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A Man and His Money
Frederic Stewart Isham 试读
"A mistake! Beg pardon!" he murmured with exquisite politeness and began to back out, when a somewhat brutal command on the other's part to "shut that d—— door d—— quick, and not let any more d—— hot air out" arrested the visitor's purpose. Instead of retreating, he advanced.(This paragraph from the first chapter)
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The Lost Lady of Lone
Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 试读
The preparations were being completed for a grand event. For on the morning of the next day a deep wrong was to be made right by the marriage of the young and beautiful Lady of Lone to the chosen lord of her heart.
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Outdoor Sports and Games
Claude Harris Miller 试读
If we live a natural open-air life we shall have but little need of doctors or medicine. Many of our grandmothers' notions on how to keep well have changed in recent years. Old-fashioned remedies made from roots and herbs have been almost completely replaced by better habits of life and common-sense ideas.' (Excerpt from Chapter 1)"
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The Ear in the Wall
Arthur Benjamin Reeve 试读
This early work by Arthur Benjamin Reeve was originally published in 1916 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Ear in the Wall' features super-sleuth Professor Craig Kennedy who is sometimes referred to as "The American Sherlock Holmes" due to his astounding ability at crime solving and his Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter. In 'The Ear in the Wall, ' Kennedy and Jameson, aided by a tough but compassionate woman detective start a race to save Betty Blackwell who has transcribed deals with criminal gangs and Wall Street plungers . Arthur Benjamin Reeve was born on 15th October 1880 in New York, USA. Reeve received his University education at Princeton and upon graduating enrolled at the New York Law School. However, his career was not destined to be in the field of Law. Between 1910 and 1918 he produced 82 short stories for Cosmopolitan. During this period he also began authoring screenplays, and by the end of the decade, his film career was at its peak with his name appearing on seven films, most of them serials and three of them starring Harry Houdini. Reeves died on 9th August 1936, a few years after moving to Trenton.
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English Men of Letters – Crabbe
Alfred Ainger 试读
Part of the English Men of Letters Series, published in 1903, this edition features George Crabbe the English poet and naturalist.
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Hardings luck
Edith Nesbit 试读
Dickie lived at New Cross. At least the address was New Cross, but really the house where he lived was one of a row of horrid little houses built on the slope where once green fields ran down the hill to the river, and the old houses of the Deptford merchants stood stately in their pleasant gardens and fruitful orchards.
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Ten Girls from Dickens
Kate Dickinson Sweetser 试读
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book
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The Surgeons Daughter
Walter Scott 试读
The tale of the Surgeon's Daughter formed part of the second series of Chronicles of the Canongate, published in 1827; but has been separated from the stories of the Highland Widow, &c., which it originally accompanied, and deferred to the close of this collection, for reasons which printers and publishers will understand, and which would hardly interest the general reader.
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The After House
Mary Roberts Rinehart 试读
By the bequest of an elder brother, I was left enough money to see me through a small college in Ohio, and to secure me four years in a medical school in the East. Why I chose medicine I hardly know. Possibly the career of a surgeon attracted the adventurous element in me. Perhaps, coming of a family of doctors, I merely followed the line of least resistance. It may be, indirectly but inevitably, that I might be on the yacht Ella on that terrible night of August 12, more than a year ago.(This paragraph from the first chapter)
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The Fortune Hunter
Louis Joseph Vance 试读
Receiver at ear, Spaulding, of Messrs. Atwater & Spaulding, importers of motoring garments and accessories, listened to the switchboard operator's announcement with grave attention, acknowledging it with a toneless: "All right. Send him in."
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On Compromise
John Morley 试读
John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1838 -1923) was a British Liberal statesman, writer and newspaper editor. He quarreled with his father over religion and left Oxford early without a degree. His father had wanted him to become a clergyman. Morley alluded to this rift in On Compromise (1874). Morley was a follower of John Stuart Mill. In On Compromise Morley speaks of his own search for truth and contemplates modern issues of compromise and conformity. He believes in tolerating dissent and speaking freely. The author says man has "the right of thinking freely and acting independently, using our minds without excessive awe of authority, and shaping our lives without unquestioning obedience to custom."
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Studies of Trees
Jacob Joshua Levison 试读
In presenting this volume, the author is aware that there are several excellent books, dealing with one phase or another of tree life, already before the public. It is believed, however, that there is still need for an all-round book, adapted to the beginner, which gives in a brief and not too technical way the most important facts concerning the identification.....
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A Voyage of Consolation(being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of An American girl in
Sara Jeannette Duncan 试读
This volume is a sequel to "An American Girl in London."
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The Lights of the Church and the Light of Science
Thomas Henry Huxley 试读
“The narrative may be exactly true. That is to say, the words, taken in their natural sense, and interpreted according to the rules of grammar, may convey to the mind of the hearer, or of the reader an idea precisely correspondent with one which would have remained in the mind of a witness. For example, the statement that King Charles the First was beheaded at Whitehall on the 30th day of January 1649, is as exactly true as any proposition in mathematics or physics...”
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A Dog with a Bad Name
Talbot Baines Reed 试读
This book was published in 1894 and later serialized. It starts at Bolsover, with the headmaster's decision that all of the boys are to play rugby football. We are introduced to a great range of characters, amongst whom is "Cad" Jeffreys a hulking and short-tempered sort. Jeffreys severely injures the most popular boy at the school and leaves in disgrace. (Jeffreys is the "dog" with the bad name.) We then follow Jeffreys' path to redemption. This sounds rather dry and melodramatic, but the character sketches are so compelling, the dialogue is so bright, and the narrative is so driving it is actually a very refreshing and satisfying read.
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A Fair Barbarian
Frances Hodgson Burnett 试读
1901. Burnett, began as a novelist, but she is now best remembered for her children's books including The Secret Garden and Sara Crewe (which was later rewritten to become The Little Princess). Her romance novels were also quite popular during her lifetime. A Fair Barbarian begins: Slowbridge had been shaken to its foundations. It may as well be explained, however, at the outse...
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A Lost Leader
Edward Phillips Oppenheim 试读
The two men stood upon the top of a bank bordering the rough road which led to the sea. They were listening to the lark, which had risen fluttering from their feet a moment or so ago, and was circling now above their heads. Mannering, with a quiet smile, pointed upwards. "There, my friend " he exclaimed. "You can listen now to arguments more eloquent than any which I could ever frame. That little creature is singing the true, uncorrupted song of life. He sings of the sunshine, the buoyant air the pure and simple joy of existence is beating in his little heart. The things which lie behind the hills will never sadden him. His kingdom is here, and he is content."
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Allan and the Holy Flower
Henry Rider Haggard 试读
I do not suppose that anyone who knows the name of Allan Quatermain would be likely to associate it with flowers, and especially with orchids. Yet as it happens it was once my lot to take part in an orchid hunt of so remarkable a character that I think it ...
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Ayesha, the Return of She
Henry Rider Haggard 试读
Ayesha is back in H. Rider Haggard's thrilling sequel to 'She', bursting with adventure, desire and revenge.
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Blix
Frank Norris 试读
It had just struck nine from the cuckoo clock that hung over the mantelpiece in the dining-room, when Victorine brought in the halved watermelon and set it in front of Mr. Bessemer's plate. Then she went down to the front door for the damp, twisted roll of the Sunday morning's paper, and came back and rang the breakfast-bell for the second time.
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Little Fuzzy
H. Beam Piper 试读
The planet Zarathustra is listed as uninhabited -- which means that the entire planet can be owned by a corporation. That owner is the Zarathustra Company, rich and happy -- until a prospector named Jack Holloway comes across undocumented species, a tiny, golden-furred little biped who he dubs "Little Fuzzy." Not only are the Little Fuzzies cute, they're bright too -- in fact they may be sapient as people are. . . and that means everything the Zarathustra company owns on this world is at stake. . . .
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The Daughters of Danaus
Mona Caird 试读
This brilliantly witty novel (1894) follows the lives of two sisters in a wealthy Scots family. One escapes to a profession in London and eventually a decent marriage while the heroine, Hadria, vows to become a composer in Paris, but is thwarted. The novel reveals the power of marriage and the family hold in controlling the lives of talented, spirited women; but unlike other oppressed heroines of the period, Hadria and her feminism both survive. The books includes a trailblazing essay on marriage published by Caird, a visionary novelist and social critic.
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The Delectable Duchy
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 试读
Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch wrote short stories, novels, and criticism -- and edited anthologies, including the "Oxford Book" series. He was Assistant Editor of the Liberal weekly "The Speaker," and from 1912 until his death was Professor of English at Cambridge University. Writing under the pen name "Q," Quiller-Couch produced a variety of work, including adventure stories, historical fiction, satire, stories of the supernatural, and mysteries. "The Delectable Duchy" is a collection of stories about the Cornwall area of Britain, inspired by a journalist friend who comes for a visit to learn what Cornwall is like. He has spent a week in Cornwall, and wishes to spend a day with Q learning about his particular area. Q despairs of spinning out the story of "his little nook" for a whole day, and realizes "that my love for this spot is built up of numberless trivialities, of small memories all incommunicable, or ridiculous when communicated; a scrap of local speech heard at this corner, a pleasant native face remembered in that doorway, a battered vessel dropping anchor," and the stories in the collection are the result.
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The Light That Lures
Percy James Brebner 试读
Seated on a green hummock, his knees drawn up, his elbows resting on his knees and his head supported in his open hands, a boy sat very still and preoccupied, gazing straight into the world before him, yet conscious of little beyond the visions conjured up by his young mind. His were dim visions begot of the strenuous times in which he lived, and which were the staple subject of conversation of all those with whom he came in contact, yet his shadowy dreams had something of the past in them, and more, far more, of that future which to youth must ever be all important. But this young dreamer was not as dreamers often are, with muscle subservient to brain, the physical less highly developed than the mental powers; on the contrary, he was a lad well knit together, his limbs strong and supple, endurance and health unmistakable, a lad who must excel in every manly exercise and game. Perhaps it was this very superiority over his fellows which, for the time being, at any rate, had made him a dreamer. While other boys, reproducing in their games that which was happening about them, fought mimic battles, inflicted and suffered mimic death, experienced terrible siege in some small copse which to their imagination stood for a beleaguered city, or carried some hillock by desperate and impetuous assault, this boy, their master in running, in swimming, in wrestling, in sitting a horse as he galloped freely, was not content with mimicry, but dreamed of real deeds in a real future.
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The Moon-Voyage
Jules Verne 试读
The Moon Voyage compiles From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon. From the Earth to the Moon is a humorous science fantasy novel that tells the story of the president of a post-American Civil War gun club in Baltimore, his rival, a Philadelphia maker of armor, and a Frenchman, who built an enormous sky-facing Columbiad space gun and launched themselves with intentions of a Moon landing. Around the Moon is Verne's sequel to From the Earth to the Moon in which a bullet-shaped projectile, along with its three passengers, Barbicane, Nicholl and Michel Ardan, begin the five-day trip to the moon. Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction. He was trained to follow in his father's footsteps as a lawyer, but quit the profession early to write for magazines and the stage. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages Extraordinaires, a widely popular series of scrupulously researched adventure novels including A Journey to the Interior of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days.
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The Trumpeter Swan
Temple Bailey 试读
It had rained all night, one of the summer rains that, beginning in a thunder-storm in Washington, had continued in a steaming drizzle until morning. There were only four passengers in the sleeper, men all of them-two in adjoining sections in the middle of the car, a third in the drawing-room, a fourth an intermittent occupant of a berth at the end. They had gone to bed unaware of the estate or circumstance of their fellow-travellers, and had waked to find the train delayed by washouts, and side-tracked until more could be learned of the condition of the road. The man in the drawing-room shone, in the few glimpses that the others had of him, with an effulgence which was dazzling. His valet, the intermittent sleeper in the end berth, was a smug little soul, with a small nose which pointed to the stars. When the door of the compartment opened to admit breakfast there was the radiance of a brocade dressing-gown, the shine of a sleek head, the staccato of an imperious voice.
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Widdershins
Oliver Onions 试读
The centerpiece of this rare collection, "The Beckoning Fair One," is widely regarded as a classic of the horror genre. At first blush, it's a conventional haunted house story involving an unsuccessful writer, who moves into an empty house in hope that isolation will help his failing creativity. His sensitivity and imagination are enhanced by his seclusion, but his art, his only friend, and his sanity are all destroyed in the process. . . .
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
J.K.罗琳 试读
《神奇动物在哪里》是一个与《哈利•波特》系列截然不同的新次元,故事发生在比《哈利•波特》早了70年的美国纽约,讲述了神奇动物学家纽特•斯卡曼德离开霍格沃兹魔法学校后为寻找和保护神奇动物所发生的一段奇异冒险…… When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. However, when his magical case is misplaced and some of Newt's fantastic beasts escape, it spells trouble for everyone…Inspired by the original Hogwart's textbook by Newt Scamander, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original screenplay marks the screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling, author of the beloved and internationally bestselling Harry Potter books. A feat of imagination and featuring a cast of remarkable characters and magical creatures, this is epic adventure-packed storytelling at its very best. Whether an existing fan or new to the wizarding world, this is a perfect addition for any film lover or reader's bookshelf.The film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will have its theatrical release on 18th November 2016.
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The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 试读
I ask the indulgence of the children who may read this book for dedicating it to a grown-up. I have a serious reason:he is the best friend I have in the world. I have another reason: this grown-up understands everything, even books about children. I have a third reason: he lives in France where he is hungry and cold. He needs cheering up. If all these reasons are not enough, I will dedicate the book to the child from whom this grown-up grew.All grown-ups were once children-- although few of them remember it.
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The Great Gatsby了不起的盖茨比(英文原版)
菲茨杰拉德 试读
《了不起的盖茨比》出版于1925年,是美国作家菲茨杰拉德的代表作,奠定了他20世纪20年代“爵士时代”发言人和“迷惘的一代”代表作家的地位。20世纪末,美国学术界权威在百年英语文学长河中选出百部最优秀的小说,《了不起的盖茨比》高居第二位。故事讲述了银行小职员尼克背井离乡来到纽约,盖茨比夜夜笙歌的奢华生活和神秘的个人背景引发了他的好奇。原来,这位富商出身贫寒却爱上了大家闺秀黛西,世界大战爆发拆散了这对有情人。盖茨比带着功勋从战场归来,等待他的却是心上人嫁作他人妇的消息。伤心欲绝的他不择手段成为富翁,挥金如土,彻夜笙箫,为的就是引起黛西的注意,挽回失去的爱情。 尼克为盖茨比的痴情打动,为两人牵线搭桥。殊不知黛西早已不复当年,而是一副拜金面孔,与盖茨比的重温旧梦不过是她在婚姻外寻求的刺激。一次意外,黛西驾车时撞死了丈夫汤姆的情人威尔逊太太,盖茨比为救心上人决意顶罪,汤姆却借此唆使威尔逊杀死了盖茨比。薄情的黛西没有为盖茨比送葬,而是与丈夫踏上欧洲游玩的旅程。盖茨比草草结束了荒唐悲剧的一生。而目睹了人世间薄情寡义的尼克,也离开了喧嚣、冷漠、空洞、虚假的纽约,黯然回到故乡。
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A Little Princess 小公主(英文原版)
F.H.伯内特 试读
父亲去世和破产的消息让萨拉顷刻之间从令人羡慕的小公主沦为寄宿学校的女佣。她饱尝人情冷暖,但始终保持着善良、高贵的心,因为她相信: “就算穿着破衣服,我也可以在心里像一位公主。”
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Richard Dares Venture
Edward Stratemeyer 试读
It is high time, mother, that I found something to do. Father seems to be worse, and I'm afraid before long he won't be able to go to work every day. Ever since I finished schooling I've felt like a fish out of water. And stowing away the remainder of the slice of bread he was eating, Richard Dare leaned back in his chair and gazed inquiringly across the breakfast-table to where his mother stood, ready to clear away the dishes when he had finished his meal. "I'm sure you have been busy enough, Richard," responded Mrs. Dare fondly. "I am well satisfied with the way you have planted the garden; and no carpenter could have made a neater job of the front fence. You haven't wasted your time."
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SH.T 3163-2011石油化工静设备分类标准(英文版)
中国石油化工集团公司 试读
本书是《石油化工静设备分类标准》SH/T3163-2011的英文版,由中国石油化工集团公司组织编译。本规范是根据国家发展和改革委员会办公厅《2006年行业标准项目计划》(发改办工业【2006】1093号)的要求,规范编制组经广泛调查研究,认真总结实践经验,参考有关国际标准,并在广泛征求意见的基础上制定的。
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伊索寓言:THE AESOP FOR CHILDREN(英文朗读版)
伊索 试读
伊索,被誉为“希腊寓言之父”、“西方寓言的开山鼻祖”。大约出生于公元前620-560年,他的寓言至今仍成为全球孩子道德教材的经典读本。其中许多故事,如《狐狸和葡萄》、《龟兔赛跑》、《北风和太阳》等成为世界儿童皆知的故事,并被选入中国小学语文课本。 《伊索寓言》脍炙人口,对欧洲的寓言文学影响很大,拉封丹著名的《寓言诗》即以《伊索寓言》为主要素材。著名哲学家阿波罗尼如此评价道:“我十分享用伊索寓言是世界上最古老、影响最大的寓言,由于形象生动、寓意深刻、富于哲理,在全世界流传两千五百余年而经久不衰。阅读伊索寓言使人趋向聪明、理智、沉稳。这些用简单的盘子端上的一道道美食,他讲述最朴实明了的事情,却教给人们最伟大的真理。比起诗歌来,这些故事更接近真理。每个故事之后,他还附上一则建议与忠告,告诫人们应该做或不该做什么。”古希腊历史学家希罗多德、作家阿里斯多芬尼斯、著名哲学家柏拉图等,都对伊索讲述的这些故事予以盛赞。
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Travels with Charley in Search of America
John Steinbeck 试读
To hear the speech of the real America, to smell the grass and the trees, to see the colors and the light—these were John Steinbeck's goals as he set out, at the age of fifty-eight, to rediscover the country he had been writing about for so many years.
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Never Let Me Go
石黑一雄 试读
As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy were students at Hailsham, an exclusive boarding school secluded in the English countryside. It was a place of mercurial cliques and mysterious rules where teachers were constantly reminding their charges of how special they were.
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I‘ve Got Your Number
Sophie Kinsella 试读
She is about to marry her ideal man, Magnus Tavish, but in one afternoon her “happily ever after” begins to fall apart. Not only has she lost her engagement ring in a hotel fire drill, but in the panic that follows, her phone is stolen. As she paces shakily around the lobby, she spots an abandoned phone in a trash can. Finders keepers! Now she can leave a number for the hotel to contact her when they find her ring. Perfect!
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Born a Crime
Trevor Noah 试读
Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents’ indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away.
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The Code Book
Simon Singh 试读
In his first book since the bestselling Fermat’s Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives.
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Titan
Ron Chernow 试读
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist.From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Alexander Hamilton: here is the essential, endlessly engrossing biography of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.—the Jekyll-and-Hyde of American capitalism. In the course of his nearly 98 years, Rockefeller was known as both a rapacious robber baron, whose Standard Oil Company rode roughshod over an industry, and a philanthropist who donated money lavishly to universities and medical centers.
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The Shining
Stephen King 试读
Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he’ll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote . . . and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted five-year-old.
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The Fault in Our Stars
John Green 试读
Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.
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A Human‘s Guide to Machine Intelligence
Kartik Hosanagar 试读
Through the technology embedded in almost every major tech platform and every web-enabled device, algorithms and the artificial intelligence that underlies them make a staggering number of everyday decisions for us, from what products we buy, to where we decide to eat, to how we consume our news, to whom we date, and how we find a job. We've even delegated life-and-death decisions to algorithms--decisions once made by doctors, pilots, and judges.
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Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher 试读
Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah's voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out why.
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On the Road
Jack Kerouac 试读
On the Roadswings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, generosity, chill dawns and drugs, with Sal Paradise and his hero. Dean Moriarty, traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat. Now recognized as a modern classic, its American Dream is nearer that of Walt Whitman than F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, and the narrative goes racing towards the sunset with unforgettable exuberance, poignancy and autobiographical passion.
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A Time for Love
Lynn Kurland 试读
Another Chance to Dream, Rhys, a knight with neither land nor title, cannot win the hand of Gwennelyn of Segrave, but he will always have her heart. Then Gwen is betrothed to another man, and Rhys fears he will lose her forever. Until a surprise offer comes his way-bringing Rhys and Gwen a second chance.
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Empire of Cotton
Sven Beckert 试读
The empire of cotton was, from the beginning, a fulcrum of constant global struggle between slaves and planters, merchants and statesmen, workers and factory owners. Sven Beckert makes clear how these forces ushered in the world of modern capitalism, including the vast wealth and disturbing inequalities that are with us today.
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Before Sunrise & Before Sunset
Richard Linklater 试读
In one volume, the screenplays to two contemporary classics, directed by Richard Linklater, and starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, about the immediate and life-altering attraction between two strangers.On a train from Budapest to Vienna, Jesse, a young American student, at the end of a romance and his European trip, meets Celine, a young French woman. They are immediately attracted.
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Inferno
Dan Brown 试读
1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon awakens in an Italian hospital, disoriented and with no recollection of the past thirty-six hours, including the origin of the macabre object hidden in his belongings. With a relentless female assassin trailing them through Florence, he and his resourceful doctor, Sienna Brooks, are forced to flee.
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How to Become a Straight-A Student
Cal Newport 试读
Looking to jumpstart your GPA? Most college students believe that straight A’s can be achieved only through cramming and painful all-nighters at the library. But Cal Newport knows that real straight-A students don’t study harder—they study smarter.
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Cosmos
Carl Sagan 试读
RETURNING TO TELEVISION AS AN ALL-NEW MINISERIES ON FOX;Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose, Sagan reveals a jewel-like blue world inhabited by a life form that is just beginning to discover its own identity and to venture into the vast ocean of space.
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百年哈佛经典:英文原版(全50卷)
CHARLES W.ELIOT 试读
13百年哈佛经典(全套50册)(英文原版)登陆中国,哈佛大学第二任校长查尔斯·爱略特倾心主编。全套50卷,共精选400多位人类史上优秀思想家的136本专著,是国内首套权威的人类文明传世之作。哈佛大学第二任校长查尔斯·爱略特(CHARLES W.ELIOT)任主编,哈佛大学及其他名校100多位享誉全球的教授任分册编辑,历时数年完成。自1901年问世至今,畅销100多年,成为西方家庭的必备藏书,西方学生接受古代和近代文明教育的读物。引领中国思想家胡适先生进入西方文明殿堂的一块敲门砖。万卷出版公司与北京神鸟文化发展有限公司倾心5年时间精心打造。
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百年哈佛经典第31卷:契里尼自传(英文原版)
CHARLES W.ELIOT 试读
百年哈佛经典(全套50册)(英文原版)登陆中国,哈佛大学第二任校长查尔斯·爱略特倾心主编。全套50卷,共精选400多位人类史上优秀思想家的136本专著,是国内首套权威的人类文明传世之作。 哈佛大学第二任校长查尔斯·爱略特(CHARLES W. ELIOT)任主编,哈佛大学及其他名校100多位享誉全球的教授任分册编辑,历时数年完成。自1901年问世至今,畅销100多年,成为西方家庭的必备藏书,西方学生接受古代和近代文明教育的读物。引领中国思想家胡适先生进入西方文明殿堂的一块敲门砖。 万卷出版公司与北京神鸟文化发展有限公司倾心5年时间精心打造。
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百年哈佛经典第43卷:美国历史文件·1000-1904(英文原版)
CHARLES W.ELIOT 试读
百年哈佛经典(全套50册)(英文原版)登陆中国,哈佛大学第二任校长查尔斯·爱略特倾心主编。全套50卷,共精选400多位人类史上优秀思想家的136本专著,是国内首套权威的人类文明传世之作。 哈佛大学第二任校长查尔斯·爱略特(CHARLES W.ELIOT)任主编,哈佛大学及其他名校100多位享誉全球的教授任分册编辑,历时数年完成。自1901年问世至今,畅销100多年,成为西方家庭的必备藏书,西方学生接受古代和近代文明教育的读物。引领中国思想家胡适先生进入西方文明殿堂的一块敲门砖。 万卷出版公司与北京神鸟文化发展有限公司倾心5年时间精心打造。
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安德鲁·朗世界童话经典(英文朗读版·全12册)
Andrew Lang 试读
《安德鲁·朗世界童话经典》,为英文版电子书,赠送配套的英文朗读音频收听,全套书收录了英国作家安德鲁·朗的12本彩色童话,近200个童话故事。安德鲁整理了世界各地的民间传说和童话故事,加以编写,其中包括安徒生、格林兄弟、豪夫、贝洛、多诺夫人等人的童话故事,同时也收罗了《一千零一夜》、挪威、英格兰、苏格兰以及亚洲、非洲、美洲各地的民间童话。经过安德鲁的改编,比原作更加优美可读,风格凸显。安德鲁童话在对孩子们进行道德和人生教育的同时,也给他们带来了美好的梦想和无穷的欢乐,从而成为经久不衰的畅销童话书。 发明家爱因斯坦说道:“想让孩子变得聪明,那就给他们多读童话;想让孩子变得更聪明,那就读更多的童话。”在孩子成长和阅读的早期阶段,童话故事,带给他们丰富的想象力、欢快与悲伤的真实情感,以及对于真假、善恶的辨别力。
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Sister Carrie 嘉利妹妹(英文版)
西奥多·德莱塞 试读
《嘉利妹妹》描述了农村姑娘嘉莉来到大城市芝加哥寻找幸福,为摆脱贫困,出卖自己的贞操,先后与推销员和酒店经理同居,后又凭美貌与歌喉成为演员的故事。作家以嘉莉为代表深刻揭露了美国资本主义制度对贫苦人民压榨的残酷性和资产阶级生活方式对小资产阶级分子的腐蚀性。本电子书为未删减全英文版。
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Nostromo 诺斯特罗莫(英文版)
约瑟夫·康拉德 试读
小说虚构了一个南美国家科斯塔瓦那,这个国家长期处于暴政、革命和战争之中。查尔斯·古尔德拥有一座藏量丰富的银矿,他对这个国家的动荡与无处不在的腐败深恶痛绝,决定用他的财富支持当时的独裁政府,认为此举能给这个国家带来稳定。但是开采银矿将带来的巨额财富招致各种势力的觊觎,引发了新一轮的革命和自我割据的军阀战争,将这个国家带入更大的混乱之中。腐败与贪婪侵入了每一个人的生活,小说的主角“不被腐蚀”的诺斯特罗莫面临着巨大的考验。
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Parade‘s End 队列之末(英文版)
福特·马多克斯·福特 试读
A masterly novel of destruction and regeneration,Parade's End follows the story of aristocrat Christopher Tietjens as his world is shattered by the First World War. Tracing the psychological damage inflicted by battle,the collapse of England's secure Edwardian values-embodied in Christopher's wife,the beautiful,cruel socialite Sylvia - and the beginning of a new age,epitomized by the suffragette Valentine Wannop,Parade's End is an elegy for both the war dead and the passing of a way of life.
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Scoop 独家新闻(英文版)
伊夫林·沃 试读
本书的创作灵感来源于伊夫林·沃在阿尔巴尼亚担任战地记者时的工作经历。小说的男主人公威廉·布特是《野兽日报》的一名专栏作家,远离伦敦,隐居乡间,过着与世无争的平静生活。报纸的老板科珀勋爵将威廉·布特误当成了急于逃离伦敦生活的当红小说家约翰·布特,威廉在阴差阳错之下被派往了虚构的东非国家以实马利亚,以战地记者的身份去报道那里一触即发的内战。