The sequel to "Silence of the Lambs" marks the return of Dr Hannibal Lecter. One of Hannibal's victims, the influential and rich Mason Verger - a paraplegic confined to a respirator thanks to Hannibal - is bent on revenge and FBI agent Clarice Starling provides the perfect bait.

Published in 40 countries, Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy – The Golden Compass , The Subtle Knife , and The Amber Spyglass – has graced the New York Times , Wall Street Journal , San Francisco Chronicle , Book Sense , and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. The Golden Compass forms the first part of a story in three volumes. The first volume is set in a world like ours, but different in many ways. The second volume is set partly in the world we know. The third moves between many worlds. In The Golden Compass, readers meet 11-year-old Lyra Belacqua, a precocious orphan growing up within the precincts of Jordan College in Oxford, England. It quickly becomes clear that Lyra's Oxford is not precisely like our own—nor is her world. In Lyra's world, everyone has a personal dæmon, a lifelong animal familiar. This is a world in which science, theology and magic are closely intertwined. The Subtle Knife is the second part of the trilogy that began with The Golden Compass . That first book was set in a world like ours, but different. This book begins in our own world. In The Subtle Knife, readers are introduced to Will Parry, a young boy living in modern-day Oxford, England. Will is only twelve years old, but he bears the responsibilities of an adult. Following the disappearance of his explorer-father, John Parry, during an expedition in the North, Will became parent, provider and protector to his frail, confused mother. And it's in protecting her that he becomes a murderer, too: he accidentally kills a man who breaks into their home to steal valuable letters written by John Parry. After placing his mother in the care of a kind friend, Will takes those letters and sets off to discover the truth about his father. The Amber Spyglass brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heartstopping close, marking the third and final volume as the most powerful of the trilogy. Along with the return of Lyra, Will, Mrs. Coulter, Lord Asriel, Dr. Mary Malone, and Iorek Byrnison the armored bear, The Amber Spyglass introduces a host of new characters: the Mulefa, mysterious wheeled creatures with the power to see Dust; Gallivespian Lord Roke, a hand-high spy-master to Lord Asriel; and Metatron, a fierce and mighty angel. And this final volume brings startling revelations, too: the painful price Lyra must pay to walk through the land of the dead, the haunting power of Dr. Malone's amber spyglass, and the names of who will live—and who will die—for love. And all the while, war rages with the Kingdom of Heaven, a brutal battle that—in its shocking outcome—will reveal the secret of Dust.

《上海孤儿》讲述的是这样一个故事：20世纪30年代的英国，主人公班克斯·克利斯托夫已经是闻名全国的大侦探，是伦敦上流社会人人称道的探案高手。然而，他本人内心却始终有一件离奇悬案难以释怀，那便是童年时代父母在旧上海扑朔迷离的失踪案。他生于20世纪初的上海，当时父亲受聘于一家势力强大的英国跨国贸易公司。十岁之前，班克斯的童年在外国租界度过。当时的上海虽然充满动乱，租界却是相对安宁太平的世外桃源，日夜有父母、保姆和佣人悉心照顾，还有邻居日本小伙伴山下哲与其朝夕相处。父亲公司所从事的丧尽天良的贩卖鸦片活动尽管遭到母亲的强烈反对，却并未对他的生活造成太大影响。可是，班克斯无忧无虑的童年生活在九岁时随着一场突然变故宣告结束。父母神秘失踪，先是父亲，然后是母亲，杳无踪影，毫无线索。在回忆中，他一直认定母亲对英国公司贩卖鸦片活动毫不留情的批评态度和仗义执言的勇敢立场是造成父母相继失踪的原因。班克斯成了孤儿，只好被迫前往英国与姑妈同住，内心始终梦想着有朝一日回到上海，把父母失踪案弄个水落石出。虽然这一成为福尔摩斯式大侦探的稚气愿望在整个少年时代不断遭人耻笑，却丝毫没有动摇他的决心。对他而言，这个人生目标决不是白日梦式的痴心妄想，而是一个必须完成的使命。完成学业后，他很快成为伦敦上流社会炙手可热的大侦探，虽然是“外来者”，却迅速成名，声望如日中天，同时还是一笔家族遗产的受益者和一名孤女的养父。 当二战的隆隆炮火威胁着远东和英国时，班克斯的使命感变得更加迫切，决心去勇敢面对自己的命运。他回到上海，相信父母尚在人世，决心破解父母失踪之谜，重新找回失落多年的天伦之乐。同时他异想天开地认为，只要自己能找到父母，使正义得到伸张，便能阻止世界大战。然而，此时上海已处在日军的步步进逼之中，重新把握过去的每一步都不断在印证着书中提到的女诗人意味深长的诗句：“一旦长大成人，童年便好比异国土地，离我们无比遥远。”故事在小说中另一重要人物菲力普叔叔令人不安的叙述中达到高潮。在一座不知名的房子里一间灯光暗淡的屋子里，随着他的讲述，主人公无法看到或不愿看到的东西慢慢浮出水面，一个惨痛的、略带讽刺意味的真相渐渐昭示在读者眼前：班克斯所深信不疑的有关父亲失踪案的背后原来只是个善意的谎言。母亲为保留他童年心灵的一块净土，和菲力普叔叔一道刻意让他相信父亲是个值得骄傲的英雄。而实际上，父亲并非如他所想，因为挺身而出，对公司老板在鸦片贸易中获取暴利的行为勇敢表示反对而遭人暗算。真相是：深爱着母亲的父亲因为性格弱点，不堪愿望与现实的折磨，与另外一个女人私奔，最后凄凉地死在异国。而母亲所作的一切牺牲、她所忍受的非人生活都只是出于一个单纯而感人的目的：为了班克斯能够好好活下去，为了他在成为失去双亲的孤儿后能够衣食无忧，并出人头地。也就是说，他所受的名校教育，他的所谓“遗产”和养尊处优的生活，他在侦探界骄人的名望以及在伦敦社交界的地位，全都是建立在母亲的苦难之上。真相大白之后，班克斯如梦方醒，终于看清自己的力量是多么的渺小和微不足道，看到自己妄想单枪匹马拯救世界的宏图大志是多么虚幻浅薄。

Among the characters you'll find in this collection of twelve stories by Tobias Wolff are a teenage boy who tells morbid lies about his home life, a timid professor who, in the first genuine outburst of her life, pours out her opinions in spite of a protesting audience, a prudish loner who gives an obnoxious hitchhiker a ride, and an elderly couple on a golden anniversary cruise who endure the offensive conviviality of the ship's social director. Fondly yet sharply drawn, Wolff's characters stumble over each other in their baffled yet resolute search for the "right path."

在线阅读本书 When Joel Knoxs mother dies, he is sent into the exotic unknown of the Deep South to live with a father he has never seen. But once he gets there, everyone is curiously evasive when Joel asks to see his father. Truman Capotes first novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms is a brilliant, searching study of homosexuality set in a shimmering landscape of heat, mystery and decadence.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) is a children's book by British author Roald Dahl, and is generally considered his best-known work. The adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric candymaker Willy Wonka is considered to be one of the most beloved children's stories of the 20th century.