The three best friends make a pact over raspberry mojitos one night this year everything is going to change. Emmy is going to find a man on every continent for some no-strings fun. Adriana vows she'll secure a five-carat Harry Winston diamond on her fourth finger. And Leigh can't think of what she needs to change - until literary bad boy Jesse Chapman starts to get under her skin.

The Memory Keeper's Daughter Screen Saver by Novel of Kim Edwards. It is 1964 in Lexington, Kentucky, and a rare and sudden winter storm has blanketed the area with snow. The roads are dangerous, yet Dr. David Henry is determined to get his wife Norah to the hospital in time to deliver their first child. But despite David's methodical and careful driving, it soon becomes clear that the roads are too treacherous, and he decides to stop at his medical clinic instead. There, with the help of his nurse Caroline, he is able safely to deliver their son, Paul. But unexpectedly, Norah delivers a second child, a girl, Phoebe, in whom David immediately recognizes the signs of Down's Syndrome.

Nine strokes from an old country church toll out the death ofan unknown man and call Lord Peter Wimsey to one of his mostbaffling cases. Set in the strange, flat fen-country of EastAnglia, this is a classic tale of suspense by a master ofmystery.

A city is hit by an epidemic of "white blindness" which sparesno one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital,but there the criminal element holds everyone captive, stealingfood rations and raping women. There is one eyewitness to thisnightmare who guides seven strangers-among them a boy with nomother, a girl with dark glasses, a dog of tears-through the barrenstreets, and the procession becomes as uncanny as the surroundingsare harrowing. A magnificent parable of loss and disorientation anda vivid evocation of the horrors of the twentieth century,Blindness has swept the reading public with its powerful portrayalof man's worst appetites and weaknesses-and man's ultimatelyexhilarating spirit. The stunningly powerful novel of man's will tosurvive against all odds, by the winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize forLiterature

Last year, awareness about global warming reached a tippingpoint. Now one of the most dynamic writers and one of the mostrespected scientists in the field of climate change offer the firstconcise guide to both the problems and the solutions. Guiding uspast a blizzard of information and misinformation, Gabrielle Walkerand Sir David King explain the science of warming, the mostcutting-edge technological solutions from small to large, and thenational and international politics that will affect our efforts.While there have been many other books about the problem of globalwarming, none has addressed what we can and should do about it soclearly and persuasively, with no spin, no agenda, and noexaggeration. Neither Walker nor King is an activist or politician,and theirs is not a generic green call to arms. Instead theypropose specific ideas to fix a very specific problem. Mostimportant, they offer hope: This is a serious issue, perhaps themost serious that humanity has ever faced. But we can still dosomething about

Qu'importe que la cantatrice soit chauve puisqu'elle n'existepas ! Dans cette petite "anti-pièce", première oeuvredramatique de Ionesco, il n'est fait référence que deux fois à lacantatrice chauve, personnage dont on ne sait rien et quin'appara?t jamais. Il s'agit bien là d'un Nouveau Thé?tre, celuiqui donne naissance à des pièces sans héros, sans sacro-saintedivision en actes, sans action, sans intrigue, avec en guise dedénouement la quasi-répétition du début, et dont lestraditionnelles retrouvailles sont remplacées par une parodie dereconnaissance d'une invraisemblance ahurissante. Les personnages,tout droit sortis d'un manuel de langue, ne s'expriment que parclichés, disent une chose pour aussit?t affirmer son contraire,trouvent une jubilation idiote à employer proverbes et maximes touten les pervertissant sans même s'en apercevoir... Cependant, trèsvite, le langage s'"autonomise", se libère de toute contrainte, etl'on assiste avec plaisir au divorce du sens et du verbe. Il enré

Marlowe befriends a down on his luck war veteran with thescars to prove it. Then he finds out that Terry Lennox has a verywealthy nymphomaniac wife, who he's divorced and re-married and whoends up dead. and now Lennox is on the lam and the cops and a crazygangster are after Marlowe.

It was an unusual predicament for Sir Stafford Nye-to awaken in a stupor after being drugged, only to find his passport stolen. There was also no trace of the fascinating woman he encountered in Frankfurt who begged him to help save her life. But Sir Stafford's troubles are only just beginning. The target of two murder attempts, he now seeks the help of the stranger who so urgently sought his. If he can locate her. What he finds is a woman of numerous identities and twice as many secrets, who ushers him into the shadows of an international conspiracy that could well prove to be the death of them.

Today, F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for his novels, but in his lifetime, his fame stemmed from his prolific achievement as one of America's most gifted story writers. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," a witty and fantastical satire about aging, is one of his most memorable stories. In 1860 Benjamin Button is born an old man and mysteriously begins aging backward. At the beginning of his life he is withered and worn, but as he continues to grow younger he embraces life -- he goes to war, runs a business, falls in love, has children, goes to college and prep school, and, as his mind begins to devolve, he attends kindergarten and eventually returns to the care of his nurse. This strange and haunting story embodies the sharp social insight that has made Fitzgerald one of the great voices in the history of American literature. 作者简介： F.Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul,Minnesota, in 1896, attended Princeton University,and published his first novel, This Side of Paradise, in 19

' This is the most astonishing piece of writing, lyrical in itsemotion and spare in its construction ...Toibin has crafted anunmissable read' - "Sunday Herald". In Blackwater in the early1990s, three women - Dora Devereux, her daughter Lily and hergranddaughter Helen - have come together after years of strife andreached an uneasy truce. Helen's adored brother Declan is dying.Two friends join him and the women in a crumbling old house by thesea, where the six of them, from different generations and withdifferent beliefs, must listen and come to terms with oneanother.'It is in his emotional choreography that Toibin showshimself to be an exceptional writer. Helen is estranged from bothher mother and grandmother ...Toibin helps them make peace - and hedoes it beautifully' - "Sunday Telegraph". 'He writes in spare,powerful prose and he is truly perceptive about familyrelationships which, at times, makes reading his stories incrediblypainful. But this is a beautiful novel' - "Belfast News". 'We shallbe readin

Lord Jim, first published in 1900, confirmed Conrad's place in literature as one of the first 'modernists' of English letters. Set in the Malay Archipelago, not only does the novel provide a gripping account of maritime adventure and romance, but also an exotic tale of the East. Nostromo is the only man capable of the decisive action needed to save the silver of the San Tome mine and secure independence for Sulaco, Occidental Province of the Latin American state of Costaguana. Is his integrity as unassailable as everyone believes, or will his ideals, like those which have inspired the struggling state itself, buckle under economic and political pressure? The Secret Agent, Conrad's story of espionage and anarchists, tells of Winnie Verloc and her devotion to her peculiar and simple-minded brother, Stevie. Its savagely witty themes of human absurdity and misunderstanding are written in an ironic style that provokes both laughter and unease. This volume also includes a selection of Conrad's matchle

When a NASA satellite discovers an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Arctic ice, the floundering space agency proclaims a much-needed victory -- a victory with profound implications for NASA policy and the impending presidential election. To verify the authenticity of the find, the White House calls upon the skills of intelligence analyst Rachel Sexton. Accompanied by a team of experts, including the charismatic scholar Michael Tolland, Rachel travels to the Arctic and uncovers the unthinkable: evidence of scientific trickery -- a bold deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy. But before she can warn the president, Rachel and Michael are ambushed by a team of assassins. Fleeing for their lives across a desolate and lethal landscape, their only hope for survival is to discover who is behind this masterful plot. The truth, they will learn, is the most shocking deception of all.

Harry Potter is a wizard.He is in his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.Little does he kmow that this year will be just as eventful as the last…… JK Rowling's second book is just as funny,frightening and unepected as her first.'The Daily Mail. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is as good as its predecessor……Hogwarts is a creation of genius.'The Times Literary Supplement.

Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès ! L'homme qui défie toutesles polices fran?aises contre l'as des détectives anglais.? C'estjustement quand je ne comprends plus que je soup?onne Arsène Lupin?, avoue le célèbre limier anglais. Quand deux hommes aussiintelligents s'affrontent, leur duel est un grand spectacle.Qui avolé le petit secrétaire d'acajou contenant un billet de loteriegagnant ? Qui a volé la lampe juive, le diamant bleu, joyau de lacouronne royale de France ? Qui joue les passe-murailles en pleinParis ? Arsène Lupin, toujours lui, l'éternel amoureux de la DameBlonde, plus insolent, plus ingénieux que jamais, déjouant une àune toutes les ruses de l'Anglais par d'autres ruses plusétonnantes encore.

《就说你和他们一样》是一个卢旺达小女孩的自述，故事背景是1994年卢旺达大屠杀。书名 就说你和他们一样 就是小说里一位母亲为了保护她的孩子免受暴民所杀，而叮嘱女儿的话。面对图西人和胡图人的暴戾争端，小女孩只记得母亲后的嘱咐：无论任何人问起你的身份，记住，就说你和他们一样。 就说你和他们一样 这句话背后有种为求生存而不得不妥协的悲恸，阅读时就像在心里投了一颗未爆炸弹般地感到沉重及震慑。在恐惧、同情及羞耻心的作用下，书中角色引发了我们内心强烈的无助感。或许我们没有力量去改变什么 可是，你至少能做到的是，珍惜，珍惜你所拥有的，更加爱自己，爱生活，更加幸福的活着。 Each story in this jubilantly acclaimed collection pays testament to the wisdom and resilience of children, even in the face of the most agonizing circumstances. A family living in a makeshift

L'étonnement de deux voyageurs persans est prétexte à unepeinture sans tabou de la fin du règne de Louis XIV. Lesparticularismes du temps, tout comme les faiblesses et lesinclinations naturelles de la nature humaine, sont observésd'autant plus attentivement qu'ils le sont d'un point de vueextérieur. Usbek, principal locuteur de ce roman épistolaire où leslettres s'entrecroisent pour créer un écheveau d'impressions etd'intrigues, a quitté Ispahan pour des raisons politiques. Ildirige donc son sérail depuis l'Europe et échange ses impressionsavec ses amis demeurés en Perse, avec Rhédi, en voyage d'étude àVenise, puis avec son compagnon de route Rica, qui préfèrera letumulte de Paris et la curiosité qu'il y suscite au calme de lacampagne environnante élue par Usbek. Ce dernier, si lucide quantaux vices du royaume de France, si critique quant aux traditionseuropéennes, se laisse pourtant duper par ses femmes. Les Lettres persanes , première oeuvre de Montesquieu, publiéesdans l'anon

Contre l'avis de sa famille, Doruntine s'est mariée loin deson pays. Une nuit, elle est de retour. Qui l'a ramenée ? Son frèreKonstantin, comme elle le prétend ? Mais il est mort à la guerre !A-t-il alors ressuscité pour tenir la promesse qu'il lui avaitfaite d'aller la chercher en cas de malheur ? S'agit-il d'unimposteur ? Doruntine meurt. Mais de quoi ? Au c?ur de l'Albanie duMoyen Age, le mystère s'épaissit, les conflits s'exacerbent,donnant à lire un thriller captivant et insolite.

Anecdotal, funny, frank, POPism is Warhols personal view of thePop phenomenon in New York in the 1960s and a look back at therelationships that made up the scene at the Factory, including hisrelationship with Edie Sedgewick, focus of the upcoming filmFactory Girl. In the detached, back-fence gossip style he wasfamous for, Warhol tells allthe ultimate inside story of a decadeof cultural revolution.

Beautiful Chiara is smitten by the brilliant but pennilessdoctor Salvatore. Desiring the unwilling Salvatore as a futurehusband, she engages in a series of comic attempts to land herobject of affection, only to create a greater chasm between thestar-crossed would-be lovers.

尼克和艾米是一对具有完美吸引力的男女，是别人眼中的模范夫妻。艾米每天都用日记来记录婚后生活，每个结婚纪念日都会精心设置充满惊喜的“寻宝游戏”，但生活却不可阻挡地越来越平淡如水……然而，这仅仅是表象。 在他们结婚五周年纪念日当天，豪宅里美丽聪慧的女主人离奇失踪了！尼克焦虑无奈，通过媒体深情告白，然而，被发现的艾米的日记指向尼克有*的嫌疑……尼克的一连串谎言、欺瞒和失控也随之曝光，真相反转。顿时，人人都重新审视自己的枕边人，而这，才仅仅是开始。 'What are you thinking, Amy?' The question I'veasked most often during our marriage, if not out loud, if not tothe person who could answer. I suppose these questions stormcloudover every marriage: 'What are you thinking? How are you feeling?Who are you? What have we done to each other? What will we do?'Just how well can you ever know the person