Stefan and Damon weren't always fighting or succumbing to theirbloodlusts. Once they were loving siblings, who enjoyed all theriches and happiness that their wealthy lifestyle afforded them;loyal brothers who happened to both fall for the same beautifulwoman.Once they were alive...

Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods thatsurround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincolnkneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken withsomething the old-timers call "Milk Sickness." "My baby boy..." she whispers before dying. Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mother's fatalaffliction was actually the work of a vampire. When the truth becomes known to young Lincoln, he writes in hisjournal, "henceforth my life shall be one of rigorous study anddevotion. I shall become a master of mind and body. And thismastery shall have but one purpose..." Gifted with his legendaryheight, strength, and skill with an ax, Abe sets out on a path ofvengeance that will lead him all the way to the White House. While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for saving a Union andfreeing millions of slaves, his valiant fight against the forces ofthe undead has remained in the shadows for hundreds of years. Thatis, until Seth Grahame-Smith stumbled upon The Secret Journa

One Fifth Avenue, the Art Deco beauty towering overManhattan's hippest neighbourhood, is a one-of-a-kind address, thesort of building you have to earn your way into - one way oranother. For the women in Candace Bushnell's stellar new novel, OneFifth Avenue is at the heart of the lives they've carefullyestablished, or hope to establish. There is Schiffer Diamond, aforty-something actress busily proving that women of style aretruly ageless. There is spoiled, self-assured Lola, who isdetermined to launch herself into society and the arms of the rightman by clawing a way into the building. Annalisa is the wife of ahedge fund manager and reluctant socialite, while bitter Mindy ismarried to an under-published writer and has been the familybreadwinner for too long. And then there is Enid, the glamorousgrande dame and gossip columnist, who has lived at One Fifth Avenuefor decades, and sees everything there is to see from her penthouseview ...

Wedding bells ring Detective Alex Cross and Bree's wedding plans are put on hold whenAlex is called to the scene of the perfectly executed assassinationof two of Washington D.C.'s most corrupt: a dirty congressmen andan underhanded lobbyist. Next, the elusive gunman begins pickingoff other crooked politicians, sparking a blaze of theories--is themarksman a hero or a vigilante? A murderer returns The case explodes, and the FBI assigns agent Max Siegel to theinvestigation. As Alex and Siegel battle over jurisdiction, themurders continue. It becomes clear that they are the work of aprofessional who has detailed knowledge of his victims'movements--information that only a Washington insider couldpossess. Caught in a lethal cross fire As Alex contends with the sniper, Siegel, and the wedding, hereceives a call from his deadliest adversary, Kyle Craig. TheMastermind is in D.C. and will not relent until he has eliminatedCross and his family for good. With a supercharged blend of action,deception, and suspense,

Angered by the values of his materialistic society, Hawk-eyelives apart from the other white men, sharing the solitude andsublimity of the wilderness with his Mohican Indian friend,Chingachgook. As the savageries of war test these exiled men, theyagree to guide two sisters in search of their father throughhostile Indian country - even if it means risking everything. Anenduring American classic, "The Last of the Mohicans" is afast-paced portrait of fierce individualism and courage, setagainst massacres, raids, battles and a doomed love affair. It isalso the unforgettable story of the friendship between two men.

Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is among the most enduring documents of the twentieth century. Since its publication in 1947, it has been read by tens of millions of people all over the world. It remains a beloved and deeply admired testament to the indestructible nature of the human spirit. Restored in this Definitive Edition are diary entries that were omitted from the original edition. These passages, which constitute 30 percent more material, reinforce the fact that Anne was first and foremost a teenage girl, not a remote and flawless symbol. She fretted about and tried to cope with her own sexuality. Like many young girls, she often found herself in disagreements with her mother. And like any teenager, she veered between the carefree nature of a child and the full-fledged sorrow of an adult. Anne emerges more human, more vulnerable and more vital than ever. 作者简介： Julie Harris, one of America's finest actresses on stage and screen, was dubbed "first lady of the theater" by revie

“A superb collection, a splendid and much-needed book. Andersonhas cleared away the dross and shown us the golden roots of fantasybefore it became a genre.” –Michael Moorcock, author of The EternalChampion Many of today’s top names in fantasy acknowledgeJ.R.R. Tolkien as the author whose work inspired them to createtheir own epics. But which writers influenced Tolkien himself? In acollection destined to become a classic in its own right,internationally recognized Tolkien expert Douglas A. Anderson,editor of The Annotated Hobbit, has gathered the fiction of themany gifted authors who sparked Tolkien’s imagination. Included areAndrew Lang’s romantic swashbuckler “The Story of Sigurd,” whichfeatures magic rings and a ferocious dragon; an excerpt from E. A.Wyke-Smith’s The Marvelous Land of Snergs, about creatures who wereprecursors to Tolkien’s hobbits; and a never-before-published gemby David Lindsay, author of A Voyage to Arcturus, a novel thatTolkien praised highly both as a thril

At an inn in the Berkshire Mountains, seven formerschoolmates gather to celebrate a wedding--a reunion that becomesthe occasion of astonishing revelations as the friends collectivelyrecall a long-ago night that indelibly marked each of their lives.Written with the fluent narrative artistry that distinguishes allof Anita Shreve's bestselling novels, A Wedding in December acutelyprobes the mysteries of the human heart and the endless allure ofpaths not taken.

Nana opens in 1867, the year of the World Fair, when Paris,thronged by a cosmopolitan elite, was a perfect target for Zola'sscathing denunciation of hypocrisy and fin-de-siecle moralcorruption. In this new translation, the fate of Nana--the Helen ofTroy of the second Empire, and daughter of the laundress inL'Assommoir--is now rendered in racy, stylish English. --Thistext refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of thistitle.

A major new discovery, Susan Krinard electrifies readers oftoday's hottest area of commercial women's fiction: romances with afantasy twist. The hero of Prince of Wolves is one of the lastsurvivors of an ancient race of werewolves--an attractive loner whoguides a vulnerable woman through the rugged Canadian Rockies.

Ogata Shingo is growing old, and his memoryis failing him. At night he hears only the sound of death in thedistant rumble from the mountain. The relation-ships which havepreviously defined his life - with his son, his wife, and hisattractive daughter-in-law - are dissolving, and Shingo is caughtbetween love and destruction. Lyrical and precise, The Sound of the Mountainexplores in immaculately crafted prose the changing roles of loveand the truth we face in ageing.

A brilliant FBI agent, rotting away in a high security prisonfor a murder he did not commit. His brilliant, psychotic brother,about to perpetrate a horrific crime. A young woman with anextraordinary past, on the edge of a violent breakdown. An ancientEgyptian tomb about to be unveiled at a celebrity-studded New Yorkgala, an enigmatic curse released. Memento Mori

Agatha Christie is more than the most popular mystery writer of all time. In a career that spans over half a century, her name is synonymous with brilliant deception, ingenious puzzles, and the surprise denouement. By virtually inventing the modern mystery novel she has earned her title as the Queen of Crime. Curious? Then you're invited to read....THE MYSTERIOUS MR. QUINA conjurer of skill with an instinct for detection, Mr. Harley Quin has an almost magical flair for appearing at the scene of the most remarkable crimes. But is it just a trick of light that haunts his shadow with a ghostly apparition? Is it fate that invites him to a New Year's Eve murder? And what forces are at work when his car breaks down outside Royston Hall, an isolated estate with a deadly history? With fantastic intrigue, uncanny procedure, and Agatha Christie's most charismatic creation, these dazzling stories remain personal favorites for the queen of crime.AUTHORBIO: AGATHA CHRISTIE is the world's best known mystery writer. Her boo

Part blistering espionage thriller, part riveting police procedural, and part piercing exposé on social injustice, The Girl Who Played with Fire is a masterful, endlessly satisfying novel. Mikael Blomkvist, crusading publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation. On the eve of its publication, the two reporters responsible for the article are murdered, and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to his friend, the troubled genius hacker Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvist, convinced of Salander’s innocence, plunges into an investigation. Meanwhile, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous game of cat and mouse, which forces her to face her dark past.

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

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.

This is the first biography of the Queen and the Duke ofEdinburgh - both royal, both great-great-grandchildren of QueenVictoria, but, in temperament and upbringing, two very differentpeople. The Queen's childhood was loving and secure, the Duke's wasturbulent: his grandfather assassinated, his father arrested, hisfamily exiled, his parents separated when he was only ten.Elizabeth and Philip met as cousins in the 1930s. They married in1947, aged twenty-one and twenty-six. A little more than four yearslater, they were Queen and consort. For almost sixty years theirshave been among the most famous faces in the world - yet thepersonalities behind the image remain elusive and the nature oftheir marriage is an enigma. Philip Elizabeth tells theextraordinary story of these two contrasting lives, assesses theirachievement, together and apart, and explores the nature of theirrelationships, with one another and with their children. Here is aunique royal biography: the author has met all the principalplayers in

Ovid's Metamorphoses, completed around AD8, shows the presence and prevalence of change in the world. Beginning with chaos and creation, Ovid embraces a vast array of mythological tales within his theme of transformation. Phaeton, Narcissus, Pyramus and This be, Daedal us and Icarus are only a few of the most famous. Passing through these to the serio-comic retellings of the Trojan War, the travels of Aeneas, and the events of Roman history down to Ovid's own times, his readers find infinite variety in a work that is, by turns, funny, pathetic and violent - always unpredictable and always engrossing. John Dryden's translations are featured in these collaborative Metamorphoses, first issued in 1717, to which eighteen translators contributed under the editorship of Sir Samuel Garth. Composed in a poetic idiom well suited to the satiric and mock-heroic aspects of this work, this is the only translation that can match Ovid's wit and stylistic sophistication.

On the verge of resigning from the D.C. police force, DetectiveAlex Cross knows he can't refuse this case. His partner JohnSampson has a friend who has been framed for murder and is facingthe gas chamber. His accusers? The United States Army. As a newwoman in Cross's life brings him hope in the face of a devastatingloss at home, Cross and Sampson go up against codes of honor andsilence and three ruthless killers. But a bigger threat lies inwait: Their controller, a lethal genius who will introduce Cross tonew depths of terror . . the last of the FOUR BLIND MICE.(2002)

Book De*ion About Dean Koontz's Frankenstein Dean Koontz's Frankenstein is the collective title of a series ofnovels co-written by Dean Koontz. Though technically of the mysteryor thriller genres, the novels also feature the trappings ofhorror, fantasy, and science fiction. From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerfulreworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you thinkyou know the story, you know only half the truth. Get ready for themystery, the myth, the terror, and the magic of… Dean Koontz's Prodigal Son Every city has secrets. But none as terrible as this. His name isDeucalion, a tattooed man of mysterious origin, asleight-of-reality artist who’s traveled the centuries with asecret worse than death. He arrives as a serial killer stalks thestreets, a killer who carefully selects his victims for thehumanity that is missing in himself. Detective Carson O’Connor iscool, cynical, and every bit as tough as she looks

In the 8th century AD Ibn al′Arabi, the Moorish governor of Barcelona, bestowed a magnificent gift upon Charlemagne, Holy Emperor of half of the known world: a chess set with the power to transform the course of history. New York City, 1970. Catherine ′Cat′ Velis, a computer expert working for one of the world′s largest accountancy firms, is sent on a dangerous assignment to retrieve an object of immeasurable value from somewhere in the remote reaches of Algeria. Montglane Abbey, France 1790, Mireille de Remy and her cousin Valentine are young novices at the fortress-like Montglane Abbey. With France aflame in revolution, the two girls burn to rebel against constricted convent life - and their means of escape is at hand. Buried deep within the abbey are pieces of the Montglane Chess Service, once owned by Charlemagne. Whoever reassembles the pieces can play a game of unlimited power. But to keep the game a secret from those who would abuse it, the two young women must scatter the pieces throughout t