The Trail of the White Muleby B. M. BowerCHAPTER ONECasey Ryan, hunched behind the wheel of a large, dark bluetouring car with a kinked front fender and the glass gone fromthe left headlight, slid out from the halted traffic, shiedsharply away from a hysterically clanging street car, crossed thepath of a huge red truck coming in from his right, missed it withtwo inches to spare and was halfway down the block before thetraffic officer overtook him.The traffic officer was Irish too, and bigger t
SHERLOCK HOLMESTHE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHESby Sir Arthur Conan DoyleThe Adventure of the Copper Beeches"To the man who loves art for its own sake," remarked SherlockHolmes, tossing aside the advertisement sheet of the DailyTelegraph, "it is frequently in its least important and lowliestmanifestations that the keenest pleasure is to be derived. It ispleasant to me to observe, Watson, that you have so far grasped this...
Studies of Lowellby William Dean HowellsI have already spoken of my earliest meetings with Lowell at Cambridgewhen I came to New England on a literary pilgrimage from the West in1860. I saw him more and more after I went to live in Cambridge in 1866;and I now wish to record what I knew of him during the years that passedbetween this date and that of his death. If the portrait I shall try topaint does not seem a faithful likeness to others who knew him, I shall...
中国警官之魂 为 《京师四小名捕传奇》写的序 警帽,警服这种标志性的东西和干了几十年刑警的老宋基本无缘,夏天一件深黑色的T恤是他在人群中最好的伪装。只建国五十周年大庆的时候有机会穿了一回,手下的小警察们笑曰:没想到队长穿警服这么帅。 过了快十年,老宋和萨见面的时候,对自己曾经这么帅依然很是回味的样子,可是,他说这件事儿的时候,穿的还是那身黑T恤。 尹和宋,是完全不一样的两个人。 以我的接触和了解来说,尹是个喜静厌动到极点的家伙。能坐着,这个人绝不站着,能开车,这个人绝不走路。 尹个子高,高得跟竹竿似的,仿佛风一吹就要倒,一副秀郎眼镜配着白皙的皮肤,五十岁的人看着好像只有三十几岁。背个照相机走到北京的胡同里拍那些门墩儿和狮子,是他的一大爱好。...
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第一章 纳贤良大汉都城长安,在今西安城之西北,所谓未央区者,便是汉之长安中心所在。唐城赫赫,汉宫萧瑟。断壁残垣,掩去几多风流!汉家长安,高城十余里,人口近百万。所谓禹贡雍州之域,天文井鬼之野。汉家将长安附近划分为三府,中为京兆府,比喻京都吉兆,千载流光;左曰冯翊府,二匹天马振羽,飘飘欲仙;右为扶风府,恍若天庭在即,清风可凭。仅此三个地名,便可窥知汉家皇帝志向何在。这三府之地,尽收八百里秦川肥地沃水,天下之富无过其右。当然,真正威严之处,却莫过皇家宫苑:未央宫富丽堂皇,建章宫千门万户,甘泉宫渺若仙境,上林苑广袤无垠……然而那都不是平民百姓能去的地方。老百姓经常光顾之处,还是长安城中最大的叫卖场所:东市。...
Author :方向明 徐涵Issue : 总第 136期Provenance :中华工商时报Date :Nation :Translator : 在北京的长城、昆仑、长富宫、王府、贵宾楼、香格里拉、京广大厦、中国大饭店这8家五星级饭店都设有总统套房。使用面积一般在250至300平方米之间,大大小小十二三个自然间,客厅、书房、卧室、厨房、餐厅、小酒吧应有尽有。 100万美元布置起来的房间里有什么?有整套的进口家具,美国的、日本的、韩国的、港台的。有五六台日本大屏幕彩电,有进口高保真音响、不锈钢灶台、冰箱、烤箱、微波炉,甚至卧室床头安装着的电器调控系统也是进口的。在这里,只有从房间里点缀着的古董古玩、悲翠玉器、名人字画上才可感受到这里是中国。...