The Story of Mankindby Hendrik van LoonTHE STORY OF MANKINDBY HENDRIK VAN LOON, PH.D.Professor of the Social Sciences in Antioch College.Author of The Fall of the Dutch Republic, The Rise of the DutchKingdom, The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators,A Short Story of Discovery, Ancient Man.To JIMMIE``What is the use of a book without pictures?' said Alice.FOREWORDFor Hansje and Willem:...
Ernest HemingwayIt was very late and everyone had left the cafe except an old man who sat in the shadow the leaves of the tree made against the electric light. In the day time the street was dusty, but at night the dew settled the dust and the old man liked to sit late because he was deaf and now at night it was quiet and he felt the difference. The two waiters inside the cafe knew that the old man was a little drunk, and while he was a good client they knew that if he became too drunk he would
Stories from Pentameroneby Giambattista BasileNOTEThe collection of folk-tales known as Il Pentamerone was firstpublished at Naples and in the Neopolitan dialect, by GiambattistaBasile, Conte di Torrone, who is believed to have collected themchiefly in Crete and Venice, and to have died about the year 1637.CONTENTS1. How the Tales came to be told2. The Myrtle3. Peruonto4. Vardiello5. The Flea6. Cenerentola7. The Merchant8. Goat-Face...
跟庄技巧:认清熊头避风险 黄家坚 (02/23/2000)股市的脸说变就变,一会儿尚是人见人爱的牛哥,一会儿却变成人见人怕的黑熊,投资者在火热的气氛中尤其需保持冷静的头脑,提前掌握头部的特征,一旦熊头露脸之际可及时加以防范。一般来说,根据以下几个方面可确认股指(或股价正在构筑头部):1、天量天价。“天量”标准在每次行情都会有所不同,一般来说,随着市场规模的扩大、流通市值的增大,天量的标准亦在不断增大。天量出现时我们往往认为新的天量仍会出现,导致错失卖出时机。投资者在无法确认是否是天量时,可在成交创出新高时提前出局。一旦成交创出新高,若后续成交未能继续放大,天价往往在其后的数天内(有时是同一天)出现。在5.19行情中,6月25日创出...
Children of the Whirlwindby Leroy ScottCHAPTER IIt was an uninspiring bit of street: narrow, paved with cobble; hot and noisy in summer, reeking with unwholesome mud during the drizzling and snow-slimed months of winter. It looked anything this May after noon except a starting-place for drama. But, then, the great dramas of life often avoid the splendid estates and trappings with which conventional romance would equip them, and have their beginnings in unlikeliest environment; and thence sweep
2005年9月24日上午,北京市会议联合会与《北京晚报》社在国家图书馆举办公益讲座,我讲的题目是“周易与抗衰老”。9点30分,我准时进入会场,进去一看,我惊呆了:会场坐满了人!主持人在前面开道,我好不容易才挤到讲台上。环顾会场,不仅通道上站满了人,连讲台周围也挤满了人。开讲了,可是门外还挤满了要听的人,怎么办呢,主办方只得把扩音器拉到门外,让进不来的人在门外也能听得见啊……我在北京的养生公益讲座已不下百场了,但这样火爆的场面,还是使我感慨万千:老百姓真的太需要健康知识了!是啊,现在社会稳定,人民生活水平提高了,谁都想多活几年,谁都想亲眼多看看美好的伟大祖国,谁都愿尽情享受大自然赋予我们的这惟一的一次生命啊,谁能不关爱自己的健康呢!...
Female Suffrageby Susan Fenimore CooperA LETTER TO THE CHRISTIAN WOMEN OF AMERICA.Part I.The natural position of woman is clearly, to a limited degree, asubordinate one. Such it has always been throughout the world, in allages, and in many widely different conditions of society. There arethree conclusive reasons why we should expect it to continue so forthe future.FIRST. Woman in natural physical strength is so greatly inferior toman that she is entirely in his power, quite incapable of self-..
The Death of the Lionby Henry JamesCHAPTER I.I HAD simply, I suppose, a change of heart, and it must have begunwhen I received my manuscript back from Mr. Pinhorn. Mr. Pinhornwas my "chief," as he was called in the office: he had the highmission of bringing the paper up. This was a weekly periodical,which had been supposed to be almost past redemption when he tookhold of it. It was Mr. Deedy who had let the thing down sodreadfully: he was never mentioned in the office now save in...
Philosophy of Historyby HegelTable of ContentsIntroductionO The subject of this course of Lectures is the Philosophical History of the World.SECTION ONE: Original History§ 1 They simply transferred what was passing in the world around them, to the realm ofrepresentative intellect.§ 2 The influences that have formed the writer are identical with those which have moulded theevents that constitute the matter of his story....
Andreas HoferAn HISTORICAL NOVELby Lousia MuhlbachCONTENTS.CHAPTERI 1809II The Emperor FrancisIII The Courier and the AmbassadorIV The Emperor and his BrothersV The Performance of "The Creation"VI Andreas HoferVII Andreas Hofer at the TheatreVIII Consecration of the Flags, and FarewellIX Tis Time!X Anthony Wallner of Windisch-MatreyXI The Declaration of LoveXII Farewell!...
The Pursuit of the House-Boatby John Kendrick BangsCHAPTER I: THE ASSOCIATED SHADES TAKE ACTIONThe House-boat of the Associated Shades, formerly located upon the River Styx, as the reader may possibly remember, had been torn from its moorings and navigated out into unknown seas by that vengeful pirate Captain Kidd, aided and abetted by some of the most ruffianly inhabitants of Hades. Like a thief in the night had they come, and for no better reason than that the Captain had been unanimously v