over Kalimdor. As the land and itsdenizens reel from this unstoppable evil, a terror beyond allreckoning draws ever nearer from the Well of Eternity'sdepths... In the final, apocalyptic chapter of this epic trilogy, thedragon-mage Krasus and the young druid Malfurion must riskeverything to save Azeroth from utter destruction. Banding togetherthe dwarves, tauren and furbolg races, the heroes hope to spark analliance to stand against the might of the Burning Legion. For ifthe Demon Soul should fall into the Legion's hands, all hope forthe world will be lost. This then, is the hour...where past andfuture collide!
宇宙由无数平行的世界组成、借助奇妙的魔法神刀的切割可以彼此穿行。 生活在另一个牛津的少年威尔,遭遇着莫名追杀;在一只神秘的猫的指引下,他跨过一个秘密的窗口,来到另一个横行着吞噬成人精灵的妖怪的世界…… 出于对母亲深沉的爱,威尔决定去寻找失踪多年的探险父亲。殊不知这对父子的命运早已与关系宇宙生死的巨大阴谋密不可分了…… 亡命天涯的威尔遇到了继续在朝自己使命的莱拉,并偶然得到那把可以切开宇宙从而在不同世界穿梭的魔法神刀; 其实,这并非偶然,许多世纪前,就有了关于他和莱拉的神秘预言:他们即是亚当与夏娃,必须联合女巫和天使,以及所有正义的力量,帮助阿斯里尔勋爵,才能对抗强大的宗教和政治势力,揭开“尘埃”的秘密,拯救宇宙;而伊甸园那条引诱他们的蛇,则是女科学家马隆博士…… 如同所有伟大的故
I know it's ridiculous. Lights can't whisper. But I swear Iheard a voice calling to me. It sounded like static to begin with,but then it came into focus, a single word repeated over and over.Softly, slyly, seductively, insistently. "Come..." The Disciples are being manipulated by beings older than time. OnlyKernel Fleck knows that something is wrong. But he is in the gripof a creature who cares nothing for the fate of humanity. Voicesare calling to him from the darkness and he's powerless toresist. Kernel has already been to hell and back. Nowhe's about to go further.
The Two Towers' is the second part of JRR Tolkien's epic masterpiece 'The Lord of the Rings'. This paperback edition has the classic black cover featuring Tolkien's own design and includes the definitive edition of the text. The Company of the Ring is sundered. Frodo and Sam continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin - alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go...JRR Tolkien's great work of imaginative fiction has been labelled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail. Tolkien created a vast new mythology in an invented world which has proved timeless in its appeal. Part of a set of three paperbacks, this popular edition is once again available in its classic black livery designed by Tolkien himself.
Mila has an exceptional talent for reading a room—sensing hidden facts and unspoken emotions from clues that others overlook. So when her father’s best friend, Matthew, goes missing from his upstate New York home, Mila and her beloved father travel from London to find him. She collects information about Matthew from his belongings, from his wife and baby, from the dog he left behind and from the ghosts of his past—slowly piecing together the story everyone else has missed. But just when she’s closest to solving the mystery, a shocking betrayal calls into question her trust in the one person she thought she could read best. * “Teeming with complex adult problems—infidelity, marital collapse, the death of a child—this thought-provoking coming-of-age story requires that readers be at least as mature as Mila as she confronts unpleasant truths. … Mila’s sharp observations of the people she meets and the winter landscape add a fresh, poetic aura to her discoveries and the novel as a w
As demonic Fomorii ravage their land, Bec and a band of warriorcompanions leave their devastated rath to answer a plea for help.An orphaned priestess-in-training, Bec hopes the journey will helpher solve the mysteries of her birth. But fighting demons has asteep price...
Ponyboy can count on his brothers and his friends, but not onmuch else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of richkids who get away with everything, including beating up greaserslike Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect--until the nightsomeone takes things too far. Written forty-five years ago, S. E. Hinton's classic story of a boywho finds himself on the outskirts of regular society remains aspowerful today as it was the day it was written.
《指环王1:魔戒现身》故事由魔戒持有者佛罗多起始,他在不知情的情况下得到一枚戒指,但这是一枚法力神奇的魔戒,事关魔王索伦实现一统天下的野心。自此,他也成为善恶两大势力争夺的对象,他在百般纠结中费尽周折,决定带着由远征队护卫的魔戒,向索伦的领地摩多进发,为的是在末日火山摧毁这枚成为了罪恶之根的戒指。 相关系列图书请点击: The Hobbit [Audiobook, Abridged][霍比特人] [平装] The Hobbit, Film Tie-in Edition[霍比特人,电影版] The Silmarillion[精灵宝钻] [精装] The Lord of the Rings[魔戒]
Fire! It's all around me, fierce, intense, out of control. Ifeel the hair on my arms singe and know I have only seconds beforeI burst into flames. Total panic. There's a horrible shriekingsound, piercing and destructive. My eardrums and eyeballs shouldburst. "It's hell!" I moan. One boy's life ripped to shreds before hiseyes... One wrathful demon master hell-bent onrevenge... An army of grisly Demonata on the rampage... It's the end of the world as we know it.