A recruit of the future goes through the toughest boot camp in the universe and into battle with the Terran Mobile Infantry against humankind's most frightening enemy. Reissue.

The paperback edition of the first book in Salvatore+s classic dark elf tales.This is the paperback version of the stunning new release of the classic R.A. Salvatore novel that begins the tale of his signature dark elf character, Drizzt Do-Urdenª.

The fourth in a series of premiere hardcover editions of Salvatore’s classic dark elf tales.
This new release of the classic R.A. Salvatore novel continues the classic tale of Salvatore’s signature dark elf character Drizzt Do’Urden™. Although this was the first title actually published about Drizzt, it has now been placed in its proper chronological order as fourth in the series. Each title in The Legend of Drizzt series showcases the classic dark elf novels in new, deluxe hardcover editions. Each title will feature all new cover art and new introductions written by those who have become familiar with Salvatore and Drizzt over the years.
AUTHOR BIO: R.A. Salvatore was born in Massachusetts in 1959 and still makes his home there. He has published numerous Forgotten Realms novels with Wizards of the Coast, Inc., most of which have been New York Times best-sellers. He is also known as the best-selling author of the Star Wars : Episode II Attack of the Clones novelization from Del Rey.
From the Hardcover edition.

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The new National Geographic Treasury of Greek Mythology offers timeless stories of Greek myths in a beautiful new volume. Brought to life with lyrical text by award-winning author Donna Jo Napoli and stunning artwork by award-winning illustrator Christina Balit, the tales of gods and goddesses such as Zeus, Aphrodite, Apollo, and Athena and heroes and monsters such as Helen of Troy, Perseus, and Medusa will fascinate and engage children’s imaginations.
National Geographic completes the book with embellishments of each story: sidebars for each god, goddess, hero, and monster link the myths to constellations, geography, history, and culture to help young readers connect the stories to real life events, people, and places. A family tree and a “cast of characters” profile page help make relationships between the characters clear, and a mapping feature adds to the fun and fascination. Resource notes and ample back matter directing readers to more information round out this luminous book. Sure to dazzle all those intrigued with the fantastic tales of Greek mythology and enchant new readers, this vibrant book will soon become a family keepsake.

And Then There Were None is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie. In the novel, ten people, who have previously been complicit in the deaths of others but have escaped notice or punishment, are tricked into coming onto an island. Even though the guests are the only people on the island, they are all mysteriously murdered one by one, in a manner paralleling, inexorably and sometimes grotesquely, the old nursery rhyme, "Ten Little Niggers".

《现代主义烹饪：美食的艺术与科学》（Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking），这本书将颠覆大众对厨房的理解，用美轮美奂的图片带领您进入现代摄影技术下的饕餮世界。
高科技厨房烹制出的美食一定是不一般的，请全世界的人们都来品尝貌似不太现实。不过，出版一套配有烹饪摄影的精美食谱，让远在千里之外的人们也能欣赏到这些曼妙的佳肴，这还是可行。于是，梅尔沃德团队的大作《现代主义烹饪：美食的艺术与科学》（Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking）在一番努力后于今年3月出炉了。《现代主义烹饪》全套五册，厚达2438页，包括从近15万幅照片中精选出来的3216张美图与超过1500种美食的菜谱，其中约380种是有实例的，有兴趣的话，你可以依样画葫芦。
作者纳森•梅尔沃德（Nathan Myhrvold）曾任微软副总裁兼首席技术官，他带领一个由顶级厨师、化学家和物理学家组成的团队，历时三年创作出这本令人大开眼界的现代美食主义图书。这本书充分展现烹饪艺术的创造力，并且以图文并茂的方式引导着你一步一步的来实现它们。通过三千多幅精美的原创照片和图表，让烹饪艺术的科学与技术变得鲜活起来，让食物香浓细腻的口感通过令人惊艳的光影展现在您面前。令人惊叹的摄影新技术为您展示出食物的内部状况：您可以看到烹调的全过程，小至肉类纤维的微观变化，大到整个锅的横断面。读过这本书之后，对烹饪和饮食的看法将会打开一个全新的视角。全书一套6本。

Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. It was The Old Man and the Sea that won for Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature. Here, in a perfectly crafted story, is unique and timeless vision of the beauty and grief of man's challenge to the elements in which he lives.
Here, for a change, is a fish tale that actually does honour to the author. In fact The Old Man and the Sea revived Ernest Hemingway's career, which was foundering under the weight of such post-war stinkers as Across the River and into the Trees. It also led directly to his receipt of the Nobel Prize in 1954 (an award Hemingway gladly accepted, despite his earlier observation that "no son of a bitch that ever won the Nobel Prize ever wrote anything worth reading afterwards"). A half century later, it's still easy to see why. This tale of an aged Cuban fisherman going head-to-head (or hand-to-fin) with a magnificent marlin encapsulates Hemingway's favourite motifs of physical and moral challenge. Yet Santiago is too old and infirm to partake of the gun-toting machismo that disfigured much of the author's later work
"The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks. The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords."
Hemingway's style, too, reverts to those superb snapshots of perception that won him his initial fame
Just before it was dark, as they passed a great island of Sargasso weed that heaved and swung in the light sea as though the ocean were making love with something under a yellow blanket, his small line was taken by a dolphin. He saw it first when it jumped in the air, true gold in the last of the sun and bending and flapping wildly in the air.
If a younger Hemingway had written this novella, Santiago most likely would have towed the enormous fish back to port and posed for a triumphal photograph--just as the author delighted in doing, circa 1935. Instead his prize gets devoured by a school of sharks. Returning with little more than a skeleton, he takes to his bed and, in the very last line, cements his identification with his creator
"The old man was dreaming about the lions."
Perhaps there's some allegory of art and experience floating around in there somewhere--but The Old Man and the Sea was, in any case, the last great catch of Hemingway's career.
--James Marcus

Isaac Asimov's Foundation novels are one of the great masterworks of science fiction. As unsurpassed blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive world-building, they chronicle the struggle of a courageous group of men and women dedicated to preserving humanity's light in a galaxy plunged into a nightmare of ignorance and violence thirty thousand years long.
After years of struggle, the Foundation lies in ruins—destroyed by the mutant mind power of the Mule. But it is rumored that there is a Second Foundation hidden somewhere at the end of the Galaxy, established to preserve the knowledge of mankind through the long centuries of barbarism. The Mule failed to find it the first time—but now he is certain he knows where it lies.
The fate of the Foundation rests on young Arcadia Darell, only fourteen years old and burdened with a terrible secret. As its scientists gird for a final showdown with the Mule, the survivors of the First Foundation begin their desperate search. They too want the Second Foundation destroyed…before it destroys them.

After three years in prison, Shadow has done his time. But as the time until his release ticks away, he can feel a storm brewing. Two days before he gets out, his wife Laura dies in a mysterious car crash, in adulterous circumstances. Dazed, Shadow travels home, only to encounter the bizarre Mr Wednesday claiming to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of America. Together they embark on a very strange journey across the States, along the way solving the murders which have occurred every winter in one small American town. But the storm is about to break...Disturbing, gripping and profoundly strange, Gaiman's epic novel sees him on the road to the heart of America. Includes extra material exclusive to Headline Review's edition

《看电影的艺术(影印第7版)》编辑推荐：美国高校经典教程，透彻解析观影之道。全面展现电影艺术，完整还原原著风貌。加州大学伯克利分校等400余所著名学府指定教材，发行7版畅销不衰。聚焦当下热门影片，以全新视角解读经典知识体系，兼顾趣味性与理论性。独具特色的“闪回”单元，集中探讨了动画、剪辑、色彩等技术领域的发展脉络。影印版完整呈现原书450余幅图片，配以48个彩页，生动展现“视觉特效”、“色彩”等相关章节精彩内容。保留原书中片段练习、DVD花絮参考、索引等内容，方便读者使用、学习。

美国社会文化知识的经典读本
系统分析美国传统基本价值观
兼并文化认知与英语能力培养
♦ 编辑推荐
☆ 从价值观入手，呈现美国文化
随着美国文化多样性的不断增加，围绕多元文化主义展开的一系列问题始终具有十分重要的意义。基于此观点，本书通过丰富的内容和资料，介绍了美国的社会与文 化，阐述了美国社会价值观的形成发展历史，以及传统价值观对于美国社会宗教、商业、政府、种族关系、教育、娱乐和家庭等方方面面的影响。
☆ 美国社会文化知识的经典读本
以往版本基于价值观视角所呈现的内容在二十余年间广受欢迎，第4版内容延续了此特色，以中立客观的视角阐述价值观与文化发展的相互影响，分析新事件，提供新数据，并且强化了批判性思维的训练、学术词汇的学习及阅读技能的培养。
☆ 兼并文化与学习英语
语言的学习离不开对语言所处社会和文化的理解，对社会价值观、文化成因和发展的了解，会对语言的学习产生积极的影响。本书以社会与文化为主要内容，运用大量事实、数据呈现丰富内容，书中语言为中高级至高级英语级别，通过附加的练习为读者的思维与阅读能力提供提升空间，同时又可提升英语能力，可作为以英语为第二语言（ESL）的学生了解美国社会与文化的教科书。
☆ 适合广泛读者群体
书中的信息并非只有学生才需要，旅游者、商务人士、学者、官员，甚至移民，都可将本书内容作为理解美国文化和价值观的切入点，通过了解深层的文化内涵，以此理解展示在表面的行为模式。
♦ 内容简介
《美国文化背景 第4版（汉英对照）》以阐释美国社会的传统基本价值观为出发点，将美国的发展历程、社会时事与大量研究结构、民调数据进行整合，阐释传统基本价值观的由来，以及这些价值观对美国的各种制度和生活，例如宗教、商业、政府、种族关系、教育、娱乐和家庭等方方面面的影响。
本书不仅介绍了美国文化的内涵、发展和变化，更具备精心设计的丰富学习内容，可提升读者的语言能力。在每一章前后都有注重词汇、阅读、写作、讨论等能力的练习，同时提供多种鼓励交流、创新的研究活动内容。参考译文、指导手册及参考答案的加入使阅读和学习过程更加得心应手。

宮崎駿の、目も眩む雑学と妄想の世界!アニメ映画風の谷のナウシカ、となりのトトロ、もののけ姫の監督、宮崎駿が、その豊富な知識と妄想で構築した超趣味的世界!兵器と人間が織り成す、バカバカしい狂気の情熱を描いた、珍奇なる物語13編。大ヒット映画「紅の豚」の原作、「飛行艇時代」を収録。
书中包括了十三篇宫崎骏绘制的漫画作品，每一篇都是独立成章的战争杂想，内容有写实的也有幻想的。漫画中充满了宫崎骏风格的盎然趣味和大量的战争机械细节，更有引人深思饱含人文主义的评论文字。
其中“龙之甲铁”描写的是北洋舰队定远、镇远号铁甲舰，而“九州上空的重轰炸机”则描写了1938年5月20日中国空军对日本的纸片轰炸，两篇漫画都附有十分客观的文字描述，国人看来尤生感慨。

Introducing an instant classic―master storyteller Neil Gaiman presents a dazzling version of the great Norse myths.
Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he turns his attention back to the source, presenting a bravura rendition of the great northern tales.
In Norse Mythology, Gaiman stays true to the myths in envisioning the major Norse pantheon: Odin, the highest of the high, wise, daring, and cunning; Thor, Odin’s son, incredibly strong yet not the wisest of gods; and Loki―son of a giant―blood brother to Odin and a trickster and unsurpassable manipulator.
Gaiman fashions these primeval stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds and delves into the exploits of deities, dwarfs, and giants. Once, when Thor’s hammer is stolen, Thor must disguise himself as a woman―difficult with his beard and huge appetite―to steal it back. More poignant is the tale in which the blood of Kvasir―the most sagacious of gods―is turned into a mead that infuses drinkers with poetry. The work culminates in Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods and rebirth of a new time and people.
Through Gaiman’s deft and witty prose emerge these gods with their fiercely competitive natures, their susceptibility to being duped and to duping others, and their tendency to let passion ignite their actions, making these long-ago myths breathe pungent life again.

This is a new paperback edition of JRR Tolkien's fantasy masterpiece, "The Hobbit". "The Hobbit" is a tale of high adventure, undertaken by a company of dwarves in search of dragon-guarded gold. A reluctant partner in this perilous quest is Bilbo Baggins, a comfort-loving unambitious hobbit, who surprises even himself by his resourcefulness and skill as a burglar. Encounters with trolls, goblins, dwarves, elves and giant spiders, conversations with the dragon, Smaug, and a rather unwilling presence at the Battle of Five Armies are just some of the adventures that befall Bilbo. Bilbo Baggins has taken his place among the ranks of the immortals of children's fiction. Written by Professor Tolkien for his own children, "The Hobbit" met with instant critical acclaim when published.

《爱丽丝梦游仙境与镜中奇遇记》是英国作家刘易斯·卡罗尔于1865年出版的儿童文学作品。故事叙述了一个名叫爱丽丝的女孩从兔子洞进入一处神奇国度，遇到许多会讲话的生物以及像人一般活动的纸牌，*后发现原来是一场梦。《爱丽丝梦游仙境与镜中奇遇记》这本童话自1865年出版以来，一直深受不同年龄的读者爱戴。《爱丽丝梦游仙境》已经被翻译成至少125种语言，到20世纪中期重版300多次，其流传之广仅次于《圣经》和莎士比亚的作品。
《爱丽丝梦游仙境与镜中奇遇记》为英文原版，同时提供配套英文朗读免费下载，在品读精彩故事的同时，亦能提升英语阅读水平，下载方式详见图书封底博客链接。

Choosing one of the few fairy tales that does not conclude with a wedding, Catherine Orenstein reinterprets the many versions of "Little Red Riding Hood" by setting the tale against the mores and values of its times. The result is a highly entertaining and interesting conversation about one of our best-known stories.
Starting with the first-known published version, Orenstein points out Charles Perrault's lesson to young girls entering the lascivious and political court of Louis XIV. She traces the story further back to a shockingly playful rendition that includes bzous (werewolves) and cannibalism. In this version, she revives the symbolism that relates to the feminine by pointing out the odd questions of the bzou: "Which path are you taking... the path of needles or the path of pins?" Orenstein also takes a look at more modern versions, including Anne Sexton's poem "Red Riding Hood" and Matthew Bright's film Freeway, taking on, as she examines these and other modern versions of the old tale, the machismo wolf and the Gen-X grrrl.
Though expansive in her research, Orenstein's interpretations are occasionally too simplistic. In "Grandmother's Tale," Riding Hood's cannibalistic meal of her grandmother is reduced to a "symbolic reminder that the old will be reborn in the young." There is nothing mentioned of the talking cat who decries Riding Hood, saying, "She is a slut who eats the flesh and drinks the blood of her granny!" But what Orenstein lacks in depth, she more than makes up for in her encompassing study. In all, 10 tales are examined, as well as a vast historical study of the times they were published. Written with lively prose, Orenstein has produced a book that will spark thought and conversation, encouraging readers to find the wolf, the grandmother, and the little girl within. --Karin Rosman --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

A noted psychologist shows how fairy tales are a powerful aid to growing up, banishing fears, resolving conflicts, and conquering the darkness that dwells within us "A dazzling tour de force for anyone interested in the inner world of children and parents."
-Henry Biller, author of The Father Factor In The Witch Must Die, Sheldon Cashdan explores how fairy tales help children deal with psychological conflicts by projecting their own internal struggles between good and evil onto the battles enacted by the characters in the stories. Not since Bettelheim's The Uses of Enchantment has the underlying significance of fantasy and fairy tales been so insightfully and entertainingly mined.

This text, extensively class-tested over a decade at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego, explains the fundamentals of algorithms in a story line that makes the material enjoyable and easy to digest. Emphasis is placed on understanding the crisp mathematical idea behind each algorithm, in a manner that is intuitive and rigorous without being unduly formal.

本书是专门为已具备一定英语水平，但希望突破自我，说一口纯正英语的中高阶英语学习者准备的纠错手边书。
全书按词性分为：名词复数、普通名词、动词、形容词和副词等若干章节， 每个章节都包含数十个单词，每个词条下又配以地道英语和蹩脚中式英语的对比， 同时加以翻译和解析。第六章“经常被误用的表述”包含了许多用法怪异、词义被误解或滥用的表述，指出问题所在后，作者给出了正确的表达方式。第七章“英语口语的问题”汇总了更适合用在口语中， 却经常被误用在书面语中的表达方式。
本书面向的读者群体是高中或大学生和教师。同样对专业译者和工作中需要使用英语的工作这来说，也将有所助益。
出版本书，并不是为了教大家怎么说英语，而是为了教那些已经掌握英语读写的朋友，怎么鉴别和避免在中译英，不管实在口头交流，还是书面翻译时常见的错误。本书不教授基础语法知识或如何选用恰当的语体风格，但书中包含了千条经常被误解和误用的具体词汇、短语、表述例子。