PluckyeightyearoldAnneNelson,livinginProvincetownonthetipofCapeCod,isdeterminedtobringtheRevolutionaryWartoanendsothatshecanbereunitedwithhersoldierfather.WillshesucceedincarryinganimportantmessagefromBostontoNewburyport,warningtheAmericantroopstobeprepared,orwillshebecaughtbytheEnglishshipspatrollingtheharbor?
ThisisthehandwrittenbookthatCarrollwroteforprivateusebeforebeingurgedtodevelopitlaterintoAliceinWonderland.ItwasgenerouslyillustratedbyCarrollandmeanttoentertainhisfamilyandfriends.Whenasickchildinahospitalenjoyeditsomuch,themotherwrotehimsayingithaddistractedherforabitfromherpainandledeventuallytoCarrollexpandingthestory.TheReverendCharlesLutwidgeDodgsonandtheReverendRobinsonDuckworthrowedinaboat,on4July1862,[12]uptheIsiswiththethreeyoungdaughtersofHenryLiddell,(theVice-ChancellorofOxfordUniversityandDeanofChristChurch):LorinaCharlotteLiddell(aged13,born1849);AlicePleasanceLiddell(aged10,born1852):EdithMaryLiddell(aged8,born1853).
23differentrecordingsofAlicePleasanceLiddellbyLewisCarroll.ThiswastheweeklypoetryprojectfortheweekofJune17th,2007.
In1887NellieBly,oneofthefirstfemalenewspaperwriters,andayoungreporterwhowouldsoongoontomakeacareerforherselfasaninvestigativejournalistand“stunt”reporter,hadherselfcommittedtotheBlackwell’sIslandInsaneAsyluminNewYork.Herpurposewastodiscoverwhatlifewaslikeforthosewhohadbeendeemedinsane.Shewassurprisedtodiscoverthedepthofmistreatementofthepatients.Partiallyasaresultofherreporting,moremoneywasallocatedtotheasylumandreformswereputintoplace
爱丽丝靠着姐姐坐在河岸边很久了,由于没有什么事情可做,她开始感到厌倦,她一次又—次地瞧瞧姐姐正在读的那本书,可是书里没有图画,也没有对话,爱丽丝想:“要是一本书里没有图画和对话,那还有什么意思呢·” 天热得她非常困,甚至迷糊了,但是爱丽丝还是认真地盘算着,做一只雏菊花环的乐趣,能不能抵得上摘雏菊的麻烦呢·就在这时,突然一只粉红眼睛的白兔,贴着她身边跑过去了……
许多年来,穿着旧毛衣、古灵精怪而又令人顶礼膜拜的巴菲特一直都备受媒体的追捧。但注重个人隐私的巴菲特从未花这么多时间回答任何记者或作者的问题。为了支持这本书的创作,他破例花费了2000小时与作者施罗德进行长谈,回顾他的儿时、他过去的点点滴滴,畅谈自己的家庭和人生经历,分享他几十年投资生涯中的宝贵经验。 本书是唯一一本巴菲特本人授权的“官方”传记。第一次揭开了巴菲特的真实人生,为我们描述了一个和普通人一样遭遇过挫折和失败的巴菲特,如何在投资和商业中获得了巨大的成功和财富。同时,本书全面解读了巴菲特的投资理念和商业思想,让我们这个时代硕果仅存的商业领袖的精神财富,得以传承后世。
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