Someone has killed one of the most powerful men in the U.S.Senate - and the whole world is watching. Someone has murdered asmall black girl on the mean streets of Washington - and no oneseems to care. But only D.C. homicide cop Alex Cross suspects thatthe evil striking down both the high and the lowly wears the sameshocking face. From James Patterson, the sensational author of thebestsellers Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider, comes Jack Jill, the #1 thriller that breaks all the rules - andshatters every nerve.
Designed as a celebration of the film, this lavishly illustrated paperback edition is an exclusive behind-the-scenes guide featuring full-color photos of the cast, locations, and sets, as well as storyboards, interviews, details of the special effects, and much more.
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks comes a tender story of hope and joy, of sacrifice and forgiveness-a moving reminder that love is possible at any age, at any time, and often comes when we least expect it. At forty-five, Adrienne Willis must rethink her entire life when her husband abandons her for a younger woman. Reeling with heartache and in search of a respite, she flees to the small coastal town of Rodanthe, North Carolina, to tend to a friend's inn for the weekend. But when a major storm starts moving in, it appears that Adrienne's perfect getaway will be ruined-until a guest named Paul Flanner arrives. At fifty-four, Paul has just sold his medical practice and come to Rodanthe to escape his own shattered past. Now, with the storm closing in, two wounded people will turn to each other for comfort-and in one weekend set in motion feelings that will resonate throughout the rest of their lives.
One Man's Bible is a fictionalized account of Gao Xingjian's life under the Chinese Communist regime. Daily life is riddled with paranoia and fear, and government propaganda turns citizens against one another. It is a place where a single sentence spoken ten years earlier can make one an enemy of the state. But One Man's Bible is also a profound meditation on the essence of writing, on exile, on the effects of political oppression on the human spirit, and on how the human spirit can triumph. 作者简介： Gao Xingjian (whose name is pronounced gow shing-jen) is the first Chinese recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in 1940 in Jiangxi province in eastern China, he has lived in France since 1987. Gao Xingjian is an artistic innovator, in both the visual arts and literature. He is that rare multitalented artist who excels as novelist, playwright, essayist, director, and painter. In addition to Soul Mountain and One Man's Bible, a book of his plays, The Other Shore, and a volume of his p
Dubbed "the American Tolkien" by "Time" magazine, #1 "New YorkTimes" bestselling author George R.R. Martin is a giant in thefield of fantasy literature and one of the most excitingstorytellers of our time. Now he delivers a rare treat for readers:a compendium of his shorter works, collected into two stunningvolumes, that offer fascinating insight into his journey from youngwriter to award-winning master. Gathered here, in Volume I, are thevery best of George R.R. Martin's early works, includingnever-before-published fan pieces, his Hugo, Nebula, and BramStoker Award-winning stories--plus the original novella "The IceDragon, "from which Martin's "New York Times" bestsellingchildren's book of the same title originated. A dazzling array thatfeatures extensive author commentary, Dreamsongs, Volume I," " isthe perfect collection for both Martin devotees and a newgeneration of fans.
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.
When FBI Agent John O'Hara first meets Nora Sinclair. she seems perfect.She has the career. The charisma. The tantalising sex appeaL The whole extraordinary package - Nora doesn't just attract men. she enthrals them She's worked hard for this life and she will never give it up, So why is the FBI so interested in Miss Sinclair? Mysterious things keep happening to the men in her life. And when Agent O'Hara looks more closely he sees something dangerous about Nora - something that lures him at the same time as it fills him with fear. And the more time he spends with her the less he knows whether he is pursuing justice or his own fatal obsession.
Setting out to make his fortune in a far-off country, a youngtraveller discovers the remote and beautiful land of Erewhon, andis given a home among its extraordinarily handsome citizens. Buttheir visitor soon discovers that this seemingly ideal communityhas its faults - here crime is treated indulgently as a malady tobe cured, while illness, poverty and misfortune are cruellypunished, and all machines have been superstitiously destroyedafter a bizarre prophecy. Can he survive in a world where moralityis turned upside down? Inspired by Samuel Butler's years incolonial New Zealand, and by his reading of Darwin's "Origin ofSpecies", Erewhon (1872) is a highly original, irreverent andhumorous satire on conventional virtues, religious hypocrisy andthe unthinking acceptance of beliefs.
"The best way to understand Pasternak's achievementinDoctorZh/vago is to see it in terms of this great Russianliterarytradition, as a fairy tale, not so much of good and evil asof opposing forces and needs in human destiny and historythat cannever be reconciled... [Zhivago is] a figure whoembodies theprinciple of life itself, the principle that contradicts everyabstraction of revolutionary politics."
A collection of nine classic Salinger short stories.
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.
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
Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, TWILIGHT, NEW MOON, ECLIPSE and BREAKING DAWN capture the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This stunning set makes the perfect gift for fans of this bestselling vampire love story. The set will give existing fans a focus for their devotion and new fans will be entranced as the love story between Bella and the Vampire Edward develops from tentative beginnings in Twilight to its stunning conclusion in the publishing phenomenon that is Breaking Dawn.
Detective Alex Cross pursues the most ruthless killer he'sever encountered-to a land of sheer terror and back. It's the worstcrime scene Alex Cross has ever seen, and then more killings, eachone more ruthless than the last, quickly follow. After one deathcomes terrifyingly close to home, Alex realizes he's chasing ahorrible new breed of killer. Digging deeper into the case, Alex and his girlfriend, DetectiveBrianna Stone, uncover a shocking Washington, D.C., underworld: agang of teenage thugs headed by a warlord known only as the Tiger.When the Tiger's elusive trail turns up in Africa, Alex knows thathe must follow. Unprotected and alone, can Alex manage to bothsurvive and catch the killer?
Set against the backdrop of a fictional 1890s town, Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio depicts the not-so-simple lives of its residents as seen through the eyes of George Willard, a young and observant resident.The text of this Norton Critical Edition is that of the first book edition, published in 1919, and includes Harald Toksvig’s original map of the fictional Winesburg. Ample annotation is provided throughout. "Backgrounds" includes five of Anderson’s letters, which illustrate his ideas about the stories; memoirs in which he wrestles with the revision process; and eight reviews of Winesburg, Ohio by Anderson’s contemporaries, among them H. L. Mencken and William Faulkner. "Criticism" collects six of the most illuminating assessments of the book published in the last three decades. A variety of perspectives is provided by Walter B. Rideout, Sally Adair Rigsbee, John Updike, Joseph Dewey, Kim Townsend, and David Stouck. 作者简介： Charles E. Modlin is Professor of English a
Julie Barenson's young husband left her two unexpected gifts before he died-a Great Dane puppy named Singer and the promise that he would always be watching over her. Now, four years have passed. Still living in the small town of Swansboro, North Carolina, twenty-nine-year-old Julie is emotionally ready to make a commitment to someone again. But who? Should it be Richard Franklin, the handsome, sophisticated engineer who treats her like a queen? Or Mike Harris, the down-to-earth nice guy who was her husband's best friend? Choosing one of them should bring her more happiness than she's had in years. Instead, Julie is soon fighting for her life in a nightmare spawned by a chilling deception and jealousy so poisonous that it has become a murderous desire...
Ruiz Zafón’s novel，a bestseller in his native Spain，takes the satanic touches from Angel Heart and stirs them into a bookish intrigue la Foucault’s Pendulum。 The time is the 1950s；the place，Barcelona。Daniel Sempere，the son of a widowed bookstore owner，is 10 when he discovers a novel，The Shadow of the Wind，by Julián Carax。 The novel is rare，the author obscure，and rumors tell of a horribly disfigured man who has been burning every copy he can find of Carax’s novels。The man calls himself Laín Coubert-the name of the devil in one of Carax’s novels。As he grows up，Daniel’s fascination with the mysterious Carax links him to a blind femme fatale with a "porcelain gaze," Clara Barceló； another fan，a leftist jack-of-all-trades，Fermín Romero de Torres； his best friend’s sister，the delectable Beatriz Aguilar； and，as he begins investigating the life and death of Carax，a cast of characters with secrets to hide。 Officially，Carax’s dead body was dumped in
