It is 1922 and Dr. Alan Twist, an authority in the occult sciences and the paranormal, has been invited by the lord of Cranston Manor in a remote corner of Cornwall to investigate a series of hauntings. His journey is interrupted by the shrill cries of a young woman. Everyone in the region believes that it is cursed by a siren, who emits Banshee calls. If they are heard by two ...(展开全部)

本书为公版书，为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品，供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。

In the aptly titled "The Call and the Response", renowned philosopher and theologian Jean-Louis Chretien revisits a favorite theme: how human life is shaped by the experience of call and response, explored using art as a context. For Chretien, art is about acts in response to what the artist sees or hears and how these acts provoke responses from viewers. Deeply spiritual and i...(展开全部)

The Call of the Wild is a novel by Jack London published in 1903. The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush—a period when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The novel's central character is a dog named Buck, a domesticated dog living at a ranch in the Santa Clara Valley of California as the story opens. Stolen from his home and sold into service as sled dog in Alaska, he reverts to a wild state. Buck is forced to fight in order to dominate other dogs in a harsh climate. Eventually he sheds the veneer of civilization, relying on primordial instincts and learned experience to emerge as a leader in the wild.

With the incomparable opening chapter of "Call for the Dead," titled "A Brief History of George Smiley," John Le Carre introduces his legendary spy and immediately ensnares you in the shadowy world Smiley inhabits. Pulled back from overseas duty during World War II, Smiley was redirected to face the threats of the Cold War. He had been asked to interview Samuel Fennan of the Fo...(展开全部)

H.P.洛夫克拉夫特 Howard Philips Lovecraft （1890—1937） 1890年出生于普罗维登斯安格尔街194号。 3岁时父亲因精神崩溃被送进医院，五年后去世。 14岁时祖父去世，家道中落，他一度打算自杀。 18岁时深受精神崩溃的折磨，未及毕业便退学。 29岁时母亲也精神失常，两年后死于手术。 34岁时结婚，但婚后生活并不幸福。妻子的帽子商店破产，身体健康恶化。他因此陷入痛苦与孤独，五年后离婚。 一贫如洗的他回到家乡普罗维登斯，将所有精力倾注于写作。然而直到46岁被诊断出肠癌，他的60篇中短篇小说终究因为内容过于超前，未能为他带来名利回报。次年，他在疼痛与孤独的阴影中死去。 今天，洛夫克拉夫特和他笔下的克苏鲁神话，被认为是20世纪影响力最大的古典恐怖小说体系，业已成为无数恐怖电影、游戏、文学作品的根源。

The woodland animals were all getting ready for the winter. Geese flew south, rabbits and deer grew thick warm coats, and the raccoons and chipmunks lay down for a long winter nap. Come Christmastime, the wise owls were the first to see the rainbow around the moon. It was a sure sign that the big snow was on its way.

When the geese begin to fly south, the leaves flutter down from the trees and the cold winds begin to blow from the north, the animals of the woods and meadows, big and small, prepare for the long, cold winter ahead when the countryside is hidden under a deep blanket of snow. They gather food and look for warm, snug places in the ground, trees, caves or thickets, where they can...(展开全部)

What could be more fun than a big trip? Pig can’t wait to go, but Goat is worried. How will Pig get there? Bicycles are unsteady, horses can throw you off. Cars can break down and trains get stuck in tunnels. A trip can be no vacation at all . . . but leave it to Pig to send Goat’s worries packing and turn tricky travel into smooth sailing! Valeri Gorbachev has brought his c...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 It takes only a few high-quality stocks for a stock portfolio to make the big money. Finding winning stocks is a skill that any serious investor can learn, says Fred Kobrick, veteran stock picker and legendary mutual-fund manager. In The Big Money , Kobrick draws on a lifetime of investing experience to show how he identified four qualities that reliably predict whic...(展开全部)