Memoir_of_Jane_Austen
著/James Edward Austen-Leigh 播/佚名
"TheMemoirofmyAunt,JaneAusten,hasbeenreceivedwithmorefavourthanIhadventuredtoexpect.Thenoticestakenofitintheperiodicalpress,aswellaslettersaddressedtomebymanywithwhomIamnotpersonallyacquainted,showthatanunabatedinterestisstilltakenineveryparticularthatcanbetoldabouther.IamthusencouragednotonlytoofferaSecondEditionoftheMemoir,butalsotoenlargeitwithsomeadditionalmatterwhichImighthavescrupledtointrudeonthepubliciftheyhadnotthusseemedtocallforit.InthepresentEdition,thenarrativeissomewhatenlarged,andafewmorelettersareadded;withashortspecimenofherchildishstories.Thecancelledchapterof‘Persuasion’isgiven,incompliancewithwishesbothpubliclyandprivatelyexpressed.Afragmentofastoryentitled‘TheWatsons’isprinted;p.iiiandextractsaregivenfromanovelwhichshehadbegunafewmonthsbeforeherdeath;butthechiefadditionisashorttaleneverbeforepublished,called‘LadySusan.’{0a}IregretthatthelittlewhichIhavebeenabletoaddcouldnotappearinmyFirstEdition;asmuchofitwaseitherunknowntome,ornotatmycommand,whenIfirstpublished;andIhopethatImayclaimsomeindulgentallowanceforthedifficultyofrecoveringlittlefactsandfeelingswhichhadbeenmergedhalfacenturydeepinoblivion."-JamesEdwardAusten-LeighinthePrefacetoMemoirofJaneAusten
The_Master_of_the_World
著/Jules Verne 播/Mark F. Smith
ChiefInspectorStrockgetsthetoughcases.WhenavolcanosuddenlyappearstothreatenmountaintownsofNorthCarolinaamidthenon-volcanicBlueRidgeMountains,Strockispostedtodeterminethedanger.WhenanautomobileraceinWisconsinisinterruptedbytheunexpectedappearanceofavehicletravelingatmultiplesofthetopspeedoftheentrants,Strockisconsulted.Whenanodd-shapedboatissightedmovingatimpossiblespeedsofftheNewEnglandcoast,Stockandhisbossbegintowonderiftheincidentsarerelated.AndwhenStrockgetsahand-letterednotewarninghimtoabandonhisinvestigation,onpainofdeath,heisintriguedratherthandeterred.
Collected_Works_of_Stanley_G._Weinbaum
著/Stanley G. Weinbau 播/Gregg Margarite
StanleyG.Weinbaumisbestknownforhisshortstory“AMartianOdyssey”whichhasbeeninfluencingScienceFictionsinceitwasfirstpublishedin1934.Weinbaumisconsideredthefirstwritertocontriveanalienwhothoughtaswellasahuman,butnotlikeahuman.AMartianOdysseyanditssequelarepresentedhereaswellasotherWeinbaumgemsincluding3storiesfeaturingtheegomaniacalphysicistHaskelvanManderpootzandhisformerstudent,playboyDixonWells.
My_Mark_Twain
著/William Dean Howells 播/Denny Sayers
2WilliamDeanHowells(1837-1920)becamefastfriendswithMarkTwainfromthemomentin1869whenTwainstrodeintotheofficeofTheAtlanticMonthlyinBostontothankHowells,thenitsassistanteditor,forhisfavorablereviewofInnocentsAbroad.WhenHowellsbecameeditorafewyearslater,TheAtlanticMonthlybeganserializingmanyofTwain’sworks,amongthemhisnon-fictionmasterpiece,LifeontheMississippi. InMyMarkTwain,HowellspensaliterarymemoirthatincludessuchfascinatingscenesastheirmeetingswithformerpresidentUlyssesGrantwhowasthenwritingtheclassicautobiographythatTwainwouldunderwriteinthelargestpublishingdealuntilthattime.Butitisalsonotableforitsaffectionatedescriptionsofhisfriend’sfamilylifeduringHowells’manyvisitstotheTwainresidencesinHartfordandStormfield.
My_Man_Jeeves
著/P. G. Wodehouse 播/Mark Nelson
BertramWoosterisanEnglishgentlemanlivinginNewYork,whoseemstogethimselfintoallsortsofjams.It’suptohismanservantJeevestocomeupwiththeplantosavethedayfromunpleasanthouseguests,stingyuncles,brokenhearts,andhard-partyingaunts.
我在慈禧身边的两年_Two_Years_In_The_Forbidden_City
著/德龄公主-Der Ling 播/佚名
THEauthorofthefollowingnarrativehaspeculiarqualificationsforhertask.SheisadaughterofLordYuKeng,amemberoftheManchuWhiteBannerCorps,andoneofthemostadvancedandprogressiveChineseofficialsofhisgeneration.shebecameFirstLady-in-WaitingtotheEmpressDowager,andwhileservingattheCourtinthatcapacityshereceivedtheimpressionswhichprovidethesubject-matterofthisbook.HeropportunitytoobserveandestimatethecharacteristicsoftheremarkablewomanwhoruledChinaforsolongwasunique,andhernarrativethrowsanewlightononeofthemostextraordinarypersonalitiesofmoderntimes.Yieldingtotheurgentsolicitationoffriends,sheconsentedtoputsomeofherexperiencesintoliteraryform,andthefollowingchronicle,inwhichthemostfamousofChinesewomen,thecustomsandatmosphereofherCourtareportrayedbyanintimateofthesamerace,isaresult.
The_Big_Bow_Mystery
著/Israel Zangwill 播/Adrian Praetzellis
It’sacoldandfoggynightinLondon.Amanishorriblymurderedinhisbedroom,thedoorlockedandboltedontheinside.ScotlandYardisstumped.Yettheseeminglyunsolvablecasehas,asInspectorGrodmansays,“onesublimelysimplesolution”thatisrevealedinafinalchapterfullofrevelationsandashockingdenouement.Detectivefictionafficionadoswillbehappytolearnthatalltheevidencetosolvethecaseisprovided.Oneoftheearliest“lockedroom”mysterystories,TheBigBowMysteryisalsoasatireoflateVictoriansociety
The_King_of_Schnorrers
著/Israel Zangwill 播/佚名
ManassehdaCostaisaschnorrer(beggar)wholivesonthecharitablecontributionsoftheJewsoflate18th-centuryLondon.ButManassehisfarfrombeingahumblepanhandlerfor,aseveryschnorrerknows,supportingthepoorisacommandmentfromGod(amitzvah)notjustafavour.AndasthedescendantofPortugueseJewswhohadlivedinEnglandformanygenerations,ManassehisthesocialsuperiorofthosenewlyarrivedfromEasternEurope(called‘Tedesco’),evenhiswealthypatronJosephGrobstock.Asthishilarioussatireconcludestheever-audaciousManassehstrikesablowfortolerance—whilehelpinghimselfalongtheway.IsraelZangwill(1864-1926)wasborninEnglandofRussianparents.Hewastheauthorof“ChildrenoftheGhetto,”anovelsetinLondon’sheavilyJewishEastEnd.(SummarybyAdrianPraetzellis)
Mrs._Caudle's_Curtain_Lectures
著/Douglas William Jerrold 播/Martin Clifton
DouglasWilliamJerrold(1803-1857)wasthesonofanactormanager.AftersometimeintheNavyandasanapprenticeprinterhebecameaplaywrightandlaterajournalist.HewasacontemporaryandfriendofCharlesDickens.AsajournalistheworkedforPunchmagazineinwhichMrsCaudle’sCurtainLectureswereserialised,tobepublishedinbookformin1846. JobCaudle,the‘hero’ofthebookisaVictorianshopkeeperwhosewifefindsshecanonlytalktohimwithoutinterruptioninbed.Caudle,whooutliveshiswife,findshecannolongersleepeasilybecauseofhismemoryofthese‘lectures’andresolvestoexorcisehiswife’smemorybyrecordingthelectures,itseemswithaviewtofuturepublicationfortheedificationofothers.Jerrold’shumourshinesthroughthisinsightintoVictorianmiddleclassculture.
Mozart_The_Man_and_The_Artist,_As_Revealed_In_His_Own_Words
著/Henry Edward Krehbiel 播/佚名
WolfgangAmadeusMozart.Hisnameisoneofthemostrecognizablenamesinhistoryandoneofthemostenduringofcomposers.Atage5,this“wunderkinder”tooktothestageandbeganhislifeasaprolificandcelebratedcreator-geniusofsuchluminousworkstheworldhasnotknownsince.Thiscollectionofmorselstakenfromhispersonallettersisengagingandgivesalookintothemindoftheboywonder.Washemad·Washemiraculous·
Mother_West_Winds_Children
著/Thornton W. Burgess 播/Laurie Anne Walden
“Youcan’tfoololdMotherNature.No,Sir,youcan’tfoololdMotherNature,andit’sofnousetotry.”TheanimalsoftheGreenMeadowsandGreenForesthavelittleadventureswhileGrandfatherFrogtellsstoriestoMotherWestWind’schildren,theMerryLittleBreezes.
Mystery_of_the_Yellow_Room
著/Gaston Leroux 播/Stuart Bell, Jc Guan
Thiscrimenovelwaspossiblythefirsttoinvolvea‘lockedroommystery’,inwhichanattemptedmurdertakesplace,butwithnoobviouswayfortheperpetratortohaveescaped.Theauthor,GastonLeroux,isbetterknownastheauthorofThePhantomoftheOpera:preparetofeelthehairsstandinguponthebackofyourneck…
The_Island_of_Doctor_Moreau
著/H. G. Wells 播/Alex Patterson
TheIslandofDoctorMoreauisan1896sciencefictionnovelwrittenbyH.G.Wells,addressingideasofsocietyandcommunity,humannatureandidentity,religion,Darwinism,andeugenics. Whenthenovelwaswritteninthelate19thcentury,England’sscientificcommunitywasengulfedbydebatesonanimalvivisection.Interestgroupswereevenformedtotackletheissue:theBritishUnionfortheAbolitionofVivisectionwasformedtwoyearsafterthepublicationofthenovel.Thenovelispresentedasadiscoveredmanuscript,introducedbythenarrator’snephew;itthen‘transcribes’thetale.
The_Innocents_Abroad
著/Mark Twain 播/hn Greenman
Thisisavoyageofdiscovery.It’slongand,inplaces,tiresome.Butit’srevelatoryaboutsomuch.Aswithsomeofhisotherworks,Twainincludespopularprejudicesofhistime,whicharetodayconsideredsociallyunacceptable.Hisreferencesto“Indians”,“Negroes”and“infidels”cometomind. Beyondthelows,though,therearethehighsofTwain’scuttingwitandinsightasheguidesusalongthebumpyandoftendangerousvoyage. Noneedtobuckleup.Justtakeitslow,andsteady…likethejourneyitself.
The_Innocence_of_Father_Brown
著/G. K. Chesterton 播/Brian Roberg
TheInnocenceofFatherBrown(1911)isthefirstoffivecollectionsofmysterystoriesbyG.K.ChestertonstarringanunimposingbutsurprisinglycapableRomanCatholicpriest.FatherBrown’sabilitytouncoverthetruthbehindthemysterycontinuallysurpassesthatofthe“experts”aroundhim,whoarefooledintounderestimationbythepriest’sunimpressiveoutwardappearanceand,often,bytheirownprejudicesaboutChristianity.Combiningcaptivatingstoriesandinsightfulcommentary,TheInnocenceofFatherBrownisadelightfulread.
The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest
著/Oscar Wilde 播/佚名
TheImportanceofBeingEarnestisaclassiccomedyofmannersinwhichtwoflippantyoungmen,inordertoimpresstheirrespectedbeloveds,pretendthattheirnamesare“Ernest,”whichbothyoungladiesbelieveconfersmagicalqualitiesonthepossessor.ItwasfirstperformedforthepubliconFebruary14,1895attheSt.James’TheatreinLondon,andisregardedbymanycriticsandscholarsasbeingthewittiestplayintheEnglishlanguage.
In_Search_of_the_Castaways
著/Jules Verne 播/Sibella Denton
ThebooktellsthestoryofthequestforCaptainGrantoftheBritannia.AfterfindingabottlecastintotheoceanbythecaptainhimselfaftertheBritanniaisshipwrecked,LordandLadyGlenarvanofScotlanddecidetolauncharescueexpedition.Themaindifficultyisthatthecoordinatesofthewreckagearemostlyerased,andonlythelatitude(37degrees)isknown. LordGlenarvanmakesithisquesttofindGrant;togetherwithhiswife,Grant’schildrenandthecrewofhisyachttheDuncantheysetoffforSouthAmerica.AnunexpectedpassengerintheformofFrenchgeographerJacquesPaganeljoinsthesearch.TheyexplorePatagonia,TristandaCunhaIsland,AmsterdamIsland,AustraliaandnewZelandandfindCaptainGrantatlast.
Idle_Thoughts_of_an_Idle_Fellow
著/Jerome K. Jerome 播/ Czechchris
IdleThoughtsofanIdleFellow,publishedin1886,isacollectionofhumorousessaysbyJeromeK.Jerome.Itwastheauthor’ssecondpublishedbookandhelpedestablishhimasaleadingEnglishhumorist.Thebookconsistsof14independentarticlesarrangedbythemes.
Old_Christmas
著/Washington Irving 播/Alex Foster
AtaleofthequaintandoldEnglishtraditionsofcelebratingChristmas.IrvingtravelstotheEnglishcountrysideandmeetsanoldschoolmate,whoinviteshimhometospendChristmasatthefamilyestate……
One_Hundred_Verses_from_Old_Japan
著/Fujiwara no Teika 播/Kevin Steinbach
ThiscollectionofahundredpoemsisknowntoalmostallJapanese,andovertheyearsithasbeentranslatedbymanydifferentpeople.OneoftheearlytranslatorsofthecollectionwasWilliamPorter.Histranslation,firstpublishedin1909,wastitled“AHundredVersesfromOldJapan……
Leaves_of_Grass
著/Walt Whitman 播/Gord Mackenzie
AmericanpoetWaltWhitman’sLeavesofGrass,isacollectionofpoemsnotableforitsfrankdelightinandpraiseofthesenses,duringatimewhensuchcandiddisplayswereconsideredimmoral.Wheremuchpreviouspoetry,especiallyEnglish,reliedonsymbolism,allegory,andmeditationonthereligiousandspiritual,LeavesofGrassexaltedthebodyandthematerialworld……
Living_the_Good_Life
著/Laura Rowley 播/佚名
Wealthmeansdifferentthingstodifferentpeople.That'swhytheroadtofinancialhappinessbeginswithidentifyingyourvalues.Whenyouknowwhatyoubelieveandarefocusedonyourhighestpriorities,youhavecontrol.Youcanearn,spend,save,andinvestinmeaningfulandeffectiveways.Youcanbanishmoneyanxietyforever.Youcanmanageyourmoneysothatitreflectsyourenergy,imagination,andpassion.InMoneyandHappiness,award-winningprintandtelevisionjournalistLauraRowleyrevealsthesecrettofinancialhappiness:aligningyourmoneyandyourvalues……
Art_and_Heart
著/Ella Wheeler Wilcox 播/Annie Coleman
Thepoemassertsthat,“Itisnotart,butheart,thatwinsthewideworldover.”AndsoitiswithLibriVox:itisnotonlythebooks,thepoetry,theliteraturethatmakeLibriVoxwhatitis;butitisalsothepeople,thediversityofvoices,andallofthedifferentlivesandexperiencesthataffectthewayapersonreadsapieceoftext……
喜福会_The_Joy_Luck_Club
著/谭恩美 播/Gwendoline Yeo
《喜福会》是美国著名华裔女作家谭恩美的第一部长篇小说，也是她的成名作，甫一出版即大获成功，当年曾经连续八个月荣登《纽约时报》畅销书，成为1989年美国四大畅销书之一，多次获奖并拍成电影。 小说描写解放前夕从中国大陆移居美国的四位女性的生活波折，以及她们与美国出生的女儿之间的心理隔膜、感情冲撞、******怨怨，令人感慨万千。全书分别从母亲和女儿两个体系来安排，两者呼应得十分融洽，既可独立成章，又可连成一体。同时本书翻译时保持了原作的诙谐和美国式的幽默，更符读者的阅读习惯。阅读本书，我们不仅可以了解到美籍华人的心态和观念，感受血浓于水的骨肉亲情……
Absolute_Surrender_and_Other_Addresses
著/Andrew Murray 播/Joy Chan
ThisisaseriesofshortmessageswrittenbytheSouthAfricanminister,AndrewMurray.TheydealwiththenecessityandjoyofsurrenderingourlivescompletelytoGod……
Traveling_with_English
著/佚名 播/佚名
《带着英语去旅行(彩图旅游英语)》具有以下特色：彩******解词汇，用"看"的学单词，比用背的有效。《带着英语去旅行(彩图旅游英语)》以大量的彩色照片，具体呈现单词所代表的意义，丰富你的视觉，减轻学习压力。内容完整有序，《带着英语去旅行(彩图旅游英语)》23个章节，涵盖机场、交通、旅馆、购物等实用主题，依照一般旅******程排列，贴近实际使用习惯。例句丰富实用，收录途中可能用到的各种例句，例句丰富，数量大，应用范围广，加上提示词，更方便搜寻。补充旅游资讯，依据场合需要，补充各种贴心的小资讯，让您出国旅游更轻松……
Fables_for_the_Frivolous
著/Guy Wetmore Carryl 播/chriss the girl
OneoftheearliestworksbytheAmericanparodist,GuyWetmoreCarryl,thesefablesareadaptedfromJeandeLaFontaine’soriginalwritings.Thefablesarewritteninverse,andarelight-heartedre-tellingsoffablesfromtwocenturiesbefore,eachendingwithamoralandapun.AmongthemorecelebratedofthefablesareThePerseveringTortoiseandthePretentiousHare,TheArrogantFrogandtheSuperiorBull,andTheSycophanticFoxandtheGullibleRaven……
Fit_From_Within
著/Victoria Moran 播/佚名
FitFromWithin’sauthor,VictoriaMoran,grewupinaweight-conscioushousehold.Herfatherwasadietdoctorandhermotherworkedina"reducingsalon".Afteryearsofunhealthystruggle,Victorialearnedhowtomaintainher60-poundweightlosspermanently.Shelearnedhowitismoreabouthonestyandcouragethanaboutcarbsandcrunches.FitFromWithinsharespreciselyhowyoucanstopbattlingfoodandthestateofyourthighsandstartembracinglifeinstead.These101prescriptivesecretsareclearandcompassionate.Learnaboutacceptingyourselftoday;honoringwhoyouare;slowingdown;andstayingcenteredintoday.Thereisinformationtoapplyimmediatelyandinspirationtogobacktolistentimeandagainasyoutradewatchingyourweightforlivingyourlife……
Daddy_Long_Legs
著/Jean Webster 播/Betsie Bush
Daddy-Long-Legsisa1912novelbyanAmericanwriterJeanWebster,writtenintheformofletters.Itfollowstheprotagonist,ayounggirlnamedJerusha“Judy”Abbott,throughhercollegeyears.Shewritestheletterstoherbenefactor,arichmanwhomshehasneverseen……
Dorothy_and_the_Wizard_in_Oz
著/L. Frank Baum 播/Judy Bieber
DorothyandtheWizardinOzwasthefourthof14OzbookswrittenbyL.FrankBaum(1856-1919).Publishedin1908,whileBaumwasresidentinCoronado,California,itisconsideredoneofthe“darker”oftheOztales.However,italsoisenlivenedbyBaum’sconsiderablewit,penchantforpuns,anddrysocialcommentary.Inthistitle,Dorothy,herkittenEureka,Jim,acabhorse,andZeb,aranchhand,descendintotheearththroughariftopenedbyanearthquake……