Anya used to dream of moving to Britain to start a brand-new life. But as she sits in a school where nobody understands her, she dreams of Polish summer skies and the place where she once belonged. Then Anya meets bad boy Dan. He's no angel, but she's sure there's a sweeter side to him. And when things begin to fall apart, Anya realizes she's not alone - how can Dan be such bad news when being with him feels like heaven?
George R.R. Martin's A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE -- the story so far.The greatest epic work of the modern age is now available in acollectible box set. A GAME OF THRONES has been adapted into a hitHBO original series.
Thick Face, Black Heart is a profound distillation of ancientChinese wisdom and experience filtered through a modern Asianbusiness perspective. Blending stories and principles drawn fromChinese military history and modern entrepreneurship, author Chushows that success is achievable by anyone who follows the lessonsin this invaluable guide and learns how to: develop and employintuition as a business tool, master defeat, acquire a killerinstinct, solve the mystery of money, thrive among the cunning andruthless, and much more.
In "The Persian Expedition", Xenophon, a young Athenian noblewho sought his destiny abroad, provides an enthralling eyewitnessaccount of the attempt by a Greek mercenary army - the Ten Thousand- to help Prince Cyrus overthrow his brother and take the Persianthrone. When the Greeks were then betrayed by their Persianemployers, they were forced to march home through hundreds of milesof difficult terrain n adrift in a hostile country and underconstant attack from the unforgiving Persians and warlike tribes.In this outstanding de*ion of endurance and individualbravery, Xenophon, one of those chosen to lead the retreating army,provides a vivid narrative of the campaign and its aftermath, andhis account remains one of the best pictures we have of Greeksconfronting a 'barbarian' world.
Un jeune notaire anglais, Jonathan Harker, est envoyé enTransylvanie pour rencontrer un client, le comte Dracula, nouveaupropriétaire d'un domaine à Londres. L'homme qu'il découvre est unecréature démoniaque, un mort vivant qui boit le sang de sesvictimes... Jonathan échappera-t-il au vampire ? Et quel sortattend Mina, sa douce fiancée ?
Translation of an erotic novel first published in 1686 -- describes the floating world of old Japan.
Each volume in the “Collector''s Library“ series has a specially commissioned Afterword, brief biography of the author and a further reading list. The Afterword for this edition of is by David Stuart Davies.These fifteen short stories, chosen by David Stuart Davies, former Editor of “Sherlock“ magazine, show the master detective Sherlock Holmes at his most ingenious. Faithfully supported by his chronicler, Dr Watson, Holmes pits his wits against ''the Napoleon of Crime'', Professor Moriarty, assists European royalty threatened by disgrace, the mysterious death of a young woman due to be married and other intrigues that defeat the detectives of Scotland Yard.
Here, collected in one volume, are all four full-length novels and 56 short stories chronicling the colorful adventures of Sherlock Holmes--every word Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ever wrote about Baker Street's most famous resident. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
In four cities across the world, four people die violently and mysteriously. The dead share a single crucial link: each was connected to an all-powerful environmental think tank. Two of the victims' widows-accomplished artist Diane Stevens and international supermodel Kelly Harris-may hold the key to their husbands' demise. Terrified for their lives, suspicious of each other, and armed only with their own wits and guile, they must join forces in a nightmare cycle of hunt-and-kill. At stake is the shattering truth about the tragedies that robbed them of the men they loved...and about an awesome conspiracy whose ultimate target is as big as the earth and as close as the air we breathe.
Plagued by a war between magic and technology, Atlanta has neverbeen so deadly. Good thing Kate Daniels is on the job.Kate Danielsmay have quit the Order of Merciful Aid, but she's still knee-deepin paranormal problems. Or she would be if she could get someone tohire her. Starting her own business has been more challenging thanshe thought it would be-now that the Order is disparaging her goodname, and many potential clients are afraid of getting on the badside of the Beast Lord, who just happens to be Kate's mate.So whenAtlanta's premier Master of the Dead calls to ask for help with avampire on the loose, Kate leaps at the chance of some paying work.Turns out this is not an isolated incident, and Kate needs to getto the bottom of it-fast, or the city and everyone dear to hermight pay the ultimate price.
Starting with a rush-hour subway ride to South Station inBoston to catch the Lake Shore Limited to Chicago, Theroux winds upon the poky, wandering Old Patagonian Express steam engine, whichcomes to a halt in a desolate land of cracked hills and thornbushes. But with Theroux the view along the way is what matters:the monologuing Mr. Thornberry in Costa Rica, the bogus priest ofCali, and the blind Jorge Luis Borges, who delights in havingTheroux read Robert Louis Stevenson to him.
Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. But one thing will always be out of his reach ... Everybody who is anybody is seen at his glittering parties. Day and night his Long Island mansion buzzes with bright young things drinking, dancing and debating his mysterious character. For Gatsby - young, handsome, fabulously rich - always seems alone in the crowd, watching and waiting, though no one knows what for. Beneath the shimmering surface of his life he is hiding a secret: a silent longing that can never be fulfilled. And soon this destructive obsession will force his world to unravel.
Oscar Wilde took London by storm with his first comedy，Lady Windermere's Fan。 The combination of dazzling wit，subtle social criticism，sumptuous settings and the theme of a guilty secret proved a winner，both here and in his next three plays，A Woman of No Importance，An Ideal Husband，and his undisputed masterpiece，The Importance of Being Earnest。 This volume includes all Wilde’s plays from his early tragedy Vera to the controversial Salome and the little known fragments，La Sainte Courtisane and A Florentine Tragedy。 The edition affords a rare chance to see Wilde's best known work in the context of his entire dramatic output，and to appreciate plays which have hitherto received scant critical attention。 Wilde's palys have never failde to delight andindces adn are a lasting testimony to their author's supreme wit and therrical genius。
Each edition includes: Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play Scene-by-scene plot summaries A key to famous lines and phrases An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu.
由于外星球的入侵，距离地球3亿光年的Lorien星球覆灭了。星球上仅存下来的9个孩子随着他们各自的守卫一起逃到地球上，分散在世界的各个角落。他们有着和人类一样的外表，说着人类的语言，过着普通的生活。然而他们又和地球人不同，继承了Lorien星球人的特点，他们各个天赋异禀，有着不同的超能力。他们希望随着自己的成长，将个人的能量锻炼的足够强大，以联合起来拯救毁灭的Lorien星球。 但是，他们的敌人，毁灭了Lorien星球的Mogadorians星球要将他们赶尽杀绝，派人一路来到地球追杀他们.9个孩子中的前3个已经被杀，约翰 史密斯是第4个。 为了躲避追杀约翰和他的守卫亨利一直东躲西藏、居无定所，直到他在俄亥俄州的一个小镇上遇到了一个叫萨拉的地球女孩。他决定不再躲藏，他要待在这里，勇敢面对自己的命运，面对敌人的追杀。约翰会如何运用
Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the 'roaring twenties' and a devastating expose of the 'Jazz Age'. Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the superficially glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore of the American seaboard in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy, Jay Gatsby and the dark mystery which surrounds him. The Great Gatsby is an undisputed classic of American literature from the period following the First World War and is one of the great novels of the twentieth century .
On January 15, 1947, the torture-ravished body of a beautifulyoung woman is found in a Los Angeles vacant lot. The victim makesheadlines as the Black Dahlia-and so begins the greatest manhunt inCalifornia history.Caught up in the investigation are BuckyBleichert and Lee Blanchard: Warrants Squad cops, friends, andrivals in love with the same woman. But both are obsessed with theDahlia-driven by dark needs to know everything about her past, tocapture her killer, to possess the woman even in death. Their questwill take them on a hellish journey through the underbelly ofpostwar Hollywood, to the core of the dead girl's twisted life,past the extremes of their own psyches-into a region of totalmadness.
Tyrant, blackmailer, racketeer, murderer - his influence reaches every level of American society. Meet Don Corleone, a friendly man, a just man, a reasonable man. The deadliest lord of the Cosa Nostra. The Godfather. A modern masterpiece, "The Godfather" is a searing portrayal of the 1940s criminal underworld. It is also the intimate story of the Corleone family, at once drawn together and ripped apart by its unique position at the core of the American Mafia. Still shocking forty years after it was first published, this compelling tale of blackmail, murder and family values is a true classic.
Robert Kincaid, a photographer and free spirit, and Francesca Johnson, the farm wife waiting for the fulfillment of a girlhood dream, reveal what it is like to love and be loved so intensely that life is never the same again. Reprint."
While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, his body and the floor around him covered in baffling symbols. As Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo Da Vinci--clues visible for all to see and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Even more startling, the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion--an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others--and he guarded a breathtaking historical secret. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle--while avoiding the faceless adversary who shadows their every move--the explosive, ancient truth will be lost forever.
Over a century after his death, author, translator, and educator Lafcadio Hearn remains one of the best-known Westerners ever to make Japan his home. Almost more Japanese than theJapanese-- "to think with their thoughts" was his aim--his prolific writings on hings Japanese were instrumental in introducing Japanese culture to the West. In this masterful anthology, Donald Richie shows that Hearn was first and foremost a reliable and enthusiastic observer, who faithfully recorded a detailed account of the people, customs, and culture of late nineteenth-century Japan. Opening and closing with excerpts from Hearn's final book, Richie's astute selection from among "over 4,000 printed pages" not including correspondence and other writing, also reveals Hearn's later, more sober and reflec- tive attitudes to the things that he observed and wrote about. Part. One, "The Land," chronicles Hearn's early years when he wrote pri- marily about the appearance of his adopted home. Part Two, "The People," records the author's
