GetthetruestoryofAdamandEve,straightfromthesource.Thishumoroustextisaday-to-dayaccountofAdam’slifefromhappinessinthe“GARDEN-OF-EDEN”totheirfallfromgraceandtheeventsthereafter.LearnhowEvecaughttheinfantCain,andAdamtakessometimetolearnexactlywhatitis.
Eve’sDiaryisahumorousmonologueaboutEve’sexperiencesatthedawnofcreation.Sheisfascinatedbyeveryaspectofthenewworldaroundherand…Adam!ThefollowingisanextractfromAdam:“Sheisallinterest,eagerness,vivacity,theworldistoheracharm,awonder,amystery,ajoy;shecan’tspeakfordelightwhenshefindsanewflower,shemustpetitandcaressitandsmellitandtalktoit….Andsheiscolor-mad:brownrocks,yellowsand,graymoss,greenfoliage,bluesky…noneofthemisofanypracticalvalue,sofarasIcansee,butbecausetheyhavecolorandmajesty,thatisenoughforher,andsheloseshermindoverthem….Ifthereisanythingontheplanetthatsheisnotinterestedin,itisnotinmylist.”
《百家讲坛》主讲人纪连海来到南京,为南京的观众品了一回“三国”。身着唐装的纪连海还没在金陵图书馆出现,就已座无虚席。纪连海这次抛弃了自己擅长的清史,反而讲起了三国的故事:他丰富的肢体语言,诙谐幽默的语言,一下让观众们觉得纪连海“品三国”绝不亚于易中天讲三国。
AdetailedbiographyofThomasAlvaEdison,inventorofsuchthingsasthetelephone,themicrophone,theelectricmotor,thestoragebattery,andtheelectriclight.Inthewordsoftheauthors,"ItisdesignedinthesepagestobringthereaderfacetofacewithEdison;toglanceataninterestingchildhoodandayouthfulperiodmarkedbyacapacityfordoingthings,andbyaninsatiablethirstforknowledge;thentoaccompanyhimintothegreatcreativestretchoffortyyears,duringwhichhehasdonesomuch.Thisbookshowshimplungeddeeplyintoworkforwhichhehasalwayshadanincrediblecapacity,revealstheexerciseofhisunsurpassedinventiveability,hiskeenreasoningpowers,histenaciousmemory,hisfertilityofresource;followshimthroughaseriesofinnumerableexperiments,conductedmethodically,reachingoutlikeraysofsearch-lightintoalltheregionsofscienceandnature,andfinallyexhibitshimemergingtriumphantlyfromcountlessdifficultiesbearingwithhiminnewartsthefruitsofvictoriousstruggle."
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AlbertBigelowPainewasSamuelLanghorneClemens’(MarkTwain’s)biographer.HelivedwithTwain,collectingideasandmaterialforabiography,forafewyearsbeforeTwain’sdeathin1910.SixyearslaterPainepublishedthis“storyofamanwhomadetheworldlaughandlovehim”.ForthosewhohavereadorlistenedtoMarkTwain’sworks,Paine’sworkisaninvaluableresourcetobetterunderstandTwain,thestoriesbehindhisstoriesandhislifewiththosehelovedandwithwhomheworked.