Four seekers have arrived at the rambling old pile known as Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of psychic phenomena; Theodora, his lovely and lighthearted assistant; Luke, the adventurous future inheritor of the estate; and Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman with a dark past. As they begin to cope with chilling, even horrifying occurr...(展开全部)

The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre First published in 1959, Shirley Jacksonas "The Haunting of Hill House" has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a ahauntinga; Theodo...(展开全部)

小阿瑟•M. 施莱辛格（1917—2007） Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. 小阿瑟•M.施莱辛格是美国最具声望和争议的重量级历史学家、政治评论家，同时也是专栏作家、影评人、《财富》和《生活》杂志的自由撰稿人，曾任哈佛大学历史系教授和肯尼迪总统的特别助理。一生中获得过两次普利策奖、两次美国国家图书奖和一次美国历史学最高奖项班克罗夫特奖。他于1965年被选为《时代》周刊封面人物，1998年被授予美国国家人文奖章。

在线阅读本书 Paul Theroux invites us to join him on one of his most exotic and tantalizing adventures exploring the coasts and blue lagoons of the Pacific Islands, and taking up residence to discover the secrets of these isles. Theroux is a mesmerizing narrator ndash; brilliant, witty, keenly perceptive as he floats through Gauguin landscapes, sails in the wake of Captain Cook an...(展开全部)

Fifteen short stories set in typical Alice Munro territory, the farms and semi-rural towns of south-western Ontario.

《The Haunting of Hill House》是美国著名女作家雪莉·杰克逊长篇小说代表作，是兰登书屋“现代文库”读者票选20世纪百大英文长篇小说之一，并获得美国国家图书奖提名。 希尔山庄是一个富豪留给两名女儿的遗产，然而，近百年来，却成了后代挥之不去的梦魇，无论是原屋主或后来搬入的房客都莫名惨死。这一切真如传言所说，全是恶灵搞的鬼？或是另有隐情？ 一位研究灵异现象的博士，决心揭开它的真相，征召了一男两女住进这栋住宅。但是才住进去没几天，他们便觉得不对劲。这栋大宅彷彿是活物，在在影响着他们的意志，其中最不寻常的，就是那间婴儿房…… 直到有一天，一个自称能与另一个世界对话的女人，准备入住那个房间，面对最可怖的敌人……

Snow is falling. All the animals are fast asleep in their animal homes. Slowly they awake. They open their eyes and sniff. They run. And in the middle of the forest they find a bright yellow flower growing in the snow--and they dance and laugh with joy at this first sign of spring.

Snow is falling. All the animals are fast asleep in their animal homes. They awake. They open their eyes. They sniff. They run. What will they find? 1950 Caldecott Honor Book

Two professors combine their fascinating and cutting-edge research in behavioral science to explain how money can buy happiness—if you follow five core principles of smart spending. Most people recognize that they need professional advice on how to earn, save, and invest their money. When it comes to spending that money, most people just follow their intuitions. But scientific ...(展开全部)

At the turn of the twentieth century, soybeans grew on so little of America’s land that nobody bothered to track the total. By the year 2000, they covered upward of 70 million acres, second only to corn, and had become the nation’s largest cash crop. How this little-known Chinese transplant, initially grown chiefly for forage, turned into a ubiquitous component of American farm...(展开全部)