Lily Rabe throws herself enthusiastically into her narration; she sounds like she's having a ball, and listeners will, too. Rabe especially has fun with over-the-top Brazilian sexpot Adriana, making melodramatic pronouncements and calling everyone querida in a sexy, throaty exotic accent. She's also great as Emmy, the marriage-and-family–obsessed member of the trio: Rabe's sobbing, outraged delivery of Emmy's rant about her boyfriend dumping her for his personal trainer is simultaneously touching and hilarious. Leigh is the straight man of the group, but Rabe's performance conveys her doubts about her engagement realistically and sympathetically. This fun audio brings out the best in the novel. A Simon & Schuster hardcover (Reviews, Apr. 7). (June) 作者简介： Lauren Weisberger is the author of The Devil Wears Prada, which spent more than a year on the New York Times hardcover and paperback bestsellers lists. Her second novel, Everyone Worth Knowing, was also a New York Times/i> bestseller.

In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his death just hours away, Troy Phelan wants to send a message to his children, his ex-wives, and his minions, a message that will touch off a vicious legal battle and transform dozens .of lives. Because Troy Phelan's new will names a sole surprise heir to his l eleven-billion-dollar fortune: a mysterious woman named Rachel Lane, a missionary living deep in the jungles of Brazil. Enter the lawyers. Nate O'Riley is fresh out of rehab, a disgraced corporate attorney handpicked for his last job: to find Rachel Lane at any cost. As Phelan's family circles like vultures in D.C., Nate is crashing through the Brazilian jungle, entering a world where money means nothing, where death is just one misstep away, and where a woman--pursued by enemies and friends alike--holds a stunning surprise of her own

L'enfant prodigue qui, aujourd'hui, rentre chez son père n'estpas celui qu'on croit, l'humble, le repenti. C'est un vaincu. Lamisère le ramène à sa famille, de même que jadis le mirage del'aventure l'avait poussé sur les routes. Il tombe ainsi dans unpiège. Quand il s'en aper?oit, il est trop tard. On ne quitte pasles siens deux fois. Mais il aidera son jeune frère à partir de lamaison.

Pride and Prejudice is a delightful socialcomedy and a timelessly affecting love story. Elizabeth Bennet is the headstrong young woman whom no man seems capable of taming; Fitzwilliam Darcy is the arrogant landowner who disdains to thinkit would be worth his trying to do so. Jane Austen's poisednarrative shows how these two apparently incompatible characterslearn to overcome their initial feelings of mutual dislike. A tourde force of wit and sparkling dialogue, Pride and Prejudice is alsoa sumptuously detailed picture of contemporary society, which, inits exploration of manners and motives, has a great deal to sayabout the society of today. Austen's best-loved novel is amemorable story about the inaccuracy offirst impressions, about the power of reason, and above all aboutthe strange dynamics of human relationships and emotions.

"Nevada Rose" Demille was one of the most beautiful and desired sports groupies in Las Vegas, a fixture at the trendiest casinos and clubs on the Strip. But the endless party came to a tragic end the morning her nude body was found bound and gagged in her home. As crime scene investigators Catherine Willows and Warrick Brown dig deeper, all roads (and a growing media circus) lead to Mark Baker -- a.k.a. "The Fireball" -- a hard-throwing, Cooperstown-bound major-league pitcher and fancier of gorgeous women who recently conducted a very public affair with one "Nevada Rose" Demille.... Meanwhile, miles away on the grounds of a world-class championship golf course, Gil Grissom is probing the macabre discovery of a John Doe -- an intense investigation that will unearth a bitter sibling rivalry twisted by jealousy and distrust over a "Nevada Rose" of a very different nature.... 作者简介： Jerome Preisler is the author of more than twenty books, including the bestselling Tom Clanc

DIV Onitsha tells the story of Fintan, a youth whotravels to Africa in 1948 with his Italian mother to join theEnglish father he has never met. Fintan is initially enchanted bythe exotic world he discovers in Onitsha, a bustling cityprominently situated on the eastern bank of the Niger River. Butgradually he comes to recognize the intolerance and brutality ofthe colonial system. His youthful point of view provides the novelwith a notably direct, horrified perspective on racism andcolonialism. /DIV DIV /DIV DIV Inthe words of translator Alison Anderson, Onitsha isremarkable for its almost mythological evocation of local historyand beliefs. It is full of atmosphere sights, sounds, smells and attimes the author s sentences seem to flow with the dreamy languorof the river itself. But J. M. G. Le Cl??zio never lets us forgetthe harsh realities of life nor the subsequent tragedy of war. Astartling account and indictment of colonialism, Onitsha isalso a work of clear, forthright prose that ably portrays

This #1 bestselling legal thriller from Michael Connelly is a stunning display of novelistic mastery - as human, as gripping, and as whiplash-surprising as any novel yet from the writer Publishers Weekly has called "today's Dostoevsky of crime literature." Mickey Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense attorney who operates out of the backseat of his Lincoln Town Car, traveling between the far-flung courthouses of Los Angeles to defend clients of every kind. Bikers, con artists, drunk drivers, drug dealers - they're all on Mickey Haller's client list. For him, the law is rarely about guilt or innocence, it's about negotiation and manipulation. Sometimes it's even about justice. A Beverly Hills playboy arrested for attacking a woman he picked up in a bar chooses Haller to defend him, and Mickey has his first high-paying client in years. It is a defense attorney's dream, what they call a franchise case. And as the evidence stacks up, Haller comes to believe this may be the easiest case of his career. Th

This is a fabulous opportunity to finally own all seven Harry Potter titles - "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" - in a fantastic boxed set. 作者简介： Since publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 1997, the Harry Potter novels have sold 350 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 64 languages. J.K. Rowling has generated huge popular appeal for her books across the generations in an unprecedented fashion: she was the first children's author to be voted the BA Author of the Year, and also to win the British Book Awards Author of the Year. J.K. Rowling lives with her family in Edinburgh.

Book De*ion The past fills me with deep emotion. I recall the evening Miao Yan and I first talked. The details return with such vividness that it seems as if I am watching a video of it – the low-hanging moon, the whitish cement ground, Miao Yan’s glittering eyes, her fluttering blouse, the way she lit her cigarette and exhaled the smoke. It is all imprinted on my memory and can never be removed. Seventeen-year-old Ming and twenty-four-year-old Yan have very little in common other than studying in the same college. Ming, innocent and preoccupied, lives in her own world of books, music and imagination. Yan is, by contrast, sexy but cynical, beautiful but wild. She uses her looks to get what she wants from the many men in her life. When the two girls meet, and become best friends, Ming’s world is changed forever. She is attracted to Yan’s free-spirit, while Yan yearns for the kind of stability Ming’s seriousness can bring. But their differences in upbringing and ideologies ultimately driven them apa

'Hornby's best novel to date, impossible to put down.., how can an examination of four people's anguish be so enthralling?' 'Can I explain why I wanted to jump off the top of a tower block?' For disgraced TV presenter Martin Sharp the answer's prettySimple: he has, in his own words, 'pissed his life away'. And on NewYear's Eve he's going ta end it all.., but not, as it happens, alone.Because first single-mum Maureen, then eighteen-year-old Jess andlastly American rack-gad JJ turn up and crash Martin's private party.They've stolen Idis idea - but brought their own reasons. Yet it's hard to jump when you've got an audience queuing impatiently behind you. A few heated words and same slices of cold pizza later and these four strangers are suddenly allies. But is their unlikely friendship a good enough reason to carry on living?

This is the new Shardlake mystery from the No 1 bestsellingauthor of "REVELATION". Summer, 1545. England is at war. HenryVIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong, and a massiveFrench fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel. As theEnglish fleet gathers at Portsmouth, the country raises the largestmilitia army it has ever seen. The King has debased the currency topay for the war, and England is in the grip of soaring inflationand economic crisis. Meanwhile Matthew Shardlake is given anintriguing legal case by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr.Asked to investigate claims of 'monstrous wrongs' committed againsta young ward of the court, which have already involved onemysterious death, Shardlake and his assistant Barak journey toPortsmouth. Once arrived, Shardlake and Barak find themselves in acity preparing to become a war zone; and Shardlake takes theopportunity to also investigate the mysterious past of EllenFettipace, a young woman incarcerated in the Bedlam. The emergingmysteries around the

Brooke and Julian Alter are a happy couple--she's a nutritionist working two jobs to support them, he's a talented musician with a low-level recording contract--but when Julian hits it big in The Devil Wears Prada author Weisberger's not-ready-for-prime-time latest, their marriage wobbles under the strain of fame. Suddenly Julian is traveling nonstop, a pawn of his manager and publicist, and Brooke tries to balance her career with her desire to back him up. Paparazzi stalk their every move (believable in his case, less so in hers); her job is threatened by her repeated absences to attend events like Julian's Grammy appearance; and their shared giddiness dissipates as they are divided--physically and emotionally--as a couple. It takes many dozens of pages and a number of by-the-way announcements that might have ratcheted up the tension if they'd been part of the story to get Brooke and Julian into a crisis, unsurprising though that crisis may be. Weisberger has insightful takes about the price of success in ou

When successful young Manhattan attorney Emily Haxby ends her happy relationship, just as her boyfriend is on the verge of proposing, she can’t explain to even her closest friends why she did it. As Emily contemplates whether she made a huge mistake, the rest of her world begins to unravel: she is assigned to a multimillion-dollar lawsuit where she must defend the very values she detests by a boss who can’t keep his hands to himself; her grandfather, a feisty octogenarian and the person she cares most about, is losing it, while her emotionally distant father has left her to cope with this alone; and her fading memories of her deceased mother continue to remind her that love doesn’t last forever. How this brave young heroine finally decides to take control of her life and face the fears that have long haunted her ,is the great achievement of Julie Buxbaum’s marvelous first novel. Written with the authority, grace, and wisdom of an author far beyond her years, The Opposite of Love heralds the debu

It's winter break at St Vladimir's, and a massive Strigoi vampire attack has put the school on high alert. This year's trip away from the academy to the wintery peaks of Idaho has suddenly become mandatory. But Rose's troubles seem to follow her wherever she goes - dealing with the pain of knowing that her relationship with her tutor Dimitri can never be, things get even more complicated when one of her closest friends admits his feelings for her. The glittering winter landscape may create the illusion of safety but Rose - and her heart - are in more danger than she ever could have imagined...

Welcome to New York Citys Upper East Side, where the girls are dazzling, the guys are gorgeous, and the summer heat is the perfect excuse to throw a fabulous roof-deck pool party. Its their last summer together before heading off to college, and things are sizzlingno, its not just the weather. Despite that steamy kiss on graduation night, Blair, Serena and Nate have gone their separate waysthough not for long. Blair is off to London with her English Lord-boyfriend, Serenas about to become a movie staras if she wasnt a star already!and Nates rolling up his well-worn khakis and heading to the Hamptons. Back in New York, Dan and Vanessa are rekindling their love. Fiery! Watch out, this summer is going to be hotter than ever.

This is the story of a man named Charley who loses his job, leaves his family, and decides, one night, to end his life. Somewhere between this world and the next, he encounters his mother, who died years ago, and he spends one last day with her - a day he never had on earth. This 'ordinary' day covers the whole of their existence, and reveals how Charley, like many children, was constantly forced to choose between his mother and his father. He gets the chance many of us yearn for - to ask the questions never asked while our parents are alive. In the end, Charley learns how little he really knew about his mother, how her love saved their family, and how deeply he wants the chance to save his own.

Theodore Boone is back in a new adventure, and the stakes arehigher than ever. When his best friend, April, disappears from herbedroom in the middle of the night, no one, not even Theo Boone -who knows April better than anyone - has answers. As fear ripplesthrough his small hometown and the police hit dead ends, it's up toTheo to use his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chasedown the truth and save April. Filled with the page-turningsuspense that made John Grisham a number one internationalbestseller and the undisputed master of the legal thriller,Theodore Boone's trials and triumphs will keep readers guessinguntil the very end.

It's been less than a year since beautiful heiress Rosemary Barton took her own life during a birthday dinner in her honor. Her husband George never believed that his fun-loving wife would commit suicide--especially now that he's received two anonymous letters that suggest cold-blooded murder. One implicates even George himself. It's true he long suffered Rosemary's infidelities. But what about her embittered sister who was left out of the family will? Or any of Rosemary's secret lovers, not to mention their betrayed wives? Now one of them has ever forgotten Rosemary. Nor has any one of them ever forgiven her. But only one of them killed her...

It was evident, if there were no other entrance to the ice house, that the body had at some point traversed this thorny barrier...The big question was, how long ago? How long had that nightmare been there?' The people of Streech village had never trusted the three women living up at the Grange - not since Phoebe Maybury's husband suddenly, inexplicably, vanished. Ten years later a corpse is discovered in the grounds and Phoebe's nightmare begins. For once they have identified the body the police are determined to charge her with murder... 'The most impressive first novel in years' - "Daily Telegraph". 'A seductive writer with an imagination that makes her dangerous to know' - "Sunday Express". 'Terrific first novel with a high Rendellesque frisson count' - "The Times".