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？
AT A CAFte TABLE IN LAHORE, a Pakistani man converses with an uneasy American stranger. As dusk deepens to night, hebegins the tale that has brought them to this fatefulencounter... Changez is living an immigrant's dream of America. Aftergraduating at the top of his class at Princeton, he lands an elitejob in New York City. His budding romance with chic, beautifulErica promises entry into society at the same ex-alted level onceoccupied by his family in Pakistan. But in the wake of September11, Changez finds his new American life suddenly overturned and hisidentity in seismic shift, unearthing allegiances more fundamentalthan money, power, and maybe even love.
A collection of tales to invade and paralyse the mind as the safe light of day is infiltrated by the shadows of the night. As you read, the clutching fingers of terror brush lightly across the nape of the neck, reach round from behind to clutch and lock themselves, white-knuckled, around the throat. This is the horror of ordinary people and everyday objects that become strangely altered; a world where nothing is ever quite what it seems, where the familiar and the friendly lure and deceive. A world where madness and blind panic become the only reality.
The Stephen King Amusement Park - an unnerving experience, with rides every which way to hell . . . and a few to glory. A solitary finger pokes out of a drain. Novelty teeth turn predatory. The Nevada desert swallows a Cadillac. Meanwhile, the legend of Castle Rock returns . . . and grows on you. What does it all mean? What else could it mean? Stephen King is here with a powerful collection of stories - a vast, many-chambered cave of a volume. The long reach of Stephen King's imagination will take you on a roller coaster to places you've never been before. You will lose sleep. But Stephen King, writing to beat the devil, will do your dreaming for you.
A mysterious high-profile homicide in the nation's capitalcollides with the dark side of national security in DavidBaldacci's new, heart-stopping thriller. TRUE BLUE Mason "Mace" Perry was a firebrand cop on the D.C. police forceuntil she was kidnapped and framed for a crime. She losteverything-her badge, her career, her freedom-and spent two yearsin prison. Now she's back on the outside and focused on onemission: to be a cop once more. Her only shot to be a true blueagain is to solve a major case on her own, and prove she has theright to wear the uniform. But even with her police chief sister onher side, she has to work in the shadows: A vindictive U.S.attorney is looking for any reason to send Mace back behind bars.Then Roy Kingman enters her life. Roy is a young lawyer who aided the poor until he took ahigh-paying job at a law firm in Washington. Mace and Roy meetafter he discovers the dead body of a female partner at the firm.As they investigate the death, they start uncovering
Finest heroic poem in Old English celebrates character andexploits of Beowulf, a young nobleman of the Geats, a people ofsouthern Sweden. Narrative combines mythical elements, Christianand pagan sensibilities, actual historical figures and events tocreate a striking work of great power and beauty. Genealogies.
The phenomenal #1 bestseller is now a major motion picture:"Startling and addictive. . . . An epic story of love, family, andloyalty." - USA Today Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy that takes over theminds of human hosts while leaving their bodies intact. ButWanderer, the invading "soul" who occupies Melanie's body, findsits former tenant refusing to relinquish possession of hermind. As Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of Jared, ahuman who lives in hiding, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she'snever met. Soon Wanderer and Melanie-reluctant allies-set off tosearch for the man they both love. Featuring one of the most unusual love triangles in literature, THE HOST is a riveting and unforgettable novel about thepersistence of love and the essence of what it means to behuman. THE HOST movie opens in theaters on March 29, 2013.
In the corridors of Chicago's top law firm:Twenty-six-year-old Adam Hall stands on the brink of a brilliantlegal career. Now he is risking it all for a death-row killer andan impossible case. Maximum Security Unit, Mississippi StatePrison: Sam Cayhall is a former Klansman and unrepentant racist nowfacing the death penalty for a fatal bombing in 1967. He has runout of chances -- except for one: the young, liberal Chicago lawyerwho just happens to be his grandson. While the executioners preparethe gas chamber, while the protesters gather and the TV cameraswait, Adam has only days, hours, minutes to save his client. Forbetween the two men is a chasm of shame, family lies, and secrets-- including the one secret that could save Sam Cayhall's life...orcost Adam his. "A dark and thoughtful tale pulsing wit moraluncertainties... Grisham is at his best." --"People.""Compelling... Powerful... "The Chamber" will make readers thinklong and hard about the death penalty." -- "USA Today." "His bestyet." -- "The Houst
Book De*ion Nowadays firemen start fires. Fireman Guy Montag loves to rush toa fire and watch books burn up. Then he met a seventeen-year oldgirl who told him of a past when people were not afraid, and aprofessor who told him of a future where people could think. AndGuy Montag knew what he had to do.... Amazon.com In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury's classic, frightening vision ofthe future, firemen don't put out fires--they start them in orderto burn books. Bradbury's vividly painted society holds up theappearance of happiness as the highest goal--a place where trivialinformation is good, and knowledge and ideas are bad. Fire CaptainBeatty explains it this way, "Give the people contests they win byremembering the words to more popular songs.... Don't give themslippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with.That way lies melancholy." Guy Montag is a book-burning fireman undergoing a crisis offaith. His wife spends all day with her television "family,"imploring M
Sent by their mother to live with their devout,self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and herbrother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudiceof the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at hermother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many timesher age–and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Yearslater, in San Francisco, Maya learns about love for herself and thekindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of greatauthors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) willallow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a modernAmerican classic that will touch hearts and change minds for aslong as people read.
The October Country is many places: a picturesque Mexicanvillage where death is a tourist attraction; a city beneath thecity where drowned lovers are silently reunited; a carnival midwaywhere a tiny man's most cherished fantasy can be fulfilled nightafter night. The October Country's inhabitants live, dream, work,die -- and sometimes live again -- discovering, often too late, thehigh price of citizenship. Here a glass jar can hold memories andnightmares; a woman's newborn child can plot murder; and a man'sskeleton can war against him. Here there is no escaping the darkstranger who lives upstairs...or the reaper who wields the world.Each of these stories is a wonder, imagined by an acclaimedtale-teller writing from a place shadows. But there is astonishingbeauty in these shadows, born from a prose that enchants andenthralls. Ray Bradbury's The October Country is a land ofmetaphors that can chill like a long-after-midnight wind...as theylift the reader high above a sleeping Earth on the strange wings ofUncle E
Two Supreme Court Justices are dead. Their murders remainunsolved. Darby Shaw, a brilliant and beautiful New Orleans legalstudent, draws up a speculative legal brief which links the deathsand uncovers an astonishing presidential conspiracy. When herboyfriend is atomised in a car bomb, it becomes clear that somebodyis intent on silencing Darby for good. Somebody who will stop atnothing to preserve the secrets of the Pelican Brief...
Nora Roberts returns to Chesapeake Bay and her beloved Quinnfamily for the story of Seth Quinn. The conclusion to thebreathtaking saga.
The charming adventures of the Mama of an immigrant Norwegianfamily living in San Francisco. This bestselling book inspired theplay, motion picture, and television series I Remember Mama.
Deep in the Hausruck Mountains of Austria, there is a remotehideaway--the fortress-like nerve center of an ominous movement,the Brotherhood of the Watch. American agent Harry Latham haspenetrated the movement, a neo-Nazi organization that was born inthe days after the Third Reich's defeat and whose deadly tentacleshave spread to the United States and beyond. Now, after three yearsin deep cover, and on the eve of his most spectacular success,Harry Latham has disappeared. Drew Latham, Special Officer forConsular Operations in Paris, is frantic to discover his olderbrother's fate. But when he receives the sudden good news thatHarry has surfaced, gut-twisting doubts arise. Has Harry's coverbeen blown? And if so, why has the Brotherhood of the Watch let himlive? For Harry Latham has emerged with an explosive list: thesecret supporters of the movement, among them some of thehighest-ranking officials in the United States and its allies,names synonymous with honorable service to their nations. It is adocument that c
In the second novel of King's bestselling fantasy masterpiece, Roland of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger, encounters three doors which open to 1980s America. Here he joins forces with the defiant Eddie Dean and courageous, volatile Odetta Holmes. And confronts deadly serial killer Jack Mort. As the titanic forces gather, a savage struggle between underworld evil and otherworldly enemies conspire to bring an end to Roland's quest for the Dark Tower...Masterfully weaving dark fantasy and icy realism, THE DRAWING OF THE THREE compulsively propels readers toward the next chapter. And the Tower is closer...
For years, readers wrote asking if Richard Bachman was really world-bestselling Stephen King writing under another name. Now the secret is out - and so, brought together in one volume, are these three spellbinding stories of future shock and suspense. The Long Walk: A chilling look at the ultra-conservative America of the future where a gruelling 450-mile marathon is the ultimate sports competition. Roadwork: An immovable man refuses to surrender to the irresistible force of progress. The Running Man: TV's future-favourite game show, where contestants are hunted to death in the attempt to win a $1 billion jackpot.
With over eight million copies of her beloved books in print,Sophie Kinsella is a true phenomenon. Now Becky Brandon (neeBloomwood) is back, in a hilarious new" "Shopaholic novel Becky'slife is blooming She's working at London's newest big store, TheLook, house-hunting with husband Luke (her secret wish is a ShoeRoom)...and she's pregnant She couldn't be moreoverjoyed--especially since discovering that shopping cures morningsickness. Everything has got to be perfect for her baby: from thedesigner nursery...to the latest, coolest pram...to the celebrity,must-have obstetrician. But when the celebrity obstetrician turnsout to be Luke's glamorous, intellectual ex-girlfriend, Becky'sperfect world starts to crumble. She's shopping for two...but arethere three in her marriage?
Praise for A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE: 'In the grand epic fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best …tense, surging, insomnia-inflicting' Time Magazine ‘An absorbing, exciting read … Martin’s style is so vivid that youwill be hooked within a few pages’ The Times ‘The sheer mind-boggling scope of this epic has sent other fantasywriters away shaking their heads …Its ambition: to construct theTwelve Caesars of fantasy fiction, with characters so venomous theycould eat the Borgias’ Guardian ‘Colossal, staggering … Martin captures all the intoxicatingcomplexity of the Wars of the Roses or Imperial Rome in hisimaginary world … The writing is always powerful …' SFX
In this first novel in his epic fantasy masterpiece, Stephen King introduces readers to one of his most enigmatic heroes, Roland of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting figure, a loner, on a spellbinding journey into good and evil, in a desolate world which frighteningly echoes our own. In his first step towards the powerful and mysterious Dark Tower, Roland encounters an alluring woman named Alice, begins a friendship with Jake, a kid from New York, and faces an agonising choice between damnation and salvation as he pursues the Man in Black. Both grippingly realistic and eerily dreamlike, THE GUNSLINGER leaves readers eagerly awaiting the next chapter. And the Tower is closer...
