Haunting, harrowing, and downright horrifying, this classic collection from the modern master of the fantastic features: THE SMALL ASSASSIN: a fine, healthy baby boy was the new mother's dream come true -- or her nightmare . . . THE EMISSARY: the faithful dog was the sick boy's only connectioin with the world outside -- and beyond . . . THE WONDERFUL DEATH OF DUDLEY STONE: a m...(展开全部)

Welcome to a land Ray Bradbury calls "the Undiscovered Country" of his imagination--that vast territory of ideas, concepts, notions and conceits where the stories you now hold were born. America's premier living author of short fiction, Bradbury has spent many lifetimes in this remarkable place--strolling through empty, shadow-washed fields at midnight; exploring long-forgotten...(展开全部)

THE OCTOBER COUNTRY is Ray Bradbury's own netherworld of the soul, inhabited by the horrors and demons that lurk within all of us. This classic collection of short stories includes: THE EMISSARY: The faithful dog was the sick boy's only connection with the world outside--and beyond. . . THE SMALL ASSASSIN: A fine, healthy baby boy was the new mother's dream come true--or her w...(展开全部)

11-year-old October’s idyllic world changes suddenly when she has to go and live with her mum in the city. More than anything she yearns for a return to living in the wild woodland in harmony with nature, and most importantly to her, with her father. With beautifully written and atmospheric prose, this memorable book will appeal to KS2 English teachers as a text to use for mode...(展开全部)

Katya Balen's October, October is a very special new addition to the shelf and deserves classic status - Times Children's Book of the Week A classic in the making for anyone who ever longed to be WILD. October and her dad live in the woods. They sleep in the house Dad built for them and eat the food they grow in the vegetable patches. They know the trees and the rocks and the l...(展开全部)

Lt. Jasper Hobson and other members of the Hudson's Bay Trading Co. and his team along with the company's guests, Mrs. Paulina Barnett and Thomas Black travel through the North West Territories of Canada to Cape Bathurst on the Arctic Ocean. At Cape Bathurst, Hobson intends on creating a new trading post for the company, Paulina Barnett is along for the adventure and Thomas Bla...(展开全部)

Beneath the Atlantic's chilly waters, the captain of Russia's top secret missile submarine, Red October, secretly intends to defect--and U.S. intelligence agent Jack Ryan is eager to help him succeed. The Hunt for Red October is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy's phenomenal career. A military thriller so accurate and convincing that the author was rumored to have...(展开全部)

雷蒙•威廉斯 （1921—1988） 20世纪中叶英语世界最重要的马克思主义文化批评家，文化研究的重要奠基人之一，被誉为“战后英国最重要的社会主义思想家、知识分子和文化行动主义者”。 出生于威尔士乡间的工人阶级家庭，毕业于剑桥的三一学院。战后至1961年，曾任教于牛津 大学的成人教育班；1974年起，在剑桥大学耶稣学院担任戏剧讲座教授，直至去世。 雷蒙•威廉斯著作宏富，主要有：《文化与社会：1780—1950》、《漫长的革命、《乡村与城市》、《电视：科技与文化形式》、《关键词》、《马克思主义与文学》等。

Taking inspiration from classic authors from Jane Austen to Thomas Hardy, Williams shines a light on our society’s changing views of the rural and industrial landscapes in which we work and live. Our collective notion of the city and country is irresistibly powerful. The city as the seat of enlightenment, sophistication, power and greed is in profound contrast with an innocent,...(展开全部)

雷蒙•威廉斯 （1921—1988） 20世纪中叶英语世界最重要的马克思主义文化批评家，文化研究的重要奠基人之一，被誉为“战后英国最重要的社会主义思想家、知识分子和文化行动主义者”。 出生于威尔士乡间的工人阶级家庭，毕业于剑桥的三一学院。战后至1961年，曾任教于牛津 大学的成人教育班；1974年起，在剑桥大学耶稣学院担任戏剧讲座教授，直至去世。 雷蒙•威廉斯著作宏富，主要有：《文化与社会：1780—1950》、《漫长的革命、《乡村与城市》、《电视：科技与文化形式》、《关键词》、《马克思主义与文学》等。