Growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has lived a mostly quiet, steady life in her small Pennsylvania town. Until the day new student Betty Glengarry walks into her class. Betty quickly reveals herself to be cruel and manipulative, and while her bullying seems isolated at first, things quickly escalate, and reclusive World War I veteran Toby becomes a targ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Hercule Poirot arrives at The Hollow for a weekend luncheon just in time to see Gerda Christow standing, revolver in hand, over the body of her husband. It seems obvious that she has killed her wayward spouse, but Poirot doesn't believe things are that simple. What does Christow's death have to do with his current and former lovers, both of whom are nearby? What secre...(展开全部)

It's Agatha Christie at her best as a weekend house party becomes a crime scene for special guest Hercule Poirot.

Someone is sending poison pen letters in the small village of Prior's Umborne, and they have already driven one of the inhabitants to suicide. Private detective Nigel Strangeways is commissioned to find the source of the letters by arrogant financier Sir Archibald Blick, whose two sons live in the village, only for Sir Archibald to meet an untimely end at the bottom of the drea...(展开全部)

Wolf Kahn's landscape paintings and pastels always evoke a particular sense of place and season, yet they are also universal. Their radiant hues, tangy colour contrasts, and pervasive sense of light are unique. Kahn's sense of colour has placed him in the forefront of American representational art, and has made him one of the most highly regarded colourists working today. This ...(展开全部)

Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009 'Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,' says Thomas More, 'and when you come back that night he'll be sitting on a plush cushion eating larks' tongues, and all the gaolers will owe him money.' England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the...(展开全部)

《狼图腾(英文版)》为了适应读者和市场，毫不留情地删节了小说中的议论和后记，使整部书更加的流畅和生动，为了适应年轻读者和外国读者，译者又加注了很多注解，使波澜起伏的故事紧扣心弦，更加小说化和故事化。比中文版更加的酣畅淋漓和回肠荡气！不然，英文版不可能获得亚洲文学奖。 英文对比阅读会成为国内英语爱好者的时尚追求。国内的英语爱好者，尤其是大学生和高中生大都读过中文版《狼图腾》，该书的地道的英语翻译水平和对位中文的英语表达，50万字浩瀚的语词文库，一定会使英语爱好者以及大学高中学生们有大块朵颐的阅读快感，极快地提高英语水平。这种持续的口碑最终会将英文版《狼图腾》再度发酵为国内畅销书。

Vanessa's sister, Virginia, is in a "wolfish" mood -- growling, howling and acting very strange. It's a funk so fierce, the whole household feels topsy-turvy. Vanessa tries everything she can think of to cheer her up, but nothing seems to work. Then Virginia tells Vanessa about an imaginary, perfect place called Bloomsberry. Armed with an idea, Vanessa begins to paint Bloomsber...(展开全部)

Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2009 'Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning,' says Thomas More, 'and when you come back that night he'll be sitting on a plush cushion eating larks' tongues, and all the gaolers will owe him money.' England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the...(展开全部)