The Call of the Canyonby Zane GreyCHAPTER IWhat subtle strange message had come to her out of the West? Carley Burch laid the letter in her lap and gazed dreamily through the window.It was a day typical of early April in New York, rather cold and gray, with steely sunlight. Spring breathed in the air, but the women passing along Fifty-seventh Street wore furs and wraps. She heard the distant clatter of an L train and then the hum of a motor car. A hurdy-gurdy jarred into the interval of quiet..
The Boy Captives An Incident of the Indian War of 1695The Boy CaptivesAn Incident of the Indian War of 1695by John Greenleaf Whittier1- Page 2-The Boy Captives An Incident of the Indian War of 1695THE township of Haverhill, even as late as the close of theseventeenth century, was a frontier settlement, occupying an advanced...
****************相关报道*************** 我们经常把城市喻为一本打开的书:石块和钢筋水泥凝固着几代人的抱负、理想、成败和恩怨。梁思成和北京城的命运就是这样一部很难让人平静,值得再三解读的大书。虽然这一主题已不再新鲜,但是,《城记》仍然不同寻常,用谢泳的话说,是同一题材的书中最好的。-《城记》:沧桑历史破解城市命运- 我们经常把城市喻为一本打开的书:石块和钢筋水泥凝固着几代人的抱负、理想、成败和恩怨。梁思成和北京城的命运就是这样一部很难让人平静,值得再三解读的大书。虽然这一主题已不再新鲜,但是,《城记》(王军著三联书店2003年10月版)仍然不同寻常,用谢泳的话说,是同一题材的书中最好的。...
有着十多年NBA写作经历的美国ESPN大牌记者里克·布切,自称“着手帮助姚明写自传时,激动万分”,但开始并非一拍即合,因为姚明拒绝写书。他认为只有英雄和政要才能立传。最终让姚明下决心写书的原因,是他发现一些书中“把我写成一个从不犯错误的人,好像我是一个神而不是一个人,好像我是毛泽东。事实呢?我失败过许许多多次。”而凭这一点,里克·布切认定“姚明魅力的部分原因0是,他坚持不把自己当作一个历史性人物来看,”但其实,姚明的故事“震撼着我们这个蓝色的地球”。读者会惊讶地看到姚明除了过人的运动天赋外,竟然还有着过人的思维和语言天赋,他极其生动地讲述了身世经历,进入NBA前后的坎坷历程,包括艰难的谈判、初次亮相的失败、NBA球星的狂言,以及之后一连串特殊事件的严酷考验,姚明以他特有的坚定、宽容、友善和幽默应对这一切,里克·布切说:“无论你觉得他作为篮球手怎样的棒,作为一个人他有5倍的那么棒...
Sword Blades and Poppy Seedby Amy LowellPrefaceNo one expects a man to make a chair without first learning how,but there is a popular impression that the poet is born, not made,and that his verses burst from his overflowing heart of themselves.As a matter of fact, the poet must learn his trade in the same manner,and with the same painstaking care, as the cabinet-maker.His heart may overflow with high thoughts and sparkling fancies,...
Sir Nigelby Sir Arthur Conan DoyleCONTENTI. THE HOUSE OF LORINGII. HOW THE DEVIL CAME TO WAVERLEYIII. THE YELLOW HORSE OF CROOKSBURYIV. HOW THE SUMMONER CAME TO THE MANOR HOUSE OF TILFORDV. HOW NIGEL WAS TRIED BY THE ABBOT OF WAVERLEYVI. IN WHICH LADY ERMYNTRUDE OPENS THE IRON COFFERVII. HOW NIGEL WENT MARKETING TO GUILFORDVIII. HOW THE KING HAWKED ON CROOKSBURY HEATHIX. HOW NIGEL HELD THE BRIDGE AT TILFORDX. HOW THE KING GREETED HIS SENESCHAL OF CALAIS...
富裕,一个永恒的主题。 波澜壮阔的改革开放使中国迈入了一个崭新的快速发展时代,古老的神州大地焕发出了前所 未有的勃勃生机。改革开放的市场化进程把中国人的财富梦想变成美丽的现实,知识经济的 大潮把中国人一步一步推上“中产”的快车,引向全面小康和富裕的康庄大道。 衣食无忧的“小康之家”、殷实富裕的“中产之家”,是社会群体中多数人的梦想与追求。 中国人步入“中产”,经过了漫长的等待和艰难的努力。 千百年来,为了摆脱贫穷走向富裕,无数中华儿女奋发图强,披荆斩棘。然而,在漫长的 封建社会中,财富, 对于大多数中国人来说,除了一间破茅房、一口铁锅、一把锄头、一件遮体的衣服外,几乎 是 一无所有,“小康”、“中产”与富裕只是一个美丽的肥皂泡,一个遥远而又空幻的梦境 。...
The Golden Sayings of EpictetusIAre these the only works of Providence within us? What wordssuffice to praise or set them forth? Had we but understanding,should we ever cease hymning and blessing the Divine Power, bothopenly and in secret, and telling of His gracious gifts? Whetherdigging or ploughing or eating, should we not sing the hymn toGod:Great is God, for that He hath given us such instruments to tillthe ground withal:...
Sketches New and Oldby Mark TwainSKETCHES NEW AND OLDCONTENTS:PREFACEMY WATCHPOLITICAL ECONOMYTHE JUMPING FROGJOURNALISM IN TENNESSEETHE STORY OF THE BAD LITTLE BOYTHE STORY OF THE GOOD LITTLE BOYA COUPLE OF POEMS BY TWAIN AND MOORENIAGARAANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTSTO RAISE POULTRYEXPERIENCE OF THE MCWILLIAMSES WITH MEMBRANOUS CROUPMY FIRST LITERARY VENTUREHOW THE AUTHOR WAS SOLD IN NEWARKTHE OFFICE BOREJOHNNY GREERTHE FACTS IN THE CASE OF THE GREAT BEEF CONTRACT...
一走出会场的时候,伊豆豆对万丽说,你的好戏要开场了大学毕业的时候,康季平留校了,万丽被分配到市郊的一所中学当老师。同学都在背后说,是康季平出卖了万丽自己挤上去的。万丽有什么好出卖的,就是谈恋爱。那时候读大学跟现在不一样,谈恋爱是有的,但都是地下工作,被发现了也不能说出你的秘密。万丽确实是谈恋爱了,跟谁谈呢,就是跟康季平。这样说起来,康季平的人品太有问题了。万丽去责问康季平,她以为康季平会摆出一大堆的理由洗刷自己,并痛击那些流言蜚语。但出乎万丽意料的是,康季平并没有为自己辩护,因为有一个铁的事实摆在那里:最后毕竟是他留校了。万丽说,康季平,你不觉得可耻吗?康季平说,万丽,你不适合留在学校工作。万丽气得眼泪哗哗地淌下来,扭头就走。...
在我关于电视的研究中,我最想做的,形象地说,是进入人们的头脑,以便确定人们在使用媒体的过程中形成的思维自觉性,并且进一步理解这种思维自觉性在电视使用文化中的仪式性意义(ritual significance)。在此过程中,我试图更好地理解电视及其日常节目所富含的广泛而深刻的意义在影响和形成人们的思维自觉性过程中发挥的结构性作用。我试图了解电视收视如何真正地成为人们日常的习惯性实践,并且了解参与这种实践与使用其他媒介相比,从长远看对人们到底意味着什么。我的研究持续了多年,在此过程中我进行过深度访谈,和人一同收看电视,完成访谈日志,并随机地与上班的、赋闲在家的以及其他的人进行交谈。我发现我所研究的人中有三分之一的人每天都连续不断地收看电视。他们说,看电视已经成为他们工作之余用来放松和娱乐的主要方式。...