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)

In the riveting conclusion to the acclaimed dystopian series, a boy and girl caught in the chaos of war face devastating choices that will decide the fate of a world. As a world-ending war surges around them, Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions. The indigenous Spackle, thinking and acting as one, have mobilized to avenge their murdered people. Ruthless human leaders prepa...(展开全部)

After a summer spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson finds his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet. His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend, Tyson-a six-foot-three, mentally challenged homeless kid who follows Percy everywhere, making it hard for Percy to have any "normal" friends. But things don't stay quiet for long...(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。

※系列特色 【美國酷炫奇幻大作】 ★《紐約時報》、《出版者週刊》暢銷排行榜第一名 ★翻譯成全球三十餘國語言版本(法、德、義、英、俄、西、日、韓、泰、瑞、波、希……) ★電影版權已由美國福斯電影公司取得，大卡司大製作，由〈哈利波特〉一、二集導演Chris Columbus與〈史瑞克〉編劇Joe Stillma合作，預定2010年上映，精采可期。(電影上映前，中文版全系列五冊出齊) ★本系列在美國自2005年出版第一冊起到2008第四冊，一路如旋風般橫掃各大暢銷排行榜及重要圖書獎項。 【系列特色】 ★豐沛的「想像力」是一切創意的源頭： 哈利波特作者J.K.羅琳在哈佛大學演講時曾說：「世界不見得需要魔術來改變，但適度的想像力是非常重要的……」〈波西傑克森〉運用了希臘神話帶給讀者的無限「想像空間」和「力量感」，將故事設定在現代，以節奏明快、角色鮮明、幽默、驚...(展开全部)