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《教父》是1969年美国出版的长篇小说,是美国出版史上的头号畅销书,早在七十年代初就已经拍成电影,发行世界各国,受到普遍的欢迎。美国纽约五大黑势力集团之一的维托·考利昂一家采用多种极端手段，实现了在整个美国黑势力团体中的独尊地位。在这场斗争中有黑团伙之间的火拼；有走私贩毒的嚣浪；有赌场的烟云；有红灯区的人欲横流。本书被认为是描写资本主义社会中黑社会现象的最具权威的作品。

作为安伯森贵族家庭的独子，在母亲依莎伯放任无度的娇纵下，乔治成为一个骄横跋扈、人见人厌的纨子弟。 父亲去世后，乔治发现母亲与自己未来的岳父--鳏夫摩根相爱，这一发现使他发狂。为了破坏这段在他看来无法忍受的恋情，他开始想方设法从中作梗。在乔治的逼迫下，摩根忍痛离开，依莎伯则被迫与乔治外出环球旅行。 几年后，依莎伯身体日见虚弱，返回美国后不久便抱憾离开了人世，与此同时，安伯森家族也迅速走向了衰败，重创之下，乔治开始对自己过往的所作所为产生了怀疑。 一场雪上添霜的车祸使乔治陷入绝望境地。这时，摩根与他的女儿却意外地出现在他病床前……

在这部书中，霍金带领读者遨游外层空间奇异领域，对遥远星系、黑洞、夸克、“带味”粒子和“自旋”粒子、反物质、“时间箭头”等进行了深入浅出的介绍，并对宇宙是什么样的、空间和时间以及相对论等古老问题做了阐述，使读者初步了解狭义相对论以及时间、宇宙的起源等宇宙学的奥妙。

南极有一座房子，叫阿蒙森—斯科特南极站。室内暖融融的，无论夏冬，人们都可以在那儿生活、工作。飞机毫不费力地便能飞抵或是飞离南极站。从这儿到世界其他地方，要不了多少小时。但是从南极站出来走上500米，那是地球上最寒冷、最空旷的地区。1911年，当时的南极既没见过飞机也没建有住房。除了茫茫大雪、冰封天地与凛凛寒风外，一无所有。没有英国国旗，没有挪威国旗。但是，有几个人缓慢地向南走着，横穿冰封大地。斯科特率领的人配备了小马，而阿蒙森率领的人配备了狗与滑雪板。当时的温度为-30℃或者更糟。这些人忍受着疲倦、饥饿和寒冷……他们中谁将是到达南极的第一人呢？目前，在阿蒙森—斯科特南极站内墙上写着一些字，是斯科特队长于 1912年写在日记里的一句话： “天啊，这地方太可怕了！”

Hearts and Crosses — The Ransom of Mack — Telemachus, Friend — The Handbook of Hymen — The Pimienta Pancakes — Seats of the Haughty — Hygeia at the Solito — An Afternoon Miracle — The Higher Abdication — Cupid a la Carte — The Caballero's Way — The Sphinx Apple — The Missing Chord — A Call Loan — The Princess and the Puma — The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnson — Christmas by Injunction — A Chaparral Prince — The Reformation of Calliope.

保尔在幼年便饱偿了人间的心酸，目睹了腐朽的旧社会底层人民的困苦。他被严酷的瓦西里神甫赶出学校后，迫于生活压力来到车站食堂打工。在那里，他目睹了堂倌们的的丑恶嘴脸，腐朽社会里的不平等与劳动人民的悲惨境遇，这使他萌发了打破资产阶级社会黑暗的愿望。在革命的风暴到来时，他义无反顾地参加了红军，加入了布琼尼的骑兵旅与波兰侵略者展开了战斗。在战场上是个敢于冲锋陷阵的战士和优秀的政治宣传员。保尔希望冬妮娅能和自己站在同一战线上，却被她回绝，保尔便离开了冬妮娅。由于他长期参加艰苦斗争，健康受到严重损害，到1927年，病情急剧恶化，但他以惊人的毅力同病魔作斗争。在海滨疗养时，他偶然认识了女民工达雅并相爱。同年底，他着手创作一篇关于科托夫斯基师团的“历史抒情英雄故事”。不幸的是，唯一的手稿在寄给朋友们审读时被邮局弄丢了。保尔一度灰心丧气，在母亲和妻子的帮助下，他用生命写成的小说《暴风雨所诞生的》终于出版了。

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - "I say, Phil, I can do that." "I say, Phil, I can do that." "A cartwheel in the air like that fellow is doing in the picture on the billboard there." "Oh, pshaw! You only think you can. Besides, that's not a cartwheel; that's a double somersault. It's a real stunt, let me tell you. Why, I can do a cartwheel myself. But up in the air like that - well, I don't know. I guess not. I'd be willing to try it, though, if I had something below to catch me," added the lad, critically surveying the figures on the poster before them.

I quite recognise the force of your objection that an invalid or a woman in weak health would get no good from stories which attempt to treat some features of medical life with a certain amount of realism. If you deal with this life at all, however, and if you are anxious to make your doctors something more than marionettes, it is quite essential that you should paint the darker side, since it is that which is principally presented to the surgeon or physician.

 The Notebook is a 1996 American romantic novel by American novelist Nicholas Sparks. The novel was later adapted into a popular romance film by the same name in 2004. However, the movie and the book have very different endings. The novel was Nicholas Sparks' first published novel, and the third written after The Passing and The Royal Murders, which were never published. It was written over a period of six months in 1994. Literary agent Theresa Park discovered Sparks after picking the book out of her agency's slush pile. Park liked it and offered to represent him. In October 1995, Park secured a $1 million advance for it from Time Warner Book Group, and the novel was published in October 1996. It was on the New York Times best-seller list in its first week of release. The Notebook spent over a year as a hardcover best seller. The Notebook was inspired by the story of the grandparents of Sparks' wife, who had been married over sixty years when Sparks met them. Sparks marveled at how much the couple cared for each other, and wrote his novel as an attempt to describe such a love.