《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。

After years as a Rangeras apprentice, Will is now the protectorof his first fief. Not long into his service, everything that cango wrong does: Keren, a renegade knight, has taken over CastleMacindaw, a strategic gateway to the Northapoisoning the royalfamily in the processaand is holding Willas friend Alyss captive.The situation grows direr when Will uncovers Kerenas secretalliance with the Scotti, who have plans to plunder Araluen. Timeis of the essence, and Will must recruit a motley crew to rescueAlyss and reclaim Castle Macindawabefore the Scotti can make ittheir own. This "New York Times" bestselling series maintains itsbreathless pace in this newest installment.

In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, an armada of 7,000 ships carrying 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Nazi-occupied France. Up until then the Allied forces had suffered serious defeats, yet D -Day, as the invasion was called, spelled the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany and the Third Reich. Readers will dive into the heart of the action and discover how it was planned and carried out and how it overwhelmed the Germans who had been tricked into thinking the attack would take place elsewhere. D-Day was a major turning point in World War II and hailed as one of the greatest military attacks of all time.

After James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two horrible aunts, Spiker and Sponge. Life there is no fun, until James accidentally drops some magic crystals by the old peach tree and strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, and before long it's as big as a house. Inside, James meets a bunch of oversized friends--Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybug, and more. With a snip of the stem, the peach starts rolling away, and the great adventure begins!

费里斯比夫人是一只田鼠，为使小儿子平安度过冬春之交的日子而四处求助，在猫头鹰的指点下，她结识了一群神奇的老鼠，他们将自己的洞穴装置得如同宫殿一般，地毯、电灯、自来水、冰箱等设施应有尽有。原来他们是从一个叫做尼姆的科学实验机构中逃出来的。老鼠们讲述了自己的经历，帮助田鼠一家安置了新居，然而，他们却毅然决然地舍弃了舒适的生活，去另辟新的天地，因为，那是一种自食其力的艰苦而又有意义的生活。

Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo's undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo's dead father form the backbone of this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery.

Beautiful double-page illustrations bring fourteen key periods in history to life. You will see magnificent buildings go up and come down, new churches built on the site of ancient temples, wooden bridges destroyed and then remade in stone, and statues demolished then unearthed many years later. You'll find out how people lived long ago - the tools they used, what they wore, what they ate and what they did all day. In an added twist, you can search for the time traveller in each period and locate the objects that have managed to survive through the ages.

Piper McCloud lives with her normal ma and pa on a normal farmin normal Lowland County. But Piper isn't your normal girl. Eversince Piper was a baby she's been able to hover a few feet off theground, and if the people of Lowland County knew she could fly,they would have something to say about it. So it only seems bestthat Piper be sent away to I.N.S.A.N.E., the top secret school forchildren with extraordinary abilities like hers. Her new friendshave powers like telekinesis, X-ray vision, and the ability tocreate their own weather. Piper likes her new life at school, butsoon, she realizes things aren't as they seem. Now, the school shewas sent to for her own protection might be the most dangerousplace she's ever been.

幽默 想象力 有趣！有趣！有趣！ 激动人心=科学？ 是的！这就是《可怕的科学》！本丛书三度荣获国际科普图书奖 安万特青少年奖，全球热销，版权销售至25个国家和地区，美国亚马逊网五星级评论，名校名师特别推荐。 当你听到科学家侃侃而谈的时候，你是不是觉得他们上知天文、下晓地理 好像什么都懂？可别被他们唬住了，科学家并不是什么都懂。要真是那样，他们就不用做什么实验了，一天到晚跷着二郎腿坐着就行了。实际上，我们的科学家还有很多疑难没解决，我们还有很多不知道或不理解的事。 2004年7月，《可怕的科学》获得了霍金《果壳里的宇宙》曾获得过的安万特科学书籍奖。安万特奖一向来被称作"科普诺贝尔奖"。《可怕的科学》这次获得的是安万特青少年奖，要获得这个奖是很不容易的，除了要由英国皇家科学院院士提名，还得由

The Striga, former dragon owl from the Middle Kingdom beyond the Unnamed Sea, has come to stay at the great tree. He has earned the trust of all by saving Bell, Soren's owlet, from Nyra, and he grows daily closer to the young king Coryn, with whom he seems to share a strange bond. The Striga senses the power of the ember hidden in Bubo's forge and draws it closer. As his power waxes, he accuses the Band of treason and produces flimsy evidence to support his abominable claim. And so the Band is exiled, strengthening the Striga's hold over Coryn. The Band seeks refuge in distant forests and enlists the help of old friends, but every action they take is construed as further treason, and agents of the Striga - former Guardians - hunt them mercilessly, until for safety sake the band itself must separate. They devise as system of messages and alarms and so communicate despite their isolation. Old friends, loyal family and allies help devise a plan to shake the hold the Striga has on Coryn and to free the young

As his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry approaches, 15-year-old Harry Potter is in full-blown adolescence, complete with regular outbursts of rage, a nearly debilitating crush, and the blooming of a powerful sense of rebellion. It's been yet another infuriating and boring summer with the despicable Dursleys, this time with minimal contact from our hero's non-Muggle friends from school. Harry is feeling especially edgy at the lack of news from the magic world, wondering when the freshly revived evil Lord Voldemort will strike. Returning to Hogwarts will be a relief... or will it? The fifth book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series follows the darkest year yet for our young wizard, who finds himself knocked down a peg or three after the events of last year. Somehow, over the summer, gossip (usually traced back to the magic world's newspaper, the Daily Prophet) has turned Harry's tragic and heroic encounter with Voldemort at the Triwizard Tournament into an excuse to ridicule and d

这是一部描写家人亲情和姐妹情深的感人至深的力作，也是吐露漂泊异乡的追梦者孤独和寂寞之感的代表作。 姐姐林恩教会凯蒂说的第一个词是 基拉-基拉 ，它在日语中是 亮晶晶 的意思。凯蒂喜欢这个词！长大一些后，她就用 亮晶晶 来形容自己喜欢的所有东西：蔚蓝的天空啊，皑皑的白雪啊，可爱的小猫小狗啊，美丽的蝴蝶啊，还有那五颜六色的餐巾纸啊，等等。 十岁那年，凯蒂全家从美国艾奥瓦搬到东南部佐治亚的一个小镇，日常生活的艰辛和周围人的对他们一家的歧视，像阴山一样笼罩在凯帝的心头，是姐姐教会了她如何勇敢地面对一切的不如意，努力去发掘和欣赏生命中各种各样美好的事物，而维系家庭成员的浓浓的亲情，更是为她增添了无比的勇气和力量。不幸的是，姐姐后来得了重病，凯蒂无微不至地照顾她，直到她生命的最后一刻。

Studious by nature, fortunate to have been present at the most glorious moments in the tree's recent history, and above all honored to count as friends its most ardent champions, I, Otulissa, have decided to write a compendium, a catchall -a guide, in short- to the history, life, and spirit of the tree. Pause a moment before the next adventure begins to read of its natural history, its origin, and yearly changes. Read of its lesser-known heroes: of Joss, brave messenger of legends; of the brothers Ifghar and Ezylryb and the treachery that bound them; of Theo, the peaceful warrior. Learn of Gylfie, Digger, and Twilight's lives before they came to the tree. Read tales of Strix Struma, Uglamore, Trader Mags, and others. Many are the adventures still unsung! And many the brave deeds unheralded! Read of ages lost and dark; of strange ailments infecting the tree itself. Learn the feasts and holidays celebrated under moon and sun. Scan the maps, study the drawings, sample the recipes! Dear reader, though you b