Haunting, harrowing, and downright horrifying, this classic collection from the modern master of the fantastic features: THE SMALL ASSASSIN: a fine, healthy baby boy was the new mother's dream come true -- or her nightmare . . . THE EMISSARY: the faithful dog was the sick boy's only connectioin with the world outside -- and beyond . . . THE WONDERFUL DEATH OF DUDLEY STONE: a m...(展开全部)

Lt. Jasper Hobson and other members of the Hudson's Bay Trading Co. and his team along with the company's guests, Mrs. Paulina Barnett and Thomas Black travel through the North West Territories of Canada to Cape Bathurst on the Arctic Ocean. At Cape Bathurst, Hobson intends on creating a new trading post for the company, Paulina Barnett is along for the adventure and Thomas Bla...(展开全部)

Lt. Jasper Hobson and other members of the Hudson's Bay Trading Co. and his team along with the company's guests, Mrs. Paulina Barnett and Thomas Black travel through the North West Territories of Canada to Cape Bathurst on the Arctic Ocean. At Cape Bathurst, Hobson intends on creating a new trading post for the company, Paulina Barnett is along for the adventure and Thomas Bla...(展开全部)

Welcome to a land Ray Bradbury calls "the Undiscovered Country" of his imagination--that vast territory of ideas, concepts, notions and conceits where the stories you now hold were born. America's premier living author of short fiction, Bradbury has spent many lifetimes in this remarkable place--strolling through empty, shadow-washed fields at midnight; exploring long-forgotten...(展开全部)

THE OCTOBER COUNTRY is Ray Bradbury's own netherworld of the soul, inhabited by the horrors and demons that lurk within all of us. This classic collection of short stories includes: THE EMISSARY: The faithful dog was the sick boy's only connection with the world outside--and beyond. . . THE SMALL ASSASSIN: A fine, healthy baby boy was the new mother's dream come true--or her w...(展开全部)

This book provides a revealing new look at the astrological signs, from Aries to Pisces. Gain a deeper understanding of how each sign motivates you to grow and evolve in consciousness. Not your typical Sun sign guide, this book is divided into three parts. Part 1 defines the signs, part 2 analyses the expression of sixty-six pairs of signs, and part 3 designates the expressio...(展开全部)

蕾切尔·卡森(Rachel L.Carson，1907—1964)　美国著名自然文学作家，环境保护运动的先驱，被誉为“生态环保之母”。1929年毕业于宾夕法尼亚女子学院，1932年在霍普金斯大学获动物学硕士学位，1936年成为美国渔业管理局聘用的水生生物学家。1951年出版的《海洋传》(The Sea Around Us)39周蝉联《纽约时报》畅销排行第一。1962年出版的《寂静的春天》(Silent Spring)在社会上引起极大反响，推动了环境保护事业迅速发展。她的著作还有《在海风下》(Under the Sea-Wind)、《海洋的边缘》(The Edge of the Sea)等。

L.大卫·马凯特（L.David Marquet） 美国第七舰队潜艇指挥官，美国外交关系委员会终身理事，哥伦比亚大学资深领导力导师。 美国海军学院高材生，1999—2001年指挥美国海军圣塔菲号攻击型核潜艇。不到一年，他就将原本管理混乱、士气低落、倒数第一的圣塔菲号打造成太平洋舰队中凝聚力、战斗力俱佳的舰艇，赢得很多奖项。离开海军后，他加入Next Jump公司，为AT&T公司、美国银行、摩根大通、百思买等全球知名企业提供领导力咨询服务。

As a brilliant survey of English literature in terms of changing attitudes towards country and city, Williams' highly-acclaimed study reveals the shifting images and associations between these two traditional poles of life throughout the major developmental periods of English culture.

雷蒙•威廉斯 （1921—1988） 20世纪中叶英语世界最重要的马克思主义文化批评家，文化研究的重要奠基人之一，被誉为“战后英国最重要的社会主义思想家、知识分子和文化行动主义者”。 出生于威尔士乡间的工人阶级家庭，毕业于剑桥的三一学院。战后至1961年，曾任教于牛津 大学的成人教育班；1974年起，在剑桥大学耶稣学院担任戏剧讲座教授，直至去世。 雷蒙•威廉斯著作宏富，主要有：《文化与社会：1780—1950》、《漫长的革命、《乡村与城市》、《电视：科技与文化形式》、《关键词》、《马克思主义与文学》等。