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The yachtsmen found the manuscript afloat at sea in a corroded copper cylinder. The manuscript itself told an incredible tale -- a tale of strange adventures in a place beyond contemporary imagination. . . .

巴西作家保罗·科埃略创作的长篇小说，自1988年出版后，便风靡全球，畅销160多个国家，登上20多个国家畅销榜第1名，荣获33项国际大奖，已经被翻译成68种语言，是当今在世作家作品中被翻译最多的小说。全球销量超过6500万册，是历史上最畅销的葡萄牙语小说。这部小说被誉为20世纪最重要的文学现象之一。内容简介：西班牙少年圣地亚哥十分喜欢旅行，于是去做了牧羊人。牧羊时，他遇见了撒冷王麦基洗德，他又放弃了羊群，去追寻他所梦见过两次的金字塔附近的宝藏。其间，他从西班牙最南端的台里发渡海，去了非洲。在北非摩洛哥的丹吉尔，他被小偷掠走钱财。后来他学会了阿拉伯文，他为一位永远把朝圣麦加放在心底而不去实现的水晶商人创造性地工作了十一个月又九天。之后他加入横越撒哈拉沙漠的商队，碰到了一位一心求教炼金术士的英国人。在住着炼金术士的费奥姆绿洲，圣地亚哥遇见少女法谛玛，与她一见钟情。商队因部落战争而停滞在绿洲。圣地亚哥预言军队会对绿洲实施突袭，预言应验了，他被聘为绿洲的参事，而炼金术士却催促圣地亚哥重新踏上寻宝之途。途中，圣地亚哥被军队所掳，炼金术士以圣地亚哥的钱财为自己赢得三天的时间，圣地亚哥若能将自己变成风就放了他们，圣地亚哥在沙漠、风与太阳的对话中，接触了天地之心，也如愿脱身。圣地亚哥到了吉萨，见识了金字塔的壮美，部族战争的难民又一次夺去他的金子。难民临走时，难民首领说了自己重复做过的一个梦：宝藏就在圣地亚哥曾经梦到金字塔的那座废弃教堂里。圣地亚哥回到来时路，在原来熟悉的牧羊处挖出宝藏，实现犒赏吉普赛人的诺言，最终与少女法谛玛终成眷属。

 《蝇王》描述在一场未来的核战争中，一架飞机带着一群孩子从本土飞到南方疏散。飞机被击落，孩子们乘坐的机舱落到一座美丽但无人烟的珊瑚岛上。起初孩子们齐心协力，后来由于害怕所谓的“野兽”分裂成两派，互相残杀，发生悲剧性的结果，以崇尚本能的专制派压倒了讲究理智的民主派而告终。 《蝇王》是哲理小说，借小孩的天真来探讨人性的恶这一严肃主题。作者将抽象的哲理命题具体化，让读者通过阅读引人入胜的故事和激动人心的争斗场面来加以体悟。小说中几个主要人物都具有象征意义，而那颗布满苍蝇的猪头则象征人性恶，象征了人心中的黑暗世界。 《蝇王》取材于19世纪苏格兰作家巴伦坦的《珊瑚岛》， 但不同于《珊瑚岛》的是：戈尔丁从人性的缺陷来探索社会。

The Amber Spyglass brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heartstopping close, marking the third volume as the most powerful of the trilogy. Along with the return of Lyra, Will, Mrs. Coulter, Lord Asriel, Dr. Mary Malone, and lorek Byrnison the armored bear, The Amber Spyglass introduces a host of new characters: the Mulefa, mysterious wheeled creatures with the power to see Dust; Gallivespian Lord Roke, a hand-high spy-master to Lord Asriel; and Metatron, a fierce and mighty angel. And this final volume brings startling revelations, too: the painful price Lyra must pay to walk through the land of the dead, the haunting power of Dr. Malone's amber spyglass, and the names of who will live-and who will die-for love. And all the while, war rages with the Kingdom of Heaven, a brutal battle that-in its shocking outcome- will reveal the secret of Dust. In The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman deftly weaves the cliffhangers and mysteries of The Golden Compass and The Subtle. Knife into an earth-shattering conclusion- and confirms his fantasy trilogy as an undoubted and enduring classic.

Anne of Avonlea is a novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery. It was first published in 1909. Following Anne of Green Gables (1908), the book covers the second chapter in the life of Anne Shirley. This book follows Anne from the age of 16 to 18, during the two years that she teaches at Avonlea school. It includes many of the characters from Anne of Green Gables, as well new ones like Mr Harrison, Miss Lavendar Lewis, Paul Irving, and the twins Dora and Davy.

Hard to believe anything other than luck and maybe fate, never mind a book, can make someone fall in love with you, but oddly enough, Leil Lowndes seems to offer the advice that can do just that in How to Make Anyone Fall in Love with You. The sensation of falling in love comes from a chemical secreted by the nervous system, phenylethylamine (or PEA, as Lowndes calls it, as in "Scientists tell us only PEA-brained people fall in Love"), and the trick is to trigger the manufacture of PEA in your potential love partner, giving him or her the sensation of being in love. Lowndes offers 85 techniques for "Hunters and Huntresses" to capture their "Quarry." Much of what the book offers is common sense--the power of eye contact and compliments--but it's presented in a new way and with such detail that it seems that it can't help but work. Following some of her advice will have you treading that fine line between nice and obsequious, and at times, this book may sound offensive to some, advising the reader to play what may sound like games. Lowndes is aware of this, and she offers some caveats, but still it is hard to get past advice such as, "Show him you're smart, but remember--not too smart" or "Watch your Quarry's reactions to outside stimuli, then show the same emotions." In all fairness, Lowndes doesn't play favorites: her advice to men and women can be equally appalling. Yet, the relaxed style of this book, presenting solid wisdom with a bit of scientific support, makes this book appealing, and, who knows, maybe it will make you more appealing, too! --Jenny Brown

"O. Henry is the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 - June 5, 1910). Porter's 400 short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, characterization and the clever use of twist endings. Porter was born on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina. His middle name at birth was Sidney; he changed the spelling in 1898. His parents were Dr. Algernon Sidney Porter (1825-1888) and Mary Jane Virginia Swain Porter (1833-1865); they were married April 20, 1858. When William was three, his mother died from tuberculosis, and he and his father moved into the home of his paternal grandmother." (Quote from wikipedia.org)

The Lexman Spacedrive gave man the stars -- but at a fantastic price. Interstellar exploration, colonization, and trade became things of reality. The benefits to Earth were enormous. But because of the Fitzgerald Contraction, a man who shipped out to space could never live a normal life on Earth again. Travelling at speeds close to that of light, spacemen lived at an accelerated pace. A nine-year trip to Alpha Centauri and back seemed to take only six weeks to men on a spaceship. When they returned, their friends and relatives had aged enormously in comparison, old customs had changed, even the language was different. Alan was a spacer, just like his whole family -- until, suddenly and without intending to, he in turn jumped ship and remained on Earth! There were times he regretted that. Earth was a bewildering and utterly hostile place. To stay alive, he had to play a ruthless game -- and he couldn't even find anyone to tell him the rules. . . .

美国作家斯蒂芬妮·梅尔写的系列小说。作品获得纽约时报主编精选、出版者周刊 “年度最佳好书”、亚马逊网站 “最近十年来最佳好书”、美国图书馆协会“十大青少年优良读物”及“十大最佳丛书”等荣誉。内容简介：贝拉是一个与众不同的女孩，她不爱慕虚荣，不会像其他女孩一样追求时髦，也不愿伪装自己刻意去和合不来的同学搞好关系。因为母亲再婚的缘故，贝拉搬去和父亲同住。在新学校里，贝拉遇到了一个名叫爱德华的男孩，他跟贝拉遇见过的所有人都不一样，不仅英俊、聪明、幽默，而且跟贝拉非常有共同点--同样孤独。两人很快就陷入了爱河。然而爱德华的真实身份其实是一个吸血鬼，爱德华和贝拉能有情人终成眷属吗？