《星期三的战争》 讲述七年级学生霍林在一个学年里的生活和学习经历: 每个星期三下午都是一场灾难,因为班上的一半同学要去犹太教堂学习希伯来文,另一半则要到天主教堂参加教义问答,作为班里唯一的一名基督徒,霍林不得不与严肃的贝克夫人一起待在教室。不苟言笑的贝克夫人似乎总在刁难霍林, 罚 他清理黑板擦、打扫教室、整理大老鼠笼子 在种种手段都宣告失败后,贝克夫人使出了最致命的一招 让霍林阅读 冗长 而 乏味 的莎士比亚作品 于是,一场旷日持久的 战争 在两人之间悄然展开。
Two years earlier, Brian Robeson was stranded alone in the wilderness for 54 days with nothing but a small hatchet. Yet he survived. Now the government wants him to go back into the wilderness so that astronauts and the military can learn the survival techniques that kept Brian alive.
The extraordinary, ground breaking New York Times bestsellersThe Hunger Games and Catching Fire, along with the third book inThe Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay, areavailable for the first time ever in a beautiful boxset edition.Stunning, gripping, and powerful. The trilogy is now complete!
This is the complete and unabridged story of "The Wizard ofOz", in which Dorothy, together with her companions the TinWoodman, the Scarecrow and the cowardly Lion, makes her journeyalong the Yellow Brick Road in search of the wonderful wizard.Bringing together traditional handicraft with cutting-edge bookdesign, the "Penguin Threads" series has already created a hugebuzz among the art and book-collecting communities. This latest setfeatures cover art by painter and illustrator Rachell Sumpter, whobrings a unique, whimsical sensibility to the Threads. With vividcolours and ambitiously intricate details, these additions to ourinnovative series commissioned by award-winning creative directorPaul Buckley are rich works of art to be cherished andshared.
Four English children return to Narnia to help the dwarfsbattle the evil forces which have seized the kingdom. 故事发生在彼得等四兄妹回到自己的世界一年后。他们四人在假期回校时坐在火车站的长椅上等车,忽然感到有股特殊的力量将他们拉进纳尼亚。他们得知,自从他们离开纳尼亚后已经过去了1300年。纳尼亚原国王的弟弟弥若兹篡夺了王位,杀害兄长。在他的残暴统治下,所有会说话的动物和精灵们都隐藏起来了。然而老国王的儿子凯斯宾王子渴望解放纳尼亚,他逃离王宫,在森林里找到了纳尼亚的老居民,并得到他们的支持。正邪双方展开激战。王子在寡不敌众的时候吹响了苏珊的魔法号角,将彼得四兄妹唤回这个世界帮助他们。他们领导纳尼亚的动物和精灵们战胜了邪恶的国王,凯斯宾王子继承了王位,纳尼亚又恢复了以往的生机勃勃。彼得四兄妹又重返自己的世界。
This large, deluxe hardcover edition of the first title in theclassic Chronicles of Narnia series, The Magician's Nephew, is agorgeous introduction to the magical land of Narnia. The manyreaders who discovered C.S. Lewis's Chronicles through The Lion,the Witch, and the Wardrobe will be delighted to find that the nextvolume in the series is actually the first in the sequence--and astep back in time. In this unforgettable story, Britishschoolchildren Polly and Digory inadvertently tumble into the WoodBetween the Worlds, where they meet the evil Queen Jadis and,ultimately, the great, mysterious King Aslan. We witness the birthof Narnia and discover the legendary source of all the adventuresthat are to follow in the seven books that comprise theseries. Rich, heavy pages, a gold-embossed cover, and Pauline Baynes'soriginal illustrations (hand-colored by the illustrator herself 40years later) make this special edition of a classic a bona fidetreasure. 《纳尼亚传奇》(The Chronicles ofNarnia)是
Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in ruralKentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. Butwhen she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car,she meets the human condition head-on. By the time Taylor arrivesin Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child,a three-year-old American Indian girl named Turtle, and mustsomehow come to terms with both motherhood and the necessity forputting down roots. Hers is a story about love and friendship,abandonment and belonging, and the discovery of surprisingresources in apparently empty places. Available for the first time in mass-market, this edition ofBarbara Kingsolver's bestselling novel, "The Bean Trees, " will bein stores everywhere in September. With two different but equallyhandsome covers, this book is a fine addition to your Kingsolverlibrary.
Branded a traitor, betrayed by a friend, hunted by the vampireclan-Darren Shan, the Vampire's Assistant, faces certain death. CanDarren reverse the odds and outwit a Vampire Prince? Darren'sinitiation on Vampire Mountain draws to a stunning, bloodyconclusion-but the Saga continues ... "吸血侠达伦·山传奇"系列小说是英国青年作家达伦·山(原名达伦·奥肖内西)目前正在全心投入创作的一套大型儿童读物系列,计划共创作二十余部,读者对象为10岁以上青少年。小说以人称的手法,讲述了我--达伦·山如何由人变成吸血鬼,如何在人与鬼,在生与死,在正义与邪恶的抉择中所经历的传奇而恐怖的成长历程。
Most people get presents on their sixteenth birthday. I geta prophecy that could save or destroy the world. That's how it iswhen you're the son of Poseidon, God of the Sea. According to anancient prophecy, bad things will happen when I turn sixteen -because I'm the one who gets to decide the fate of the entireworld. But no pressure. This is the one where Kronos, Lord of theTitans, is beginning his attack on New York City, where MountOlympus stands virtually unguarded. Oh, and the dreaded (and not tomention enormous) monster Typhon is also heading our way. So it'sme and forty of my demigod friends versus untold evil...
There are canyons all over the planet, and the Grand Canyon in Arizona is not the biggest. Yet because of the spectacular colors in the rock layers and fascinating formations of boulders, buttes, and mesas, it is known as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Starting with a brief overview of how national parks came into being, this book covers all aspects of the canyon--how it formed, which early native people lived there, and what varied wildlife can be found there now. A history of the canyon's end-to-end exploration in the late 1860s and how the Grand Canyon became such a popular vacation spot (5 million tourists visit every year) round out this informative, easy-to-read account.
十二岁的黛西,由于家庭贫困,被爸爸抛弃,妈妈又不幸进了精神病院,不得不独自负担起照顾三个弟妹的重任。四个无家可归的孩子为了寻找到一个新的栖身之所,踏上了漫长的旅程。他们几经波折,终于找到了从未谋面的外婆,从此,他们开始了一段全新的生活。 在成长的过程中,他们领悟了生活中需要的东西—爱、幽默感、信任和勇气。黛西虽然小,却为家庭里的每一个人操心,承担着本该由父母承担的责任。尽管生活艰辛,但她坚强、独立,比周围的孩子都成熟勇敢,终拥有了甜蜜的家。这一切都是以爱和信念为支撑的。 Letting Go The four Tillerman children finally have a home at theirgrandmother's rundown farm on the Maryland shore. It's what Diceyhas dreamed of for her three younger siblings, but after watchingover the others for so long, it's hard to let go. Who is Dicey, ifshe's no longer the caretaker for
'WE SEE YOU. NOW WE ARE YOU . . .' No real witch would casuallystep out of their body, leaving it empty. Tiffany Aching does. Andthere's something just waiting for a handy body to take over.Something ancient and horrible, which can't die. To deal with it,Tiffany has to go to the heart of what makes her a witch. Get pastthe 'I can't'. But even with the help of the Nac Mac Feegle - therowdiest pictsies on the Disc, who like facing enormous odds - shestill might not be able to win herself back . . . FROM MASTERSTORYTELLER TERRY PRATCHETT 十一岁的小女巫蒂弗妮·阿奇终于走出了她的家乡一一白垩地上的农场,前往一个擅长分身术的老女巫勒韦尔小姐那里学习正统的魔法。然而,一个叫做蜂怪的疯狂而邪恶的古老幽灵一直徘徊在蒂弗妮的身边,试图寄居在她的头脑中,控制她的思想…… 为了报答蒂弗妮曾经给予他们的帮助,一伙小人一一那些生活在白垩地古墓中的喜欢偷窃和打架的蓝色小精灵