THE HAUNTED HOTELA Mystery of Modern Veniceby Wilkie CollinsTHE FIRST PARTCHAPTER IIn the year 1860, the reputation of Doctor Wybrow as a Londonphysician reached its highest point. It was reported on goodauthority that he was in receipt of one of the largest incomesderived from the practice of medicine in modern times....
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Adventureby Jack LondonCHAPTER ISOMETHING TO BE DONEHe was a very sick white man. He rode pick-a-back on a woolly- headed, black-skinned savage, the lobes of whose ears had been pierced and stretched until one had torn out, while the other carried a circular block of carved wood three inches in diameter. The torn ear had been pierced again, but this time not so ambitiously, for the hole accommodated no more than a short clay pipe. The man-horse was greasy and dirty, and naked save for an exce
A Room With A Viewby E. M. ForsterCONTENTS:PART ONEI. The BertoliniII. In Santa Croce with No BaedekerIII. Music, Violets, and the Letter "S"IV. Fourth ChapterV. Possibilities of a Pleasant OutingVI. The Reverend Arthur Beebe, the Reverend Cuthbert Eager,Mr. Emerson, Mr. George Emerson, Miss Eleanor Lavish,Miss Charlotte Bartlett, and Miss Lucy Honeychurch Drive...
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作者:苏扬一 喜忧参半的童年卡耐基是全球知名人士,他的工作不仅已经影响了全世界成千上万人的生活,而且他的教学构想更改革了成人教育的方法。他究竟是怎样的一个人呢?卡耐基是个其实的人,一个农家子弟,即使他因事业成功而家喻户晓,仍然不忘自己的出身。他的童年与美国中西部农家的孩子并无特别之处。像所有的日子一样,1880年11月24日是一个平凡不过的日子。戴尔.卡耐基就在此日诞生于密苏里州玛丽维尔附近、离102号河东北10里处的一个小市镇。 即便是天才,他的第一声啼哭也绝不会是一首美妙绝伦的颂歌。不过,卡耐基的父亲经常自豪地说:“戴尔的哭声特别响亮,我远在一百码处就清楚听见了,便断定这家伙一定是个男孩。"那哭声仿佛是在宣称他对自己降临的这个世界不太满意,也似乎预示着他将经过一番不寻常的苦难和挫折。...
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