Agesilausby XenophonTranslation by H. G. DakynsDedicated ToRev. B. Jowett, M.A.Master of Balliol CollegeRegius Professor of Greek in the University of OxfordXenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was apupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans,and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave him landand property in Scillus, where he lived for many...
The Vanished Messengerby E. Phillips OppenheimCHAPTER IThere were very few people upon Platform Number Twenty-one ofLiverpool Street Station at a quarter to nine on the eveningof April 2 - possibly because the platform in question is one ofthe most remote and least used in the great terminus. Thestation-master, however, was there himself, with an inspector inattendance. A dark, thick-set man, wearing a long travellingulster and a Homburg hat, and carrying in his hand a brown leather...
《嗜血死神》作者:不生不灭第一卷:杀手是这样练成的 第一章:夜杀一九七四年的冬天,赌城澳门遇上了有史以来最为寒冷的天气,温度骤然下降至零度,大街小巷已然不见行人的踪影。偶尔,也有几部汽车从公路上经过,但转瞬便又消失在黑暗的夜幕中。整个赌城在如此寒冷的天气里冷冷清清,显得格外凄凉与萧条。一辆黑色的小轿车从不远处的公路上掉了个头,便拐进这边的岔口,继续又向着山坡上的一座孤伶伶的别墅驶来。车子开得不快,里面坐着两个人。一段段路灯的亮光透过车窗,飞快的掠过两张阴沉、惨白的脸。后排坐位上的男人这时嘴角微微抽动了一下,然后猛吸了口烟,顺手把烟头用力碾灭。随着一阵浓浓的烟雾喷出后,他的手中也多了一把乌黑发亮的手枪。...
《一九八四,我的战争回忆》作者:寂寞苍狼昨夜无眠,至晨五时,终于写完了《一九八四,我的战争记忆》第二章的第一第二部分,晚上再努力一下明天应该能搞完了。其实,说实在的,我也不知道写这些东西除了给自已一点心里安慰以外,于大家还会有多少帮助;我们这一代人与其说是八十年代最可爱的人,还不如象一些大学生形容的“八十年代最奇怪的人”来的贴切;战争让我们失去了许多东西,并让我们永远生活在一种似真还假的精神状态中,经历了死亡与痛苦,人的心智变得与时代格格不入了,我们看别人扎眼,别人看我们也扎眼;战争中我们经常感动于人民的关爱和无私的奉献,战争后,我们却成了有些人眼里的社会问题,以至于许多当年的勇士英雄在脱下军装后就对那场战就对那场本应引以自豪的经历纬莫若深/缄口不言。士兵也是血肉皆全的凡人,我们懂感情也重感情,我们珍惜曾经的辉煌,更追求永久的理解,有一个故事在当时的战区和部队流传...
The Fortunes of Oliver Hornby F. Hopkinson SmithI DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO THE MEMORY OF"THE MAN OF ALL OTHERS ABOUT KENNEDYSQUARE MOST BELOVED, AND THE MAN OF ALLOTHERS LEAST UNDERSTOODRICHARD HORN,THE DISTINGUISHED INVENTOR."F.H.S.CHAPTER ITHE OLD HOUSE IN KENNEDY SQUAREKennedy Square, in the late fifties, was a place of birds and trees and flowers; of rude stone benches, sagging arbors smothered in vines, and cool dirt-paths bordered by sweet-smelling box. Giant magnolias filled the air with th
The Moscow Census - From "What to do?"by Count Lyof N. TolstoiTranslated from the Russian by Isabel F. HapgoodTHOUGHTS EVOKED BY THE CENSUS OF MOSCOW. [1884-1885.]And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let himimpart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him dolikewiseLUKE iii. 10. 11.Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rustdoth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:...
Evergreensby Jerome K. JeromeThey look so dull and dowdy in the spring weather, when the snow dropsand the crocuses are putting on their dainty frocks of white and mauveand yellow, and the baby-buds from every branch are peeping withbright eyes out on the world, and stretching forth soft little leavestoward the coming gladness of their lives. They stand apart, so coldand hard amid the stirring hope and joy that are throbbing all aroundthem.And in the deep full summer-time, when all the rest of
看来,“细节”已经成为社会普遍关注的问题:中央电视台“东方时空”的“时空连线”栏目,以“细节、现场、观点”作为宣传语;被视为营销领域权威刊物《销售与市场》以“过程、方法、细节”作为封面用语;北京的一家饭店也以“细节见证品质”来表达自信……社会各界热烈的反响以及众多有识之士对细节问题的重视,使我不得不重新审视细节问题。因为曾在机关工作过几年,做顾问和咨询之后,也经常与政府领导接触和沟通,对开发区招商、建设国际大都市、CBD等一些公共管理方面的细节问题,有一定程度的认识。我认为,细节在公共管理领域的重要性,要比在其它领域凸显得多。社会上不断发生的安全事故,也使我们感到:要将胡锦涛总书记所说的“群众利益无小事”落到实处,并不是那么容易的事。去年年底,温家宝总理竟为解决拖欠民工工资这等“小事”亲自下到基层:“中国有13亿人口,不管多么小的问题,只要乘以13亿,那就成为很大很大的...
┌───────┐└───────┘在市场中发现巨大商机:长尾理论 作者:[美]克里斯·安德森 第一部分 编者导读(1) 丰饶时代的领先之道——长尾理论 长尾理论由《连线》主编克里斯·安德森提出,近两年来可谓风靡全球,掀起了新一轮的商业理念革新。长尾理论荣获了2005年《商业周刊》评选的“best idea of 2005”奖项,并被《GQ》杂志称为“2006年最重要的创见”。 安德森一直醉心于研究行业和技术趋势,在和Ecast的CEO范·阿迪布的一席谈话后,安德斯发现了一个有关数字时代新娱乐经济学的真理。在对话中,阿迪布问安德森收录在该公司点唱机上的一万张专辑中有多少能达到每一季度至少被点播一次的频率。在数字产业中浸淫多年,安德森冒险说出了一个明显违背80/20法则的比例:50%(他的胆子的确比较大)。但事实上安德森的答案却差的太远太远,正确的答案是——98%。并且阿迪布发现公司新添的曲目越多、销量...