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In the summer of 1871, thirty-two whaling ships, carrying 12-year-old William Fish Williams, son of a whaling captain, and 1,218 other men, women, and children, were destroyed in an Arctic ice storm.

A knock on SpenserA's office door can only mean one thing: a new case. This time the visitor is a local lawyer with an interesting story. Elizabeth Shaw specializes in wills and trusts at the Boston

本書是繪本大師 Jan Brett 最廣為人知的經典作品之一，改寫自烏克蘭民間故事。一隻在雪地裡遺失的白色手套，悄悄展開一場溫柔又滑稽的冒險。男孩尼基毫無察覺地往前走，而森林裡的動物卻一個接一個鑽進手套裡，從鼴鼠、兔子到熊，每一次「再擠一點點」都讓畫面更熱鬧。書頁邊框同時描繪尼基在林間行走的身影，讓讀者一邊閱讀，一邊發現兩條故事線的巧妙交錯。細膩而充滿民族風格的插畫，讓冬日雪景既安靜又生動，使本書成為適合反覆共讀的冬季經典，也入選《The Atlantic》必讀童書書單。In this bestselling modern classic, a young boy’s lost mitten leads to a charming snowy adventure. Jan Brett’s beautiful retelling makes a perfect holiday gift.One of The Atlantic’s 65 Essential Children’s BooksWhen Nicki drops his white mitten in the snow, he goes on without realizing that it is missing.One by one, woodland animals find it and crawl in; first, a curious mole, then a rabbit, a badger and others, each one larger than the last. Finally, a big brown bear is followed in by a tiny brown mouse and what happens next makes for a wonderfully funny climax.As the story of the animals in the mitten unfolds, the reader can see Nicki in the borders of each page, walking through the woods unaware of what is going on.In her distinctive style, Jan Bret

Chicago's unique brand of ball is sixteen-inch slow pitch, played in leagues all over the city for more than a century. But in politics, in business, and in law enforcement, the game is hardball.When

After years on the trail of an internationally wanted terrorist, the CIA thinks Special Agent Holly Barker might need a long vacation. So Holly returns to her hometown of Orchid Beach, Florida,where

The bestselling author, television and radio personality, and in-demand speaker, offers insight, enlightenment, and empowerment to men and the women who love them. What does it mean to be a real man?

Best friends come in all shapes and sizes! After retiring from the circus, Tarra became the first resident of the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. When other elephants moved in and developed close fr

It's not the shoes, the scarves, or the lipstick that gives French women their allure. It's this: French women don't give a damn. They don't expect men to understand them. They don't care about being

Kevin Curran wants to unite his family, but he's ready to give up on his younger brother, Danny, three years lost to heroin addiction and hard living on the streets of New York. When Danny shows up o

From the acclaimed and bestselling author comes the fifth adventure of Captain Alatriste, "the brooding, charismatic hero of his wildly successful Spanish swashbuckling novels" (The New York Times).

THE EXTRAORDINARY NEW ADVENTURE SERIES FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES-BESTSELLING AUTHOR A fortune lost for ages . . . a millionaire pursuing his destiny . . . Sam and Remi Fargo are about to encounter

On the first day of Royal Ascot, the world's most famous horseracing meet, the crowd rejoices in a string of winning favorites. Ned Talbot has worked all his life as a bookmaker - taking over the fam

An international journalist, a war-weary Portuguese veteran, a Muslim with visions of the Virgin Mary, a rogue priest, and members of the world's most powerful - and secretive - organizations come to

Turning twenty-seven may be terrifying for some, but for Alex, a struggling artist living in the midwestern United States, it is cataclysmic. Inheriting a huge expanse of land should have made him a

Weddings are big news in the small Delta town of Second Creek, Mississippi. Especially when the wedding is that of the town's new mayor, the seventy-one-years-young Hale "Mr. Choppy" Dunbar, who is a

Order in Chaos begins just prior to Friday the thirteenth of October 1307, the original Day of Infamy that marked the abrupt end of the Order of the Templars. On that day, without warning, King Phili

Just as with his remarkable military novels, millions of readers have been captured by the rich characters and vivid realism of W. E. B. Griffin's police dramas. "Griffin has the knack," writes The P

The Lost Throne is the hardcover debut of author Chris Kuzneski. In it, former MANIACs (a top-secret Special Forces unit) Jonathon Payne and David Jones are engaged in their most daring and deadly mi

A summer at his grandparents' South Dakota ranch is not eleven-year-old Cooper Sullivan's idea of a good time. But things are a bit more bearable now that he's discovered the neighbor girl, Lil Chanc

Childhood sweethearts Cooper Sullivan and Lil Chance are reunited when Coop leaves New York to assist his aging grandparents on their South Dakota ranch, but Coop must come to Lil's aid when the unsol

When Mr. Ali retires, he thinks he will take it easy. But soon his constant presence in the household starts to drive his wife crazy. She wants him out of her hair. So what does an Indian man with a

In the Micronesian islands, a top-secret U.S. government-sponsored undersea lab conducting vital biomedical research on a rare jellyfish known as the Blue Medusa suddenly ... disappears. At the same

Buzz Aldrin takes readers on a journey through the history of space exploration. As one of a handful of astronauts to have walked on the moon, Buzz Aldrin has a unique perspective of space. And he se

As we look back to the beginnings of the space race, 2009 is also the year for looking forward to humankindA's next step toward the stars. In the spirit of books that once imagined colonies on the mo

When we last saw Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole, they had just put things to right in the rough-and-tumble Old West town of Resolution. It's now a year later, and Virgil has only one thing on his mind

I'm no Job - though I think we went to the same school....So says Jim Beaver in this memoir.In August 2003, Jim and his wife, Cecily, received what they thought was the worst news possible - their da

From the award-winning and New York TimesA-bestselling author of Generation Kill, a reporterA's immersion in outsider culturesA-A"His style owes more to Hunter S. Thompson than to any sort of politic

Caldecott Honor winner Rachel Isadora gives readers a stunning new interpretation of this classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale, setting the infamous witchA's cottage deep in a lush African forest. Hanse

After being falsely fingered as a war criminal, Bernie Gunther - the tough, fast-talking detective and ex-Berlin policeman forced into the horrors of World War II - is en route to Buenos Aires, court

Police Chief Jesse Stone has received his share of unusual calls, but none can top the one from the local junior high school. When reports of lewd conduct by the school's principal, Betsy Ingersoll,

Amaryllis Coltraine may have recently transferred to the New York City police force from Atlanta, but she's been a cop long enough to know how to defend herself against an assailant. When she's taken

Widely acclaimed for her award-winning picture books, Deborah Hopkinson presents the amazing story of John A. Lomax, the fi rst man to popularize such great American folk songs as A"Sweet Betsy from

We always hear about how wars start, but how they end can be just as fascinating. That is certainly the case with AmericaA's Civil War. After the fall of Richmond, Robert E. Lee and his Confederate t

The Hudson River has been a source of inspiration and a means of livelihood to all who have lived along its shores. It played a key role in the settling of the New World and the outcome of the Revolu

Caldecott Honor winner Rachel IsadoraA's gorgeous collages breathe new life into this classic tale, capturing RapunzelA's striking beauty and the lush African settingA-a new home for this storyA-with

Commas and apostrophes arenA't the only punctuation marks that can cause big trouble if theyA're put in the wrong place. Now, Truss and Timmons put hyphens, parentheses, quotation marks, periods, and

A hilarious tribute to state birds! Welcome to the United Tweets Pageant! This colorful parade of state birds competing to be Top Tweet will have readers of all ages laughing aloud. From AlabamaA's Y

Meet Wendy Merrill, a quirky, attractive, in recovery - from ... well, you can pretty much name it .. , who, while seemingly on the quest for her perfect mate, keeps falling into manholes. After losi

You've read the Bible, but do you really understand it? You want to know more, but are you intimidated by the hundreds of study Bibles on the shelf? What are the key concepts and ideas you need to

Before Green Gables is the story of Anne Shirley's early life, and the journey that led her to Prince Edward Island - a heartwarming tale of a precocious child whose lively imagination and relentless