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LuluBettisaspinster,livingattheturnofthe20thcenturyessentiallyasaservantwithhersisterInaandbrother-in-lawDwight.Sheis,uncomplainingly,"thefamilybeastofburden,"livinginthebackgroundandtendingtothefamily'sneeds.Itthereforesurpriseseveryone,Luluincluded,whenDwight'svisitingbrotherNinianproposestoher,andsheaccepts.ThesurpriseisevengreaterwhenLulureturnshomealonefromtheirhomeymoontrip,withthenewsthatNinianwasalreadylegallymarriedbeforehemarriedher.WhatfollowsbringsLuluintoconflictwiththeself-satisfiedDwight,forcinghertochoosehowshedefinesherself,withunexpectedresults.Thisnovelisthebasisofthe1921playforwhichZonaGalebecamethefirstwomantowinthePulitzerPrizefordrama.Theoriginalendingoftheplay,inwhichLulugainsfreedombywalkingawayfromthesecurityofthefamily,wasconsideredsocontroversialthatanewendingwaswritten.Inthis,thebook,weseetheauthor'soriginalintent.

AnalienracehasputastationonEarthandotherplanetsinordertostealtheraysofthesun,possiblecausingthesuntonovawithintwoyears.BurlDenning,ahighschoolstudent,istheonlypersonwhohasthepowertostopthealienproject.CanheandthecrewoftheexperimentalspaceshipMagellanactintimetosavetheearth?

AschoolgirlstoryabouttwoIllinoisteensandtheadventurestheyhavewithfamily,friendsandthechancetogotoaboardingschoolinMichiganintheearly1920's.

Twice-ToldTalesisashortstorycollectionintwovolumesbyNathanielHawthorne.Thefirstwaspublishedinthespringof1837,andthesecondin1842.Thestorieshadallbeenpreviouslypublishedinmagazinesandannuals,hencethename.

AsamiddleclassEnglishwomanMoodiedidnotparticularlyenjoy“thebush”,asshecalledit.SheandherhusbandmovedtoBellevillein1840,whichshereferredtoas“theclearings”.Hereshedescribedurbanlife,includingreligion,art,andeducation,especiallyascomparedtorelativelackofthesethingsin“thebush”.ShestudiedtheFamilyCompactandbecamesympathetictothemoderatereformersledbyRobertBaldwin,whileremainingcriticalofradicalreformerssuchasWilliamLyonMackenzie.Thiscausedproblemsforherhusband,whosharedherviews,but,assheriffofBelleville,hadtoworkwithmembersandsupportersoftheFamilyCompact.

DiamondthelittleboysleepsinthehayloftabovethestallofDiamondthehorse.Theloftissnugbutdrafty,andafterpluggingaholeinthewallonenight,DiamondisscoldedbythebeautifulLadyNorthWindforclosingher“window”intohisroom.Thusbeginstheirfriendship.SpiritedawaybytheNorthWind,Diamondembarksonaseriesofadventuresbothneartoandfarfromhishome.Hispureheartandhissimple,lovingspiritguidehimashejourneystothebackoftheNorthWindandhomeagain.

ThePrincessandtheGoblinisanenthrallingfantasytalewrittenbyGeorgeMacDonald.HernurseLootieraisestheprincessIreneinahouseonamountain,itisherethatshemeetshermysteriousgreat-great-grandmother,andherfriendtheminorboyCurdie.ThingsarepeacefulforIreneuntilthehideousraceofgoblinsthatlivebeneaththemountainstartplanningsomethingbig.ThroughhiswritingGeorgeMacDonaldhasinfluencedsuchwritersasJ.R.R.TolkienandC.S.Lewis.

讲述了20世纪初法国巴黎一位年轻的女记者阿黛拉，为了拯救因意外事故深度昏迷成植物人的同胞妹妹，独闯埃及金字塔——法老的墓穴，希望通过法老的御医唤醒她的亲人。正当她将木乃伊运送到巴黎时，更大的危机却在巴黎酝酿着，阿黛拉的非凡冒险就此展开了……

TheJustSoStoriesforLittleChildren,firstpublishedin1902,werewrittenbyBritishauthorRudyardKipling.Theyareacollectionoffantasticstories,typicallyabouthowvariousanimalscametobethewaytheyaretoday.(SummarybyReynardwithhelpfrom……

HerbertAllenGiles(1845-1935)spentseveralyearsasadiplomatinChinaandin1897wasappointedCambridgeUniversity’ssecondprofessorofChinese.HispublishedworkscoverChineselanguageandliterature,historyandphilosophy.Thisseriesoflectures,publishedas“ChinaandtheChinese”,wasgivenatColumbiaUniversityin1902,tomarktheestablishmentofaChineseprofessorshipthere.Thelectureswerenotintendedforthespecialist,moretourgeawiderandmoresystematicstudyofChinaanditsculture,andtoencouragenewstudentsintothefield.

《物种起源》是达尔文论述生物进化的重要著作，出版于1859年11月24日。第一次把生物学建立在完全科学的基础上，确定了物种的变异性和承续性，以全新的生物进化思想推翻了“神创论”和“物种不变”理论，生物普遍进化的思想以及“物竞天择，适者生存”的进化机制成为学术界、思想界的公论。

Anautobiographicalshortstorywrittenin1898andincludedasthefirststoryinthe1902volumeYouth,aNarrative,andTwoOtherStories.ThisvolumealsoincludesHeartofDarknessandTheEndoftheTether,whichareconcernedwithmaturityandoldage,respectively.“Youth”isnarratedbyCharlesMarlowwhoisalsothenarratorofHeartofDarkness,LordJimandChance.YouthdepictshisfirstjourneytotheEast.”

IrvinShrewsburyCobbwasbornonJune23,1876.Atseventeenyearsofage,hebeganwritingforthePaducahDailyNews,hishometownpaper.Atnineteenhebecamethemanagingeditor;uptothatpoint,ournation’syoungest.Heworkedasacolumnist,ahumoristandanauthor.But‘horror,’and’shortstories,’arenotwhyheisremembered.Heisrememberedbecausehewas,andstillis,funny.Andalthoughheisnowdead–hediedMarch11,1944–thiswork“Cobb’sAnatomy,”amongothers,hasleftanindeliblemarkuponmankind:asmile.

Talonworkedcloselywithlieutenant-generalProuvilledeTracytoachievethesurrenderoftheIroquoisin1627,therebyendingthethreatthathadhungoverthecolonyfor20years.AlthoughTalondidnotjointhetroopsinthefield,atTracy’srequest,hehadaverylargeshareinthesuccessoftheFrencharmsthroughhisconstantandmeticulouscareinplacingatthedispositionofthearmyeverythingthatwasnecessaryforthewar

TheHuntingoftheSnarkisalongnonsensepoembyLewisCarrolldescribingtheadventuresoftenweirdlyassortedcharactersastheypursueanelusivecreatureknownasasnark.

本书是少数从既深且广的界面来谈“工作”，又结合作者几十年的工作经验，提供极为受用的实务经验作为佐证的著作。书中涉及到工作的方方面面，从实战经验到工作伦理，从职场新人到高层领导。可以毫不夸张地说，这本书几乎与我们所有人都有关系！

BartSteele,SpaceAcademygraduate,isonhiswayhometohisfather’sbusiness–herunsafleetofspaceshipsforinterstellartravel.ThesecretforfastinterstellartravelthoughisstilltightlykeptbythealienraceLhari.AnagreementbetweenhumansandLharihasbeenmadethatpermitshumansonlytotravelincoldsleepaspassengersaboardLharivesselsastonotrevealthesecret.

Animpoverishedyoungnobleman,Leopold,hasunexpectedlybeenleftalargefortuneatthedeathofadistantrelative–underonecondition:thathemarryayoungcousinofhers.Thisyoungwoman,calledFrancis,hasbeenraisedbyhergrandfather,whoisageneral.Shehashadanunconventionalupbringingwhichhasleftherindependent,outspokenandroughinhermanners,withaloveforhorseridingandfencing,andaresolutionnevertomarry.Thisunwomanlybehaviorhasearnedherthenickname“MajorFrans”.

OnLovingGodisoneofthebest-knownandmostinfluentialworksofMedievalChristianmysticism.WrittenattherequestofoneofthecardinalsofRome,itdescribesthefour“levels”ofloveforGod,andputsChristiandevotioninthecontextofGod’sloveformankind.SummarybyKirstenFerreri

Onsecondthoughts(prolixityhasitsplace)I'llgiveyoutheoriginal1807title,whichsaysitall:"AuthenticNarrativeoftheDeathofLordNelson,withtheCircumstancesPreceding,AttendingandSubsequenttothatEvent,theProfessionalReportofHisLordship'sWoundandSeveralInterestingAnecdotes".Notquiteall.Halfthepleasureofthiseyewitnessaccount(BeattywasanassistantsurgeononHMSVictoryatTrafalgar)isthehugelyentertainingwayithasbeenadaptedforaudio.

本书是少数从既深且广的界面来谈“工作”，又结合作者几十年的工作经验，提供极为受用的实务经验作为佐证的著作。书中涉及到工作的方方面面，从实战经验到工作伦理，从职场新人到高层领导。可以毫不夸张地说，这本书几乎与我们所有人都有关系！

自人类出生以来，世间便出现了四界：神界、灵异界、人界、鬼界，除了神界只是理论上存在有却从来无法得知其真面目之外，另外三界都不同程度地在地球上活跃着，交战着。神界，顾名思义，是神所在的地界，传说神无所不能，拥有最可怕的力量，统摄着其他三界，维护着地球的稳定。但那只是传说，谁都没见过神界是什么样子，久而久之，神界便成了一种形式而再没有实际的意义。

ThoughSirArthurConanDoyleisbestknownforhisdetectivestories,healsowroteothershortstorieswhicharemasterpiecesofmysteryandsuspense.Insomeofthestoriesin"TalesofTerrorandMystery",asuppresseduneasinessgraduallybuildsupandevolvesintosheerterror.Inothers,thestorylineunexpectedlychangesandcomestoahorrificconclusion.SitbackinthecomfortofyourarmchairandletyourselfbetransportedtothestrangebutcompellingworldcreatedbySirArthurConanDoyle.

Acollectionof46poems,includingthetopten,whichwerechosenasfavouritesinaBBClisteners'poll.TheyincludeKipling's"If",whichreceivedthehighestnumberofvotes,Wordsworth's"Daffodils",Tennyson's"TheLadyofShallot",andcontemporaryworkssuchasWendyCope's"BloodyMen".

Thisisapre-1923historicalreproductionthatwascuratedforquality.Qualityassurancewasconductedoneachofthesebooksinanattempttoremovebookswithimperfectionsintroducedbythedigitizationprocess.Thoughwehavemadebestefforts-thebooksmayhaveoccasionalerrorsthatdonotimpedethereadingexperience.Webelievethisworkisculturallyimportantandhaveelectedtobringthebookbackintoprintaspartofourcontinuingcommitmenttothepreservationofprintedworksworldwide.

TheNarrativeofArthurGordonPymofNantucket(1838)istheonlycompletenovelwrittenbyAmericanwriterEdgarAllanPoe.TheworkrelatesthetaleoftheyoungArthurGordonPym,whostowsawayaboardawhalingshipcalledtheGrampus.VariousadventuresandmisadventuresbefallPym,includingshipwreck,mutiny,andcannibalism,beforeheissavedbythecrewoftheJaneGuy.Aboardthisvessel,PymandasailornamedDirkPeterscontinuetheiradventuresfurthersouth.Dockingonland,theyencounterhostileblack-skinnednativesbeforeescapingbacktotheocean.ThenovelendsabruptlyasPymandPeterscontinuetowardstheSouthPole.

ThisnovelisaprovocativelookatAmericanartistsabroadandagroundbreakingexplorationoftheinfluenceofEuropeanthoughtonAmericanmoralitythatanticipatestheworkofHenryJames,F.ScottFitzgerald,andErnestHemingway,amongothers.Thestorycentersaroundthemysterious,tormentedMiriam,herfriendsKenyonandHilda,theiralluringItalianacquaintance,thefaunlikeDonatello,andthecrimethatirrevocablylinksthemall.

OneofthemostdisputedfiguresinAmericanHistory,JeffersonwasacentralfigureintheRevolutionary,Federalist,andJeffersonianera.DavidMuzzeycapturesthecharacterofJeffersoninawayfewbiographershave.

TheLittleLamePrinceandhisTravellingCloak(oftenpublishedunderitsshortertitleTheLittleLamePrince)isastoryforchildrenwrittenbyDinahMariaMulockCraikandfirstpublishedin1875.Inthestory,ayoungprincewhoselegsareparalysedduetoachildhoodtraumaisgivenamagicaltravellingcloakbyhisfairygodmother;heusesthiscloaktogoonvariousadventures,anddevelopsgreatwisdomandempathyintheprocess.

TheHouseoftheSevenGables,publishedin1851,exploresissuesofclassandthepursuitofwealthagainstthebackdropofdecayingresidences.