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本书收入达·芬奇创作的哲理寓言故事六十余篇,这些故事破译自他以镜像方式书写的札记,故名"镜中书"。这些以动植物为主角的故事短小精悍,却意义深刻,可与伊索、克雷洛夫、拉封丹的优秀寓言作品媲美。.
《中国古典名著精彩阅读(注音版)》是一套为低年级小学生改编的中国古典名著。我们保留了原著的主要情节和精彩篇章,既忠实于原著的人物特点和故事内涵,又赋予其新的活力。同时,我们还在书中增加了大量精美的插图,使内容更丰富,更生动,从而满足小读者轻松阅读古典名著的愿望。.
本书是法国著名科幻作家儒勒·凡尔纳的一部小说。在追捕独角鲸的行动中,阿龙纳斯得知传说中的独角鲸其实是一艘名为"鹦鹉螺号"的潜水船。尼摩船长邀请阿龙纳斯与"鹦鹉螺号"一起做海底旅行。他们从太平洋出发,途经印度洋、地中海、大西洋,看到各种海生动植物和水中奇景,也经历了与海底巨兽的战斗。.
《舞男》是著名作家严歌苓的新长篇。小说写了上海滩舞场里的一个舞先生杨东,在陪舞的生涯中偶然邂逅了中年精英白领蓓蓓,地位悬殊、文化背景悬殊、年龄悬殊的两个男女,在这个光怪陆离的时代演绎了一场曲折生姿、柳暗花明的情感大戏。而贫富与阶层的巨大差异,时时在撕裂着情欲,这样的时刻,一个来自最污浊之地的女孩撞入了这场非常之恋,三个男女三种阶层,是情感的争夺,更是人性的搏斗。小说在豪奢的上流社会和无望的底层之间穿越,深刻折射了人性的两极和幽微,具有浓郁的海派风情。.
《快乐王子:王尔德唯美童话故事》是王尔德童话的一个全新插图重译本。《快乐王子:王尔德唯美童话故事》收入王尔德最经典的、也是唯一传世的9篇童话中的8篇,这些童话可与安徒生童话中的佳作媲美,堪称世界童话宝库中的精品。.
More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA.
【作品简介】作为美国著名编辑和科幻作家A.梅里特(1884.1.20-1943.8.21)最扣人心弦的作品,《月池》完全体现了梅里特作品当中独有的怀旧气质,散发着卓尔不群的浪漫诗性光辉。故事发生在散布着各种古代文明的遗迹的波纳佩岛上,记述了一队探险家发现奇异生物和超科学奇迹、探索不为人知的地下世界的全过程。然而在探险过程当中,探险家们不经意间释放了足以威胁全部南太平洋岛屿的恐怖"居主"(当地人称为闪灵),从而引发了一系列扣人心弦的情节。尽管"失落世界"并非梅里特首创,然而在前人诸如亚瑟•柯南•道尔、伯勒斯和其他前辈之后,梅里特却"青出于蓝而胜于蓝",创造出了更为非凡,独具一格的作品。【作者简介】亚伯拉罕·格瑞斯·梅里特(1884.1.20-1943.8.21),美国著名编辑和科幻作家。1917年,他的第一部科幻小说《龙纹镜》被刊登在《故事集锦》周刊上。随后,他的多部作品陆续出炉,包括《矿井人》(1918)、《月池》(1919)、《金属怪物》(1920)、《深渊之脸》(1923)、《伊师塔之舟》(1924)、《林中女》(1926)等。梅里特的写作风格深受H.莱德·哈格、罗伯特·W.钱伯斯以及格特鲁德·巴罗斯·班尼特(笔名佛朗西斯·史蒂文斯)的影响,评论称其"模仿了班尼特早期的风格和题材"。梅里特的小说通常都会围绕一些常见的大众化题材展开:如失落的文明、可怖的怪物等等。他的主人公一般都是英勇的爱尔兰人或斯堪的那维亚人,反派角色则往往由奸诈的德国人或俄国人出演,他笔下的女主人公通常是处女、神秘且衣着清凉。真正让梅里特从一众小说家当中脱颖而出的,是他那华丽的散文风格以及详尽、有时近乎繁冗的细节描写。梅里特对细节描写的偏爱恰好可以与伯克的简笔插画互补,可谓相得益彰。.
Marnie Baranuik is back, and this time, the Great White Shark of psychic investigations has "people skills" and a new assistant who seems to harbor an unhealthy curiosity about Harry, her revenant companion.
The media has a nickname for Marnie Baranuik, though she'd rather they didn't; they call her the Great White Shark, a rare dual-talented forensic psychic.
'The people next door oppress me all night long. I tell them, I work all day, a man's got to have some time to learn to play the tuba. That's oppression, that is. If I'm not under the heel of the oppressor I don't know who is.' An aura of mean-minded resentfulness is thick in the streets of Ankh-Morpork. Insurrection is in the air. The Haves and Have-Nots are about to fall out all over again. The Have-Nots want some of their own magic. But magic in the hands of amateurs is a dangerous thing. The City Watch is the last line of defence against such unnatural goings-on. But when even the Watch have trouble telling Right from Wrong, you know that Law and Order ain't what it used to be. But that's all about to change...
Eli Monpress is vain. He's cocky. And he's a thief. But he's a thief who has just seen his bounty topped and he's not happy about it. The bounty topper, as it turns out, is his best friend, bodyguard, and master swordsman, Josef. Who has been keeping secrets from Eli. Apparently, he's the only prince of a rather feisty country and his mother (a formidable queen who's every bit as driven and stubborn as he is) wants him to come home and do his duty, which means throwing over personal ambitions like proving he's the greatest swordsman who ever lived. Family drama aside, Eli and Josef have their hands full. The Spirit Court has been usurped by the Council of Thrones and someone calling herself the Immortal Empress is staging a massive invasion. But it's not just politics — the Immortal Empress has a specific target in mind: Eli Monpress, the greatest thief in the world.
Eli Monpress is talented. He's charming. And he's a thief.But not just any thief. He's the greatest thief of the age - and he's also a wizard. And with the help of his partners - a swordsman with the most powerful magic sword in the world but no magical ability of his own, and a demonseed who can step through shadows and punch through walls - he's going to put his plan into effect.The first step is to increase the size of the bounty on his head, so he'll need to steal some big things. But he'll start small for now. He'll just steal something that no one will miss - at least for a while.Like a king. The Legend of Eli Monpress includes the novels: The Spirit Thief, The Sprit Rebellion, and The Spirit Eater.
Eli Monpress is clever, he's determined, and he's in way over his head.First rule of thievery: don't be a hero. When Eli broke the rules and saved the Council Kingdoms, he thought he knew the price, but resuming his place as the Shepherdess's favorite isn't as simple as bowing his head. Now that she has her darling back, Benehime is setting in motion a plan that could destroy everything she was created to protect, and even Eli's charm might not be enough to stop her. But Eli Monpress always has a plan, and with disaster rapidly approaching, he's pulling in every favor he can think of to make it work, including the grudging help of the Spirit Court's new Rector, Miranda Lyonette.But with the world in panic, the demon stirring, and the Lord of Storms back on the hunt, it's going to take more than luck and charm to pull Eli through this time. He's going to have to break a few more rules and work with some old enemies if he's going to survive.
With the pressure on after his success in Gaol, Eli Monpress, professional thief and degenerate, decides it's time to lie low for a bit. Taking up residence in a tiny seaside village, Eli and his companions seize the chance for some fun and relaxation.Nico, however, is finding it a bit hard. Plagued by a demon's voice in her head and feeling powerless, she only sees herself as a burden. Everyone's holiday comes to an untimely close, though, when Pele arrives to beg Eli's help for finding her missing father.But there are larger plans afoot than even Eli can see, and the real danger, and the solution, may lie with one of his own and her forgotten past.If only Nico could remember whose side she's on.
Eli Monpress is brilliant. He's incorrigible. And he's a thief.He's also still at large, which drives Miranda Lyonette crazy. While she's been kicked out of the Spirit Court, Eli's had plenty of time to plan his next adventure. But now the tables have turned, because Miranda has a new job -- and an opportunity to capture a certain thief.Things are about to get exciting for Eli. He's picked a winner for his newest heist. His target: the Duke of Gaol's famous "thief-proof" citadel. Eli knows Gaol is a trap, but what's life without challenges? Except the Duke is one of the wealthiest men in the world, a wizard who rules his duchy with an iron fist, and an obsessive perfectionist with only one hobby: Eli.It seems that everyone is hunting for Eli Monpress.
Eli Monpress is talented. He's charming. And he's a thief.But not just any thief. He's the greatest thief of the age - and he's also a wizard. And with the help of his partners - a swordsman with the most powerful magic sword in the world but no magical ability of his own, and a demonseed who can step through shadows and punch through walls - he's going to put his plan into effect.The first step is to increase the size of the bounty on his head, so he'll need to steal some big things. But he'll start small for now. He'll just steal something that no one will miss - at least for a while.Like a king.
The ninth novel of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns to the adventures of Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, as he solves magical crimes in the city of London. There is a world hidden underneath this great city. The London Silver Vaults—for well over a century, the largest collection of silver for sale in the world. It has more locks than the Bank of England and more cameras than a paparazzi convention. Not somewhere you can murder someone and vanish without a trace—only that’s what happened. The disappearing act, the reports of a blinding flash of light, and memory loss amongst the witnesses all make this a case for Detective Constable Peter Grant and the Special Assessment Unit. Alongside their boss DCI Thomas Nightingale, the SAU find themselves embroiled in a mystery that encompasses London’s tangled history, foreign lands and, most terrifying of all, the North! And Peter must solve this case soon, because back home his partner Beverley is expecting twins any day now. But what he doesn’t know is that he’s about to encounter something—and somebody—that nobody ever expects… Effortlessly original, endlessly inventive and hugely entertaining—step into the world of the much-loved, bestselling Rivers of London series.
Ben Aaronovitch's bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series • “The perfect blend of CSI and Harry Potter .” —io9 A mutilated body in Crawley. A killer on the loose. The prime suspect is one Robert Weil, possibly an associate of the twisted wizard known as the Faceless Man. Or maybe just a garden-variety serial killer. Before apprentice wizard and Police Constable Peter Grant can even get his head 'round the case, two more are dropped in his lap: a town planner has gone under a tube train, and there's a stolen grimoire for Grant to track down. So far, so London. But then Peter gets word of something very odd happening on a housing estate designed by a nutter, built by charlatans, and inhabited by the truly desperate. Is there a connection? And if there is, why oh why did it have to be South of the River—in the jurisdiction of some pretty prickly local river spirits?.
The eighth book of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns to the adventures of Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, as he solves magical crimes in the city of London. Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusiasm. Rather than sit around, he takes a job with émigré Silicon Valley tech genius Terrence Skinner's brand new London start up—the Serious Cybernetics Company. Drawn into the orbit of Old Street's famous 'silicon roundabout', Peter must learn how to blend in with people who are both civilians and geekier than he is. Compared to his last job, Peter thinks it should be a doddle. But magic is not finished with Mama Grant's favourite son. Because Terrence Skinner has a secret hidden in the bowels of the SCC. A technology that stretches back to Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage, and forward to the future of artificial intelligence. A secret that is just as magical as it technological—and just as dangerous.
In a small village in Herefordshire, the local police are reluctant to admit that there might be a supernatural element to the disappearance of some local children. But while you can take the copper out of London, you can't take the London out of the copper. Peter soon finds himself caught up in a deep mystery and having to tackle local cops and local gods. And what's more, all the shops are closed by 4pm...