From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Gardener, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes is the utterly beguiling tale of a ten-year-old blind orphan who has been schooled in a life of thievery. One fateful afternoon, he steals a box from a mysterious traveling haberdasher—a box that contains three pairs of magical eyes. When he tries the first pair, he is instantly transported to a hidden island where he is presented with a special quest: to travel to the dangerous Vanished Kingdom and rescue a people in need. Along with his loyal sidekick—a knight who has been turned into an unfortunate combination of horse and cat—and the magic eyes, he embarks on an unforgettable, swashbuckling adventure to discover his true destiny. Be sure to read the companion book, Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard. Praise for Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes "Auxier has a juggler's dexterity with prose that makes this fantastical tale quicken the senses."-Kirkus Reviews
1009.0万字
最新章节
第7章 The Gentle Wind, and Where It took Them(2020-10-05 14:16:21)
同类推荐
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe（II） 鲁滨逊漂
The Further adventures of Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719. Just as in its predecessor, Robinson Crusoe (1719), the first edition credits the work's fictional protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author. The book starts with the statement about Crusoe's marriage in England. He bought a little farm in Bedford and had three children: two sons and one daughter. Crusoe suffered distemper and a desire to see "his island." He could talk of nothing else, except his wife. She told him, in tears, "I will go with you, but I won't leave you." But in the middle of this felicity, Providence unhinged him at once, with the loss of his wife. Although intended to be the last Crusoe tale, the novel is followed by non-fiction book involving Crusoe by Defoe entitled Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: With his Vision of the Angelick World (1720).
Dombey and Son（IV）董贝父子（英文版 上册）
Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens, published in monthly parts from 1 October 1846 to 1 April 1848 and in one volume in 1848. Its full title is Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation. The story concerns of a powerful man whose callous neglect of his family triggers his professional and personal downfall, showcases the author's gift for vivid characterization and unfailingly realistic description. As Jonathan Lethem contends in his Introduction, Dickens's "genius … is at one with the genius of the form of the novel itself: Dickens willed into existence the most capacious and elastic and versatile kind of novel that could be, one big enough for his vast sentimental yearnings and for every impulse and fear and hesitation in him that countervailed those yearnings too. Never parsimonious and frequently contradictory, he always gives us everything he can, everything he's planned to give, and then more."
热门推荐
追妻无门：女boss不好惹
青涩蜕变，如今她是能独当一面的女boss，爱了冷泽聿七年，也同样花了七年时间去忘记他。以为是陌路，他突然向他表白，扬言要娶她，她只当他是脑子抽风，他的殷勤她也全都无视。他帮她查她父母的死因，赶走身边情敌，解释当初拒绝她的告别，和故意对她冷漠都是无奈之举。突然爆出她父母的死居然和冷家有丝毫联系，还莫名跳出个公爵未婚夫，扬言要与她履行婚约。峰回路转，破镜还能重圆吗？ PS:我又开新文了，每逢假期必书荒，新文《有你的世界遇到爱》，喜欢我的文的朋友可以来看看，这是重生类现言，对这个题材感兴趣的一定要收藏起来。
追妻无门：女boss不好惹
青涩蜕变，如今她是能独当一面的女boss，爱了冷泽聿七年，也同样花了七年时间去忘记他。以为是陌路，他突然向他表白，扬言要娶她，她只当他是脑子抽风，他的殷勤她也全都无视。他帮她查她父母的死因，赶走身边情敌，解释当初拒绝她的告别，和故意对她冷漠都是无奈之举。突然爆出她父母的死居然和冷家有丝毫联系，还莫名跳出个公爵未婚夫，扬言要与她履行婚约。峰回路转，破镜还能重圆吗？ PS:我又开新文了，每逢假期必书荒，新文《有你的世界遇到爱》，喜欢我的文的朋友可以来看看，这是重生类现言，对这个题材感兴趣的一定要收藏起来。
衣服之王：优衣库掌门人柳井正
从祖传的一家西装店起步，逐渐成长为日本乃至全世界都关注的服装零售业巨人，这就是柳井正的优衣库王国的故事。这是一部全面、真实的优衣库成长史，该书展示了优衣库令世人瞩目的成长过程，多角度剖析了优衣库独特的商业模式、企业文化、技术研发与资本运作。阅读本书，读者能更多地了解优衣库多年来鲜为人知的成长故事，感受到柳井正睿智而朴素的商业哲学，还能从中学习思考、解决问题的方式，点燃生活工作的激情。《衣服之王：优衣库掌门人柳井正》是创业者和经营者不可多得的案头指导书，也是你不可多得的人生励志书。
君先生人设崩塌手札
【人设崩塌无赖小白兔酷总X软绵机灵易燃大魔王】两句话简介:三年前，季默追君然，被人调笑是君然的小尾巴，君然冷漠回绝：你很烦！三年后，君然追季默，死缠烂打套路百出，季默不堪其扰骂道：要脸否？潇湘版简介:大学时，季默总是跟在君然身边方圆五米之内，日常表白无数次，日常被拒无数次。一场误会，季默终于心灰意冷，断的干净，走的潇洒。却不料三年后重逢风水轮流转——君然：我弄丢了我的小尾巴，你愿意帮我找回来吗？季默：……从前清心寡欲的清冷男神，怎会变成眼前软萌无辜的可怜小白兔？冷峻薄凉总裁人设一朝崩塌，从此君然变成了季默的小尾巴——季默：君总清闲啊，成日往我这小花店跑，公司不要了？君然：美人不入怀，江山也难定。要不你亲我一口，我立马去工作。季默简单粗暴:滚！君然千方百计终于将人套进了自己的狼屋。季默则脑袋飞速勾画起逃跑路线。结果人前衣冠，背后无赖的某总裁扯下领带把季默的手捆住：默默，陪我吃早餐吧？季默淡然一笑:不好意思，君总，小店薄利小本买卖，没有这项服务。……从校服到婚纱，男神实力演绎虐妻一时爽，追妻火葬场。【本文1V1，男女主身心干净，小可爱们放心跳坑。】