Book Description The Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles. John Buchan's most famous and dramatic novel presents spy-catcher Richard Hannay. Hannay is in London when he suddenly finds himself caught up in a dangerous situation and the main suspect for a murder committed in his own flat. He is forced to go on the run to his native Scotland. AUTHBIO: John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir, was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist. He wrote adventure novels, short-story collections and biographies. His passion for the Scottish countryside is reflected in much of his writing. Buchan's adventure stories are high in romance and are peopled by a large cast of characters. Richard Hannay, Dickson McCunn and Sir Edward Leithen are three that reappear several times. Alfred Hitchcock adapted his most famous book The Thirty-Nine Steps for screen. When Richard Hannay returns from a long stay in Africa, he becomes caught up in a sensational plot to precipitate a pan-European war. After a corpse is found in his flat, Hannay flees the attentions of both the conspirators and the law, and a manhunt ensues. Book Dimension : length: (cm)19.8 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.6

《少有人走的路》是一本震惊世界的名著，出版后虽未作任何宣传，但经人们口耳相传，迅速畅销起来，它曾在美国最著名的《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜上连续上榜近二十年，创下了出版史上的一大奇迹。或许在我们这一代，没有任何一本书能像《少有人走的路:心智成熟的旅程》这样，给我们的心灵和精神带来如此巨大的冲击。仅在北美，其销售量就超过七百万册；被翻译成二十三种以上的语言；在《纽约时报》畅销书榜单上，它停驻了近二十年的时间。这是出版史上的一大奇迹。 毫无疑问，《少有人走的路:心智成熟的旅程》创造了空前的销售记录，而且，至今长盛不衰。 《少有人走的路:心智成熟的旅程》处处透露出沟通与理解的意味，它跨越时代限制，帮助我们探索爱的本质，引导我们过上崭新，宁静而丰富的生活；它帮助我们学习爱，也学习独立；它教诲我们成为更称职的、更有理解心的父母。归根到底，它告诉我们怎样找到真正的自我。 正如《少有人走的路:心智成熟的旅程》开篇所言：人生苦难重重。M·斯科特·派克让我们更加清楚：人生是一场艰辛之旅，心智成熟的旅程相当漫长。但是，他没有让我们感到恐惧，相反，他带领我们去经历一系列艰难乃至痛苦的转变，最终达到自我认知的更高境界。 Perhaps no book in this generation has had a more profound impact on our intellectual and spiritual lives than The Road Less Traveled. With sales of more than seven million copies in the United States and Canada, and translations into more than twenty-three languages, it has made publishing history, with more than ten years on the New York Times bestseller list. Now, with a new Introduction by the author, written especially for this twenty-fifth anniversary deluxe trade paperback edition of the all-time national bestseller in its field, M. Scott Peck explains the ideas that shaped this book and that continue to influence an ever-growing audience of readers. Written in a voice that is timeless in its message of understanding, The Road Less Traveled continues to help us explore the very nature of loving relationships and leads us toward a new serenity and fullness of life. It helps us learn how to distinguish dependency from love; how to become a more sensitive parent; and ultimately how to become one's own true self. Recognizing that, as in the famous opening line of his book, "Life is difficult" and that the journey to spiritual growth is a long one, Dr. Peck never bullies his readers, but rather guides them gently through the hard and often painful process of change toward a higher level of self-understanding. 点击链接进入中文版： 少有人走的路:心智成熟的旅程 注：两种封面，随机发货。

Fair and long-legged, independent and articulate, Janie Crawford sets out to be her own person -- no mean feat for a black woman in the '30s. Janie's quest for identity takes her through three marriages and into a journey back to her roots.

It's summer in Memphis. The sweat is sticking to Rudy Baylor's shirt and creditors are nipping at his heels. Once he had aspirations of breezing through law school and punching his ticket to the good life. Now he doesn't have a job or a prayer...except for one: an insurance dispute that leaves a family devastated and opens the door for a lawsuit, if Rudy can find a way to file it. By the time Rudy gets to court, a heavyweight corporate defense team is there to meet him. And suddenly he's in over his head, plunged into a nightmare of lies and legal maneuverings. A case that started small is exploding into a thunderous million-dollar war of nerves, skill and outright violence--a fight that could cost one young lawyer his life, or turn him into the biggest rainmaker in the land....

Workaholic attorney Samantha Sweeting has just done the unthinkable. She’s made a mistake so huge, it’ll wreck any chance of a partnership. Going into utter meltdown, she walks out of her London office, gets on a train, and ends up in the middle of nowhere. Asking for directions at a big, beautiful house, she’s mistaken for an interviewee and finds herself being offered a job as housekeeper. Her employers have no idea they’ve hired a lawyer–and Samantha has no idea how to work the oven. She can’t sew on a button, bake a potato, or get the #@%# ironing board to open. How she takes a deep breath and begins to cope–and finds love–is a story as delicious as the bread she learns to bake. But will her old life ever catch up with her? And if it does…will she want it back?

在线阅读本书 Book Description Heart of darkness... In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his death just hours away, Troy Phelan wants to send a message to his children, his ex-wives, and his minions, a message that will touch off a vicious legal battle and transform dozens of lives. Because Troy Phelan's new will names a sole surprise heir to his eleven-billion-dollar fortune: a mysterious woman named Rachel Lane, a missionary living deep in the jungles of Brazil. Enter the lawyers. Nate O'Riley is fresh out of rehab, a disgraced corporate attorney handpicked for his last job: to find Rachel Lane at any cost. As Phelan's family circles like vultures in D.C., Nate is crashing through the Brazilian jungle, entering a world where money means nothing, where death is just one misstep away, and where a woman--pursued by enemies and friends alike--holds a stunning surprise of her own.... Amazon.com Troy Phelan, a 78-year-old eccentric and the 10th-richest man in America, is about to read his last will and testament, divvying up an estate worth $11 billion. Phelan's three ex-wives, their grasping spawn, a legion of lawyers, several psychiatrists, and a plethora of sound technicians wait breathlessly, all eyes glued to digital monitors as they watch the old man read his verdict. But Phelan shocks everyone with a bizarre, last-gasp attempt to redistribute the spoils, setting in motion a legal morality tale of a contested will, sin, and redemption. Our hero, Nate O'Riley--a washed-up, alcoholic litigator with two ruined marriages in his wake and the IRS on his tail--is dispatched to the Brazilian wetlands in search of a mysterious heir named in the will. After a harrowing trip upriver to a remote settlement in the Pantanal, he encounters Rachel Lane, a pure-hearted missionary living with an indigenous tribe and carrying out "God's work." Rachel's grave dedication and kindness impress the jaded lawyer, so much that a nasty bout of dengue fever leads him to a vision that could change his life. Back in the States, the legal proceedings drag on and Grisham has a high time with Phelan's money-hungry descendents, a regrettable bunch who squandered millions, married strippers, got druggy, and befriended the Mob. The youngest son, Ramble, is a multi-pierced, tattoo-covered malcontent with big dreams for his rock band, the Demon Monkeys. Will Nate get straight with Rachel's aid? Do the greedy heirs get theirs? What's the real legacy of a lifetime's work? The Testament is classic Grisham: a down-and-out lawyer, a lot of money, an action-packed pursuit, and the highest issues at stake. It's not just about great characters; it's about the question of what character is. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　--Rebekah Warren Amazon.com Audiobook Review Troy Phelan hates his greedy, spoiled children. The aging multibillionaire knows that they're circling like vultures as he waits to die. Phelan's surprising last will and testament names a heretofore unknown beneficiary--a missionary living deep in the wilds of Brazil. Nate O'Riley, a lawyer fresh from his fourth stay in rehab, is sent to find her. Along the way, he learns about God and himself, and he discovers that the dangers of alcohol pale in comparison with the perils of the jungle. This abridgment, though jumpy at times, flows smoothly thanks to actor Henry Leyva's polished performance. (Running time: 6 hours, 4 cassettes) 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　--C.B. Delaney From Publishers Weekly A traditional gangbuster Grisham opening?in which an aged billionaire outfoxes his greedy heirs by signing a bombshell will, then jumps to his death?gives little clue how this seductive tale will develop. The novel also features the usual attorney hero and legal action, but Grisham confounds expectations by sweeping readers into adventure in the Brazilian wetlands and, more urgently, into a man's search for spiritual renewal. Nate O'Riley, 48, is a drunk. He's also a top D.C. attorney who, winding up his fourth rehab stint in 10 years, is asked by his firm to find one Rachel Lane. The illegitimate daughter to whom the firm's client, tycoon Troy Phelan, has left his entire $11 billion fortune, Rachel is a missionary-physician tending Indians somewhere in Brazil's Pantanal region. Nate's experiences there prove nightmarish, including fierce storms, a plane crash, dangerous animals, hunger and, finally, dengue fever, which nearly kills him. But as Grisham crosscuts from Brazil to D.C. and the sleazy machinations of Phelan's other children and their lawyers to negate Phelan's will, readers will wonder which is the real jungle; never has Grisham revealed so nakedly his contempt for the legal profession. What Grisham holds dear is made clear in his unforgettable portrait of Rachel, whose serenity and integrity stun Nate, while inspiring him to forsake forever his lust for booze, power and money and to turn toward God. The message (which isn't entirely new to Grisham; see The Street Lawyer) and the storytelling that conveys it aren't subtle, but Grisham's smart use of the suspense novel to explore questions of being and faith puts him squarely in the footsteps of Dickens and Graham Greene. Sincere, exciting and tinged with wonder, this novel is going to sell like an angel, and deservedly so. Agent, David Gernert. 2.8 million first printing. (On-sale date: Feb. 1) From Library Journal Featuring a billionaire, a litigator straight from rehab, and a woman who works with primitive tribes in Brazil. From AudioFile Grisham's rather simplistic thrillers work well on audio, where a good performance can make his weaknesses--awkward prose, thin characters, and lifeless dialogue--less noticeable. Grisham's latest is no exception. The performance by Henry Leyva, who works mostly in the theater, turns this story of a dying billionaire, a down-and-out (but recovering) lawyer, and a beautiful young woman into a fairly entertaining way to spend an afternoon. As an audiobook this is fast-moving, energetically performed, and a good deal more satisfying than some of Grisham's money-makers. D.P. Book Dimension length: (cm)17.4 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)10.7

Book Description The Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles. The diary is that of someone who acknowledges that he is not a "somebody" - Charles Pooter, a clerk in the city of London, chronicles with often hilarious detail the everyday life of the lower middle classes during the great Victorian Age. From AudioFile The greatness of George and Weedon Grossmith's masterpiece of comic irony, THE DIARY OF A NOBODY, rests to a large extent on perceptions of class. It purports to be the diary of Charles Pooter, a lower-middle-class individual of the mid-nineteenth century who lives at "The Laurels," Brickfield Terrace, Holloway. This address alone, simultaneously poignant and stifling, reverberates with blandly devastating irony--a note sustained at perfect pitch throughout the book. Pooter is house-proud, thrifty, scrupulous in duty, alive to social niceties and given to the occasional punning witticism, but the story he tells is not quite the story he believes he's telling. Frederick Davidson's impeccable reading is truly inspired, in perfect unity with the Pooteresque view of the world. Book Dimension : length: (cm)19.8 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.6

Uncle Tom, Topsy, Sambo, Simon Legree, little Eva: their names are American bywords, and all of them are characters in Harriet Beecher Stowe's remarkable novel of the pre-Civil War South. Uncle Tom's Cabin was revolutionary in 1852 for its passionate indictment of slavery and for its presentation of Tom, "a man of humanity," as the first black hero in American fiction. Labeled racist and condescending by some contemporary critics, it remains a shocking, controversial, and powerful work -- exposing the attitudes of white nineteenth-century society toward "the peculiar institution" and documenting, in heartrending detail, the tragic breakup of black Kentucky families "sold down the river." An immediate international sensation, Uncle Tom's Cabin sold 300,000 copies in the first year, was translated into thirty-seven languages, and has never gone out of print: its political impact was immense, its emotional influence immeasurable.

After her award-winning trilogy of Victorian novels, Sarah Waters turned to the 1940s and wrote THE NIGHT WATCH, a tender and tragic novel set against the backdrop of wartime Britain. Shortlisted for both the Orange and the Man Booker, it went straight to number one in the bestseller chart. In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house, once grand and handsome, is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its gardens choked with weeds, the clock in its stable yard permanently fixed at twenty to nine. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life? Little does Dr Faraday know how closely, and how terrifyingly, their story is about to become entwined with his. Prepare yourself. From this wonderful writer who continues to astonish us, now comes a chilling ghost story.

Praise for slide:ology Copyright Dedication Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction Chapter 1. Creating a New Slide Ideology 建立全新的幻灯理念 Section 1.1. Don't Commit Career Suislide 不要委托职业的幻灯制作者 Section 1.2. A Case for Presentations 一个演示案例 Section 1.3. So Where Do You Begin? 从哪里开始？ Section 1.4. Case Study: Mark Templeton 案例研究： Section 1.5. The Presentation Ecosystem 演示系统 Section 1.6. World Class Presentations Require Time and Focus 世界级的演示要求时间和焦点 Section 1.7. Responding to Audience Needs 响应听众需求 Section 1.8. How Do You Define Your Audience? 如何定义你的听众 Section 1.9. Case Study: Rick Justice Creating Great Presence 案例研究： Section 1.10. Case Study: ZS Associates An Incentive to Communicate Clearly 案例研究：ZS Chapter 2. Creating Ideas, Not Slides 建立理念，而不是幻灯 Section 2.1. Finding Your Inspiration 找到灵感 Section 2.2. Innovating with Sticky Notes 使用即时贴创新 Section 2.3. Case Study: Bill McDonough 案例研究： Section 2.4. Sketching Your Way to Success 画出成功之路 Section 2.5. Collaborating to Get Clarity ？？清晰 Section 2.6. Case Study: Mitchell Baker 案例研究： Section 2.7. Sketching Ideas Using Diagrams 使用图解描绘概念 Section 2.8. Sketching Complete Ideas 描绘完整的概念 Chapter 3. Creating Diagrams 创建图解 Section 3.1. Classifying Diagrams 图解分类 Section 3.2. Abstract Concepts: Flow 抽象概念：流程 Section 3.3. Abstract Concepts: Structure 抽象概念：结构 Section 3.4. Abstract Concepts: Cluster 抽象概念：聚集 Section 3.5. Abstract Concepts: Radiate 抽象概念：发散 Section 3.6. Realistic Concepts: Pictorial 形象概念：插画 Section 3.7. Realistic Concepts: Display Data 形象概念：显示数据－－与图表相关的内容 Section 3.8. Making Diagrams Work Together 综合运用图解 Section 3.9. Strengthening the Diagram's Concept 强化图解概念 Chapter 4. Displaying Data 显示数据－－本章讲统计图表 Section 4.1. Following the Five Data Slide Rules 五条数据幻灯原则 Section 4.2. Telling the Truth 说出事实 Section 4.3. Getting to the Point 说出重点 Section 4.4. Picking the Right Tool for the Job 使用正确的工具 Section 4.5. Highlighting What's Important 强调重要的 Section 4.6. Chart Makeovers 图表美化 Section 4.7. Case Study: Healthy Waters 案例研究： Chapter 5. Thinking Like a Designer 象设计师一样思考 Section 5.1. The Value of Design 设计的价值 Section 5.2. Revealing Yourself Through Design Decisions ？？设计决策 Section 5.3. Case Study: Al Gore 案例研究：Al Gore（美国前副总统） Section 5.4. Designing Effective Slides 设计有效的幻灯 Chapter 6. Arranging Elements 安排元素 Section 6.1. Placement of Elements Creates Meaning 元素的位置有意义 Section 6.2. Contrast: Identifying the Main Point Quickly 对比：快速识别主要点 Section 6.3. Flow: Ordering How the Information Is Processed 流程：排序信息处理流程 Section 6.4. Hierarchy: Seeing Relationships Between Elements 层次：发现元素之间的联系 Section 6.5. Unity: Sensing the Structure of Information 联合：了解信息结构 Section 6.6. Case Study: Adobe Controlling 案例研究： Section 6.7. Proximity: Perceiving Meaning from Location 就近：感知位置意义 Section 6.8. Whitespace: Getting Visual Breathing Room 留白：留下视觉上的喘息空间 Section 6.9. Case Study: Garr Reynolds 案例研究：Garr Reynolds（演示之禅的作者） Section 6.10. Finding Beauty in the Design Around You 发现身边的设计之美 Chapter 7. Using Visual Elements: Background, Color, and Text 使用视觉元素：背景，颜色，文本 Section 7.1. The Ingredients of a Great Slide 卓越幻灯的要素 Section 7.2. Background 背景 Section 7.3. Backgrounds Are a Surface for Digital Assets 背景是数字资产的外表 Section 7.4. Traversing Flatland and Dimensions ？？平面和维度 Section 7.5. Creating a Sense of Space 建立空间感 Section 7.6. Determining the Light Source 决定光源 Section 7.7. Color 颜色 Section 7.8. About the Color Wheel 色彩轮 Section 7.9. Using the Power of Color 使用颜色的力量 Section 7.10. Choosing Your Colors 选择你自己的颜色 Section 7.11. Using Industry Color Palettes 使用行业颜色板 Section 7.12. Assembling a Color Palette 配置颜色板 Section 7.13. Case Study: BzzAgent 案例研究： Section 7.14. Text 文本 Section 7.15. Dissecting a Font 解剖字体 Section 7.16. How Many Words Should Be on a Slide? 一张幻灯上多少字 Section 7.17. Typesetting 排版 Section 7.18. Typesetting a Block of Text 排版大量文字 Section 7.19. Obeying Gun Laws and Bullet Laws 遵从？？原则 Section 7.20. Validating Your Font Size 验证字体大小 Section 7.21. Playing Text Animations as the Audience Enters 使用文字动画 Chapter 8. Using Visual Elements: Images 使用视觉元素：图片 Section 8.1. Assembling an Image System 配置图片系统 Section 8.2. Photography 摄影 Section 8.3. Case Study: School District 案例研究： Section 8.4. Taking Your Own Photos 使用自己的照片 Section 8.5. Illustrations 插图 Section 8.6. Creating an Illustration Library 建立插画库 Section 8.7. Illustrating Complex Stories 图解复杂的故事 Section 8.8. Stylizing Diagrams and Illustrations 风格化图示和图解 Section 8.9. Case Study: Dr. Mike Magee 案例研究： Section 8.10. Case Study: Incorporating Video 案例研究： Chapter 9. Creating Movement 建立运动 Section 9.1. Designing Time-Based Scenes 设计基于时间的场景 Section 9.2. Planning Animations 计划动画 Section 9.3. Animating Serves a Purpose 动画服务于目标 Section 9.4. Taking Lessons from the Movies 从电影学习 Section 9.5. Making Objects Move and Change 让对象运动和改变 Section 9.6. Creating Panoramas and Scenes 建立全景图 Section 9.7. Creating Scenes, Not Slides 建立场景，而不是幻灯 Section 9.8. Case Study: Guerrino De Luca 案例研究： Section 9.9. Brainstorming Meaningful Metaphors 头脑风暴有意义的隐喻 Section 9.10. Case Study: Rare 案例研究： Section 9.11. Avoiding Visual Vertigo 避免视觉眩晕 Chapter 10. Governing with Templates 用模板管理 Section 10.1. Arming Your Workforce 武装你的工作人员 Section 10.2. Making Template Design Decisions 制定模板设计原则 Section 10.3. Case Study: Hewlett-Packard 案例研究：HP Section 10.4. Experimenting with Various Looks 尝试不同的外观 Section 10.5. Following Template Guidelines 遵守模板指南 Section 10.6. Building Presentations Collaboratively 协同建立演示 Chapter 11. Interacting with Slides 与幻灯交互 Section 11.1. The Power of Constraints 约束的力量 Section 11.2. Constraining the Text 约束文字 Section 11.3. Reducing Text on a Slide 减少文字 Section 11.4. Navigating Through Your Message 导航你的信息 Section 11.5. Constraining the Length 控制长度 Section 11.6. Case Study: Pecha Kucha 案例研究： Section 11.7. Constraining the Projector 控制投影仪 Section 11.8. All the World's a Stage 世界的舞台 Section 11.9. How Many Slides? Use the 10/20/30 Rule. 多数张幻灯？10/20/30原则 Section 11.10. How Many Slides? The Sky Is the Limit. 多数张幻灯？天高任鸟飞 Section 11.11. How Many Slides? Depends on the Technology. 多数张幻灯？看使用的技术 Section 11.12. To Project or Not to Project 投影还是不投影 Section 11.13. Case Study: John Ortberg 案例研究： Section 11.14. Small Device, Big Impact 小设备，大印象 Section 11.15. Case Study: Jill Bolte-Taylor 案例研究： Section 11.16. A Call to Relate ？？ Chapter 12. Manifesto: The Five Theses of the Power of a Presentation 纲领：5个观点 Section 12.1. Treat Your Audience as King 以听众为中心 Section 12.2. Spread Ideas and Move People 传播理念、感动人们 Section 12.3. Help Them See What You're Saying 让他们看到你所说的 Section 12.4. Practice Design, Not Decoration 学习设计，而不是装饰 Section 12.5. Cultivate Healthy Relationships 加强有益的联系 References Index

《学术论文写作手册(第7版)》系统地介绍了写作研究论文的基本要求、格式规范和方法技巧，从如何有效选题开始，介绍了如何应用图书馆查询、收集和整理资料，如何确定论题和写作大纲，如何有效地在写作过程中使用计算机和互联网络，如何找寻相关的研究信息资料，如何将记录的卡片和笔记写成论文初稿，到如何修改初稿，如何合理引用文献和避免剽窃，如何引用参考文献等。该书还介绍了三种研究论文的体例格式，并列举了研究论文的样本。

世界文学名著表现了作者描述的特定时代的文化。阅读这些名著可以领略著者流畅的文笔、逼真的描述、详细的刻画，让读者如同置身当时的历史文化之中。“名著典藏”丛书精心挑选了这些可以代表西方文学的著作，并听取了一些国外专门研究文学的朋友的建议，不删节、不做任何人为改动，严格按照原著的风格，提供原汁原味的西方名著，让读者能享受纯正的英文名著。 随着阅读的展开，你会发现自己的英语水平无形中有了大幅提高，并且对西方历史文化的了解也日益深入广阔。本书收录了世界名著《绿野仙踪》，讲的是一个美国小姑娘多萝茜的传奇经历，她被龙卷风吹到沙漠中的一片奇异的国土，为了回家，她走上一段历险路程，并在途中遇到了希望获得脑子的稻草人、渴望有一颗心的铁皮人和希望有勇气的胆小的狮子。

An oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers-some willingly, some unwittingly-have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They've tested France's first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, been crucified in a Parisian laboratory to test the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, and helped solve the mystery of TWA Flight 800. For every new surgical procedure, from heart transplants to gender reassignment surgery, cadavers have been there alongside surgeons, making history in their quiet way. In this fascinating, ennobling account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries-from the anatomy labs and human-sourced pharmacies of medieval and nineteenth-century Europe to a human decay research facility in Tennessee, to a plastic surgery practice lab, to a Scandinavian funeral directors' conference on human composting. In her droll, inimitable voice, Roach tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them. "Uproariously funny ...informative and respectful...irreverent and witty...impossible to put down." ~ Publishers Weekly "Not grisly but inspiring, this work considers the many valuable scientific uses of the body after death." ~ Library Journal "One of the funniest and most unusual books of the year." ~ Entertainment Weekly New York Times National Best-Seller

在线阅读本书 The classic depiction of the harsh realities of American life, the dark side of the American Dream, and one man's doomed pursuit of love and success... "Mr. Dreiser is not imitative and belongs to no school. He is at heart a mysticist and a fatalist, though using the realistic method. He is, on the evidence of this novel alone, a power."- The New York Times Book Review

The Gulag—a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held millions of political and criminal prisoners—was a system of repression and punishment that terrorized the entire society, embodying the worst tendencies of Soviet communism. In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost. Applebaum intimately re-creates what life was like in the camps and links them to the larger history of the Soviet Union. Immediately recognized as a landmark and long-overdue work of scholarship, Gulag is an essential book for anyone who wishes to understand the history of the twentieth century. Winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Finalist for the 2003 National Book Award, Nonfiction.

Emma is sitting on a turbulent plane. She's always been a v. nervous flyer. She really thinks that this could be her last moment. So, naturally enough, she starts telling the man sitting next to her - quite a dishy American, but she's too frightened to notice -all her innermost secrets. How she scans the backs of intellectual books and pretends she's read them. How she does her hair up like Princess Leia in her bedroom. How she's not sure if she has a G-spot, and whether her boyfriend could find it anyway. How she feels like a fraud at work - everyone uses the word 'operational' all the time but she hasn't a due what it means. How the coffee at work is horrible. How she once threw a troublesome client file in the bin. If ever there was a bare soul, it's hers. She survives the flight, of course, and the next morning the famous founding boss of the whole mega corporation she works for is coming for a look at the UK branch. As he walks around, Emma looks up and realises...It's the man from the plane. What will he do with her secrets? He knows them all - but she doesn't know a single one of his. Or...does she?

The first collection of short stories -- winner of the Somerset Maugham Award. Taut, brooding and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness.

Synopsis This is a breathtaking collection of reflections from one of the world's best loved storytellers, Paulo Coelho. In this riveting collection of thoughts and stories, Paulo Coelho, the author of "The Alchemist", offers his personal reflections on a wide range of subjects from archery and music to elegance, travelling and the nature of good and evil. An old woman explains to her grandson how a mere pencil can show him the path to happiness! It features: instructions on how to climb a mountain that reveal the secret to making your dreams a reality; the story of Ghengis Khan and the Falcon that teaches about the folly of anger - and the art of friendship; and a pianist who performs an example in fulfilling your destiny. The author learns three important lessons when he goes to the rescue of a man in the street - Paulo shows us how life has lessons for us in the greatest, smallest and most unusual of experiences. "Like the Flowing River" includes jewel-like fables, packed with meaning and retold in Coelho's inimitable style. Sharing his thoughts on spirituality, life and ethics, Paulo touches you with his philosophy and invites you to go on an exciting journey of your own. 点击链接进入中文版： 沉思录