You can't tell by looking at me that my dad is Poseidon, God of the Sea. It's not easy being a half-blood these days. You mortals can't even see the monsters we have to fight all the time. So when a game of dodgeball turned into a death match against an ugly gang of cannibal giants, I couldn't exactly ask my gym teacher for help. And that was just for starters. This is the ...(展开全部)

Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood. I never asked to be the son of a Greek God. I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball, skateboarding. The usual. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. That's when things started really going wrong. Now I spend my time fighting with swords, battling monsters with my friends, and generally trying to stay alive....(展开全部)

班·温特斯，美国作家。致力于为儿童和成年人创作戏剧、音乐剧，并在多家报刊开设专栏。创作本书前，曾出版过少儿读物，也曾参与畅销书“逆境求生手册”系列的撰写。本书问世旋即成为《纽约时报》畅销书，最新作品《安娜·卡列尼娜与机器人》同样受到读者喜爱。

班·温特斯，美国作家。致力于为儿童和成年人创作戏剧、音乐剧，并在多家报刊开设专栏。创作本书前，曾出版过少儿读物，也曾参与畅销书“逆境求生手册”系列的撰写。本书问世旋即成为《纽约时报》畅销书，最新作品《安娜·卡列尼娜与机器人》同样受到读者喜爱。

From the publisher of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies comes a new tale of romance, heartbreak, and tentacled mayhem. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters expands the original text of the beloved Jane Austen novel with all-new scenes of giant lobsters, rampaging octopi, two-headed sea serpents, and other biological monstrosities. As our story opens, the Dashwood sisters are ev...(展开全部)

The sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps, whether swimming vigorously, gambolling amid the waves, attacking ships, or simply displaying themselves for our appreciation, are one of the most visually engaging elements on these maps, and yet they have never been carefully studied. The subject is important not only in the history of cartography, art, and zoological illustr...(展开全部)

小阿瑟·M.施莱辛格（Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.，1917—2007） 小阿瑟·M.施莱辛格是美国最具声望和富有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》杂志和《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。

The author of The Satanic Verses returns with his most humorous and accessible novel yet. This is the story of Haroun, a 12-year-old boy whose father Rashid is the greatest storyteller in a city so sad that it has forgotten its name. When the gift of gab suddenly deserts Rashid, Haroun sets out on an adventure to rescue his print.

Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a 1990 children's book[1] by Salman Rushdie. It was Rushdie's first novel after The Satanic Verses. It is a phantasmagorical story set in a city so old and ruinous that it has forgotten its name. Haroun and the Sea of Stories is an allegory for several problems existing in society today, especially in India and the Indian subcontinent. It looks ...(展开全部)

The comprehensive examination into the frightening history of serial homicide. In this unique book, Peter Vronsky documents the psychological, investigative, and cultural aspects of serial murder, beginning with its first recorded instance in Ancient Rome, through fifteenth-century France, up to such notorious contemporary cases as cannibal/necrophile Ed Kemper, Henry Lee ...(展开全部)