It's the summer of 1960 in Elm Haven, Illinois, and five 12-year old boys are forming the bonds that a lifetime of changes will never erase. But then a dark cloud threatens the bright promise of summer vacation: on the last day of school, their classmate Tubby Cooke vanishes. Soon, the group discovers stories of other children who once disappeared from Elm Haven. And there are ...(展开全部)

丹·西蒙斯（Dan Simmons） 才华横溢的美国小说家，写遍奇幻、科幻、恐怖、推理、惊悚、历史、主流文学。只要他出手，任何类型的小说，必定叫好又叫座，捧回无数大奖，是名副其实的“跨界大师”。 科幻小说《海伯利安》囊括世界所有科幻重要奖项，与《银河帝国》并称为科幻文学史不可逾越的两座丰碑！ 奇幻小说《迦梨之歌》获得奇幻小说的至高奖项——世界奇幻文学奖，开创了出道作即拿下世界奇幻文学奖的先河。 《诡异之夏》是西蒙斯惊悚恐怖小说的代表作，荣获轨迹奖年度恐怖小说，并获得斯托克奖、德雷斯奖提名。小说以复古怀旧的笔调，描写了一个发生在夏天小镇上的诡异故事，在炎炎夏日依旧让人冷汗涔涔。

It's the summer of 1960 in Elm Haven, Illinois, and five 12-year old boys are forming the bonds that a lifetime of changes will never erase. But then a dark cloud threatens the bright promise of summer vacation: on the last day of school, their classmate Tubby Cooke vanishes. Soon, the group discovers stories of other children who once disappeared from Elm Haven. And there are ...(展开全部)

Four young ladies enter London society with one common goal: they must use their feminine wit and wiles to find a husband.So a daring husband-hunting scheme is born. Annabelle Peyton, determined to save her family from disaster, decides to use her beauty and wit to tempt a suitable nobleman into making an offer of marriage. But Annabelle's most intriguing--and persistent--admir...(展开全部)

In the latest offering from the Magic Tree House series, Mary Pope Osborne treats readers to an inside look at one of her favorite subjects -- the theater. Jack and Annie are whisked back to Elizabethan England where they meet the Bard of Avon himself, William Shakespeare, and luckily for them he is desperate for two small actors for his latest play A wonderful adventure as we...(展开全部)

In the latest offering from the Magic Tree House series, Mary Pope Osborne treats readers to an inside look at one of her favorite subjects -- the theater. Jack and Annie are whisked back to Elizabethan England where they meet the Bard of Avon himself, William Shakespeare, and luckily for them he is desperate for two small actors for his latest play A wonderful adventure as we...(展开全部)

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From the Man Booker short-listed author of Autumn, Winter, and Spring comes Summer, the highly anticipated fourth novel in her acclaimed Seasonal Quartet. Here is the exciting culmination of Ali Smith’s celebrated Seasonal Quartet, a series of stand-alone novels, separate but interconnected (as the seasons are), wide-ranging in timescale and light-footed through histories.

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021 LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2021 A once-in-a-generation series, Ali Smith's Seasonal quartet is a tour-de-force about love, time, art, politics, and how we live now. 'A maestra's portrait of her age . . . remarkable' Guardian In the present, Sacha knows the world's in trouble. Her brother Robert just is trouble. Their mother and ...(展开全部)

Here is the exciting culmination of Ali Smith's celebrated Seasonal Quartet, a series of stand-alone novels, separate but interconnected (as the seasons are), wide-ranging in timescale and light-footed through histories.