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The year 1400 opened with more than usual peacefulness in England. Only a few months before, Richard ii-weak, wicked, and treacherous-had been dethroned, and Henry iv declared King in his stead. But it was only a seeming peacefulness, lasting but for a little while; for though King Henry proved himself a just and a merciful man-as justice and mercy went with the men of iron of those days-and though he did not care to shed blood needlessly, there were many noble families who had been benefited by King Richard during his reign, and who had lost somewhat of their power and prestige from the coming in of the new King. (excerpt from "Men of Iron")

O Henry is best noted for his wit, characterization and twist endings. Cabbages and Kings was a collection of stories set in a Central American town. The detailing of this town is a literary masterpiece. Each story is loosely connected to the other stories in this collection. Although this is a lesser-known work of O Henry, it contains some of his best writing.

千禧年杂志发行人同时也是财经记者的布隆维斯特因为涉及毁谤企业家温纳斯壮一案被判高额赔偿金。事发不久，名誉破产，被迫去职的布隆威斯特接获了范耶尔企业大家长亨利范耶尔邀请，要求他远赴赫德史塔岛撰写范耶尔家族史，范耶尔并提出高薪和对温纳斯壮不利的证据，企图吸引布隆维斯特答应。 布隆威斯特发现事情并不单纯，原来撰写家族史只是一个借口，亨利的实际目的，是要他深入调查家族中失踪近四十年的海莉命案。在调查过程中，布隆维斯特不断遭遇瓶颈，但在意外得知范耶尔曾聘请一位精通网路调查的骇客莎兰德调查过自己的身世后，布隆维斯特决定和这名神秘但聪明的女孩合作抽丝剥茧揭开这宗命案背后涉及的谎言和秘密。

Coralio reclined, in the mid-day heat, like some vacuous beauty lounging in a guarded harem. The town lay at the sea's edge on a strip of alluvial coast.

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

米奇·阿尔博姆是美国的一位体育专栏的主持人，莫里·施瓦茨是他在大学里曾给予过他许多思想的教授，在米奇毕业十五年后的一天，他偶然得知莫里·施瓦茨身患了绝症,而且来日无多，那是一种类似于我们所相当熟悉《时间简史》的作者斯蒂芬·霍金所患疾病，这时老教授所感受的不是对生命即将离去的恐惧，而是希望把自己许多年来思考的一些东西传播给更多的人，于是老人唯一的学生米奇·阿尔博姆，相约每个星期二上课，在以后的十四个星期里，米奇每星期二飞越七百英里到老人那儿去上课，在这十四个星期里，他们聊到了人生的许多组成部分，如何面对他人，如何面对爱，如何面对恐惧，如何面对家庭，以及感情及婚姻，金钱与文化，衰老与死亡，最后一堂课便是莫里老人的葬礼，整个事情的过程，以及这十四堂课的笔记便构成了这本《相约星期二》。

This collection remains the incomparable achievement of one of America's greatest poets-a passionate man who loved his country and wrote of it as no other has ever done.

英国现代作家、诺贝尔文学奖获得者威廉·戈尔丁创作的长篇小说，也是其代表作。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，人物、场景、故事、意象等都深具象征意义。《蝇王》是一本重要的哲理小说，借小孩的天真来探讨人性的恶这一严肃主题。内容简介：故事发生于未来第三次世界大战中的一场核战争中，一群六岁至十二岁的儿童在撤退途中因飞机失事被困在一座荒岛上，起先尚能和睦相处，后来由于恶的本性的膨胀起来，便互相残杀。孩子们分为两帮，分别以拉尔夫和杰克为首。为了争夺对小社会的统治支配权，建立可以发号施令的权威，两派开始明争暗斗。在随之而来的斗争较量中，拉尔夫和猪崽子一方被杰克和罗杰一方打得大败。失去了文明世界的理性和秩序，没有了纲纪规则，没有了互助合作，这群孩子完全堕落成一群嗜血的“野兽”。

护戒联盟中的哈比人梅里与皮平被奥克斯掳走，护戒使者们不得不分头行事。弗拉多与好友山姆继续向索隆领地莫都进发，途中他们制服了也在疯狂寻找魔戒的怪物古鲁姆，魔戒曾经为他带来了长寿与隐身之道直到弗拉多的前辈毕尔博拿走了这枚戒指。由于通向莫都的路途十分艰险，而末日山就在莫都的北面，所以弗拉多与山姆不得不依靠古鲁姆的帮助。除了要时刻提防心怀鬼胎的古鲁姆，以及强大的魔戒幽灵，弗拉多还要抵御魔戒对其心灵愈来愈强的侵蚀。 另一面护戒使者阿拉贡、莱格拉斯与金雳则与成功逃离奥克斯营地的梅利与皮平会合，并加入人类族群罗翰国的队伍准备对邪恶的白衣术士萨鲁曼的领地伊森加德发动进攻。而此时黑魁首索隆也策动其奥克斯部队向罗翰的首都埃多拉斯进发，精灵族与人类的联盟将遭到黑魔法兽兵强大战斗力与萨鲁曼邪恶魔法的双重挑战，紧要关头甘道夫再度现身，更从灰衣法师升至法力无边的白衣法师，双方一场恶战在所难免。