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Growth is a fundamental human need it is at the root of everything that gives us a feeling of accomplishment, satisfaction, meaning, and pgsk.com this inspiring book, Dan Sullivan and Catherine Nomura offer ten simple laws that will help you continue to grow throughout your life.

Great leaders, saints, and sages have developed this skill. Since most of us are less advanced than those paragons, this book can serve as a guide for how to bring out the best in our children.

Charismatic activist and chief organizer for ACORN , Wade Rathke reveals how building citizen-wealth using tactics that benefit both the poor and the institutions (like banks) is the key to combating poverty.

A new approach, proven in the field, for making progress on our most important and difficult collective challenges Based on Kahane's first-hand experiences working with teams of business, government and civil society leaders around the world Profound, personal and practical.

From one of the founding executives of Fed Ex comes the first full inside story of how Fed Ex came to be one of the world's most successful, innovative, and admired companies. Frock reveals the details of how the company was conceived, launched, and kept afloat despite incredible obstacles.

Imagine ending poverty at home and around the globe in our own lifetimes. With creativity and imagination this book invites us to look at our very ordinary days, from waking up in the morning to going to bed in the evening, and to begin to think about combating poverty in new, inventive ways.

By bestselling author Ken Blanchard (whose 40 + books have sold over 18 million copies), Know Can Do! Tells the story of how a well known author learns to bridge the gap between what we all know-all the advice we've taken in from books, seminars, etc.-and how we actually use that knowledge.

In this impassioned critique of America's growing disengagement from civic life and ideals, Drum Major Institute Executive Director Andrea Batista Schlesinger dissects the forcible erosion of our youngest generation's capacity for inquiry and provides recommendations.

Instead of obsessing about what they're against, progressives have begun to think about what they're for to prepare once again to play their role as agents of bold ideas and political and social transformation. Finding confidence and imagination, they have begun to renew their political capital.

Based on Bill Fisher's three-day seminars that regularly sell out all over the world, this book offers the kind of capital-raising street smarts no entrepreneur can do without.

John Hope Bryant, successful self-made businessman and founder of the nonprofit Operation Hope, says business and political leaders are ignoring the one force that could truly re-energize the stalled American economy: the poor.

Winner of the 2015 silver medal ippy award in business/career/sales. Betsy Polk and Maggie Chotas have learned something powerful: when women work together they discover a level of support, flexibility, confidence, and freedom to be themselves that they rarely find in other work relationships.

As organizations grow in volume and complexity, the demands on leadership change. The same old moves won't cut it any more. In Chess Not Checkers, Mark Miller tells the story of Blake Brown, newly appointed CEO of a company troubled by poor performance and low morale.

Edgar Schein argues that consultants have to jettison the old idea of professional distance and work with their clients in a more personal way, emphasizing authentic openness, curiosity, and humility.

In the United States today we have good reasons to be afraid. Our Bill of Rights is no more. It has been rendered pointless by heavy surveillance of average citizens, political persecution of dissenters, and the potential of indefinite detention now codified into law.

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These essays, published together in one volume for the first time, contain many of Greenleaf's best insights into the nature and practice of servant-leadership and show his continual refinement of the servant-as-leader concept.

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Franklin Covey cofounder Hyrum Smith shows that what stops us are gaps between where we are and where we want to be.

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As they learn to be open to new experiences, Larry and Janice rekindle passion in every area of their lives. Readers will find humor, practical information, and profound wisdom in Refire! Don't pgsk.com of all, they will be inspired to make all the years ahead truly worth living.

You want people to stretch their limits, but your conversations meant to help them often fall flat or backfire, creating more resistance than growth.

In this timely book, Ira Chaleff explores when and how to disobey inappropriate orders, reduce unacceptable risk, and find better ways to achieve legitimate goals.

In this fable of organizational transformation, bestselling authors of The Serving Leader John Stahl-Wert and Ken Jennings providence a clear and actionable model for addressing one of the most pressing challenges every leader faces: how to move employees from compliance to engagement.

The reason, argue top scholars and consultants Edward Freeman and Ellen Auster, is that all too often values are handed down from on high, with little employee input, discussion, or connection to the challenges and opportunities facing the organization.

The toughest challenges for entrepreneurs have never been addressed. Until now,Mission-driven business veterans Margot Fraser and Lisa Lorimer present a valuable resource for social entrepreneurs facing the challenges of staying true to their core values while still trying to turn a profit.

The book includes case examples of how this new methodology has proven successful over the past decade in bringing people together in many nations to make breakthroughs in solving such problems as poverty, ethnic conflict, and environmental issues.

Special-interest money is destroying our democratic process. Americans want to know what they can do about it. Derek Cressman gives us the tools, both intellectual and tactical, to fight back.

Accomplish what matters most Because we all have too much to do, it feels like our lives are out of balance. They provide a process that enables you to sort out what is most important to you from among the many activities you could focus on.

A computer beats the reigning human champion of Go, a game harder than chess. Another is composing classical music. Labs are creating life-forms from synthetic DNA. A doctor designs an artificial trachea, uses a 3D printer to produce it, and implants it and saves a child's life.

Under Joe Solmonese's leadership, the Human Rights Campaign became the model other organizations look toward to create effective social and political change.

The central thesis of this book is “This Changes Everything.” The authors show how this movement changes.

This new edition includes new tips, tools, and strategies for peacocks and penguins alike, as well as an entirely new bonus parable!

Emancipation may have happened more than 150 years ago, but America still won't let a sister be free from this coven of caricatures. Tamara Winfrey Harris delves into marriage, motherhood, health, sexuality, beauty, and more, taking sharp aim at pervasive stereotypes about black women.

Through Sasha's own extraordinary story and those of eight other brave leaders from business, government, nongovernment organizations, and the military, this book reveals five principles for confronting crucial decisions and inspires all of us to use our moral core as a lodestar for leadership.

Reflecting on the love and support he experienced in the aftermath, his time as a youth leader in the Arizona desert, his marriage, and even a story his father read to him as a child, he shares his deep conviction that the only way you can find your life is to give it away to others.

In the past few decades, science has shifted from seeing the natural world as a kind of cosmic machine best understood by analyzing each cog and sprocket to a systems perspective that views the world as a vast network of fluid communities and studies their dynamic interactions.

This book combats a destructive mind-set that we all sometimes fall into: I can't change.I am the victim of my circumstances, and I am confined by my personal pgsk.com philosophy, though intangible, destroys more dreams and limits more lives than any actual, physical obstacle.

Through the stories of prisoners and their families, including her own family's experiences, Maya Schenwar shows how the institution that locks up 2.3 million Americans and decimates poor communities of color is shredding the ties that, if nurtured, could foster real collective safety.

In this brilliant historical classic, Dan Sisson provides the definitive window into key concepts that have formed the backdrop of our democracy: the nature of revolution, stewardship of power, liberty, and the ever-present danger of factions and tyranny.

The leadership style described in this book is simple and direct and it pgsk.com straightforward and easy-to-understand lessons provide a blueprint for an individual or company to build on past successes and adapt to future challenges.

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You can build an organizational culture that will ensure your leadership pipeline is full and flowing. Bestselling author and Chick-fil-A executive Mark Miller describes how to nurture leaders throughout the organization, from the front lines to the executive ranks.

Farmer shows you that, no matter how modest your budget, you can build a cost-effective communications strategy that will help you break through the noise in an information-overloaded world.

This powerful book confronts stereotype development, shows how to undo the processes and effects of stigma, and explains how we can radically change cultural thinking on the individual, interpersonal, and societal levels to put an end to stigmatization once and for all.

It's a concept she calls Intelligent Restraint. Eyring shows leaders how to evaluate their company's and team's current capacity for growth and identify the right capabilities and pacing strategies to increase growth steadily and sustainably.

This book moves us beyond our all-too-often hidden lives, where we are easily encouraged to forget that we are whole humans having whole human experiences in our bodies alongside others.

1919年，毛姆45岁时，发表了这部《月亮与六便士》。小说故事情节相对比较简单：某进入中年的英国券商，忽然决定抛妻弃子，跟随内心长久以来积压着的念头，立志要成为一个艺术家。这个故事的源头来自画家高更的生平故事。这种行为并不为世俗社会所认可。本来作为一个券商，手里有大把大把的钞票可以挥霍过活，为什么非要当什么艺术家？为什么最后连生存都变成一个问题？结果，这位想成为艺术家的券商后来连个住处都找不到，身体也患上了疾病，混到了没有钱买食物果腹，整天挨饿的境地。也许，艺术家的世界，凡夫俗子们永远不会懂。这位艺术家不仅没有被这种境地吓倒，反而愈加坚强地活了下去。而且，不顾身体上的疾病带来的不适，也无视周遭环境的恶劣程度，一心扑在绘画的创作之中。在太平洋的一个叫作塔西提的小岛上，他创作出了让人看一眼就会产生荡气回肠感觉的“杰作”。但此时，他已经溘然长逝。那么，为什么叫“月亮与六便士”？其实，用毛姆自己的话说，这个书名的意义并没有在书里得到应有的展示，而是出自某评论家在评论上述《人性的枷锁》时所写的某句话。原话如下：《人性的枷锁》里的主人公菲利普·凯利（PhilipCarey）被形容为一个太过执着找寻月亮的家伙，以至于他从来没发现过脚底下就有一块六便士。毛姆后来这样解释道：“假如你低头在地上不住地要找寻一块六便士硬币，头也不抬起来一下，那么，你就会丢掉月亮。”

这世界上绝大多数人即便不是基督徒，相信也都听说过亚当、夏娃和伊甸园的故事。其实，真正将《圣经·旧约》中只有500字的简单叙事内容赋予气势宏伟的语言和曲折离奇的情节，并使之成为一部史诗巨作的，是17世纪英国著名诗人约翰·密尔顿，这部鸿篇巨著名曰《失乐园》。约翰·密尔顿（1608—1674）是英国文学史上最伟大的六大诗人之一，他的无韵体史诗《失乐园》与荷马的《荷马史诗》、但丁的《神曲》（“最经典英语文库”已经分三册出版面世）并称为西方三大诗歌。《失乐园》这部史诗描写了这样的故事情节：魔鬼撒旦逃离了地牢，来到上帝为人类始祖亚当和夏娃建立的伊甸园，诱惑他们偷吃了区分善恶树的禁果。他们无知并堕落，引发上帝震怒。一气之下，上帝将亚当和夏娃逐出了伊甸园。他们两人的行为，成为人类原罪的起源，并因此导致死亡、痛苦、饥荒、瘟疫在地球上泛滥。然而，上帝并没有赶尽杀绝，而是赐予了人类救赎的机会，差遣耶稣基督做救赎，使人类可以通过坚韧的信念和诚心的悔改重新回归乐园。

《蒙田随笔全集》共107章，100余万字，于1580—1588年分三卷先后在法国出版。此后，该书再没有绝版过。《蒙田随笔全集》卷帙浩繁，旁征博引，文采斐然，娓娓动人，与培根的《人生论》和帕斯卡尔的《思想录》（已经收录于“最经典英语文库”），并称为欧洲近代哲理散文三大经典之作。从此，随笔（essay）作为一种文体确立下来。《蒙田随笔全集》创作的背景正是法国内战期间，宗教战争的残酷深深刺痛蒙田的心，家国离乱的悲哀与痛楚，贯穿随笔创作的过程中。然而，思想者的身份使他在创作中尽量保持一种理性和深沉，他将愤懑之情化作清新激扬的文字，通过谈自己而谈人类、谈世界，侃侃而谈中，引导人们去体会文字间蕴含的人生真谛。

我们已经在“最经典英语文库”的上一辑（第四辑）里，出版了《约翰克里斯朵夫》第一卷。现在，在第五辑里，出版罗曼罗兰（1866-1944）的《约翰克里斯朵夫》第二卷，并将在下一辑里（“最经典英语文库”的第六辑）出版《约翰克里斯朵夫》的最后一卷，第三卷。按傅雷先生的分卷形式，我们将《约翰克里斯朵夫》分成了三卷。

《巴黎圣母院》是法国著名作家雨果的代表作。该作品着重表达作家的主观心灵。雨果运用丰富的想象力和大量的浪漫主义手法，饱含浓情地控诉了当时社会的黑暗、上层人物的丑陋，同时也毫不吝啬地展示了小人物美丽的内心和对生活的强烈热爱，并借此抒发作家激愤的情怀、寄托其对生活的理想。

爱伦?坡是美国著名诗人、编辑家、文学评论家、小说家，以其神秘小说而著称于世。他的诗作十分精彩，赢得英语世界里的读者们的喜爱。其诗作中充满了对人生的探索、对爱情的独特诠释以及对生与死的独有特色的思考。

《一千零一夜》收录的故事来源于古代中、近东各国及阿拉伯地区民间说唱艺人口头相传的民间故事，内容涉及印度、波斯、伊拉克及埃及为代表的古埃及文明、两河流域文明、古印度文明及古波斯文明。这部民间故事集包含近300个故事，比较著名的故事有《驼背的故事》、《阿拉丁和神灯》、《渔翁和魔鬼的故事》、《辛巴达的故事》和《阿里巴巴与四十大盗》等故事。全书故事发生的时间自远古直至成书，无论在空间，还是时间上，都表征着多种文化的碰撞和融合，体现了承前启后，贯通东西的阿拉伯-伊斯兰文化特征。故事里的人物既有神仙精灵、王公贵族、英雄美女，也有僧侣、工匠、渔夫、农民；贯穿于全书的主题，则是真善美与假恶丑的斗争。很多故事既描写了百姓的苦难，讴歌了穷苦大众的勤劳勇敢、智慧善良、不畏强暴、追求幸福、崇尚正义的美德，又揭露讽刺了统治阶级的荒淫残暴、穷奢极欲。

在萧伯纳一生的创作中，他始终秉持这样的信念，即戏剧要承载重要的社会使命。他反对“为艺术而艺术”的文学主张，认为一切伟大的艺术都是“载道”的，戏剧是教育与宣传的工具，其目的不是供人娱乐，而是鞭挞社会，因此，戏剧必须取材于现实生活，作家在处理题材时，须阐明其社会意义。为了表现思想冲突，萧伯纳采用了争辩式对白，这样，在演出过程中就要求观众积极参与到剧中来。萧伯纳出生于一个清贫却要维持“上等人”门面的家庭。父亲酗酒。母亲有一副美好的歌喉，因与丈夫不和，最终到伦敦以教唱歌为生。不快乐的童年，使萧伯纳自幼就体会到“贫穷就是罪恶”。这一理念，成了他最初几个剧本的主题。萧伯纳离开爱尔兰来到伦敦后，目睹了维多利亚时期繁荣的消失。一次比一次规模更大的资本主义经济危机，使知识分子受到强烈震撼。伦敦出现了各种标榜社会主义的小团体。他们举办的演讲和辩论，吸引了萧伯纳。他坚信，资本主义社会必须改革。后来，他开始到大英博物馆阅览室阅读马克思的《资本论》。对马克思政治经济学的研究，给他的戏剧创作带来巨大影响。其作品曾被好莱坞拍过电影，叫《窈窕淑女》。在中国上映时，曾引发极大轰动。

在这个世界上，有很多人意识到自己因这样或那样的缺陷和不足导致无法成功，比如有人承认自己智商不高，有人认为自己情商不够，有人确定自己能力不行，还有人觉得自己运气不佳……但是却很少有人承认自己不会说话，更难以相信自己不成功或实现不了梦想的原因之一就是——“不会在公众面前说话”……有美国著名评论家在描述《演说的艺术》一书作者时，这样描述过一番令人震撼的场景：虽然美国大城市有四成多人处于失业状态，需要靠救济生活，可当晚仍有两千多人被一份广告所吸引，涌向宾夕法尼亚饭店。原来，他们是来听一场戴尔·卡耐基作家所做的最现代、最实用的“为人处世技巧”的讲座。这一讲座每个季度都在纽约举办，而且是场场爆满，人数多得数不过来，其中很多人都是商界和技术领域的专业人士。原因在哪里呢？读读这本读起来一点都不难的书吧。答案就在眼前。

托马斯·莫尔的代表作《乌托邦》作于1516年，用拉丁文写成，1551年被译成英文。“乌托邦”即“乌有之乡”之意，是一个假想的岛屿。这个“乌托邦岛”长500英里，宽200英里，呈月牙状。岛上居民的文化与教养远远高出其他所有地区的人。人们无忧无虑，人人平等，信仰自由，没有剥削，没有压迫，每个人只需完成同等的劳动，财产共享。“乌托邦”实现民主的最高形式是全岛大会和议事会。“乌托邦”几乎没有法律，也不存在律师，由人们自理诉讼，法官做恰当的判决。托马斯·莫尔在批判社会黑暗与资本原始积累的罪恶的基础上，设计出一个完整的“乌托邦”社会蓝图，对“公有”的前提与内涵，做出合理而系统的阐释，突破了封建君主政治模式与基督教“王权神授”政治理想的禁锢，蕴含了近代自由、民主、平等的政治意识，对后来的空想社会主义理论的发展以及科学社会主义理论的诞生，都产生了重要影响。

长篇历史小说《你往何处去》是波兰作家显克威支的代表作，出版发行于1896年，写的是公元一世纪中叶古罗马在尼禄皇帝的统治之下走向衰落和早期基督教徒罹难的故事。作者因这部作品获得1905年诺贝尔文学奖。作品名字来源于1893年显克微支第二次重游罗马时，看到古卡丕城门附近一座小教堂门楣上用拉丁文写的“你往何处去”的题词。这句题词是早期基督教徒遭受迫害的史迹。传说被追捕的基督使徒彼得匆匆逃离罗马城，在路上问耶稣：“主啊，你往何处去?”耶稣回答说：“你既然遗弃了我的人民，我便要回罗马去，让他们再次把我钉在十字架上。”彼得于是返回罗马城，不久便真的被钉上了十字架。早期基督教徒为信仰献身的精神，深深触动了作者的灵感，震撼了作者的心灵。他决定用这句题词作为书名，再现尼禄统治下那个充满血和泪的时代。作品被两次改编成电影。1951年上映的《暴君屠城录》，在1952年第24届奥斯卡颁奖会中，获得包括最佳电影等7项提名，值得一看。2001年《你往何处去》再次登上银幕。

居伊·德·莫泊桑，19世纪后半期法国杰出批判现实主义作家，短暂的一生中创作六部长篇小说、一部诗集、三部游记和三百多篇中短篇小说，是位不折不扣的高产作家，被誉为“短篇小说之王”。莫泊桑与契诃夫和欧·亨利齐名，被公认为世界三大短篇小说巨匠，对后世影响深远。其导师，《包法利夫人》的作者福楼拜，曾这样指导莫泊桑进行“速写”训练：“当你走过一个坐在自家店门前的杂货商，走过一个吸烟斗的守门人跟前，你给我描绘一下这两个人的神情姿态，身体的外貌特征。不但要用画家的白描手法，还要描述他他们全部的精神本性，这样，就使人不至于把他们和别的杂货商和守门人混同起来。”莫泊桑掌握了这一要领。而这就是他的作品成功原因所在。

莎士比亚一生的创作可分为四个时期。从26岁至30岁这一时期是其创作的第一个时期，这一时期，莎士比亚的写作以模仿古罗马喜剧和悲剧为主，是习作时期。当时的英国流行塞内加悲剧，即“血的悲剧”，莎士比亚写过这种剧本。《罗密欧与朱丽叶》是莎翁第二个创作时期的精品，表明他已掌握了创作艺术，文笔流畅，臻于成熟。这一时期的作品大都欢乐向上，富有诗意。1601年，莎士比亚创作了《哈姆雷特》（本辑已收录），开始了他创作的第三个时期。在整整八年时间里，莎翁洞悉了世间所有邪恶，以至他近乎悲观到绝望的程度，因此，这一时期创作的喜剧也是悲苦的。最后一个时期莎翁采用了新的创作形式——悲喜剧或传奇剧。他的悲喜剧宁静、庄重、趣味幽雅，这一时期最有代表性的作品就是《暴风雨》。《罗密欧与朱丽叶》虽然是悲剧，但其结局却完全符合莎翁时期的喜剧标准。罗密欧和朱丽叶一见倾心，但却因封建世仇，恋爱受到阻挠，导致二人早逝。最终，双方家长鉴于世仇铸成的悲剧而言归于好。作品反映了人文主义者的爱情理想与封建恶习、封建压迫之间的冲突。在创作手法上，莎翁以抒情的笔调，用日光、月光、星光等象征光明的意象，来形容青春和爱情的美好，谱写了一首赞美青春和爱情的颂歌。作品中，罗密欧与朱丽叶在月夜阳台上对话的场景，已成为经典。一对相爱的青年虽然死了，但美好的事物和真正的爱情是不朽的，在付出代价之后，封建偏见是可以被克服的。

莎士比亚最有名的四大悲剧之一《哈姆雷特》，创作于1601年，时值欧洲文艺复兴运动进入晚期和英国伊丽莎白女王去世（1603年）前两年，因而，《哈姆雷特》不仅体现了文艺复兴的思想意识，而且反映了英国社会转型时期的种种矛盾冲突。《哈姆雷特》的悲剧性包含了四个主要层次：第一个层次涉及谋杀君王，篡夺王位，进而谋害王子的政治悲剧成分。第二层次涉及代表着文明进步的正面人物同丑恶与罪恶展开斗争的社会悲剧成分。第三层次涉及因盲目而卷入政治冲突而导致毁灭的家庭悲剧成分。第四层次涉及爱情被摧残、被利用的爱情悲剧成分。

《包法利夫人》这个故事题材并非福楼拜凭空编造。整个故事情节都取自于现实生活。夏尔·包法利是根据福楼拜父亲医院的实习医生欧解·德拉玛原型塑造出来的怀揣浪漫主义梦想的农村美少女艾玛，一面吟诵着那些关于大海、森林、星星等描述自然的诗篇文字，一面走向远离自然、充满物质与欲望的都市。艾玛嫁给夏尔初期，心中充满着对美好婚姻生活的期盼，她使尽浑身解数，拿出了她所了解的所有浪漫手段：吟诗作画、弹琴唱歌。怎奈既无骑士样貌又怯懦平庸、木讷迟钝、举止粗俗、不解风情的丈夫毫无情趣，在性关系上也不能满足她的需求，她很快丧失了对丈夫的耐心，她的婚姻变成一潭死水。于是，她决定冲出“牢笼”、寻找心目中浪漫的“爱情”。自从踏上追爱的路，艾玛的悲剧命运便已注定。艾玛一生经历了蜕变、堕落和毁灭三个阶段。福楼拜的笔就像一把手术刀，把艾玛人性中的全部弱点解剖得体无完肤……最重要的一点是，此次所出版的英译本，是最权威版本，同时也是无删节版的英译本。

如果我们从世界范围来点数被最多世人所熟知和喜爱的文学大师，安徒生肯定会首当其冲，因为自其童话问世以来，不同国家、不同肤色、不同语言、不同层次的人们，无论男女老幼，只要有过童年、只要童年时代受过些许教育，那么他们几乎都会知道“安徒生童话”。《丑小鸭》、《皇帝的新装》、《卖火柴的小女孩》、《海的女儿》……那么多脍炙人口的经典童话故事，陪伴一代又一代的人们成长，我们甚至可以说，安徒生的出现是个奇迹，安徒生本人就是一个不老的童话。“最经典英语文库”在第三辑里，将安徒生最精彩童话，包括上述精彩童话，统统收集成册出版。页面达900来页。价钱也最便宜。用纸也很讲究，是国际上最流行的轻型纸。开本属于国际流行开本。最重要的一点是，所收集的英译本，是在西方英语世界里最受欢迎，可读性最高的版本。

《神曲》是但丁1307年至1321在放逐期间写的一部长诗。全诗分为三部《地狱篇》（已经收录并出版在“最经典英语文库”第一辑里）、《炼狱篇》（本辑已收录）和《天堂篇》。每部33首，最前面增加一首序诗，共100首，描绘了诗人但丁在维吉尔和贝阿特丽采的指引下，幻游地狱、炼狱、天堂三界的故事。写出《神曲·地狱篇》的但丁是个战士。说但丁是“战士”，是由于他早年积极参加反封建贵族的政治斗争，并为此被判处终身流放，拒绝屈服，直至客死他乡。说《神曲》是“梦幻现实巨著”，是因为它不仅借助了梦幻中神游三界的文学形式，而且极其广泛地包含了当时意大利的社会政治和文化方面的情况，描写了诗人幻游中遇到的上百个各种类型的人物，对政治党争、教会罪恶、哲学、神学、科学、艺术等诸多方面都做了艺术性的阐述和总结，堪称欧洲中世纪的百科全书。此次，“最经典英语文库”出版的是第二部分《炼狱篇》，也是《地狱篇》改恶从善历程的继续。美国19世纪著名诗人朗费罗，通过精确的理解，将《神曲》翻译成英语，现在这个英译本已成为英语世界里的精品。法国19世纪著名版画家、雕刻家和插图作家古斯塔夫·多雷，通过精确的理解，为其作了充实饱满、质感强烈、精美异常的插图。通过阅读这部《神曲》，我们可以了解但丁，了解“地狱”，了解“炼狱”，也可以了解“天堂”（将出版）。

是英国19世纪著名作家查尔斯·狄更斯的后期作品，也是他思想上最为成熟的作品之一，与他所写的其他涉及孤儿题材的小说一样，书中以充满同情和细致入微的笔触塑造了乔、匹普和毕蒂等朴实善良的小人物，但不同的是，作家那时对社会和人生有了更深刻的体验，以往贯穿于作品中的幽默讥讽风格逐渐淡化，在这部小说里呈现出狄更斯更趋成熟的人生观。

英国19世纪著名作家查尔斯·狄更斯的最著名的作品之一。小说的主人公奥利弗·特威斯特，是一名生在济贫院的孤儿，忍饥挨饿，备受欺凌，由于不堪棺材店老板，教区执事邦布尔夫等人的虐待而独自逃往伦敦，可刚一到达就受骗误入贼窟。窃贼团伙的首领—费金费尽千方百计，企图把奥利弗训练为扒手以供他驱使。奥利弗跟随伙伴“机灵鬼”和贝茨上街时，被误认为他偷了一位叫布朗洛的绅士（恰巧是他父亲生前的好友）的手绢而被警察逮捕。后因书摊老板证明了他是无辜的，说明小偷另有其人，他才被释放。由于他当时病重昏迷，且容貌酷似友人生前留下的一副少妇画像，布朗洛收留他在家中治病，得到布朗洛及其女管家比德温太太的关怀，第一次感受到人间的温暖。

美国作家梭罗独居瓦尔登湖畔的记录，描绘了他两年多时间里的所见、所闻和所思。这部著作区别于先前文学作品的第一个特征，是其对自然巨细靡遗的描摹和引申。大至四季交替造成的景色变化，小到两只蚂蚁的争斗，无不栩栩如生地再现于梭罗的生花妙笔之下，并且描写也不流于表浅，而是有着博物学家的精确。作者无微不至地描述两年多的湖畔独居生活，目的在于通过这次亲力亲为的实验向读者证明：其实不需要很多钱，也能够好好地活着，而且能够快快乐乐地活着。

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In 1842, Christopher Robertson's family lives a difficult life as "crofters," farmers and fishermen so in debt to the landowner that they have no hope of ever breaking free. To make matters worse, Christopher also lives under the thumb of his morally questionable father and devious brother. When his brother frames him for the theft of their father's secret bag of coins, Christopher must leave his home and embark on a journey across the island to return the coins and clear his name. It's a journey that takes twists and turns, including stops in prison, on a smuggler's ship, and at the house of a beautiful girl —and it ends with him escaping to a new life in America, which has dangers of its own.

Originally written in French and translated into English by Beckett, Endgame was given its first London performance at the Royal Court Theatre in 1957. HAMM: Clov! CLOV: Yes. HAMM: Nature has forgotten us. CLOV: There's no more nature. HAMM: No more nature! You exaggerate. CLOV: In the vicinity. HAMM: But we breathe, we change! We lose our hair our teeth! Our bloom! Our ideals! CLOV: Then she hasn't forgotten us.

"There seems to be no one more qualified or equipped to ponder or even, dare I say, dictate 'quality, taste, and style' than Tim." -Sarah Jessica Parker, actor/producerTelevision has introduced the world to a new fashion authority: Tim Gunn. As Bravo's style mentor and Chair of the Fashion Design Department at Parsons The New School for Design, Tim delivers advice in a frank, witty, and authoritative manner that delights pgsk.com readers can benefit from Tim's considerable fashion wisdom in Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, Taste & Style. He discusses every aspect of creating and maintaining your personal style: how to dress for various occasions, how to shop (from designer to chain to vintage stores), how to pick a fashion mentor, how to improve your posture, find the perfect fit, and more. He'll challenge every reader-whether a seasoned fashionista or a style neophyte-to "make it work!"

Drawing on life lessons from management legend Peter Drucker, journalist and scholar Bruce Rosenstein shows knowledge workers how personal and professional diversification is the key to navigating our "flat world" of zero job security, information overload, portable skills, and work expectations.

“今年我看过的最好看的惊险小说，情节巧妙，从一开始就扣人心弦。作者匠心独运地塑造出了一系列形象丰满令人喜爱的角色。我都等不及要知道结果会怎么样了。”来源于《书籍和影视评论》，Roberto Mattos（针对《不择手段》这本书）纽约市的一家防卫松散的医院里的核废料在一天夜里被一群伊斯兰对战分子盗走了，在和时间的疯狂赛跑过程中警察打通了FBI的电话。FBI里的一支秘密精英特工队伍的队长卢克·斯通是他们唯一可以求助的人。卢克立刻意识到那些恐怖分子的目的是造脏弹，意识到他们会寻找高价值的目标在48小时内发动袭击。一场猫追老鼠的游戏随之上演，这个世界上最机智的政府特工和最顶尖的恐怖分子之间的对决随之展开。当斯通特工把案情一层层剥开，他很快意识到他面对的是一块巨大的阴谋，意识到这场阴谋的目标的价值超乎他的想象——一路直指美国总统。自己遭到诬陷，队伍受到威胁，家人身陷危险，情势无比危急。但是作为前部队特种突击队员，卢克曾多次身陷绝境，在不惜一切代价阻止他们之前他绝不会放弃。他遇上了一个又一个困难和阴谋，案情甚至超出了他的掌控能力，剧情随之发生了一个又一个转折，在这些转折中故事被推向了高潮。以国际为背景设定，悬念不断、惊心动魄的政治惊险小说《不择手段》是一系列将让你挑灯夜读、欲罢不能的震撼惊险小说的第一部。卢克·斯通系列小说第2部现在也已上市！

By bestselling author Ken Blanchard (whose 40 + books have sold over 18 million copies), Know Can Do! Tells the story of how a well known author learns to bridge the gap between what we all know-all the advice we've taken in from books, seminars, etc.-and how we actually use that knowledge.

Journey through hope, despair, and forgiveness Leaders cannot predict the complex challenges they are called on to face. Veteran consultants Joan McArthur-Blair and Jeanie Cockell show that Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is an invaluable tool to build resilience.

《执迷》是最佳畅销系列小说《龙人日志》的第十二本也是最后一本书。这个系列开始的第一部为《转变》——本书可免费下载并已获得超过900个的五星评论！在《执迷》中，十六岁的斯嘉丽·潘恩全速飞行，以在她的挚爱——塞奇被永生不死族杀害之前，去救他。在被朋友和家人疏远——而且塞奇离离被杀害只还剩下一个晚上的时候——斯嘉丽被迫要选择是否为了他牺牲一切。凯特琳和迦勒不顾一切飞奔去救他们的女儿，仍然决定要找到一种可以治疗斯嘉丽和永远终结龙人瘟疫的方法。他们的寻找带着他们发现一个又一个惊人的秘密，他们寻找着古老、遗失、深深隐藏在埃及狮身人面像下的龙人城市。他们所找到的东西也许将永远改变龙人种族的命运。然而，一切仍然可能太晚了。永生不死族的人意图杀死斯嘉丽和塞奇，同时，凯尔也处在谋杀的暴怒中，转变了薇薇安和整个高中学校，将他们转变成自己的龙人军队，正要毁灭整座镇子。在《执迷》——十二本书系列《龙人日志》的惊天结局中，斯嘉丽和凯特琳将被迫面临一个致命的抉择——一个将永远改变世界的选择。斯嘉丽会不会做出最后牺牲以拯救塞奇的生命？凯特琳会不会不顾一切拯救女儿？他们会不会为了爱冒一切危险？

成长的道路总是崎岖不平，然而也乐趣多多，美丽的景色是岁月的馈赠，内心的愈加强大是更加耀眼的收获。本书选取了《美丽英文》杂志温馨治愈的暖心英文故事来阐述成长这件小事，世界的每个角落都是这样走过,在家人的赞许的目光里寻找支点，在朋友的相扶相伴里寻找勇气，在恋人的不离不弃里寻找力量，这样一步一步，完成长大这个蜕变。

本书从历史等其他角度发掘每一所名校的创立，同时传播了这些一流大学的教育精神。通过图片和文字结合来介绍名校的各自特色，让广大读者了解美国名校的情况，让国内的大学可以吸收经验，同时为学生出国留学铺一条捷径。

In Portland in 1983, girls are disappearing. Noah, a teen punk with a dark past, becomes obsessed with finding out where they've gone —and he's convinced their disappearance has something to do with the creepy German owners of a local brewery, the PfefferBrau Haus. Noah worries about the missing girls as a way of avoiding the fact that something's seriously wrong with his best friend, Evan. Could it be the same dark force that's pulling them all down? When the PfefferBrau Haus opens its doors for a battle of the bands, Noah pulls his band, the Gallivanters, back together in order to get to the bottom of the mystery. But there's a new addition to the band: an enigmatic David Bowie look-alike named Ziggy. And secrets other than where the bodies are buried will be revealed. From Edgar-nominated author M. J. Beaufrand, this is a story that gets to the heart of grief and loss while also being hilarious, fast paced, and heartbreaking.

"Sophie Love's ability to impart magic to her readers is exquisitely wrought in powerfully evocative phrases and descriptions….This is the perfect romance or beach read, with a difference: its enthusiasm and beautiful descriptions offer an unexpected attention to the complexity of not just evolving love, but evolving psyches. It's a delightful recommendation for romance readers looking for a touch more complexity from their romance reads."--Midwest Book Review (Diane Donovan re For Now and Forever)FOREVER, PLUS ONE is book #6 in the bestselling romance series The Inn at Sunset Harbor, which begins with book #1, For Now and Forever—a free download!35 year old Emily Mitchell is still reeling from the surprise news that she is pregnant. Just married, she and Danielle have no time to process the news as they are thrust into doctor appointments, preparing for the baby's arrival—and, in a surprise party, the revelation of their baby's gender.

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell is first published in book form in 1855 originally appeared as a twenty-two-part weekly serial from September 1854 through January 1855 in the magazine Household Words, edited by Charles Dickens. The title indicates a major theme of the book: the contrast between the way of life in the industrial north of England and the wealthier south, although it was only under pressure from her publishers that Gaskell changed the title from its original, Margaret Hale. The book is a social novel that tries to show the industrial North and its conflicts in the mid-19th century as seen by an outsider, a socially sensitive lady from the South. The heroine of the story, Margaret Hale, is the daughter of a Nonconformist minister who moves to the fictional industrial town of Milton after leaving the Church of England. The town is modeled after Manchester, where Gaskell lived as the wife of a Unitarian minister.

First published in Paris in 1955, and originally banned in the United States, J. P. Donleavy's first novel is now recognized the world over as a masterpiece and a modern classic of the highest order. Set in Ireland just after World War II, The Ginger Man is J. P. Donleavy's wildly funny, picaresque classic novel of the misadventures of Sebastian Dangerfield, a young American ne'er-do-well studying at Trinity College in Dublin. He barely has time for his studies and avoids bill collectors, makes love to almost anything in a skirt, and tries to survive without having to descend into the bottomless pit of steady work. Dangerfield's appetite for women, liquor, and general roguishness is insatiableand he satisfies it with endless charm.

For a lucky few, light conversation at parties and social events is a breeze. For the rest of us, there is Carol Fleming (bestselling author of It's the Way You Say It), who breaks even the shortest bit of small talk into an understandable process that anyone can master.

In The Beauty of the Beast, Bellman shows how we can explore our huge potential and shift our daily organizational focus to one of long life and fulfillment-and in the process redesign our organizations for tomorrow.

The Moon and Sixpence is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham first published in 1919. It is told in episodic form by a first-person narrator, in a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker, who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist. The story is in part based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin.

Oe introduces Kogito Choko, a writer in his early sixties, as he rekindles a childhood friendship with his estranged brother-in-law, the renowned filmmaker Goro Hanawa. Goro sends Kogito a trunk of tapes he has recorded of reflections about their friendship, but as Kogito is listening one night, he hears something odd. "I'm going to head over to the Other Side now," Goro says, and then Kogito hears a loud thud. After a moment of silence, Goro's voice continues: "But don't worry, I'm not going to stop communicating with you." Moments later, Kogito's wife rushes in; Goro has jumped to his death. With that, Kogito begins a far-ranging search to understand what drove his brother-in-law to suicide. His quest takes him from the forests of southern Japan to the washed-out streets of Berlin, where Kogito confronts the ghosts from his own past and that of his lifelong, but departed, friend.

Probably the most popular book in the history of the Far East, this classic sixteenth century novel is a combination of picaresque novel and folk epic that mixes satire, allegory, and history into a rollicking adventure. It is the story of the roguish Monkey and his encounters with major and minor spirits, gods, demigods, demons, ogres, monsters, and fairies. This translation, by the distinguished scholar Arthur Waley, is the first accurate English version; it makes available to the Western reader a faithful reproduction of the spirit and meaning of the original.

Banned in America for almost thirty years because of its explicit sexual content, this companion volume to Miller's Tropic of Cancer chronicles his life in 1920s New York City. Famous for its frank portrayal of life in Brooklyn's ethnic neighborhoods and Miller's outrageous sexual exploits, The Tropic of Capricorn is now considered a cornerstone of modern literature.

Milestones of Flight takes readers soaring through the high points of American aviation: from the Wright brothers and their competitors to the military pilots who first circumnavigated the globe, from the initial space rocket to the moon walk, from the earliest manmade satellite to today's spy drones. The book also describes what inventions—such as rocket propulsion, the wind tunnel, and the silicon chip—helped move flight upward and beyond. Profusely illustrated with objects from the Smithsonian's collection, Milestones of Flight provides an inspiring look at America's contributions to aviation. The book includes a bibliography, author's note, and index.

"A masterpiece of thriller and mystery! The author did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side that is so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. The plot is very intelligent and will keep you entertained throughout the book. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page."--Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone)ONCE BURIED is book #11 in the bestselling Riley Paige mystery series, which begins with the #1 bestseller ONCE GONE (Book #1)—a free download with over 1,000 five star reviews!A serial killer is killing victims with rapid speed, and in each crime scene, he leaves an unusual signature: an hourglass.Its sand is designed to fall for 24 hours—and when its empty, a new victim appears.

Ricardo Somocurcio is in love with a bad girl. He loves her as a teenager known as 'Lily' in Lima in 1950, where she claims to be from Chile but vanishes the moment her claim is exposed as fiction. He loves her next in Paris as 'Comrade Arlette', an activist en route to Cuba, an icy, remote lover who denies knowing anything about the Lily of years gone by. Whoever the bad girl turns up as and however poorly she treats him, Ricardo is doomed to worship her. Gifted liar and irresistible, maddening muse-does Ricardo ever know who she really is?

在《命中注定》（龙人日志＃4），凯特琳潘恩醒来，发现自己回到过去。她发现自己在一个墓地里，正在逃避一帮村民的追击，并去了一个名叫翁布里亚的意大利乡村，她来到阿西西古修道院里寻求避难。在那里，她得知了自己的命运以及使命：寻找她的父亲，以及寻找古老的龙人之盾拯救人类。不过凯特琳的心还是为她失去的挚爱：迦勒，而不安。她迫切想知道，他是否也顺利跟着经历了时光倒流。她得知，使命需要她去佛罗伦萨，但如果她想追求心中所爱，她必须去威尼斯。她最后选择了威尼斯。凯特琳讶异于她发现的东西。十八世纪的威尼斯是一个超现实的地方，穿着精制服装和面具的男女，永无止境的庆祝，豪华的派对。她很高兴与她的一些亲密的朋友团聚，并受到热烈欢迎，回到了他们的大家族。她很高兴能加入他们在威尼斯的大舞会，这是一年中最重要的化妆跳舞，她希望能再次找到迦勒。不过凯特琳不是唯一能进入时光旅行的人：凯尔也即将到来，决心追捕她，然后一劳永逸杀了她。山姆也是，决心在为时过晚之前，拯救他的姐姐。在舞会上，凯特琳到处搜索，却没有发现迦勒的迹象。可是，在最后一个舞蹈的时候。她与一名蒙面男子跳舞，她的心被深深吸引，她肯定那一定是他。但随着舞伴的变化，她再次失去他。或者，真是这样吗？凯特琳很快发现，自己被她生活中两个所爱撕扯，并发现她要小心许愿。她发现自己拼命想要找寻的快乐可能夹杂了悲剧和心碎。在高潮迭起，大都过瘾的结局里，凯特琳发现自己正对抗着真正的邪恶，罗马的古代龙人大家族，而他们则是历史最强大的龙人家族。她竭尽全力，想要活下来。她发现自己不得不为了她的生命而战斗。如果她想救她的爱人，她将不得不做出比以往任何时候都更大的牺牲……“《命中注定》是一个伟大的故事。它真的把你深深地带入故事情节！我喜欢好几个YA系列，这一本肯定是其中之一！看看这本书！看看这本书！看看这本书！不要忘了看看这本书！”--pgsk.com

This volume contains a selection of work from each of Seamus Heaney's published books of poetry up to and including the Whitbread prize-winning collection, "e;The Haw Lantern"e; (1987). 'His is 'close-up' poetry - close up to thought, to the world, to the emotions. Few writers at work today, in verse or fiction, can give the sense of rich, fecund, lived life that Heaney does' - John Banville. 'More than any other poet since Wordsworth he can make us understand that the outside world is not outside, but what we are made of' - John Carey.

"Sophie Love's ability to impart magic to her readers is exquisitely wrought in powerfully evocative phrases and descriptions….This is the perfect romance or beach read, with a difference: its enthusiasm and beautiful descriptions offer an unexpected attention to the complexity of not just evolving love, but evolving psyches. It's a delightful recommendation for romance readers looking for a touch more complexity from their romance reads."--Midwest Book Review (Diane Donovan re For Now and Forever)FOREVER AND A DAY is book #5 in the bestselling romance series The Inn at Sunset Harbor, which begins with book #1, For Now and Forever—a free download!

《胜者，败者与儿子》是本系列丛书的第8本书，也是最后一本书——摩根·莱斯的畅销史诗幻想系列“皇冠和荣耀”，以《奴隶、战士和王后（第一部）》开头。西瑞斯在神秘的土地上奋勇搏斗，试图夺回她失去的力量，并挽救自己的生命。萨诺斯、阿奇拉、韦斯特爵士的部下和其他人在海隆城岛上背水一战，对抗飞灰城舰队的威力。荷娃试图将她的食骨族人组织起来去援助萨诺斯，并参加海隆城的战斗。一场史诗般的战争，一波未平一波又起。如果西瑞斯回不来，他们还能坚持的时间不长了。斯蒂芬尼娅扬帆启航去飞灰城追求第二石，并带领他重回提洛斯城，重新夺回曾经属于她的王国。但是，在这个残酷的新世界中，所有事情都不可能按照她的计划发展。伊连刚刚获得了北方战场的胜利，他集结了飞灰城舰队的所有力量，对海隆城发动了最后的毁灭性的打击。他还带来了一件意外的武器——一个拥有不可思议的力量的怪物—— 以确保歼灭西瑞斯的力量。与此同时，巫师达斯卡洛斯派出他的终极武器——萨诺斯和斯蒂芬尼娅的儿子——去杀死他父亲。在本系列的终章，所有随之而来的史诗般的战斗场景，世界的命运悬而未决。西瑞斯会活下去吗？萨诺斯呢？他的儿子会怎样？自由会再度降临吗？西瑞斯和萨诺斯会不会找到真爱？《胜者，败者与儿子》讲述了一个悲剧性的爱情、复仇、背叛、野心和命运的史诗故事。充满了令人难忘的人物和令人心悸的动作情节，它将我们带入一个永远难忘的世界，让我们再次爱上幻想。

Great leaders, saints, and sages have developed this skill. Since most of us are less advanced than those paragons, this book can serve as a guide for how to bring out the best in our children.

居伊·德·莫泊桑，19世纪后半期法国杰出批判现实主义作家，短暂的一生中创作六部长篇小说、一部诗集、三部游记和三百多篇中短篇小说，是位不折不扣的高产作家，被誉为“短篇小说之王”。莫泊桑与契诃夫和欧·亨利齐名，被公认为世界三大短篇小说巨匠，对后世影响深远。其导师，《包法利夫人》的作者福楼拜，曾这样指导莫泊桑进行“速写”训练：“当你走过一个坐在自家店门前的杂货商，走过一个吸烟斗的守门人跟前，你给我描绘一下这两个人的神情姿态，身体的外貌特征。不但要用画家的白描手法，还要描述他他们全部的精神本性，这样，就使人不至于把他们和别的杂货商和守门人混同起来。”莫泊桑掌握了这一要领。而这就是他的作品成功原因所在。

Adam Kahane has learned how to create environments that enable creative new ideas and solutions to emerge and be implemented even in the most challenging contexts. Here Kahane tells his stories and distills from them an approach that all of us can use to solve our own toughest problems.

You want people to stretch their limits, but your conversations meant to help them often fall flat or backfire, creating more resistance than growth.

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, better known as The Pickwick Papers published serially in 1836–37, is the first novel by Charles Dickens. Few first novels have created as much popular excitement as The Pickwick Papers–a comic masterpiece that catapulted its 24-year-old author to immediate fame. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the sportsman Winkle &, above all, by that quintessentially English Quixote, Mr Pickwick, & his cockney Sancho Panza, Sam Weller. From the hallowed turf of Dingley Dell Cricket Club to the unholy fracas of the Eatanswill election, via the Fleet debtor's prison, characters & incidents sprang to life from Dickens's pen, to form an enduringly popular work of ebullient humour & literary invention. Its rousing success launched his lasting fame. This narrative of coach travel provides a vivid portrait of a world that was soon to vanish with the coming of the railroads.

"A dynamic story line that grips from the first chapter and doesn't let go."--Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan (regarding Once Gone)From #1 bestselling author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense: CAUSE TO FEAR (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 4).When a body turns up floating beneath the frozen Charles River, the Boston Police summons its most brilliant and controversial homicide detective—Avery Black—to close the case. It doesn't take Avery long, however, to realize that this is no isolated murder: it is the work of a serial killer.Other bodies begin to turn up, all of them sharing one thing in common: all are trapped in ice. Is it all a coincidence—or the signature of a particularly deranged killer?

From one of the founding executives of Fed Ex comes the first full inside story of how Fed Ex came to be one of the world's most successful, innovative, and admired companies. Frock reveals the details of how the company was conceived, launched, and kept afloat despite incredible obstacles.

莎士比亚一生的创作可分为四个时期。从26岁至30岁这一时期是其创作的第一个时期，这一时期，莎士比亚的写作以模仿古罗马喜剧和悲剧为主，是习作时期。当时的英国流行塞内加悲剧，即“血的悲剧”，莎士比亚写过这种剧本。《罗密欧与朱丽叶》是莎翁第二个创作时期的精品，表明他已掌握了创作艺术，文笔流畅，臻于成熟。这一时期的作品大都欢乐向上，富有诗意。1601年，莎士比亚创作了《哈姆雷特》（本辑已收录），开始了他创作的第三个时期。在整整八年时间里，莎翁洞悉了世间所有邪恶，以至他近乎悲观到绝望的程度，因此，这一时期创作的喜剧也是悲苦的。最后一个时期莎翁采用了新的创作形式——悲喜剧或传奇剧。他的悲喜剧宁静、庄重、趣味幽雅，这一时期最有代表性的作品就是《暴风雨》。《罗密欧与朱丽叶》虽然是悲剧，但其结局却完全符合莎翁时期的喜剧标准。罗密欧和朱丽叶一见倾心，但却因封建世仇，恋爱受到阻挠，导致二人早逝。最终，双方家长鉴于世仇铸成的悲剧而言归于好。作品反映了人文主义者的爱情理想与封建恶习、封建压迫之间的冲突。在创作手法上，莎翁以抒情的笔调，用日光、月光、星光等象征光明的意象，来形容青春和爱情的美好，谱写了一首赞美青春和爱情的颂歌。作品中，罗密欧与朱丽叶在月夜阳台上对话的场景，已成为经典。一对相爱的青年虽然死了，但美好的事物和真正的爱情是不朽的，在付出代价之后，封建偏见是可以被克服的。

The Wealth of Nations Published in 1778, was the firstbook on economics to catch the public's attention. It provides arecipe for national prosperity that has not been bettered since,based on small government and the freedom of citizens to act intheir best interests. It reassuringly assumes no knowledge of itssubject, and over 200 years on still provides valuable lessons onthe fundamentals of pgsk.com Smith was a Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment.

Based on interviews with more than seventy small - business owners and on her own experiences as a successful small - business entrepreneur, Jamie Walters shows how a business can stay small and remain vital, healthy, and rewarding.

Under Joe Solmonese's leadership, the Human Rights Campaign became the model other organizations look toward to create effective social and political change.

When a blizzard threatens to ruin Valentine's Day, three seventh-grade friends make and distribute fortune cookies to their lonely neighbors—and confront the secrets they've been keeping from one another. Confident Kate doesn't notice much but the latest gossip, and shy Georgia can't say out loud what's always on her mind. They're joined by observant, careful Olivia, whose epic, single-minded crush on PBJ (real name: Phillip Becker-Jacobs) is starting to frustrate them. Using fortune cookies that mysteriously always seem to speak directly to the person who opens them, the three girls try to work together to bring some love to their building while reminding each other why they're such good friends to begin with.

爱伦?坡是美国著名诗人、编辑家、文学评论家、小说家，以其神秘小说而著称于世。他的诗作十分精彩，赢得英语世界里的读者们的喜爱。其诗作中充满了对人生的探索、对爱情的独特诠释以及对生与死的独有特色的思考。

This captivating tale of adventure, "The Mysterious Island" tells the tale of five men and a dog who land in a balloon on a faraway,Through the use of their ingenuity the five manage to survive on this island wilderness. Many secrets and adventures await the group as they endeavor to discovery the mystery of this "mysterious island". Jules Verne was a French novelist, poet, and pgsk.com is generally considered a major literary author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism. The Mysterious Island is considered by many to be Jules Verne's masterpiece.

A compact text providing a step-by-step formula to become a self-made millionaire, based on the success secrets used by other millionaires. Includes 21 strategies and ideas for moving ahead in finance and in life, showing how to get organized and make plans for becoming wealthy.

Mad World is a highly entertaining oral history that celebrates the New Wave music phenomenon of the 1980s via new interviews with 35 of the most notable artists of the period. Each chapter begins with a discussion of their most popular song but leads to stories of their history and place in the scene, ultimately painting a vivid picture of this colorful, idiosyncratic time. Mixtape suggestions, fashion sidebars, and quotes from famous contemporary admirers help fill out the fun. Participants include members of Duran Duran, New Order, The Smiths, Tears for Fears, Adam Ant, Echo and the Bunnymen, Devo, ABC, Spandau Ballet, A Flock of Seagulls, Thompson Twins, and INXS.

"A dynamic story line that grips from the first chapter and doesn't let go."--Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan (regarding Once Gone)From #1 bestselling mystery author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense.Homicide Detective Avery Black has been through hell. Once a top criminal defense attorney, she fell from grace when she managed to get a brilliant Harvard professor off—only to watch him kill again. She lost her husband and her daughter, and her life fell apart around her.Trying to redeem herself, Avery has turned to the other side of the law. Working her way up the ranks, she has reached Homicide Detective, to the scorn of her fellow officers, who still remember what she did, and who will always hate her.

1919年，毛姆45岁时，发表了这部《月亮与六便士》。小说故事情节相对比较简单：某进入中年的英国券商，忽然决定抛妻弃子，跟随内心长久以来积压着的念头，立志要成为一个艺术家。这个故事的源头来自画家高更的生平故事。这种行为并不为世俗社会所认可。本来作为一个券商，手里有大把大把的钞票可以挥霍过活，为什么非要当什么艺术家？为什么最后连生存都变成一个问题？结果，这位想成为艺术家的券商后来连个住处都找不到，身体也患上了疾病，混到了没有钱买食物果腹，整天挨饿的境地。也许，艺术家的世界，凡夫俗子们永远不会懂。这位艺术家不仅没有被这种境地吓倒，反而愈加坚强地活了下去。而且，不顾身体上的疾病带来的不适，也无视周遭环境的恶劣程度，一心扑在绘画的创作之中。在太平洋的一个叫作塔西提的小岛上，他创作出了让人看一眼就会产生荡气回肠感觉的“杰作”。但此时，他已经溘然长逝。那么，为什么叫“月亮与六便士”？其实，用毛姆自己的话说，这个书名的意义并没有在书里得到应有的展示，而是出自某评论家在评论上述《人性的枷锁》时所写的某句话。原话如下：《人性的枷锁》里的主人公菲利普·凯利（PhilipCarey）被形容为一个太过执着找寻月亮的家伙，以至于他从来没发现过脚底下就有一块六便士。毛姆后来这样解释道：“假如你低头在地上不住地要找寻一块六便士硬币，头也不抬起来一下，那么，你就会丢掉月亮。”

From #1 bestselling author Blake Pierce comes a heart-pounding new mystery series.In the cornfields of Nebraska a woman is found murdered, strung up on a pole, the victim of a deranged killer. It doesn't take long for the police to realize a serial killer is on the loose—and that his spree has just begun.Detective Mackenzie White, young, tough, smarter than the aging, chauvinistic men on her local force, finds herself called in grudgingly to help solve it. As much as the other officers hate to admit it, they need her young, brilliant mind, which has already helped crack cold cases that had left them stumped. Yet even for Mackenzie this new case proves an impossible riddle, something the likes of which she—and the local force—have ever seen.

From Blake Pierce, bestselling author of ONCE GONE (a #1 bestseller with over 600 five star reviews), comes book #2 in a heart-pounding new mystery series.In BEFORE HE SEES (A Mackenzie White Mystery—Book 2), FBI agent-in-training Mackenzie White struggles to make her mark in the FBI Academy in Quantico, trying to prove herself as a woman and as a transplant from Nebraska. Hoping she has what it takes to become an FBI agent and leave her life in the Midwest behind for good, Mackenzie just wants to keep a low profile and impress her superiors.But all that changes when the body of a woman is found in a garbage dump. The murder bears shocking similarities to the Scarecrow Killer—the case that made Mackenzie famous in Nebraska—and in the frantic race against time to stop a new serial killer, the FBI decides to break protocol and give Mackenzie a chance on the case.

ONCE CRAVED is book #3 in the bestselling Riley Paige mystery series, which begins with ONCE GONE (Book #1)!When prostitutes turn up dead in Phoenix, not much attention is paid. But when a pattern of disturbing murders is discovered, the local police soon realize a serial killer is on a rampage and they are in way over their heads. Given the unique nature of the crimes, the FBI, called in, knows they will need their most brilliant mind to crack the case: Special Agent Riley Paige.Riley, recovering from her last case and trying to pick up the pieces of her life, is at first reluctant. But when she learns of the grievous nature of the crimes and realizes the killer will soon strike again, she is compelled. She begins her hunt for the elusive killer and her obsessive nature takes her too far—perhaps too far, this time, to pull herself back from the brink.

Isaac is the new kid in town. His mother, Vera, is in the hospital with a mysterious illness, and the only person left to care for Isaac is his distant grandfather. Friendless and often alone, Isaac loses himself in his collection of optical illusions, including a strange mirror box that he finds in his new house, left behind by the previous tenants. Designed for amputees, it creates the illusion of a second limb. Lonely Isaac wishes someone would reach out to him, and then someone does—a phantom limb within the mirror box! It signs to Isaac about a growing danger: someone who has murdered before and is out to get Vera next. The only way Isaac can solve the mystery and save his mother is with the help of the mirror box. But can he trust the phantom limb?

"A masterpiece of thriller and mystery! The author did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side that is so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. The plot is very intelligent and will keep you entertained throughout the book. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page."--Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone)ONCE LURED is book #4 in the bestselling Riley Paige mystery series, which begins with the #1 bestseller ONCE GONE (Book #1)—a free download, with over 500 five star reviews!

Watch the Netflix original series based on the books starting September 4, 2016! The future of the Amphibilands has never looked so bleak. With Lord Marmoo still maniacally bent on taking over the outback, Darel can't fathom why the Rainbow Serpent wants him to lower the Veil, the Amphibilands' only source of protection. But the Serpent's message is clear, and in preparation for the inevitable battle, Darel and the Kulipari go in search of someone—anyone—to fight on their side. In their travels, the frog warriors make a perilous discovery: the outback's water supplies are mysteriously disappearing. With the odds stacked against them, Darel and the Kulipari must take one final stand to protect their home, before it becomes … the Arachnilands. The Kulipari trilogy comes to its thrilling conclusion in this action-packed adventure by Trevor Pryce and acclaimed comics artist Sanford Greene.

Threatened by invaders on all sides, the Roman Empire in the sixth century fought to maintain its borders. Leading its defense was the Byzantine general Belisarius, a man who earned the grudging respect of his enemies, and who rose to become the Emperor Justinian's greatest military leader.Loosely based on Procopius' History of the Justinian Wars and Secret History, this novel tells the general's story through the eyes of Eugenius, a eunuch and servant to the general's wife. It presents a compelling portrait of a man bound by a strict code of honor and unrelenting loyalty to an emperor who is intelligent but flawed, and whose decisions bring him to a tragic end. Eminent historical novelist and classicist Robert Graves presents a vivid account of a time in history both dissolute and violent, and demonstrates one again his mastery of this historical period.

It's Boston, 1919, and the Cast Iron club is packed. On stage, hemopaths —whose "afflicted" blood gives them the ability to create illusions through art —Corinne and Ada have been best friends ever since infamous gangster Johnny Dervish recruited them into his circle. By night they perform for Johnny's crowds, and by day they con Boston's elite. When a job goes wrong and Ada is imprisoned, she realizes how precarious their position is. After she escapes, two of the Cast Iron's hires are shot, and Johnny disappears. With the law closing in, Corinne and Ada are forced to hunt for answers, even as betrayal faces them at every turn. An ideal next read for fans of Libba Bray's The Diviners.

This is a comprehensive look at the stories that make up the Old Testament and the Jewish religion, including the folk tales, apocryphal texts, midrashes, and other little-known documents that the Old Testament and the Torah do not include. In this exhaustive study, Robert graves provides a fascinating account of pre-Biblical texts that have been censored, suppressed, and hidden for centuries, and which now emerge to give us a clearer view of Hebrew myth and religion than ever.Venerable classicist and historian Robert Graves recounts the ancient Hebrew stories, both obscure and familiar, with a rich sense of storytelling, culture, and spirituality. This book is sure to be riveting to students of Jewish or Judeo-Christian history, culture, and religion.

A disturbingly prophetic account of the events leading up to World War II, this anthology is a collection of Churchill's reporting for the Daily Telegraph and the Evening Standard from 1936 to 1939—tracing Hitler's rise to power, the Nazi invasion of the Rhineland, and other events leading up to the declaration of war.In the first few years of Nazi ascendance, many European intellectuals and leaders advocated avoiding war and negotiating with Hitler. Churchill is one of the few who understood the scope of the Nazi threat and advocated armament against Germany early on—and his early prescience serves as a fine prediction of his determined stance against Hitler as a World War II leader and statesman.

The struggle to get into a top-tier college consumes sixteen-year-old Genie's every waking thought. But when she discovers she's a celestial spirit who's powerful enough to bash through the gates of heaven with her fists, her perfectionist existence is shattered. Enter Quentin, a transfer student from China whose tone-deaf assertiveness beguiles Genie to the brink of madness. Quentin nurtures Genie's outrageous transformation—sometimes gently, sometimes aggressively—as her sleepy suburb in the Bay Area comes under siege from hell-spawn. This epic YA debut draws from Chinese folklore, features a larger-than-life heroine, and perfectly balances the realities of Genie's grounded high school life with the absurd supernatural world she finds herself commanding.

Lucius Apuleius, a young man of good parentage, takes a trip to Thessaly. Along the way, amidst a series of bizarre adventures, he inadvertently offends a priestess of the White Goddess, who promptly turns him into an ass. How Lucius responds to his new misfortune, and ultimately finds a way to become human again, makes for a funny and fascinating tale.The Metamorphosis of Apuleius, referred to by St. Augustine as The Golden Ass, is the oldest novel written in Latin to survive in its entirety. Originally written by Lucius of Patrae, this translation by Robert Graves highlights the ribald humor and vivid sense of adventure present in the original. Providing a rare window in to the daily lives of regular people in ancient Greece, Robert Graves' translation of this classic tale is at once hilarious, informative, and captivating.

New young adult novel series based on the best-selling comic book, 10th Muse. In Greek mythology there were 9 Muses, the daughters of Zeus, but history forgot one - The 10th Muse - MUSE OF JUSTICE Emma Sonnet's Birthright! Emma Sonnet is a typical, popular high school teen with an unbelievable secret - she's a superhero. When students are mysteriously missing the 10th Muse must solve the puzzle of the minotaur in time to save them.

This groundbreaking title is an insider's account of the 2008 financial crisis written specifically for Main Street.Stacy Carlson, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's speechwriter, takes you inside the Treasury Department and explains the events and issues in a wry, personal narrative. You want to understand what brought us to the brink of collapse? After reading You, Me & the U.S. Economy, you will.With clarity and humor, Stacy explains the multiple causes of our financial, housing and economic troubles and the multiple attempts to solve them. She isn't a financial wizard and writes so other non-wizards can understand, too. Wrapped within is her story of faith and persistence in a new, mid-life career and as a silent witness to tremendous turmoil, You, Me & the U.S. Economy tells Main Street what really happened and why. Finally.

Originally published in 1969, Seamus Heaney's Door into the Dark continues a furrow so startlingly opened in his first collection, Death of a Naturalist (1966). With the sensuosness and physicality of language that would become the hallmark of his early writing, these poems graphically depict the author's rural upbringing, from the local forge to the banks of Lough Neagh, concluding in the preserving waters of the bogland and a look ahead to his next book, Wintering Out (1972).

This title comes with an introduction by Craig Raine. Three short novels show Golding at his playful, ironic and mysterious best. In The Scorpion God we see the world of ancient Egypt at the time of the earliest pharaohs. Clonk Clonk is a graphic account of a crippled youth's triumph over his tormentors in a primitive matriarchal society. And Envoy Extraordinary is a tale of Imperial Rome where the emperor loves his illegitimate grandson more than his own arrogant, loutish heir. "The writing is brilliant, so fluent and stylish that the stories read themselves like a dream. "(Daily Telegraph). "As ambitious and as engrossing as the best of Golding. "(Financial Times).

1919年，毛姆45岁时，发表了这部《月亮与六便士》。小说故事情节相对比较简单：某进入中年的英国券商，忽然决定抛妻弃子，跟随内心长久以来积压着的念头，立志要成为一个艺术家。这个故事的源头来自画家高更的生平故事。这种行为并不为世俗社会所认可。本来作为一个券商，手里有大把大把的钞票可以挥霍过活，为什么非要当什么艺术家？为什么最后连生存都变成一个问题？结果，这位想成为艺术家的券商后来连个住处都找不到，身体也患上了疾病，混到了没有钱买食物果腹，整天挨饿的境地。也许，艺术家的世界，凡夫俗子们永远不会懂。这位艺术家不仅没有被这种境地吓倒，反而愈加坚强地活了下去。而且，不顾身体上的疾病带来的不适，也无视周遭环境的恶劣程度，一心扑在绘画的创作之中。在太平洋的一个叫作塔西提的小岛上，他创作出了让人看一眼就会产生荡气回肠感觉的“杰作”。但此时，他已经溘然长逝。那么，为什么叫“月亮与六便士”？其实，用毛姆自己的话说，这个书名的意义并没有在书里得到应有的展示，而是出自某评论家在评论上述《人性的枷锁》时所写的某句话。原话如下：《人性的枷锁》里的主人公菲利普·凯利（PhilipCarey）被形容为一个太过执着找寻月亮的家伙，以至于他从来没发现过脚底下就有一块六便士。毛姆后来这样解释道：“假如你低头在地上不住地要找寻一块六便士硬币，头也不抬起来一下，那么，你就会丢掉月亮。”

本书以本雅明的“都市漫游者”理论为基础，结合文化地理学、叙事学及文类研究等相关理论，分析“都市漫游”在纽约少年疗治童年创伤、寻找精神家园、探究自我身份以及实现美国梦方面的功用，总结多克托罗都市成长小说的特点，探析作品中所展现的独特的都市美学，发现多克托罗既有犹太作家的族裔担当，又颇具救赎城市的世界主义情怀。而他在侦探小说、自传、成长小说、犯罪小说等文类间自由游走，打破传统文类界限，并运用口语化的语言写作则旨在于当今机械复制的时代复兴传统的“讲故事”的技艺。

Published serially in 1836–1837, The Pickwick Papers was Dickens' first novel and its rousing success launched his lasting fame. This narrative of coach travel provides a vivid portrait of a world that was soon to vanish with the coming of the railroads. From the grim depiction of Fleet Prison to the exuberant account of the cricket match at Dingley Dell, the tales of the immortal Pickwick Club offer memorable scenes of nineteenth-century England. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the sportsman Winkle ampersand, above all, by that quintessentially English Quixote, Mr Pickwick, & his cockney Sancho Panza, Sam Weller. From the hallowed turf of Dingley Dell Cricket Club to the unholy fracas of the Eatanswill election, via the Fleet debtor's prison, characters ampersand incidents sprang to life from Dickens's pen, to form an enduringly popular work of ebullient humour and literary invention.

在《发现》（《龙人日志》#8）中，凯特琳和迦勒在公元三十三年的古代以色列醒来，并惊讶地发现他们身处在基督生活的时代。古代以色列是一个充满圣地、古犹太教堂和失落的遗址的地方。这里是当时世界上精神控制最严密的地方——而在公元三十三年，也就是耶稣受难的那一年，是精神控制最严密的一年。在以色列首都耶路撒冷的中心座落着所罗门的圣殿，在圣殿里安置着至圣所和神的约柜。而耶稣将最终走过这些街道，走向最后的十字架。在罗马士兵以及他们的总督——本丢·比拉多的严密统治下，耶路撒冷充满有各种宗教背景和信仰的人们。这座城市也有隐秘的一面，有着众多错综复杂的街道和迷宫般的巷道，通往不为人知的秘密和异教徒神庙。现在，凯特琳终于有了四把钥匙，但是，她仍然需要找到她的父亲。她的追寻将她带到拿撒勒、伽百侬，带到耶路撒冷，带她追随着耶稣行过的踪迹去寻找秘密和线索的神秘踪迹。追寻也同样将她带到古老的橄榄山上，带到艾登和他的家族那里，带着她找到更多她从未知道的更强大的秘密和圣物那里。每经过一处，她的父亲就只有一步之遥。但是时间紧迫——山姆，被转向黑暗的一面，也穿越到这个时代，而且和邪恶家族的领袖Rexius联手。他们急起直追要阻止凯特琳得到盾。Rexius将不惜一切代价毁灭凯特琳和迦勒——有山姆在旁相助，身后有一支新生的军队，他胜券在握。更糟糕的是，斯嘉丽和她的父母走散了，独自一人穿越到这个时代。她独自一人，和露丝流浪在耶路撒冷的大街上，她渐渐发现了自己的力量，并发现自己比以前处在更危险得多的境地中——特别是当她发现自己也持有一个秘密的时候。凯特琳找到她父亲了吗？她找到古老的龙人之盾了吗？她和女儿重聚了吗？她的亲弟弟是不是企图杀死她？她和迦勒之间的爱能不能在这最后一场时光穿越中经受住考验？《发现》是《龙人日志》系列的第八本书（之前有《转变》、《爱》、《背叛》、《命中注定》、《渴望》、《订婚》和《誓言》）。本书同时也可以作为一本独立的小说来读。《发现》共约有71,000字。《龙人日志》#9-#10现在也有售！同时，摩根莱斯第一畅销书系列、反乌托邦、后启示录惊悚小说《幸存者三部曲》现也已有售；摩根莱斯第一畅销玄幻系列《魔法师戒指》（含10部，未完待续）现也已有售——此系列第一部《寻找英雄》，可免费下载！

这世界上绝大多数人即便不是基督徒，相信也都听说过亚当、夏娃和伊甸园的故事。其实，真正将《圣经·旧约》中只有500字的简单叙事内容赋予气势宏伟的语言和曲折离奇的情节，并使之成为一部史诗巨作的，是17世纪英国著名诗人约翰·密尔顿，这部鸿篇巨著名曰《失乐园》。约翰·密尔顿（1608—1674）是英国文学史上最伟大的六大诗人之一，他的无韵体史诗《失乐园》与荷马的《荷马史诗》、但丁的《神曲》（“最经典英语文库”已经分三册出版面世）并称为西方三大诗歌。《失乐园》这部史诗描写了这样的故事情节：魔鬼撒旦逃离了地牢，来到上帝为人类始祖亚当和夏娃建立的伊甸园，诱惑他们偷吃了区分善恶树的禁果。他们无知并堕落，引发上帝震怒。一气之下，上帝将亚当和夏娃逐出了伊甸园。他们两人的行为，成为人类原罪的起源，并因此导致死亡、痛苦、饥荒、瘟疫在地球上泛滥。然而，上帝并没有赶尽杀绝，而是赐予了人类救赎的机会，差遣耶稣基督做救赎，使人类可以通过坚韧的信念和诚心的悔改重新回归乐园。

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《蒙田随笔全集》共107章，100余万字，于1580—1588年分三卷先后在法国出版。此后，该书再没有绝版过。《蒙田随笔全集》卷帙浩繁，旁征博引，文采斐然，娓娓动人，与培根的《人生论》和帕斯卡尔的《思想录》（已经收录于“最经典英语文库”），并称为欧洲近代哲理散文三大经典之作。从此，随笔（essay）作为一种文体确立下来。《蒙田随笔全集》创作的背景正是法国内战期间，宗教战争的残酷深深刺痛蒙田的心，家国离乱的悲哀与痛楚，贯穿随笔创作的过程中。然而，思想者的身份使他在创作中尽量保持一种理性和深沉，他将愤懑之情化作清新激扬的文字，通过谈自己而谈人类、谈世界，侃侃而谈中，引导人们去体会文字间蕴含的人生真谛。

The year 2013 is the 50th anniversary year of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, who still ranks as one of the top five presidents in every major annual survey. To commemorate the man and his time in office, the New York Times has authorized a book, edited by Richard Reeves, based on its unsurpassed coverage of the tumultuous Kennedy era. The Civil Rights Movement, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, the space program, the Berlin Wall—all are covered in articles by the era's top reporters, among them David Halberstam, Russell Baker, and James Reston. Also included are new essays by leading historians such as Robert Dallek and Terry Golway, and by Times journalists, including Sam Tanenhaus, Scott Shane, Alessandra Stanley, and Roger Cohen. With more than 125 color and black-and-white photos, this is the ultimate volume on one of history's most fascinating figures.

"A masterpiece of thriller and mystery! The author did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side that is so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. The plot is very intelligent and will keep you entertained throughout the book. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page."--Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone)ONCE BURIED is book #11 in the bestselling Riley Paige mystery series, which begins with the #1 bestseller ONCE GONE (Book #1)—a free download with over 1,000 five star reviews!A serial killer is killing victims with rapid speed, and in each crime scene, he leaves an unusual signature: an hourglass.Its sand is designed to fall for 24 hours—and when its empty, a new victim appears.

我们已经在“最经典英语文库”的上一辑（第四辑）里，出版了《约翰克里斯朵夫》第一卷。现在，在第五辑里，出版罗曼罗兰（1866-1944）的《约翰克里斯朵夫》第二卷，并将在下一辑里（“最经典英语文库”的第六辑）出版《约翰克里斯朵夫》的最后一卷，第三卷。按傅雷先生的分卷形式，我们将《约翰克里斯朵夫》分成了三卷。

For as long as she can remember, Wren Gray's goal has been to please her parents. But as high school graduation nears, so does an uncomfortable realization: Pleasing her parents once overlapped with pleasing herself, but now … not so much. Wren needs to honor her own desires, but how can she if she doesn't even know what they are? Charlie Parker, on the other hand, is painfully aware of his heart's desire. A gentle boy with a troubled past, Charlie has loved Wren since the day he first saw her. But a girl like Wren would never fall for a guy like Charlie—at least not the sort of guy Charlie believes himself to be. And yet certain things are written in the stars. And in the summer after high school, Wren and Charlie’s souls will collide. But souls are complicated, as are the bodies that house them…

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《巴黎圣母院》是法国著名作家雨果的代表作。该作品着重表达作家的主观心灵。雨果运用丰富的想象力和大量的浪漫主义手法，饱含浓情地控诉了当时社会的黑暗、上层人物的丑陋，同时也毫不吝啬地展示了小人物美丽的内心和对生活的强烈热爱，并借此抒发作家激愤的情怀、寄托其对生活的理想。

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, better known as The Pickwick Papers published serially in 1836–37, is the first novel by Charles Dickens. Few first novels have created as much popular excitement as The Pickwick Papers–a comic masterpiece that catapulted its 24-year-old author to immediate fame. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the sportsman Winkle &, above all, by that quintessentially English Quixote, Mr Pickwick, & his cockney Sancho Panza, Sam Weller. From the hallowed turf of Dingley Dell Cricket Club to the unholy fracas of the Eatanswill election, via the Fleet debtor's prison, characters & incidents sprang to life from Dickens's pen, to form an enduringly popular work of ebullient humour & literary invention. Its rousing success launched his lasting fame. This narrative of coach travel provides a vivid portrait of a world that was soon to vanish with the coming of the railroads.

"LOVE LIKE THIS creates a world of emotions and turmoil, describing superbly the mind of a young lady (Keira) and her struggles to balance her social life and her career. Sophie Love is a natural storyteller. LOVE LIKE THIS is very well written and edited, and I highly recommend it to the permanent library of all readers that appreciate a romance that can be savored during a weekend."--Books and Movie Reviews (Roberto Mattos)LOVE LIKE OURS (The Romance Chronicles—Book #3) is book #3 in a new romance series by #1 bestselling author Sophie Love. The series begins with LOVE LIKE THIS (Book #1), a free download!Keira Swanson, 28, returns to New York City, this time with Cristiano in tow. Having him in New York, and having him meet her family, is culture shock for them both.

爱伦?坡是美国著名诗人、编辑家、文学评论家、小说家，以其神秘小说而著称于世。他的诗作十分精彩，赢得英语世界里的读者们的喜爱。其诗作中充满了对人生的探索、对爱情的独特诠释以及对生与死的独有特色的思考。

Charismatic activist and chief organizer for ACORN , Wade Rathke reveals how building citizen-wealth using tactics that benefit both the poor and the institutions (like banks) is the key to combating poverty.

《一千零一夜》收录的故事来源于古代中、近东各国及阿拉伯地区民间说唱艺人口头相传的民间故事，内容涉及印度、波斯、伊拉克及埃及为代表的古埃及文明、两河流域文明、古印度文明及古波斯文明。这部民间故事集包含近300个故事，比较著名的故事有《驼背的故事》、《阿拉丁和神灯》、《渔翁和魔鬼的故事》、《辛巴达的故事》和《阿里巴巴与四十大盗》等故事。全书故事发生的时间自远古直至成书，无论在空间，还是时间上，都表征着多种文化的碰撞和融合，体现了承前启后，贯通东西的阿拉伯-伊斯兰文化特征。故事里的人物既有神仙精灵、王公贵族、英雄美女，也有僧侣、工匠、渔夫、农民；贯穿于全书的主题，则是真善美与假恶丑的斗争。很多故事既描写了百姓的苦难，讴歌了穷苦大众的勤劳勇敢、智慧善良、不畏强暴、追求幸福、崇尚正义的美德，又揭露讽刺了统治阶级的荒淫残暴、穷奢极欲。

The ghost story "The Signal-Man" is written in 1866, which concerns a spectre seen beside a tunnel entrance. The signal-man of the title tells the narrator of a ghost that has been haunting him. Each spectral appearance precedes, and is a harbinger of, a tragic event on the railway on which the signalman works. The signalman's work is at a signalbox in a deep cutting near a tunnel entrance on a lonely stretch of the line, and he controls the movements of passing trains. When there is danger, his fellow signalmen alert him via telegraph and alarms. Three times, he receives phantom warnings of danger when his bell rings in a fashion that only he can hear. Each warning is followed by the appearance of the spectre, and then by a terrible accident. The first accident involves a terrible collision between two trains in the tunnel. Dickens may have based this incident on the Clayton Tunnel rail crash that occurred in 1861.

"Sophie Love's ability to impart magic to her readers is exquisitely wrought in powerfully evocative phrases and descriptions….This is the perfect romance or beach read, with a difference: its enthusiasm and beautiful descriptions offer an unexpected attention to the complexity of not just evolving love, but evolving psyches. It's a delightful recommendation for romance readers looking for a touch more complexity from their romance reads."--Midwest Book Review (Diane Donovan re For Now and Forever)CHRISTMAS FOREVER is book #8—and the finale—in the #1 bestselling romance series THE INN AT SUNSET HARBOR, which begins with For Now and Forever (book #1)—a free download!Winter is coming in Sunset Harbor, and Emily Mitchell is nearing her third trimester. While they continue to develop their new private island, a new opportunity arises—one Emily had never anticipated, and which could change everything.

在萧伯纳一生的创作中，他始终秉持这样的信念，即戏剧要承载重要的社会使命。他反对“为艺术而艺术”的文学主张，认为一切伟大的艺术都是“载道”的，戏剧是教育与宣传的工具，其目的不是供人娱乐，而是鞭挞社会，因此，戏剧必须取材于现实生活，作家在处理题材时，须阐明其社会意义。为了表现思想冲突，萧伯纳采用了争辩式对白，这样，在演出过程中就要求观众积极参与到剧中来。萧伯纳出生于一个清贫却要维持“上等人”门面的家庭。父亲酗酒。母亲有一副美好的歌喉，因与丈夫不和，最终到伦敦以教唱歌为生。不快乐的童年，使萧伯纳自幼就体会到“贫穷就是罪恶”。这一理念，成了他最初几个剧本的主题。萧伯纳离开爱尔兰来到伦敦后，目睹了维多利亚时期繁荣的消失。一次比一次规模更大的资本主义经济危机，使知识分子受到强烈震撼。伦敦出现了各种标榜社会主义的小团体。他们举办的演讲和辩论，吸引了萧伯纳。他坚信，资本主义社会必须改革。后来，他开始到大英博物馆阅览室阅读马克思的《资本论》。对马克思政治经济学的研究，给他的戏剧创作带来巨大影响。其作品曾被好莱坞拍过电影，叫《窈窕淑女》。在中国上映时，曾引发极大轰动。

The Trial For Murder, written in 1865, is a short story by Charles Dickens. It is one of Dickens' ghost stories, and is perhaps the best known outside of "A Christmas Carol." In the tale, a certain murder was committed in England, which attracted great attention. As described in the article, when the Murderer was asked by the Judge whether he had anything to say before sentence of Death should be passed upon him, he complain that he had not had a fair trial, because the Foreman of the Jury was prepossessed against him. The remarkable declaration that he really made was this: "My Lord, I knew I was a doomed man, when the Foreman of my jury came into the box. My Lord, I knew he would never let me off, because, before I was taken, he somehow got to my bedside in the night, woke me, and put a rope round my neck."

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在这个世界上，有很多人意识到自己因这样或那样的缺陷和不足导致无法成功，比如有人承认自己智商不高，有人认为自己情商不够，有人确定自己能力不行，还有人觉得自己运气不佳……但是却很少有人承认自己不会说话，更难以相信自己不成功或实现不了梦想的原因之一就是——“不会在公众面前说话”……有美国著名评论家在描述《演说的艺术》一书作者时，这样描述过一番令人震撼的场景：虽然美国大城市有四成多人处于失业状态，需要靠救济生活，可当晚仍有两千多人被一份广告所吸引，涌向宾夕法尼亚饭店。原来，他们是来听一场戴尔·卡耐基作家所做的最现代、最实用的“为人处世技巧”的讲座。这一讲座每个季度都在纽约举办，而且是场场爆满，人数多得数不过来，其中很多人都是商界和技术领域的专业人士。原因在哪里呢？读读这本读起来一点都不难的书吧。答案就在眼前。

From Blake Pierce, bestselling author of ONCE GONE (a #1 bestseller with over 900 five star reviews), comes book #8 in the heart-pounding Mackenzie White mystery series.In BEFORE HE HUNTS (A Mackenzie White Mystery—Book 8), victims are turning up dead in FBI Special Agent Mackenzie White's home state of Nebraska—all shot in the back of the head, and all bearing the card "Barker Antiques." The same card her father's murderer left on his body years ago.With a sudden urgency in the present, the time has finally come for Mackenzie to face her ghosts, to face her darkest past, and to find her father's killer.But her trip back down memory lane may take her to places she'd rather not see, and to discoveries she'd rather not find. She finds herself playing cat and mouse with a killer more sinister than she could imagine, and with her fragile psyche collapsing, this case, of all of them, may be the one that does her in for good.

托马斯·莫尔的代表作《乌托邦》作于1516年，用拉丁文写成，1551年被译成英文。“乌托邦”即“乌有之乡”之意，是一个假想的岛屿。这个“乌托邦岛”长500英里，宽200英里，呈月牙状。岛上居民的文化与教养远远高出其他所有地区的人。人们无忧无虑，人人平等，信仰自由，没有剥削，没有压迫，每个人只需完成同等的劳动，财产共享。“乌托邦”实现民主的最高形式是全岛大会和议事会。“乌托邦”几乎没有法律，也不存在律师，由人们自理诉讼，法官做恰当的判决。托马斯·莫尔在批判社会黑暗与资本原始积累的罪恶的基础上，设计出一个完整的“乌托邦”社会蓝图，对“公有”的前提与内涵，做出合理而系统的阐释，突破了封建君主政治模式与基督教“王权神授”政治理想的禁锢，蕴含了近代自由、民主、平等的政治意识，对后来的空想社会主义理论的发展以及科学社会主义理论的诞生，都产生了重要影响。

From one of the founding executives of Fed Ex comes the first full inside story of how Fed Ex came to be one of the world's most successful, innovative, and admired companies. Frock reveals the details of how the company was conceived, launched, and kept afloat despite incredible obstacles.

长篇历史小说《你往何处去》是波兰作家显克威支的代表作，出版发行于1896年，写的是公元一世纪中叶古罗马在尼禄皇帝的统治之下走向衰落和早期基督教徒罹难的故事。作者因这部作品获得1905年诺贝尔文学奖。作品名字来源于1893年显克微支第二次重游罗马时，看到古卡丕城门附近一座小教堂门楣上用拉丁文写的“你往何处去”的题词。这句题词是早期基督教徒遭受迫害的史迹。传说被追捕的基督使徒彼得匆匆逃离罗马城，在路上问耶稣：“主啊，你往何处去?”耶稣回答说：“你既然遗弃了我的人民，我便要回罗马去，让他们再次把我钉在十字架上。”彼得于是返回罗马城，不久便真的被钉上了十字架。早期基督教徒为信仰献身的精神，深深触动了作者的灵感，震撼了作者的心灵。他决定用这句题词作为书名，再现尼禄统治下那个充满血和泪的时代。作品被两次改编成电影。1951年上映的《暴君屠城录》，在1952年第24届奥斯卡颁奖会中，获得包括最佳电影等7项提名，值得一看。2001年《你往何处去》再次登上银幕。

"Sophie Love's ability to impart magic to her readers is exquisitely wrought in powerfully evocative phrases and descriptions….This is the perfect romance or beach read, with a difference: its enthusiasm and beautiful descriptions offer an unexpected attention to the complexity of not just evolving love, but evolving psyches. It's a delightful recommendation for romance readers looking for a touch more complexity from their romance reads."--Midwest Book Review (Diane Donovan re For Now and Forever)FOR YOU, FOREVER is book #7 in the #1 bestselling romance series THE INN AT SUNSET HARBOR, which begins with For Now and Forever (book #1)—a free download!

居伊·德·莫泊桑，19世纪后半期法国杰出批判现实主义作家，短暂的一生中创作六部长篇小说、一部诗集、三部游记和三百多篇中短篇小说，是位不折不扣的高产作家，被誉为“短篇小说之王”。莫泊桑与契诃夫和欧·亨利齐名，被公认为世界三大短篇小说巨匠，对后世影响深远。其导师，《包法利夫人》的作者福楼拜，曾这样指导莫泊桑进行“速写”训练：“当你走过一个坐在自家店门前的杂货商，走过一个吸烟斗的守门人跟前，你给我描绘一下这两个人的神情姿态，身体的外貌特征。不但要用画家的白描手法，还要描述他他们全部的精神本性，这样，就使人不至于把他们和别的杂货商和守门人混同起来。”莫泊桑掌握了这一要领。而这就是他的作品成功原因所在。

Imagine ending poverty at home and around the globe in our own lifetimes. With creativity and imagination this book invites us to look at our very ordinary days, from waking up in the morning to going to bed in the evening, and to begin to think about combating poverty in new, inventive ways.

莎士比亚一生的创作可分为四个时期。从26岁至30岁这一时期是其创作的第一个时期，这一时期，莎士比亚的写作以模仿古罗马喜剧和悲剧为主，是习作时期。当时的英国流行塞内加悲剧，即“血的悲剧”，莎士比亚写过这种剧本。《罗密欧与朱丽叶》是莎翁第二个创作时期的精品，表明他已掌握了创作艺术，文笔流畅，臻于成熟。这一时期的作品大都欢乐向上，富有诗意。1601年，莎士比亚创作了《哈姆雷特》（本辑已收录），开始了他创作的第三个时期。在整整八年时间里，莎翁洞悉了世间所有邪恶，以至他近乎悲观到绝望的程度，因此，这一时期创作的喜剧也是悲苦的。最后一个时期莎翁采用了新的创作形式——悲喜剧或传奇剧。他的悲喜剧宁静、庄重、趣味幽雅，这一时期最有代表性的作品就是《暴风雨》。《罗密欧与朱丽叶》虽然是悲剧，但其结局却完全符合莎翁时期的喜剧标准。罗密欧和朱丽叶一见倾心，但却因封建世仇，恋爱受到阻挠，导致二人早逝。最终，双方家长鉴于世仇铸成的悲剧而言归于好。作品反映了人文主义者的爱情理想与封建恶习、封建压迫之间的冲突。在创作手法上，莎翁以抒情的笔调，用日光、月光、星光等象征光明的意象，来形容青春和爱情的美好，谱写了一首赞美青春和爱情的颂歌。作品中，罗密欧与朱丽叶在月夜阳台上对话的场景，已成为经典。一对相爱的青年虽然死了，但美好的事物和真正的爱情是不朽的，在付出代价之后，封建偏见是可以被克服的。

Winters breathes new life into history once again with an atmospheric, vividly real story that includes archival photos and art from the period. Olivia Mead is a headstrong, independent girl -a suffragist -in an age that prefers its females to be docile. It's 1900 in Oregon, and Olivia's father, concerned that she's headed for trouble, convinces a stage mesmerist to try to hypnotize the rebellion out of her. But the hypnotist, an intriguing young man named Henri Reverie, gives her a terrible gift instead: she's able to see people's true natures, manifesting as visions of darkness and goodness, while also unable to speak her true thoughts out loud. These supernatural challenges only make Olivia more determined to speak her mind, and so she's drawn into a dangerous relationship with the hypnotist and his mysterious motives, all while secretly fighting for the rights of women.

莎士比亚最有名的四大悲剧之一《哈姆雷特》，创作于1601年，时值欧洲文艺复兴运动进入晚期和英国伊丽莎白女王去世（1603年）前两年，因而，《哈姆雷特》不仅体现了文艺复兴的思想意识，而且反映了英国社会转型时期的种种矛盾冲突。《哈姆雷特》的悲剧性包含了四个主要层次：第一个层次涉及谋杀君王，篡夺王位，进而谋害王子的政治悲剧成分。第二层次涉及代表着文明进步的正面人物同丑恶与罪恶展开斗争的社会悲剧成分。第三层次涉及因盲目而卷入政治冲突而导致毁灭的家庭悲剧成分。第四层次涉及爱情被摧残、被利用的爱情悲剧成分。

In The Classic Mantle, acclaimed sportswriter Buzz Bissinger tells the story of Mickey Mantle's unforgettable career. Mantle has long been considered one of baseball's most memorable figuresplaying his entire 18-year baseball career for the New York Yankees (195168), winning 3 American League MVP titles, playing in 20 All-Star games, and winning 7 World Series. Today, more than 40 years after his retirement, he still holds 6 World Series records, including most home runs (18). Bissinger goes beyond the statistics to bring Mantle to life, and stunning photographs by Marvin E. Newman make this book a fitting tribute to Mantle's career and his lasting impact on the sport of baseball. Praise for The Classic Mantle: Even if you're a Yankee hater, you can't help but love this bookand Mickey Mantle.” The Buffalo News

By bestselling author Ken Blanchard (whose 40 + books have sold over 18 million copies), Know Can Do! Tells the story of how a well known author learns to bridge the gap between what we all know-all the advice we've taken in from books, seminars, etc.-and how we actually use that knowledge.

《包法利夫人》这个故事题材并非福楼拜凭空编造。整个故事情节都取自于现实生活。夏尔·包法利是根据福楼拜父亲医院的实习医生欧解·德拉玛原型塑造出来的怀揣浪漫主义梦想的农村美少女艾玛，一面吟诵着那些关于大海、森林、星星等描述自然的诗篇文字，一面走向远离自然、充满物质与欲望的都市。艾玛嫁给夏尔初期，心中充满着对美好婚姻生活的期盼，她使尽浑身解数，拿出了她所了解的所有浪漫手段：吟诗作画、弹琴唱歌。怎奈既无骑士样貌又怯懦平庸、木讷迟钝、举止粗俗、不解风情的丈夫毫无情趣，在性关系上也不能满足她的需求，她很快丧失了对丈夫的耐心，她的婚姻变成一潭死水。于是，她决定冲出“牢笼”、寻找心目中浪漫的“爱情”。自从踏上追爱的路，艾玛的悲剧命运便已注定。艾玛一生经历了蜕变、堕落和毁灭三个阶段。福楼拜的笔就像一把手术刀，把艾玛人性中的全部弱点解剖得体无完肤……最重要的一点是，此次所出版的英译本，是最权威版本，同时也是无删节版的英译本。

Gwen travels to Ireland to visit her cousin Findabhair, expecting a summer of backpacking, late nights, and the usual road trip adventures. But when Findabhair is kidnapped by the King of Faerie …

在《发现》（《吸血鬼日志》#8）中，凯特琳和迦勒在公元三十三年的古代以色列醒来，并惊讶地发现他们身处在基督生活的时代。古代以色列是一个充满圣地、古犹太教堂和失落的遗址的地方。这里是当时世界上精神控制最严密的地方——而在公元三十三年，也就是耶稣受难的那一年，是精神控制最严密的一年。在以色列首都耶路撒冷的中心座落着所罗门的圣殿，在圣殿里安置着至圣所和神的约柜。而耶稣将最终走过这些街道，走向最后的十字架。在罗马士兵以及他们的总督——本丢·比拉多的严密统治下，耶路撒冷充满有各种宗教背景和信仰的人们。这座城市也有隐秘的一面，有着众多错综复杂的街道和迷宫般的巷道，通往不为人知的秘密和异教徒神庙。现在，凯特琳终于有了四把钥匙，但是，她仍然需要找到她的父亲。她的追寻将她带到拿撒勒、伽百侬，带到耶路撒冷，带她追随着耶稣行过的踪迹去寻找秘密和线索的神秘踪迹。追寻也同样将她带到古老的橄榄山上，带到艾登和他的家族那里，带着她找到更多她从未知道的更强大的秘密和圣物那里。每经过一处，她的父亲就只有一步之遥。但是时间紧迫——山姆，被转向黑暗的一面，也穿越到这个时代，而且和邪恶家族的领袖Rexius联手。他们急起直追要阻止凯特琳得到盾。Rexius将不惜一切代价毁灭凯特琳和迦勒——有山姆在旁相助，身后有一支新生的军队，他胜券在握。更糟糕的是，斯嘉丽和她的父母走散了，独自一人穿越到这个时代。她独自一人，和露丝流浪在耶路撒冷的大街上，她渐渐发现了自己的力量，并发现自己比以前处在更危险得多的境地中——特别是当她发现自己也持有一个秘密的时候。凯特琳找到她父亲了吗？她找到古老的吸血鬼之盾了吗？她和女儿重聚了吗？她的亲弟弟是不是企图杀死她？她和迦勒之间的爱能不能在这最后一场时光穿越中经受住考验？《发现》是《吸血鬼日志》系列的第八本书（之前有《转变》、《爱》、《背叛》、《命中注定》、《渴望》、《订婚》和《誓言》）。本书同时也可以作为一本独立的小说来读。《发现》共约有71,000字。《吸血鬼日志》#9-#10现在也有售！同时，摩根莱斯第一畅销书系列、反乌托邦、后启示录惊悚小说《幸存者三部曲》现也已有售；摩根莱斯第一畅销玄幻系列《魔法师戒指》（含10部，未完待续）现也已有售——此系列第一部《寻找英雄》，可免费下载！

如果我们从世界范围来点数被最多世人所熟知和喜爱的文学大师，安徒生肯定会首当其冲，因为自其童话问世以来，不同国家、不同肤色、不同语言、不同层次的人们，无论男女老幼，只要有过童年、只要童年时代受过些许教育，那么他们几乎都会知道“安徒生童话”。《丑小鸭》、《皇帝的新装》、《卖火柴的小女孩》、《海的女儿》……那么多脍炙人口的经典童话故事，陪伴一代又一代的人们成长，我们甚至可以说，安徒生的出现是个奇迹，安徒生本人就是一个不老的童话。“最经典英语文库”在第三辑里，将安徒生最精彩童话，包括上述精彩童话，统统收集成册出版。页面达900来页。价钱也最便宜。用纸也很讲究，是国际上最流行的轻型纸。开本属于国际流行开本。最重要的一点是，所收集的英译本，是在西方英语世界里最受欢迎，可读性最高的版本。

In this book, which School Library Journal called ?lyrical and mesmerizing,? eighteen-year-old Laurel arrives in Ireland on the anniversary of her sister?s mysterious death, to take up her twin?s failed mission to find the Summer King and save Faerie.

A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843; the first edition was illustrated by John Leech. A Christmas Carol tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an old miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler pgsk.com his "Ghostly little book," Charles Dickens invents the modern concept of Christmas Spirit and offers one of the world's most adapted and imitated stories. We know Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, not only as fictional characters, but also as icons of the true meaning of Christmas in a world still plagued with avarice and cynicism.

In this impassioned critique of America's growing disengagement from civic life and ideals, Drum Major Institute Executive Director Andrea Batista Schlesinger dissects the forcible erosion of our youngest generation's capacity for inquiry and provides recommendations.

《神曲》是但丁1307年至1321在放逐期间写的一部长诗。全诗分为三部《地狱篇》（已经收录并出版在“最经典英语文库”第一辑里）、《炼狱篇》（本辑已收录）和《天堂篇》。每部33首，最前面增加一首序诗，共100首，描绘了诗人但丁在维吉尔和贝阿特丽采的指引下，幻游地狱、炼狱、天堂三界的故事。写出《神曲·地狱篇》的但丁是个战士。说但丁是“战士”，是由于他早年积极参加反封建贵族的政治斗争，并为此被判处终身流放，拒绝屈服，直至客死他乡。说《神曲》是“梦幻现实巨著”，是因为它不仅借助了梦幻中神游三界的文学形式，而且极其广泛地包含了当时意大利的社会政治和文化方面的情况，描写了诗人幻游中遇到的上百个各种类型的人物，对政治党争、教会罪恶、哲学、神学、科学、艺术等诸多方面都做了艺术性的阐述和总结，堪称欧洲中世纪的百科全书。此次，“最经典英语文库”出版的是第二部分《炼狱篇》，也是《地狱篇》改恶从善历程的继续。美国19世纪著名诗人朗费罗，通过精确的理解，将《神曲》翻译成英语，现在这个英译本已成为英语世界里的精品。法国19世纪著名版画家、雕刻家和插图作家古斯塔夫·多雷，通过精确的理解，为其作了充实饱满、质感强烈、精美异常的插图。通过阅读这部《神曲》，我们可以了解但丁，了解“地狱”，了解“炼狱”，也可以了解“天堂”（将出版）。

The third book in this critically acclaimed trilogy, which Booklist described as "shimmering with magic, myth, and romance" Dana has few memories of her mother, who disappeared when she was small. But she has always dreamed, despite her father's discouragement, that her mother would come back one day. When her dad decides to leave Ireland and take a job across the ocean in Canada, Dana is heartbroken. How can she leave her home and the only chance of seeing her mother again? She runs away, high into the fairy mountains of Ireland. Following ancient paths, with a mysterious wolf companion at her side, Dana encounters a world of tragic enchantment and fairy romance, and discovers a great secret about herself. With lush descriptions and rich Celtic lore, plus cameo appearances by characters from the previous books, this latest chronicle will satisfy fans of the series and entice new readers.

This book is a Christmas novella by Charles Dickens. It is perhaps best described as Dickens's "other" Christmas story, this is an elderly narrator's reminiscence of holidays past, each incident inspired by the gifts and toys that decorate the traditional tree. There is a range of appeal in the story itself, from snug memories of beloved toys to the passing along of eerie stories surrounding various childhood haunts. "I begin to consider, what do we all remember best upon the branches of the Christmas Tree of our own young Christmas days, by which we climbed to real life." the whole enlivened by small bells, was a mighty marvel and a great delight. "of the laden hopelessness of morning ever dawning; and the oppression of a weight of remorse." "This, in commemoration of the law of love and kindness, mercy and compassion. This, in remembrance of Me!" The story is full of rich and brilliant imagination,

在《复活》（《吸血鬼日志》#9中），十六岁的斯嘉丽·潘恩发现自己发生了不可思议的变化。她变得对光敏感，可以读出他人的想法，并比任何时候都更迅速更强壮。她不明白自己发生了什么，并试着不去理会这些。但是她对这些的不加理会只能到此为止了。她的妈妈，凯特琳·潘恩，太了解自己的女儿发生了什么事情。多个世纪以前，她曾经遭遇过同样的转变为吸血鬼的过程。但是，如今，作为一个纯粹的人类，她已经完全不记得了。她所有可以了解的来自于那本她在阁楼上发现的日记本——她神秘的吸血鬼日记——讲述着她在另外的时代和地方里的经历，以及讲述着吸血鬼种族被抹去的事实。但是规则之外是否有特例？她的女儿，斯嘉丽，可不可能是地球上最后一个幸存的吸血鬼？当斯嘉丽竭力与自己正在发生的改变做斗争时，她也在极力与自己对布雷克——一个与她同级的她深深迷恋的人——的强烈情感做斗争。然而，她不肯定，他是不是也爱着她。而随着万圣节前夕大舞会的到来，紧张一触即发。她愿意为布雷克付出一切。但是，薇薇安——所有受欢迎的女孩中最可恶的一个，也喜欢布雷克，而且她会不择手段得到布雷克——这让斯嘉丽的生活犹如堕入地狱。幸运的是，斯嘉丽有自己的朋友圈子支持她，这包括她最好的朋友玛利亚和贾丝明。她们同样，面临着男朋友的问题，但是那是在赛奇出现之后的事——那是一个新来的神秘男孩，那个男孩让她的朋友们着迷。斯嘉丽发现自己也被他吸引了——而让她惊讶的是，在学校所有的女孩中，他唯一只关注她一个人。但是她的心意仍然在布雷克身上——至少目前仍是，并且她仍然希望他会邀请她一起跳舞。就在斯嘉丽觉得一切触手可及的时候，她的身体发生了变化。不久，她也许就不能再待在人类伙伴中间。不久，她就要在她活着的渴望和爱的渴望之间做出选择。《吸血鬼日志》#10《渴望》，现在也已有售！

是英国19世纪著名作家查尔斯·狄更斯的后期作品，也是他思想上最为成熟的作品之一，与他所写的其他涉及孤儿题材的小说一样，书中以充满同情和细致入微的笔触塑造了乔、匹普和毕蒂等朴实善良的小人物，但不同的是，作家那时对社会和人生有了更深刻的体验，以往贯穿于作品中的幽默讥讽风格逐渐淡化，在这部小说里呈现出狄更斯更趋成熟的人生观。

Nestled deep in the South is a tiny Academy that teaches classes in the most important subject in the world: the domestic arts. The Academy's unique curriculum includes everything from cocktail-party etiquette to business entertaining, dealing with household guests, and cooking for the holidays. Here, after a little gentle instruction from Deans Pollak and Manigault, interspersed with plenty of humor, students find they are living healthier, having stronger ties to friends and family, and using their houses to branch out in ways they never dreamed possible. Since not everyone can get to their sold-out classes in Charleston, the Deans are now offering this book so happier living can be within everyone's grasp, not just the select few.

Instead of obsessing about what they're against, progressives have begun to think about what they're for to prepare once again to play their role as agents of bold ideas and political and social transformation. Finding confidence and imagination, they have begun to renew their political capital.

英国19世纪著名作家查尔斯·狄更斯的最著名的作品之一。小说的主人公奥利弗·特威斯特，是一名生在济贫院的孤儿，忍饥挨饿，备受欺凌，由于不堪棺材店老板，教区执事邦布尔夫等人的虐待而独自逃往伦敦，可刚一到达就受骗误入贼窟。窃贼团伙的首领—费金费尽千方百计，企图把奥利弗训练为扒手以供他驱使。奥利弗跟随伙伴“机灵鬼”和贝茨上街时，被误认为他偷了一位叫布朗洛的绅士（恰巧是他父亲生前的好友）的手绢而被警察逮捕。后因书摊老板证明了他是无辜的，说明小偷另有其人，他才被释放。由于他当时病重昏迷，且容貌酷似友人生前留下的一副少妇画像，布朗洛收留他在家中治病，得到布朗洛及其女管家比德温太太的关怀，第一次感受到人间的温暖。

在《渴望》（《吸血鬼传承》系列#2）中，十六岁的斯嘉丽·潘恩努力想弄明白自己正变成什么。她古怪的行为使新男朋友——布雷克疏远她，她努力道歉，努力想使他明白。但问题是，她都不明白自己正在发生什么。同时，新来的男孩，神秘的赛奇，走进她生命中。他们的生命之路持续交叉，并且虽然她极力避免，虽然她最好的朋友玛利亚反对（她确信斯嘉丽正在抢走赛奇），他径直追逐着她。斯嘉丽发现自己被赛奇迷住。他把她带进他的世界，带着她穿过他家富有历史感的河中大楼的大门。随着他们关系的深化，她开始了解更多他神秘的过往，他的家庭，还有他必须保守的秘密。在哈德逊一座隐秘的岛屿上，他们一起度过了她能想象的最浪漫的时光，而且她确信自己找到了生命的真爱。但是随后，她震惊地知道了赛奇最大的秘密——他也不是人类，而且他活着的时间只剩下几个星期了。悲剧的是，就在命运将最爱带到她生命中时，似乎又注定要把他带走。当斯嘉丽回到高中学校派对并参加舞会时，她以与朋友们发生争吵而告终，被朋友排除在圈子外。同时，薇薇安集结受欢迎的女孩将她的生活推入地狱，而引发了一场不可避免的冲突。斯嘉丽被迫想逃遁，她与父母的关系越来越糟，并不久便发现身边处处是压力。她生命中唯一的光是赛奇。但是他仍然保守着一些秘密，同时布雷克重新出现，决心继续追求她。同时，凯特琳决心要找到治疗斯嘉丽吸血鬼瘟疫的办法。她所发现的东西引她踏上寻找解药、深入善本古籍图书馆和书店的旅途，并且她会不惜一切代价找到它。但这也许太晚了。斯嘉丽正在迅速转变，几乎无法控制自己正在变成的东西。她想和赛奇厮守在一起，但命运似乎注定要将他们两个人分开。随着本书在激动人心和令人震惊的转折中达到高潮，斯嘉丽将要作出一个决定性的选择——一个将会永远改变世界的选择。她将愿意为爱情作多大冒险？

美国作家梭罗独居瓦尔登湖畔的记录，描绘了他两年多时间里的所见、所闻和所思。这部著作区别于先前文学作品的第一个特征，是其对自然巨细靡遗的描摹和引申。大至四季交替造成的景色变化，小到两只蚂蚁的争斗，无不栩栩如生地再现于梭罗的生花妙笔之下，并且描写也不流于表浅，而是有着博物学家的精确。作者无微不至地描述两年多的湖畔独居生活，目的在于通过这次亲力亲为的实验向读者证明：其实不需要很多钱，也能够好好地活着，而且能够快快乐乐地活着。

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"Morgan Rice has come up with what promises to be another brilliant series, immersing us in a fantasy of valor, honor, courage, magic and faith in your destiny. Morgan has managed again to produce a strong set of characters that make us cheer for them on every page.…Recommended for the permanent library of all readers that love a well-written fantasy."--Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (regarding Rise of the Dragons)VICTOR, VANQUISHED, SON is book #8—and the final book—in Morgan Rice's bestselling epic fantasy series OF CROWNS AND GLORY, which begins with SLAVE, WARRIOR, QUEEN (Book #1), a free download.While Ceres battles in a mystical land to regain her lost powers—and to save her very life—Thanos, Akila, Lord West and the others dig in on the Isle of Haylon for their final stand against the might of Felldust's fleet. Jeva tries to rally her Bone Folk to come to Thanos' aid and join in the battle for Haylon.

John Hope Bryant, successful self-made businessman and founder of the nonprofit Operation Hope, says business and political leaders are ignoring the one force that could truly re-energize the stalled American economy: the poor.

When a blizzard threatens to ruin Valentine's Day, three seventh-grade friends make and distribute fortune cookies to their lonely neighbors—and confront the secrets they've been keeping from one another. Confident Kate doesn't notice much but the latest gossip, and shy Georgia can't say out loud what's always on her mind. They're joined by observant, careful Olivia, whose epic, single-minded crush on PBJ (real name: Phillip Becker-Jacobs) is starting to frustrate them. Using fortune cookies that mysteriously always seem to speak directly to the person who opens them, the three girls try to work together to bring some love to their building while reminding each other why they're such good friends to begin with.

"Sophie Love's ability to impart magic to her readers is exquisitely wrought in powerfully evocative phrases and descriptions….This is the perfect romance or beach read, with a difference: its enthusiasm and beautiful descriptions offer an unexpected attention to the complexity of not just evolving love, but evolving psyches. It's a delightful recommendation for romance readers looking for a touch more complexity from their romance reads."--Midwest Book Review (Diane Donovan re For Now and Forever)FOREVER, PLUS ONE is book #6 in the bestselling romance series The Inn at Sunset Harbor, which begins with book #1, For Now and Forever—a free download!35 year old Emily Mitchell is still reeling from the surprise news that she is pregnant. Just married, she and Danielle have no time to process the news as they are thrust into doctor appointments, preparing for the baby's arrival—and, in a surprise party, the revelation of their baby's gender.

Winner of the 2015 silver medal ippy award in business/career/sales. Betsy Polk and Maggie Chotas have learned something powerful: when women work together they discover a level of support, flexibility, confidence, and freedom to be themselves that they rarely find in other work relationships.

Music is in Sammy's blood. His grandfather was a jazz musician, and Sammy's indie rock band could be huge one day—if they don't self-destruct first. Winning the upcoming Battle of the Bands would justify all their compromises and reassure Sammy that his life's dream could become a reality. But practices are hard to schedule when Sammy's grandfather is sick and getting worse, his mother is too busy to help either of them, and his best friend may want to be his girlfriend. Told in a voice that's honest and wry, Struts & Frets will resonate not only with teenage musicians but also with anyone who ever sat up all night listening to a favorite album, wondering if they'd ever find their place in the world.

"Morgan Rice has come up with what promises to be another brilliant series, immersing us in a fantasy of valor, honor, courage, magic and faith in your destiny. Morgan has managed again to produce a strong set of characters that make us cheer for them on every page.…Recommended for the permanent library of all readers that love a well-written fantasy."--Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (regarding Rise of the Dragons).SOLDIER, BROTHER, SORCERER is book #5 in Morgan Rice's bestselling epic fantasy series OF CROWNS AND GLORY, which begins with SLAVE, WARRIOR, QUEEN (Book #1).

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Published serially in 1836–1837, The Pickwick Papers was Dickens' first novel and its rousing success launched his lasting fame. This narrative of coach travel provides a vivid portrait of a world that was soon to vanish with the coming of the railroads. From the grim depiction of Fleet Prison to the exuberant account of the cricket match at Dingley Dell, the tales of the immortal Pickwick Club offer memorable scenes of nineteenth-century England. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the sportsman Winkle ampersand, above all, by that quintessentially English Quixote, Mr Pickwick, & his cockney Sancho Panza, Sam Weller. From the hallowed turf of Dingley Dell Cricket Club to the unholy fracas of the Eatanswill election, via the Fleet debtor's prison, characters ampersand incidents sprang to life from Dickens's pen, to form an enduringly popular work of ebullient humour and literary invention.

In Portland in 1983, girls are disappearing. Noah, a teen punk with a dark past, becomes obsessed with finding out where they've gone —and he's convinced their disappearance has something to do with the creepy German owners of a local brewery, the PfefferBrau Haus. Noah worries about the missing girls as a way of avoiding the fact that something's seriously wrong with his best friend, Evan. Could it be the same dark force that's pulling them all down? When the PfefferBrau Haus opens its doors for a battle of the bands, Noah pulls his band, the Gallivanters, back together in order to get to the bottom of the mystery. But there's a new addition to the band: an enigmatic David Bowie look-alike named Ziggy. And secrets other than where the bodies are buried will be revealed. From Edgar-nominated author M. J. Beaufrand, this is a story that gets to the heart of grief and loss while also being hilarious, fast paced, and heartbreaking.

1919年，毛姆45岁时，发表了这部《月亮与六便士》。小说故事情节相对比较简单：某进入中年的英国券商，忽然决定抛妻弃子，跟随内心长久以来积压着的念头，立志要成为一个艺术家。这个故事的源头来自画家高更的生平故事。这种行为并不为世俗社会所认可。本来作为一个券商，手里有大把大把的钞票可以挥霍过活，为什么非要当什么艺术家？为什么最后连生存都变成一个问题？结果，这位想成为艺术家的券商后来连个住处都找不到，身体也患上了疾病，混到了没有钱买食物果腹，整天挨饿的境地。也许，艺术家的世界，凡夫俗子们永远不会懂。这位艺术家不仅没有被这种境地吓倒，反而愈加坚强地活了下去。而且，不顾身体上的疾病带来的不适，也无视周遭环境的恶劣程度，一心扑在绘画的创作之中。在太平洋的一个叫作塔西提的小岛上，他创作出了让人看一眼就会产生荡气回肠感觉的“杰作”。但此时，他已经溘然长逝。那么，为什么叫“月亮与六便士”？其实，用毛姆自己的话说，这个书名的意义并没有在书里得到应有的展示，而是出自某评论家在评论上述《人性的枷锁》时所写的某句话。原话如下：《人性的枷锁》里的主人公菲利普·凯利（PhilipCarey）被形容为一个太过执着找寻月亮的家伙，以至于他从来没发现过脚底下就有一块六便士。毛姆后来这样解释道：“假如你低头在地上不住地要找寻一块六便士硬币，头也不抬起来一下，那么，你就会丢掉月亮。”

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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, better known as The Pickwick Papers published serially in 1836–1837, is the first novel by Charles Dickens. This narrative of coach travel provides a vivid portrait of a world that was soon to vanish with the coming of the pgsk.com were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the sportsman Winkle , above all, by that quintessentially English Quixote, Mr Pickwick, and his cockney Sancho Panza, Sam Weller. From the hallowed turf of Dingley Dell Cricket Club to the unholy fracas of the Eatanswill election, via the Fleet debtor's prison, characters and incidents sprang to life from Dickens's pen, to form an enduringly popular work of ebullient humour and literary invention. Its rousing success launched his lasting fame.

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在《命中注定》（龙人日志＃4），凯特琳潘恩醒来，发现自己回到过去。她发现自己在一个墓地里，正在逃避一帮村民的追击，并去了一个名叫翁布里亚的意大利乡村，她来到阿西西古修道院里寻求避难。在那里，她得知了自己的命运以及使命：寻找她的父亲，以及寻找古老的龙人之盾拯救人类。不过凯特琳的心还是为她失去的挚爱：迦勒，而不安。她迫切想知道，他是否也顺利跟着经历了时光倒流。她得知，使命需要她去佛罗伦萨，但如果她想追求心中所爱，她必须去威尼斯。她最后选择了威尼斯。凯特琳讶异于她发现的东西。十八世纪的威尼斯是一个超现实的地方，穿着精制服装和面具的男女，永无止境的庆祝，豪华的派对。她很高兴与她的一些亲密的朋友团聚，并受到热烈欢迎，回到了他们的大家族。她很高兴能加入他们在威尼斯的大舞会，这是一年中最重要的化妆跳舞，她希望能再次找到迦勒。不过凯特琳不是唯一能进入时光旅行的人：凯尔也即将到来，决心追捕她，然后一劳永逸杀了她。山姆也是，决心在为时过晚之前，拯救他的姐姐。在舞会上，凯特琳到处搜索，却没有发现迦勒的迹象。可是，在最后一个舞蹈的时候。她与一名蒙面男子跳舞，她的心被深深吸引，她肯定那一定是他。但随着舞伴的变化，她再次失去他。或者，真是这样吗？凯特琳很快发现，自己被她生活中两个所爱撕扯，并发现她要小心许愿。她发现自己拼命想要找寻的快乐可能夹杂了悲剧和心碎。在高潮迭起，大都过瘾的结局里，凯特琳发现自己正对抗着真正的邪恶，罗马的古代龙人大家族，而他们则是历史最强大的龙人家族。她竭尽全力，想要活下来。她发现自己不得不为了她的生命而战斗。如果她想救她的爱人，她将不得不做出比以往任何时候都更大的牺牲……“《命中注定》是一个伟大的故事。它真的把你深深地带入故事情节！我喜欢好几个YA系列，这一本肯定是其中之一！看看这本书！看看这本书！看看这本书！不要忘了看看这本书！”--pgsk.com

Charismatic activist and chief organizer for ACORN , Wade Rathke reveals how building citizen-wealth using tactics that benefit both the poor and the institutions (like banks) is the key to combating poverty.

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In the traditional model, business operates in an economic flow of inputs (resources and raw materials), outputs (products and services) and processes that help get you from one to the other (research and development, production, distribution).

在《发现》（《龙人日志》#8）中，凯特琳和迦勒在公元三十三年的古代以色列醒来，并惊讶地发现他们身处在基督生活的时代。古代以色列是一个充满圣地、古犹太教堂和失落的遗址的地方。这里是当时世界上精神控制最严密的地方——而在公元三十三年，也就是耶稣受难的那一年，是精神控制最严密的一年。在以色列首都耶路撒冷的中心座落着所罗门的圣殿，在圣殿里安置着至圣所和神的约柜。而耶稣将最终走过这些街道，走向最后的十字架。在罗马士兵以及他们的总督——本丢·比拉多的严密统治下，耶路撒冷充满有各种宗教背景和信仰的人们。这座城市也有隐秘的一面，有着众多错综复杂的街道和迷宫般的巷道，通往不为人知的秘密和异教徒神庙。现在，凯特琳终于有了四把钥匙，但是，她仍然需要找到她的父亲。她的追寻将她带到拿撒勒、伽百侬，带到耶路撒冷，带她追随着耶稣行过的踪迹去寻找秘密和线索的神秘踪迹。追寻也同样将她带到古老的橄榄山上，带到艾登和他的家族那里，带着她找到更多她从未知道的更强大的秘密和圣物那里。每经过一处，她的父亲就只有一步之遥。但是时间紧迫——山姆，被转向黑暗的一面，也穿越到这个时代，而且和邪恶家族的领袖Rexius联手。他们急起直追要阻止凯特琳得到盾。Rexius将不惜一切代价毁灭凯特琳和迦勒——有山姆在旁相助，身后有一支新生的军队，他胜券在握。更糟糕的是，斯嘉丽和她的父母走散了，独自一人穿越到这个时代。她独自一人，和露丝流浪在耶路撒冷的大街上，她渐渐发现了自己的力量，并发现自己比以前处在更危险得多的境地中——特别是当她发现自己也持有一个秘密的时候。凯特琳找到她父亲了吗？她找到古老的龙人之盾了吗？她和女儿重聚了吗？她的亲弟弟是不是企图杀死她？她和迦勒之间的爱能不能在这最后一场时光穿越中经受住考验？《发现》是《龙人日志》系列的第八本书（之前有《转变》、《爱》、《背叛》、《命中注定》、《渴望》、《订婚》和《誓言》）。本书同时也可以作为一本独立的小说来读。《发现》共约有71,000字。《龙人日志》#9-#10现在也有售！同时，摩根莱斯第一畅销书系列、反乌托邦、后启示录惊悚小说《幸存者三部曲》现也已有售；摩根莱斯第一畅销玄幻系列《魔法师戒指》（含10部，未完待续）现也已有售——此系列第一部《寻找英雄》，可免费下载！

From one of the founding executives of Fed Ex comes the first full inside story of how Fed Ex came to be one of the world's most successful, innovative, and admired companies. Frock reveals the details of how the company was conceived, launched, and kept afloat despite incredible obstacles.

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, better known as The Pickwick Papers published serially in 1836–37, is the first novel by Charles Dickens. Few first novels have created as much popular excitement as The Pickwick Papers–a comic masterpiece that catapulted its 24-year-old author to immediate fame. Readers were captivated by the adventures of the poet Snodgrass, the lover Tupman, the sportsman Winkle &, above all, by that quintessentially English Quixote, Mr Pickwick, & his cockney Sancho Panza, Sam Weller. From the hallowed turf of Dingley Dell Cricket Club to the unholy fracas of the Eatanswill election, via the Fleet debtor's prison, characters & incidents sprang to life from Dickens's pen, to form an enduringly popular work of ebullient humour & literary invention. Its rousing success launched his lasting fame. This narrative of coach travel provides a vivid portrait of a world that was soon to vanish with the coming of the railroads.

Isaac is the new kid in town. His mother, Vera, is in the hospital with a mysterious illness, and the only person left to care for Isaac is his distant grandfather. Friendless and often alone, Isaac loses himself in his collection of optical illusions, including a strange mirror box that he finds in his new house, left behind by the previous tenants. Designed for amputees, it creates the illusion of a second limb. Lonely Isaac wishes someone would reach out to him, and then someone does—a phantom limb within the mirror box! It signs to Isaac about a growing danger: someone who has murdered before and is out to get Vera next. The only way Isaac can solve the mystery and save his mother is with the help of the mirror box. But can he trust the phantom limb?

《蒙田随笔全集》共107章，100余万字，于1580—1588年分三卷先后在法国出版。此后，该书再没有绝版过。《蒙田随笔全集》卷帙浩繁，旁征博引，文采斐然，娓娓动人，与培根的《人生论》和帕斯卡尔的《思想录》（已经收录于“最经典英语文库”），并称为欧洲近代哲理散文三大经典之作。从此，随笔（essay）作为一种文体确立下来。《蒙田随笔全集》创作的背景正是法国内战期间，宗教战争的残酷深深刺痛蒙田的心，家国离乱的悲哀与痛楚，贯穿随笔创作的过程中。然而，思想者的身份使他在创作中尽量保持一种理性和深沉，他将愤懑之情化作清新激扬的文字，通过谈自己而谈人类、谈世界，侃侃而谈中，引导人们去体会文字间蕴含的人生真谛。

Imagine ending poverty at home and around the globe in our own lifetimes. With creativity and imagination this book invites us to look at our very ordinary days, from waking up in the morning to going to bed in the evening, and to begin to think about combating poverty in new, inventive ways.

This deeply lyrical book offers perspective for those struggling to hear the quiet voice of the soul over the din of the contemporary workplace... Alan Briskin examines how organizations can better reflect personal and human values in the workplace.

"A masterpiece of thriller and mystery! The author did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side that is so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. The plot is very intelligent and will keep you entertained throughout the book. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page."--Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone)ONCE BURIED is book #11 in the bestselling Riley Paige mystery series, which begins with the #1 bestseller ONCE GONE (Book #1)—a free download with over 1,000 five star reviews!A serial killer is killing victims with rapid speed, and in each crime scene, he leaves an unusual signature: an hourglass.Its sand is designed to fall for 24 hours—and when its empty, a new victim appears.

By bestselling author Ken Blanchard (whose 40 + books have sold over 18 million copies), Know Can Do! Tells the story of how a well known author learns to bridge the gap between what we all know-all the advice we've taken in from books, seminars, etc.-and how we actually use that knowledge.

The ghost story "The Signal-Man" is written in 1866, which concerns a spectre seen beside a tunnel entrance. The signal-man of the title tells the narrator of a ghost that has been haunting him. Each spectral appearance precedes, and is a harbinger of, a tragic event on the railway on which the signalman works. The signalman's work is at a signalbox in a deep cutting near a tunnel entrance on a lonely stretch of the line, and he controls the movements of passing trains. When there is danger, his fellow signalmen alert him via telegraph and alarms. Three times, he receives phantom warnings of danger when his bell rings in a fashion that only he can hear. Each warning is followed by the appearance of the spectre, and then by a terrible accident. The first accident involves a terrible collision between two trains in the tunnel. Dickens may have based this incident on the Clayton Tunnel rail crash that occurred in 1861.

This dark and thrilling adventure, with an unforgettable heroine, will captivate fans of steampunk, fantasy, and romance. On her 18th birthday, Lena Mattacascar decides to search for her father, who disappeared into the northern wilderness of Scree when Lena was young. Scree is inhabited by Peculiars, people whose unusual characteristics make them unacceptable to modern society. Lena wonders if her father is the source of her own extraordinary characteristics and if she, too, is Peculiar. On the train she meets a young librarian, Jimson Quiggley, who is traveling to a town on the edge of Scree to work in the home and library of the inventor Mr. Beasley. The train is stopped by men being chased by the handsome young marshal Thomas Saltre. When Saltre learns who Lena's father is, he convinces her to spy on Mr. Beasley and the strange folk who disappear into his home, Zephyr House. A daring escape in an aerocopter leads Lena into the wilds of Scree to confront her deepest fears.

我们已经在“最经典英语文库”的上一辑（第四辑）里，出版了《约翰克里斯朵夫》第一卷。现在，在第五辑里，出版罗曼罗兰（1866-1944）的《约翰克里斯朵夫》第二卷，并将在下一辑里（“最经典英语文库”的第六辑）出版《约翰克里斯朵夫》的最后一卷，第三卷。按傅雷先生的分卷形式，我们将《约翰克里斯朵夫》分成了三卷。

In this impassioned critique of America's growing disengagement from civic life and ideals, Drum Major Institute Executive Director Andrea Batista Schlesinger dissects the forcible erosion of our youngest generation's capacity for inquiry and provides recommendations.

The Trial For Murder, written in 1865, is a short story by Charles Dickens. It is one of Dickens' ghost stories, and is perhaps the best known outside of "A Christmas Carol." In the tale, a certain murder was committed in England, which attracted great attention. As described in the article, when the Murderer was asked by the Judge whether he had anything to say before sentence of Death should be passed upon him, he complain that he had not had a fair trial, because the Foreman of the Jury was prepossessed against him. The remarkable declaration that he really made was this: "My Lord, I knew I was a doomed man, when the Foreman of my jury came into the box. My Lord, I knew he would never let me off, because, before I was taken, he somehow got to my bedside in the night, woke me, and put a rope round my neck."

This is a comprehensive guide to the skills, qualities, and strategies you need to make a difference on any issue. Active citizenship and personal growth are linked. The information in this book can change your world and it can change your life.

"LOVE LIKE THIS creates a world of emotions and turmoil, describing superbly the mind of a young lady (Keira) and her struggles to balance her social life and her career. Sophie Love is a natural storyteller. LOVE LIKE THIS is very well written and edited, and I highly recommend it to the permanent library of all readers that appreciate a romance that can be savored during a weekend."--Books and Movie Reviews (Roberto Mattos)LOVE LIKE OURS (The Romance Chronicles—Book #3) is book #3 in a new romance series by #1 bestselling author Sophie Love. The series begins with LOVE LIKE THIS (Book #1), a free download!Keira Swanson, 28, returns to New York City, this time with Cristiano in tow. Having him in New York, and having him meet her family, is culture shock for them both.

Instead of obsessing about what they're against, progressives have begun to think about what they're for to prepare once again to play their role as agents of bold ideas and political and social transformation. Finding confidence and imagination, they have begun to renew their political capital.

《巴黎圣母院》是法国著名作家雨果的代表作。该作品着重表达作家的主观心灵。雨果运用丰富的想象力和大量的浪漫主义手法，饱含浓情地控诉了当时社会的黑暗、上层人物的丑陋，同时也毫不吝啬地展示了小人物美丽的内心和对生活的强烈热爱，并借此抒发作家激愤的情怀、寄托其对生活的理想。

Based on Bill Fisher's three-day seminars that regularly sell out all over the world, this book offers the kind of capital-raising street smarts no entrepreneur can do without.

The clever sales garden metaphor will change you the way you think about sales. By adhering to the easy, practical steps outlined in Sprout!, you, too, can beat career blues, increase your sales, and sustain yourself for the long term.

"Sophie Love's ability to impart magic to her readers is exquisitely wrought in powerfully evocative phrases and descriptions….This is the perfect romance or beach read, with a difference: its enthusiasm and beautiful descriptions offer an unexpected attention to the complexity of not just evolving love, but evolving psyches. It's a delightful recommendation for romance readers looking for a touch more complexity from their romance reads."--Midwest Book Review (Diane Donovan re For Now and Forever)CHRISTMAS FOREVER is book #8—and the finale—in the #1 bestselling romance series THE INN AT SUNSET HARBOR, which begins with For Now and Forever (book #1)—a free download!Winter is coming in Sunset Harbor, and Emily Mitchell is nearing her third trimester. While they continue to develop their new private island, a new opportunity arises—one Emily had never anticipated, and which could change everything.

John Hope Bryant, successful self-made businessman and founder of the nonprofit Operation Hope, says business and political leaders are ignoring the one force that could truly re-energize the stalled American economy: the poor.

An original ebook-only novella in the Splintered series, told from the points of view of both Jeb and Morpheus. Morpheus wants to know more about his rival for Alyssa's affections, so he digs into Jeb's memories of his time in Wonderland. But he may be surprised by what he finds. This brand-new story and perspective from A.G. Howard's dark, magical world stands alone but also provides a tantalizing glimpse of what's to come in Unhinged, the sequel to Splintered.

爱伦?坡是美国著名诗人、编辑家、文学评论家、小说家，以其神秘小说而著称于世。他的诗作十分精彩，赢得英语世界里的读者们的喜爱。其诗作中充满了对人生的探索、对爱情的独特诠释以及对生与死的独有特色的思考。

Winner of the 2015 silver medal ippy award in business/career/sales. Betsy Polk and Maggie Chotas have learned something powerful: when women work together they discover a level of support, flexibility, confidence, and freedom to be themselves that they rarely find in other work relationships.

This unique guide shows managers how to let this spirit blossom by adopting the informal leadership strategies women have used for ages - vision, storytelling, structure, comfort, and renewal.

From Blake Pierce, bestselling author of ONCE GONE (a #1 bestseller with over 900 five star reviews), comes book #8 in the heart-pounding Mackenzie White mystery series.In BEFORE HE HUNTS (A Mackenzie White Mystery—Book 8), victims are turning up dead in FBI Special Agent Mackenzie White's home state of Nebraska—all shot in the back of the head, and all bearing the card "Barker Antiques." The same card her father's murderer left on his body years ago.With a sudden urgency in the present, the time has finally come for Mackenzie to face her ghosts, to face her darkest past, and to find her father's killer.But her trip back down memory lane may take her to places she'd rather not see, and to discoveries she'd rather not find. She finds herself playing cat and mouse with a killer more sinister than she could imagine, and with her fragile psyche collapsing, this case, of all of them, may be the one that does her in for good.

As organizations grow in volume and complexity, the demands on leadership change. The same old moves won't cut it any more. In Chess Not Checkers, Mark Miller tells the story of Blake Brown, newly appointed CEO of a company troubled by poor performance and low morale.

In The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget, Josh Dorfman takes you inside the latest developments in green living to demonstrate how you can easily and affordably have your designer jeans and your planet too. From raising eco-conscious kids to greening your daily commute, Dorfman provides insights into the next wave of green innovation and the products and services that will lighten your planetary impact and lower your expenses. Find bargain basement deals on stylish organic bedding and bamboo furnishings at the largest retailers in the world. Score instant rebates on everything from compact fluorescent light bulbs to energy-efficient air conditioners. And earn reward points for carpooling with friends.?In a time when many people are feeling financially restricted, The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget is your guide to effortlessly saving the planet while keeping some extra cash in your pocket.

《一千零一夜》收录的故事来源于古代中、近东各国及阿拉伯地区民间说唱艺人口头相传的民间故事，内容涉及印度、波斯、伊拉克及埃及为代表的古埃及文明、两河流域文明、古印度文明及古波斯文明。这部民间故事集包含近300个故事，比较著名的故事有《驼背的故事》、《阿拉丁和神灯》、《渔翁和魔鬼的故事》、《辛巴达的故事》和《阿里巴巴与四十大盗》等故事。全书故事发生的时间自远古直至成书，无论在空间，还是时间上，都表征着多种文化的碰撞和融合，体现了承前启后，贯通东西的阿拉伯-伊斯兰文化特征。故事里的人物既有神仙精灵、王公贵族、英雄美女，也有僧侣、工匠、渔夫、农民；贯穿于全书的主题，则是真善美与假恶丑的斗争。很多故事既描写了百姓的苦难，讴歌了穷苦大众的勤劳勇敢、智慧善良、不畏强暴、追求幸福、崇尚正义的美德，又揭露讽刺了统治阶级的荒淫残暴、穷奢极欲。

Edgar Schein argues that consultants have to jettison the old idea of professional distance and work with their clients in a more personal way, emphasizing authentic openness, curiosity, and humility.

The authors address the most basic concerns of users: how to handle the equipment, how to reduce distractions, how to avoid mistakes, and how to look and sound your best on camera and get the most out of virtual meetings.

"Sophie Love's ability to impart magic to her readers is exquisitely wrought in powerfully evocative phrases and descriptions….This is the perfect romance or beach read, with a difference: its enthusiasm and beautiful descriptions offer an unexpected attention to the complexity of not just evolving love, but evolving psyches. It's a delightful recommendation for romance readers looking for a touch more complexity from their romance reads."--Midwest Book Review (Diane Donovan re For Now and Forever)FOR YOU, FOREVER is book #7 in the #1 bestselling romance series THE INN AT SUNSET HARBOR, which begins with For Now and Forever (book #1)—a free download!

In the United States today we have good reasons to be afraid. Our Bill of Rights is no more. It has been rendered pointless by heavy surveillance of average citizens, political persecution of dissenters, and the potential of indefinite detention now codified into law.

在萧伯纳一生的创作中，他始终秉持这样的信念，即戏剧要承载重要的社会使命。他反对“为艺术而艺术”的文学主张，认为一切伟大的艺术都是“载道”的，戏剧是教育与宣传的工具，其目的不是供人娱乐，而是鞭挞社会，因此，戏剧必须取材于现实生活，作家在处理题材时，须阐明其社会意义。为了表现思想冲突，萧伯纳采用了争辩式对白，这样，在演出过程中就要求观众积极参与到剧中来。萧伯纳出生于一个清贫却要维持“上等人”门面的家庭。父亲酗酒。母亲有一副美好的歌喉，因与丈夫不和，最终到伦敦以教唱歌为生。不快乐的童年，使萧伯纳自幼就体会到“贫穷就是罪恶”。这一理念，成了他最初几个剧本的主题。萧伯纳离开爱尔兰来到伦敦后，目睹了维多利亚时期繁荣的消失。一次比一次规模更大的资本主义经济危机，使知识分子受到强烈震撼。伦敦出现了各种标榜社会主义的小团体。他们举办的演讲和辩论，吸引了萧伯纳。他坚信，资本主义社会必须改革。后来，他开始到大英博物馆阅览室阅读马克思的《资本论》。对马克思政治经济学的研究，给他的戏剧创作带来巨大影响。其作品曾被好莱坞拍过电影，叫《窈窕淑女》。在中国上映时，曾引发极大轰动。

His supporters followed him because they wanted to, not because they were compelled pgsk.com 2,000 years after Caesar's death, this is still the kind of loyalty every leader wants to pgsk.com shows how anyone can learn to lead like Caesar.

A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost-Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843; the first edition was illustrated by John Leech. A Christmas Carol tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an old miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler pgsk.com his "Ghostly little book," Charles Dickens invents the modern concept of Christmas Spirit and offers one of the world's most adapted and imitated stories. We know Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, not only as fictional characters, but also as icons of the true meaning of Christmas in a world still plagued with avarice and cynicism.

In the desert, we need to follow different rules than we follow when conquering a pgsk.com outlines six "rules of desert travel" that will help us discover our direction by wandering, find our own personal oases, and cross our self-imposed borders.

These essays, published together in one volume for the first time, contain many of Greenleaf's best insights into the nature and practice of servant-leadership and show his continual refinement of the servant-as-leader concept.

This book is a Christmas novella by Charles Dickens. It is perhaps best described as Dickens's "other" Christmas story, this is an elderly narrator's reminiscence of holidays past, each incident inspired by the gifts and toys that decorate the traditional tree. There is a range of appeal in the story itself, from snug memories of beloved toys to the passing along of eerie stories surrounding various childhood haunts. "I begin to consider, what do we all remember best upon the branches of the Christmas Tree of our own young Christmas days, by which we climbed to real life." the whole enlivened by small bells, was a mighty marvel and a great delight. "of the laden hopelessness of morning ever dawning; and the oppression of a weight of remorse." "This, in commemoration of the law of love and kindness, mercy and compassion. This, in remembrance of Me!" The story is full of rich and brilliant imagination,

在这个世界上，有很多人意识到自己因这样或那样的缺陷和不足导致无法成功，比如有人承认自己智商不高，有人认为自己情商不够，有人确定自己能力不行，还有人觉得自己运气不佳……但是却很少有人承认自己不会说话，更难以相信自己不成功或实现不了梦想的原因之一就是——“不会在公众面前说话”……有美国著名评论家在描述《演说的艺术》一书作者时，这样描述过一番令人震撼的场景：虽然美国大城市有四成多人处于失业状态，需要靠救济生活，可当晚仍有两千多人被一份广告所吸引，涌向宾夕法尼亚饭店。原来，他们是来听一场戴尔·卡耐基作家所做的最现代、最实用的“为人处世技巧”的讲座。这一讲座每个季度都在纽约举办，而且是场场爆满，人数多得数不过来，其中很多人都是商界和技术领域的专业人士。原因在哪里呢？读读这本读起来一点都不难的书吧。答案就在眼前。

This thoughtful and inspiring book describes the disguises these thieves wear, the tools they use to break into our hearts, and how to lock them out once and for pgsk.com shows how these same thieves of personal happiness are destroying society as well.

Right Risk will teach you to make wise and courageous choices—to confidently face life's challenges and take advantage of life's opportunities.

在《发现》（《吸血鬼日志》#8）中，凯特琳和迦勒在公元三十三年的古代以色列醒来，并惊讶地发现他们身处在基督生活的时代。古代以色列是一个充满圣地、古犹太教堂和失落的遗址的地方。这里是当时世界上精神控制最严密的地方——而在公元三十三年，也就是耶稣受难的那一年，是精神控制最严密的一年。在以色列首都耶路撒冷的中心座落着所罗门的圣殿，在圣殿里安置着至圣所和神的约柜。而耶稣将最终走过这些街道，走向最后的十字架。在罗马士兵以及他们的总督——本丢·比拉多的严密统治下，耶路撒冷充满有各种宗教背景和信仰的人们。这座城市也有隐秘的一面，有着众多错综复杂的街道和迷宫般的巷道，通往不为人知的秘密和异教徒神庙。现在，凯特琳终于有了四把钥匙，但是，她仍然需要找到她的父亲。她的追寻将她带到拿撒勒、伽百侬，带到耶路撒冷，带她追随着耶稣行过的踪迹去寻找秘密和线索的神秘踪迹。追寻也同样将她带到古老的橄榄山上，带到艾登和他的家族那里，带着她找到更多她从未知道的更强大的秘密和圣物那里。每经过一处，她的父亲就只有一步之遥。但是时间紧迫——山姆，被转向黑暗的一面，也穿越到这个时代，而且和邪恶家族的领袖Rexius联手。他们急起直追要阻止凯特琳得到盾。Rexius将不惜一切代价毁灭凯特琳和迦勒——有山姆在旁相助，身后有一支新生的军队，他胜券在握。更糟糕的是，斯嘉丽和她的父母走散了，独自一人穿越到这个时代。她独自一人，和露丝流浪在耶路撒冷的大街上，她渐渐发现了自己的力量，并发现自己比以前处在更危险得多的境地中——特别是当她发现自己也持有一个秘密的时候。凯特琳找到她父亲了吗？她找到古老的吸血鬼之盾了吗？她和女儿重聚了吗？她的亲弟弟是不是企图杀死她？她和迦勒之间的爱能不能在这最后一场时光穿越中经受住考验？《发现》是《吸血鬼日志》系列的第八本书（之前有《转变》、《爱》、《背叛》、《命中注定》、《渴望》、《订婚》和《誓言》）。本书同时也可以作为一本独立的小说来读。《发现》共约有71,000字。《吸血鬼日志》#9-#10现在也有售！同时，摩根莱斯第一畅销书系列、反乌托邦、后启示录惊悚小说《幸存者三部曲》现也已有售；摩根莱斯第一畅销玄幻系列《魔法师戒指》（含10部，未完待续）现也已有售——此系列第一部《寻找英雄》，可免费下载！

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A new generation of urban bootleggers is distilling whiskey at home, and cocktail enthusiasts have embraced the nuances of brown liquors. Written by the founders of Kings County Distillery, New York City's first distillery since Prohibition, this spirited illustrated book explores America's age-old love affair with whiskey. It begins with chapters on whiskey's history and culture from 1640 to today, when the DIY trend and the classic cocktail craze have conspired to make it the next big thing. For those thirsty for practical information, the book next provides a detailed, easy-to-follow guide to safe home distilling, complete with a list of supplies, step-by-step instructions, and helpful pictures, anecdotes, and tips. The final section focuses on the contemporary whiskey scene, featuring a list of microdistillers, cocktail and food recipes from the country's hottest mixologists and chefs, and an opinionated guide to building your own whiskey collection.

托马斯·莫尔的代表作《乌托邦》作于1516年，用拉丁文写成，1551年被译成英文。“乌托邦”即“乌有之乡”之意，是一个假想的岛屿。这个“乌托邦岛”长500英里，宽200英里，呈月牙状。岛上居民的文化与教养远远高出其他所有地区的人。人们无忧无虑，人人平等，信仰自由，没有剥削，没有压迫，每个人只需完成同等的劳动，财产共享。“乌托邦”实现民主的最高形式是全岛大会和议事会。“乌托邦”几乎没有法律，也不存在律师，由人们自理诉讼，法官做恰当的判决。托马斯·莫尔在批判社会黑暗与资本原始积累的罪恶的基础上，设计出一个完整的“乌托邦”社会蓝图，对“公有”的前提与内涵，做出合理而系统的阐释，突破了封建君主政治模式与基督教“王权神授”政治理想的禁锢，蕴含了近代自由、民主、平等的政治意识，对后来的空想社会主义理论的发展以及科学社会主义理论的诞生，都产生了重要影响。

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在《复活》（《吸血鬼日志》#9中），十六岁的斯嘉丽·潘恩发现自己发生了不可思议的变化。她变得对光敏感，可以读出他人的想法，并比任何时候都更迅速更强壮。她不明白自己发生了什么，并试着不去理会这些。但是她对这些的不加理会只能到此为止了。她的妈妈，凯特琳·潘恩，太了解自己的女儿发生了什么事情。多个世纪以前，她曾经遭遇过同样的转变为吸血鬼的过程。但是，如今，作为一个纯粹的人类，她已经完全不记得了。她所有可以了解的来自于那本她在阁楼上发现的日记本——她神秘的吸血鬼日记——讲述着她在另外的时代和地方里的经历，以及讲述着吸血鬼种族被抹去的事实。但是规则之外是否有特例？她的女儿，斯嘉丽，可不可能是地球上最后一个幸存的吸血鬼？当斯嘉丽竭力与自己正在发生的改变做斗争时，她也在极力与自己对布雷克——一个与她同级的她深深迷恋的人——的强烈情感做斗争。然而，她不肯定，他是不是也爱着她。而随着万圣节前夕大舞会的到来，紧张一触即发。她愿意为布雷克付出一切。但是，薇薇安——所有受欢迎的女孩中最可恶的一个，也喜欢布雷克，而且她会不择手段得到布雷克——这让斯嘉丽的生活犹如堕入地狱。幸运的是，斯嘉丽有自己的朋友圈子支持她，这包括她最好的朋友玛利亚和贾丝明。她们同样，面临着男朋友的问题，但是那是在赛奇出现之后的事——那是一个新来的神秘男孩，那个男孩让她的朋友们着迷。斯嘉丽发现自己也被他吸引了——而让她惊讶的是，在学校所有的女孩中，他唯一只关注她一个人。但是她的心意仍然在布雷克身上——至少目前仍是，并且她仍然希望他会邀请她一起跳舞。就在斯嘉丽觉得一切触手可及的时候，她的身体发生了变化。不久，她也许就不能再待在人类伙伴中间。不久，她就要在她活着的渴望和爱的渴望之间做出选择。《吸血鬼日志》#10《渴望》，现在也已有售！

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The year 2013 is the 50th anniversary year of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, who still ranks as one of the top five presidents in every major annual survey. To commemorate the man and his time in office, the New York Times has authorized a book, edited by Richard Reeves, based on its unsurpassed coverage of the tumultuous Kennedy era. The Civil Rights Movement, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, the space program, the Berlin Wall—all are covered in articles by the era's top reporters, among them David Halberstam, Russell Baker, and James Reston. Also included are new essays by leading historians such as Robert Dallek and Terry Golway, and by Times journalists, including Sam Tanenhaus, Scott Shane, Alessandra Stanley, and Roger Cohen. With more than 125 color and black-and-white photos, this is the ultimate volume on one of history's most fascinating figures.

长篇历史小说《你往何处去》是波兰作家显克威支的代表作，出版发行于1896年，写的是公元一世纪中叶古罗马在尼禄皇帝的统治之下走向衰落和早期基督教徒罹难的故事。作者因这部作品获得1905年诺贝尔文学奖。作品名字来源于1893年显克微支第二次重游罗马时，看到古卡丕城门附近一座小教堂门楣上用拉丁文写的“你往何处去”的题词。这句题词是早期基督教徒遭受迫害的史迹。传说被追捕的基督使徒彼得匆匆逃离罗马城，在路上问耶稣：“主啊，你往何处去?”耶稣回答说：“你既然遗弃了我的人民，我便要回罗马去，让他们再次把我钉在十字架上。”彼得于是返回罗马城，不久便真的被钉上了十字架。早期基督教徒为信仰献身的精神，深深触动了作者的灵感，震撼了作者的心灵。他决定用这句题词作为书名，再现尼禄统治下那个充满血和泪的时代。作品被两次改编成电影。1951年上映的《暴君屠城录》，在1952年第24届奥斯卡颁奖会中，获得包括最佳电影等7项提名，值得一看。2001年《你往何处去》再次登上银幕。

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在《渴望》（《吸血鬼传承》系列#2）中，十六岁的斯嘉丽·潘恩努力想弄明白自己正变成什么。她古怪的行为使新男朋友——布雷克疏远她，她努力道歉，努力想使他明白。但问题是，她都不明白自己正在发生什么。同时，新来的男孩，神秘的赛奇，走进她生命中。他们的生命之路持续交叉，并且虽然她极力避免，虽然她最好的朋友玛利亚反对（她确信斯嘉丽正在抢走赛奇），他径直追逐着她。斯嘉丽发现自己被赛奇迷住。他把她带进他的世界，带着她穿过他家富有历史感的河中大楼的大门。随着他们关系的深化，她开始了解更多他神秘的过往，他的家庭，还有他必须保守的秘密。在哈德逊一座隐秘的岛屿上，他们一起度过了她能想象的最浪漫的时光，而且她确信自己找到了生命的真爱。但是随后，她震惊地知道了赛奇最大的秘密——他也不是人类，而且他活着的时间只剩下几个星期了。悲剧的是，就在命运将最爱带到她生命中时，似乎又注定要把他带走。当斯嘉丽回到高中学校派对并参加舞会时，她以与朋友们发生争吵而告终，被朋友排除在圈子外。同时，薇薇安集结受欢迎的女孩将她的生活推入地狱，而引发了一场不可避免的冲突。斯嘉丽被迫想逃遁，她与父母的关系越来越糟，并不久便发现身边处处是压力。她生命中唯一的光是赛奇。但是他仍然保守着一些秘密，同时布雷克重新出现，决心继续追求她。同时，凯特琳决心要找到治疗斯嘉丽吸血鬼瘟疫的办法。她所发现的东西引她踏上寻找解药、深入善本古籍图书馆和书店的旅途，并且她会不惜一切代价找到它。但这也许太晚了。斯嘉丽正在迅速转变，几乎无法控制自己正在变成的东西。她想和赛奇厮守在一起，但命运似乎注定要将他们两个人分开。随着本书在激动人心和令人震惊的转折中达到高潮，斯嘉丽将要作出一个决定性的选择——一个将会永远改变世界的选择。她将愿意为爱情作多大冒险？

In this timely book, Ira Chaleff explores when and how to disobey inappropriate orders, reduce unacceptable risk, and find better ways to achieve legitimate goals.

For as long as she can remember, Wren Gray's goal has been to please her parents. But as high school graduation nears, so does an uncomfortable realization: Pleasing her parents once overlapped with pleasing herself, but now … not so much. Wren needs to honor her own desires, but how can she if she doesn't even know what they are? Charlie Parker, on the other hand, is painfully aware of his heart's desire. A gentle boy with a troubled past, Charlie has loved Wren since the day he first saw her. But a girl like Wren would never fall for a guy like Charlie—at least not the sort of guy Charlie believes himself to be. And yet certain things are written in the stars. And in the summer after high school, Wren and Charlie’s souls will collide. But souls are complicated, as are the bodies that house them…

居伊·德·莫泊桑，19世纪后半期法国杰出批判现实主义作家，短暂的一生中创作六部长篇小说、一部诗集、三部游记和三百多篇中短篇小说，是位不折不扣的高产作家，被誉为“短篇小说之王”。莫泊桑与契诃夫和欧·亨利齐名，被公认为世界三大短篇小说巨匠，对后世影响深远。其导师，《包法利夫人》的作者福楼拜，曾这样指导莫泊桑进行“速写”训练：“当你走过一个坐在自家店门前的杂货商，走过一个吸烟斗的守门人跟前，你给我描绘一下这两个人的神情姿态，身体的外貌特征。不但要用画家的白描手法，还要描述他他们全部的精神本性，这样，就使人不至于把他们和别的杂货商和守门人混同起来。”莫泊桑掌握了这一要领。而这就是他的作品成功原因所在。

In this fable of organizational transformation, bestselling authors of The Serving Leader John Stahl-Wert and Ken Jennings providence a clear and actionable model for addressing one of the most pressing challenges every leader faces: how to move employees from compliance to engagement.

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莎士比亚一生的创作可分为四个时期。从26岁至30岁这一时期是其创作的第一个时期，这一时期，莎士比亚的写作以模仿古罗马喜剧和悲剧为主，是习作时期。当时的英国流行塞内加悲剧，即“血的悲剧”，莎士比亚写过这种剧本。《罗密欧与朱丽叶》是莎翁第二个创作时期的精品，表明他已掌握了创作艺术，文笔流畅，臻于成熟。这一时期的作品大都欢乐向上，富有诗意。1601年，莎士比亚创作了《哈姆雷特》（本辑已收录），开始了他创作的第三个时期。在整整八年时间里，莎翁洞悉了世间所有邪恶，以至他近乎悲观到绝望的程度，因此，这一时期创作的喜剧也是悲苦的。最后一个时期莎翁采用了新的创作形式——悲喜剧或传奇剧。他的悲喜剧宁静、庄重、趣味幽雅，这一时期最有代表性的作品就是《暴风雨》。《罗密欧与朱丽叶》虽然是悲剧，但其结局却完全符合莎翁时期的喜剧标准。罗密欧和朱丽叶一见倾心，但却因封建世仇，恋爱受到阻挠，导致二人早逝。最终，双方家长鉴于世仇铸成的悲剧而言归于好。作品反映了人文主义者的爱情理想与封建恶习、封建压迫之间的冲突。在创作手法上，莎翁以抒情的笔调，用日光、月光、星光等象征光明的意象，来形容青春和爱情的美好，谱写了一首赞美青春和爱情的颂歌。作品中，罗密欧与朱丽叶在月夜阳台上对话的场景，已成为经典。一对相爱的青年虽然死了，但美好的事物和真正的爱情是不朽的，在付出代价之后，封建偏见是可以被克服的。

Written by master historian and authorized Churchill biographer Martin Gilbert, this masterful single-volume work weaves together the detailed research from the author's eight-volume biography of the elder statesman, and features new information unavailable at the time of the original work's publication. Spanning Churchill's youth, education and early military career, his journalistic work, and the arc of his political leadership, Churchill: A Life details the great man's indelible contribution to Britain's foreign policy and internal social reform.Offering eyewitness accounts and interviews with Churchill's contemporaries, including friends, family members, and career adversaries, this book provides a revealing picture of the personal life, character, ambitions, and drives of one of the world's most influential and remarkable leaders.

The third edition of an internationally best-selling collection of classic and modern oratory, Lend Me Your Ears offers numerous examples of the greatest speeches ever delivered—from the ancient world to the modern. Speeches in this edition span a broad stretch of history, from General George Patton inspiring Allied troops on the eve of D-Day to Pericles' impassioned eulogy for fallen Greek soldiers during the Peloponnesian War; and from Jesus of Nazareth's greatest sermons to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's fiery speech in response to the Bush vs. Gore decision that changed the landscape of American politics in our time.Editor William Safire has collected a diverse range of speeches from both ancient and modern times, from people of many different backgrounds and political affiliations, and from people on both sides of history's greatest battles and events. This book provides a wealth of valuable examples of great oratory for writers, speakers, and history aficionados.

Fleeing persecution in Europe, thousands of Jewish emigrants settled in Palestine after World War II. Renowned historian Martin Gilbert crafts a riveting account of Israel's turbulent history, from the birth of the Zionist movement under Theodor Herzl through its unexpected declaration of statehood in 1948, and through the many wars, conflicts, treaties, negotiations, and events that have shaped its past six decades—including the Six Day War, the Intifada, Suez, and the Yom Kippur War. Drawing on a wealth of first-hand source materials, eyewitness accounts, and his own personal and intimate knowledge of the country, Gilbert weaves a complex narrative that's both gripping and informative, and probes both the ideals and realities of modern statehood.

The 20th century has been one of the most unique in human history. It has seen the rise of some of humanity's most important advances to date, as well as many of its most violent and terrifying wars. This is a condensed version of renowned historian Martin Gilbert's masterful examination of the century's history, offering the highlights of a three-volume work covering more than 3,000 pages.From the invention of aviation to the rise of the Internet, and from events and cataclysmic changes in Europe to those in Asia, Africa, and North America, Martin examines art, literature, war, religion, life and death, and celebration and renewal throughout the world, and throughout this turbulent and astonishing century.

如果我们从世界范围来点数被最多世人所熟知和喜爱的文学大师，安徒生肯定会首当其冲，因为自其童话问世以来，不同国家、不同肤色、不同语言、不同层次的人们，无论男女老幼，只要有过童年、只要童年时代受过些许教育，那么他们几乎都会知道“安徒生童话”。《丑小鸭》、《皇帝的新装》、《卖火柴的小女孩》、《海的女儿》……那么多脍炙人口的经典童话故事，陪伴一代又一代的人们成长，我们甚至可以说，安徒生的出现是个奇迹，安徒生本人就是一个不老的童话。“最经典英语文库”在第三辑里，将安徒生最精彩童话，包括上述精彩童话，统统收集成册出版。页面达900来页。价钱也最便宜。用纸也很讲究，是国际上最流行的轻型纸。开本属于国际流行开本。最重要的一点是，所收集的英译本，是在西方英语世界里最受欢迎，可读性最高的版本。

The War of the End of the World is one of the great modern historical novels. Inspired by a real episode in Brazilian history, Mario Vargas Llosa tells the story of an apocalyptic movement, led by a mysterious prophet, in which prostitutes, beggars and bandits establish Canudos, a new republic, a libertarian paradise.

本书从历史等其他角度发掘每一所名校的创立，同时传播了这些一流大学的教育精神。通过图片和文字结合来介绍名校的各自特色，让广大读者了解美国名校的情况，让国内的大学可以吸收经验，同时为学生出国留学铺一条捷径。

The Second World War is one of the most significant conflicts in history, but for seven decades our understanding of the war has remained mostly fixed, framed by the accounts of participants and an early generation of historians. James Holland, one of the leading young historians of World War II, has spent over a decade conducting new research, interviewing survivors, and exploring archives that have never before been so accessible to unearth forgotten memoirs, letters, and official records. In The Rise of Germany, Holland draws on this research to reconsider the strategy, tactics, and economic, political, and social aspects of the war. The Rise of Germany is a masterful book that redefines our understanding of the opening years of World War II. Beginning with the lead-up to the outbreak of war in 1939 and ending in the middle of 1941 on the eve of Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi invasion of Russia, The Rise of Germany is a landmark history of the war on land, in the air, and at sea.

《蒙田随笔全集》共107章，100余万字，于1580—1588年分三卷先后在法国出版。此后，该书再没有绝版过。《蒙田随笔全集》卷帙浩繁，旁征博引，文采斐然，娓娓动人，与培根的《人生论》和帕斯卡尔的《思想录》（已经收录于“最经典英语文库”），并称为欧洲近代哲理散文三大经典之作。从此，随笔（essay）作为一种文体确立下来。《蒙田随笔全集》创作的背景正是法国内战期间，宗教战争的残酷深深刺痛蒙田的心，家国离乱的悲哀与痛楚，贯穿随笔创作的过程中。然而，思想者的身份使他在创作中尽量保持一种理性和深沉，他将愤懑之情化作清新激扬的文字，通过谈自己而谈人类、谈世界，侃侃而谈中，引导人们去体会文字间蕴含的人生真谛。

本书以本雅明的“都市漫游者”理论为基础，结合文化地理学、叙事学及文类研究等相关理论，分析“都市漫游”在纽约少年疗治童年创伤、寻找精神家园、探究自我身份以及实现美国梦方面的功用，总结多克托罗都市成长小说的特点，探析作品中所展现的独特的都市美学，发现多克托罗既有犹太作家的族裔担当，又颇具救赎城市的世界主义情怀。而他在侦探小说、自传、成长小说、犯罪小说等文类间自由游走，打破传统文类界限，并运用口语化的语言写作则旨在于当今机械复制的时代复兴传统的“讲故事”的技艺。

《一千零一夜》收录的故事来源于古代中、近东各国及阿拉伯地区民间说唱艺人口头相传的民间故事，内容涉及印度、波斯、伊拉克及埃及为代表的古埃及文明、两河流域文明、古印度文明及古波斯文明。这部民间故事集包含近300个故事，比较著名的故事有《驼背的故事》、《阿拉丁和神灯》、《渔翁和魔鬼的故事》、《辛巴达的故事》和《阿里巴巴与四十大盗》等故事。全书故事发生的时间自远古直至成书，无论在空间，还是时间上，都表征着多种文化的碰撞和融合，体现了承前启后，贯通东西的阿拉伯-伊斯兰文化特征。故事里的人物既有神仙精灵、王公贵族、英雄美女，也有僧侣、工匠、渔夫、农民；贯穿于全书的主题，则是真善美与假恶丑的斗争。很多故事既描写了百姓的苦难，讴歌了穷苦大众的勤劳勇敢、智慧善良、不畏强暴、追求幸福、崇尚正义的美德，又揭露讽刺了统治阶级的荒淫残暴、穷奢极欲。

This is a one-volume edition of this classic sequence of sea novels set in the early nineteenth century, about a voyage from England to Australia. Rites of Passage (Winner of the Booker Prize) "e;The work of a master at the full stretch of his age and wisdom."e; (The Times Close Quarters). "e;A feat of imaginative reconstruction, as vivid as a dream."e; (Daily Mail Fire Down Below). "e;Laden to the waterline with a rich cargo of practicalities and poetry, pain and hilarity, drama and exaltation."e; (Sunday Times).

A frightening and impressive portrait of evil by one of Latin America's leading contemporary novelists. 'A monumentally engrossing novel.' Los Angeles Times

Mario Vargas Llosa's A Fish in the Water is a twofold book: a memoir by one of Latin America's most celebrated writers, beginning with his birth in 1936 in Arequipa, Peru; and the story of his organization of the reform movement which culminated in his bid for the Peruvian presidency in 1990. Llosa evokes the experiences which gave rise to his fiction, and describes the social, literary, and political influences that led him to enter the political arena as a crusader for a free-market economy. A deeply absorbing look at how fact becomes fiction and at the formation of a courageous writer with strong political commitments, A Fish in the Water reveals Mario Vargas Llosa as a world figure whose real story is just beginning.

The Museum of Innocence-set in Istanbul between 1975 and today-tells the story of Kemal, the son of one of Istanbul's richest families, and of his obsessive love for a poor and distant relation, the beautiful Fusun, who is a shop-girl in a small pgsk.com novel depicts a panoramic view of life in Istanbul as it chronicles this long, obsessive, love affair between Kemal and Fusun; and Pamuk beautifully captures the identity crisis esperienced by Istanbul's upper classes who find themselves caught between traditional and westernised ways of pgsk.com the past ten years, Pamuk has been setting up a museum in the house in which his hero's fictional family lived, to display Kemal's strange collection of objects associated with Fusun and their relationship. The museum will be called The Museum of Innocence and it opens in 2010.

The year 2013 is the 50th anniversary year of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, who still ranks as one of the top five presidents in every major annual survey. To commemorate the man and his time in office, the New York Times has authorized a book, edited by Richard Reeves, based on its unsurpassed coverage of the tumultuous Kennedy era. The Civil Rights Movement, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, the space program, the Berlin Wall—all are covered in articles by the era's top reporters, among them David Halberstam, Russell Baker, and James Reston. Also included are new essays by leading historians such as Robert Dallek and Terry Golway, and by Times journalists, including Sam Tanenhaus, Scott Shane, Alessandra Stanley, and Roger Cohen. With more than 125 color and black-and-white photos, this is the ultimate volume on one of history's most fascinating figures.

长篇历史小说《你往何处去》是波兰作家显克威支的代表作，出版发行于1896年，写的是公元一世纪中叶古罗马在尼禄皇帝的统治之下走向衰落和早期基督教徒罹难的故事。作者因这部作品获得1905年诺贝尔文学奖。作品名字来源于1893年显克微支第二次重游罗马时，看到古卡丕城门附近一座小教堂门楣上用拉丁文写的“你往何处去”的题词。这句题词是早期基督教徒遭受迫害的史迹。传说被追捕的基督使徒彼得匆匆逃离罗马城，在路上问耶稣：“主啊，你往何处去?”耶稣回答说：“你既然遗弃了我的人民，我便要回罗马去，让他们再次把我钉在十字架上。”彼得于是返回罗马城，不久便真的被钉上了十字架。早期基督教徒为信仰献身的精神，深深触动了作者的灵感，震撼了作者的心灵。他决定用这句题词作为书名，再现尼禄统治下那个充满血和泪的时代。作品被两次改编成电影。1951年上映的《暴君屠城录》，在1952年第24届奥斯卡颁奖会中，获得包括最佳电影等7项提名，值得一看。2001年《你往何处去》再次登上银幕。

The third in a three-volume series, this edition chronicles the life of noted journalist, historian, and author William Shirer-a witness to the rise of the Third Reich. Here, Shirer recounts his return to Berlin after its defeat, his shocking firing by CBS News, and his final visit to Paris sixty years after he first lived there as a cub reporter in the 1920s. It paints a bittersweet picture of his final decades, friends lost to old age, and a changing world.More personal than the first two volumes, this final installment takes an unflinching look at the author's own struggles after World War II-and his vindication after the publication of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, his most acclaimed work. It also provides intimate details of his often-troubled marriage. This book gives readers a surprising and moving account of the last years of a true historian-and an important witness to history.

"The Black Book"is Orhan Pamuk's tour de force, a stunning tapestry of Middle Eastern and Islamic culture which confirmed his reputation as a writer of international stature. Richly atmospheric and Rabelaisian in scope, it is a labyrinthine novel suffused with the sights, sounds and scents of Istanbul, an unforgettable evocation of the city where East meets West, and a boldly unconventional mystery that plumbs the elusive nature of identity, fiction, interpretation and reality.

《巴黎圣母院》是法国著名作家雨果的代表作。该作品着重表达作家的主观心灵。雨果运用丰富的想象力和大量的浪漫主义手法，饱含浓情地控诉了当时社会的黑暗、上层人物的丑陋，同时也毫不吝啬地展示了小人物美丽的内心和对生活的强烈热爱，并借此抒发作家激愤的情怀、寄托其对生活的理想。

In the late 1590s, the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and his empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day - in the European manner. At a time of violent fundamentalism, however, this is a dangerous proposition. Even the illustrious circle of artists are not allowed to know for whom they are working. But when one of the miniaturists is murdered, their Master has to seek outside help. Did the dead painter fall victim to professional rivalry, romantic jealousy or religious terror?With the Sultan demanding an answer within three days, perhaps the clue lies somewhere in the half-finished pictures … Orhan Pamuk is one of the world's leading contemporary novelists and in My Name is Red, he fashioned an unforgettable tale of suspense, and an artful meditation on love and deception.