On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill,Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from therest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into itand fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand issevered as "the dome" comes down on it, people running errands inthe neighboring town are divided from their families, and carsexplode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where itcame from, and when -- or if -- it will go away. Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, findshimself teamed with a few intrepid citizens -- town newspaper ownerJulia Shumway, a physician's assistant at the hospital, aselect-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big JimRennie, a politician who will stop at nothing -- even murder -- tohold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horriblesecret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Domeitself. Because time isn't just short. It's running out.

Scott Schuman just wanted to take photographs of people that he met on the streets of New York who he felt looked great. His now-famous and much-loved blog, thesartorialist.com, is his showcase for the wonderful and varied sartorial tastes of real people across the globe. This book is a beautiful anthology of Scott ’s favorite images, accompanied by his insightful commentary. It includes photographs of well-known fashion figures alongside people encountered on the street whose personal style and taste demand a closer look. From the streets of New York to the parks of Florence, from Stockholm to Paris, from London to Moscow and Milan, these are the men and women who have inspired Scott and the many diverse and fashionable readers of his blog. After fifteen years in the fashion business, Scott Schuman felt a growing disconnect between what he saw on the runways and in magazines, and what real people were wearing. The Sartorialist was his attempt to redress the balance. Since its beginning, the b

In his most brilliant and powerful novel, Pat Conroy tells thestory of Tom Wingo, his twin sister, Savannah, and the dark andviolent past of the family into which they were born. Set in NewYork City and the lowcountry of South Carolina, the novel openswhen Tom, a high school football coach whose marriage and careerare crumbling, flies from South Carolina to New York after learningof his twin sister's suicide attempt. Savannah is one of the mostgifted poets of her generation, and both the cadenced beauty of herart and the jumbled cries of her illness are clues to thetoo-long-hidden story of her wounded family. In the paneled officesand luxurious restaurants of New York City, Tom and SusanLowenstein, Savannah's psychiatrist, unravel a history of violence,abandonment, commitment, and love. And Tom realizes that trying tosave his sister is perhaps his last chance to save himself. Withpassion and a rare gift of language, the author moves from presentto past, tracing the amazing history of the Wingos from Wo

"All life in all worlds" -this was the object of the author'sseventeen-year quest for knowledge and discovery, culminating inthis book. In a manner unmistakably his own, Murchie delves intothe interconnectedness of all life on the planet and of such fieldsas biology, geology, sociology, mathematics, and physics. He offersus what the poet May Sarton has called "a good book to take to adesert island as sole companion, so rich is it in knowledge andinsight."

Critics worldwide have praised Reinaldo Arenas's writing. Hisextraordinary memoir, Before Night Falls, was named one of thefourteen "Best Books of 1993" by the editors of The New York TimesBook Review and has now been made into a major motionpicture. The Color of Summer, Arenas's finest comic achievement, isalso the fulfillment of his life's work, the Pentagonía, afive-volume cycle of novels he began writing in his early twenties.Although it is the penultimate installment in his "secret historyof Cuba," it was, in fact, the last book Arenas wrote before hisdeath in 1990. A Rabelaisian tale of survival by wits and wit, TheColor of Summer is ultimately a powerful and passionate story aboutthe triumph of the human spirit over the forces of political andsexual repression.

Smart, tough Los Angeles FBI agents Jack Harper and OscarHidalgo meet their match in a diamond smuggler, Steinbach, whoseems to have almost superhuman powers. Arrested during a cleversting operation, Steinbach tells the team of agents he will killthem, and sure enough, one by one, they start to die. Worse, Jackcan't begin to pin it on Steinbach, who is, after all, in prison.Soon, however, Steinbach makes a deal with Homeland Security and isfreed with total immunity. Jack is pretty sure that he and Oscarcould be next. But, as it turns out, Steinbach is not the onlymenace. Two of the agents who were killed turn out to be dirty.Jack and Oscar tour the seamy side of L.A. in hopes of findingclues, but they get way more than they bargained for.

Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, TWILIGHT, NEWMOON, ECLIPSE and BREAKING DAWN capture the struggle betweendefying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This stunning setmakes the perfect gift for fans of this bestselling vampire lovestory. The set will give existing fans a focus for their devotionand new fans will be entranced as the love story between Bella andthe Vampire Edward develops from tentative beginnings in Twilightto its stunning conclusion in the publishing phenomenon that isBreaking Dawn. 《暮光之城套装》包括：《暮光之城系列：破晓》、《暮光之城：月食》、《暮光之城：新月》和《暮光之城：暮色》。

What are the all-time best dishes America has to offer, theones you must taste before they vanish, so delicious they deserveto be a Holy Grail for travelers? Wheres the most vibrant Key limepie in Florida? The most sensational chiles rellenos in New Mexico?The most succulent fried clams on the Eastern Seaboard? The mostmemorable whoopie pies, gumbos, tacos, cheese steaks, crab feasts?In 500 Things to Eat Before Its Too Late, "Americas leadingauthorities on the culinary delights to be found while driving"(Newsweek) return to their favorite subject with a colorful,bursting-at-the-seams life list of Americas must-eats. Illustratedthroughout with mouth-watering color photos and road maps, thisindispensable guide is organized by region, then by state. Eachentry captures the food in luscious detail and gives the lowdown onthe caf, roadside stand, or street cart where its served. When"bests" aboundhot dogs, hamburgers, pizza, apple pie, doughnutstheSterns rank their offerings. Sidebars feature profiles ofidio

In Einstein in Love , Dennis Overbye has written thefirst profile of the great scientist to focus exclusively on hisearly adulthood, when his major discoveries were made. It revealsEinstein to be very much a young man of his time-draft dodger,self-styled bohemian, poet, violinist, and cocky, charismaticgenius who left personal and professional chaos in his wake.Drawing upon hundreds of unpublished letters and a decade ofresearch, Einstein in Love is a penetrating portrait of themodern era's most influential thinker.

There is not a 'them' and an 'us'; there is really only 'us.' One People illustrates this thought through a collection of glorious photographs, accompanied by thoughtful essays, that capture the universality of the human experience in the very different contexts of our diverse world. In this book we present people in all stages of our common life cycle, reflecting a moment, emotion, ritual, or intimacy that, be it mundane or extraordinary, is recognisable across cultures and language barriers. Regardless of nationality or beliefs, we share the joy of birth, the celebration of life's special moments, the need to find meaning in our lives, the strength to endure, the resilience to keep trying and the sorrow of death. And above all, we share a curiosity about other people that inspires us to travel and to seek them out. And it is travel that facilitates this understanding, connection and humanity in all of us, and illuminates the shared paths and crossroads in our many journeys.

All 5 books inthe Twilight Saga series - Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, BreakingDawn and, for the first time ever, The Short Second Life of BreeTanner - in one gorgeous, giftable, white-covered boxed set.

A tale of heroism and adventure-a memoir about SergeantDarrell "Shifty" Powers, a highly respected Band of Brotherssoldier. When he was a boy growing up in the remote miningtown of Clinchco, Virginia, Shifty Powers's goal was to become thebest rifle shot he could be. His father trained him to listen tothe woods, to "see" without his eyes. Little did Shifty know hisfinely-tuned skills would one day save his life-and the lives ofmany of his friends. Shifty's War is a tale of a soldier's blood-filled daysfighting his way from the shores of France to the heartland ofGermany, and the epic story of how one man's abilities as asharpshooter, along with an engagingly unassuming personality,propelled him to a life greater than he could have everimagined.

In 1926, before skirt lengths inched above the knee and beforeanyone was ready to accept that a woman could test herselfphysically, a plucky American teenager named Trudy Ederle capturedthe imagination of the world when she became the first woman toswim the English Channel. It was, and still is, a feat moreincredible and uncommon than scaling Mount Everest. Upon her returnto the United States, "Trudy of America" became the most famouswoman in the world. And just as quickly, she disappeared from thepublic eye. Set against the backdrop of the roaring 1920s, YoungWoman and the Sea is the dramatic and inspiring story of Ederlespursuit of a goal no one believed possible, and the price she paid.The moment Trudy set foot on land, triumphant, she had shatteredcenturies of stereotypes and opened doors for generations of womento come. A truly magnetic and often misunderstood character whosestory is largely forgotten, Trudy Ederle comes alive in these pagesthrough Glenn Stouts exhaustive new research.

作者简介： J. K. (Jo) Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury in the UK in 1965. Such a funny-sounding name for a birthplace may have contributed to her talent for collecting odd names. She was quiet, freckly, short-sighted and not very good at sports. She even broke her arm playing netball. Her favourite subject by far was English, but she also liked languages. Jo always loved writing more than anything. 'The first story that I ever wrote down, when I was five or six, was about a rabbit called Rabbit. He got the measles and was visited by his friends, including a giant bee called Miss Bee. And ever since Rabbit and Miss Bee, I have wanted to be a writer, though I rarely told anyone so. I was afraid they'd tell me I didn't have a hope.' As she got older, Jo kept writing but she never showed what she had written to anyone, except for some of her funny stories that featured her friends as heroines. Jo attended the University of Exeter in Devon where she studied French. When she was 25,

Somewhere in the not-so-distant future the residents of EnnetHouse, a Boston halfway house for recovering addicts, and studentsat the nearby Enfield Tennis Academy are ensnared in the search forthe master copy of INFINITE JEST, a movie said to be so dangerouslyentertaining its viewers become entranced and expire in a state ofcatatonic bliss

"An astonishing new portrait of a scientific icon"In thisremarkable book, Adrian Desmond and James Moore restore the missingmoral core of Darwin's evolutionary universe, providing acompletely new account of how he came to his shattering theoriesabout human origins.There has always been a mystery surroundingDarwin: How did this quiet, respectable gentleman, a pillar of hisparish, come to embrace one of the most radical ideas in thehistory of human thought? It's difficult to overstate just whatDarwin was risking in publishing his theory of evolution. So itmust have been something very powerful--a moral fire, as Desmondand Moore put it--that propelled him. And that moral fire, theyargue, was a passionate hatred of slavery.To make their case, theydraw on a wealth of fresh manu*s, unpublished familycorrespondence, notebooks, diaries, and even ships' logs. They showhow Darwin's abolitionism had deep roots in his mother's family andwas reinforced by his voyage on the "Beagle" as well as by eventsin America--from th

Philip Schultz, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for poetry,has been celebrated for his singular vision of the Americanimmigrant experience and Jewish identity, his alternately fierceand tender portrayal of family life, and his rich and riotousevocation of city streets. His poems have found enthusiasticaudiences among readers of Garrison Keillor's "Writer's Almanac,""Slate," "The New Yorker," and other publications. His willingnessto face down the demons of failure and loss, in his previous bookparticularly, make him a poet for our times, a poet who can write"If I have to believe in something, I believe in despair." Yet heremains oddly undaunted: "sometimes, late at night, we, myhappiness and I, reminisce, lifelong antagonists enjoying eachother's company.""The God of Loneliness," a major collection ofSchultz's work, includes poems from his five books ("Like Wings,""Deep Within the Ravine," "The Holy Worm of Praise," "Living in thePast," "Failure") and fourteen new poems. It is a volume tocherish, fro

Cozy lovers' favorite otherworldly detective cracks a classiccountry-house case. In Atherton's sixteenth mystery, Lori Shepherd returns from DownUnder to her normal life in the village of Finch. But Lori's normalquickly becomes anything but. Her debonair father-in-law has moved to town and is renovatingFairworth House, a grand estate nearby. William Sr. expects aquiet, small-town life, but among the spinsters vying for hisattention, shifty servants, and the discovery of a mysteriouspainting of a family tree in Fairworth's attic, he discovers thatlife in Finch is anything but quiet. On top of it all, Lori andWilliam are embroiled in a case of deception and false identity byone of Finch's own. It's nothing the plucky Lori can't handle, butonce things get truly peculiar at Fairworth-moving furniture,strange sounds, and mysterious visitors-she calls on Aunt Dimityfor her otherworldly guidance and uncovers the shadowy past beneaththe estate's magnificent surface. Nancy Atherton's titles co

Since the series' inception in 1915, the annual volumes of TheBest American Short Stories have launched literary careers,showcased the most compelling stories of each year, and confirmedfor all time the significance of the short story in our nationalliterature. Now THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURYbrings together the best -- fifty-six extraordinary stories thatrepresent a century's worth of unsurpassed achievements in thisquintessentially American literary genre. This expanded editionincludes a new story from The Best American Short Stories 1999 toround out the century, as well as an index including every storypublished in the series. Of all the writers whose work has appearedin the series, only John Updike has been represented in each of thelast five decades, from his first appearance, in 1959, to his mostrecent, in 1998. Updike worked with coeditor Katrina Kenison tochoose the finest stories from the years since 1915. The result is"extraordinary . . . A one-volume literary history of thi