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Stranger in a Strange Land is a 1961 science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who has returned to Earth in early adulthood after being raised by Martians on the planet Mars. The novel explores his interaction with—and the eventual transformation of—Earth culture. The title seems to be an allusion to the phrase in Exodus 2:22 (in the Biblical Book of Exodus).[1] According to Heinlein, the novel's working title was The Heretic. Several later editions of the book have promoted it as "The most famous Science Fiction Novel ever written." When Heinlein first wrote Stranger in a Strange Land, his editors at Putnam required him to drastically cut its original 220,000-word length down to 160,067 words. Scenes that might have been considered too shocking at the time were removed.In 1962, this version received the Hugo Award for Best Novel.After Heinlein's death in 1988, his wife Virginia arranged to have the original uncut version of the manuscript published in 1991 by Ace/Putnam. Critics disagree over whether Heinlein's preferred original manuscript is in fact better than the heavily-edited version originally published. There is similar contention over the two versions of Heinlein's Podkayne of Mars. While initially a success among science fiction readers, over the following six years word-of-mouth caused sales to build, requiring numerous subsequent printings of the first Putnam edition. The novel has never been out of print. Eventually Stranger in a Strange Land became a cult classic, attracting many readers who would not ordinarily read a work of science fiction. The late-1960s counterculture, popularized by the hippie movement, was influenced by its themes of individual liberty, self-responsibility, sexual freedom, and the influence of organized religion on human culture and government, and adopted the book as something of a manifesto.[citation needed] In 1968, Tim Zell (now Oberon Zell-Ravenheart) and others formed a neo-pagan religious organization called the Church of All Worlds, modeled after the religion founded by the primary characters in the novel.Except for correspondence with Zell (a lengthy letter to Zell appears as a letter to "a Fan" toward the end of the book in Grumbles from the Grave) and a paid subscription to the Church's Green Egg magazine during the 1970s (as Heinlein refused to accept a complimentary subscription), Heinlein had no other connection to the project.

美国作家斯宾塞·约翰逊创作的一个寓言故事，该书自1998年9月出版后，两年中销售2000万册，同时迅速跃居《纽约时报》、《华尔街日报》、《商业周刊》最畅销图书排行榜第一名。内容简介：两只小老鼠“嗅嗅”、“匆匆”和两个小矮人“哼哼”、“唧唧”，他们生活在一个迷宫里，奶酪是他们要追寻的东西。有一天，他们同时发现了一个储量丰富的奶酪仓库，便在其周围构筑起自己的幸福生活。很久之后的某天，奶酪突然不见了。这个突如其来的变化使他们的心态暴露无疑：嗅嗅，匆匆随变化而动，立刻穿上始终挂在脖子上的鞋子，开始出去再寻找，并很快就找到了更新鲜更丰富的奶酪：而两个小矮人哼哼和唧唧，面对变化却犹豫不决，烦恼丛生，始终无法接受奶酪已经消失的残酷现实。经过激烈的思想斗争，唧唧终于冲破了思想的束缚，穿上久置不用的跑鞋，重新进入漆黑的迷宫，并最终找到了更多更好的奶酪，而哼哼却仍在郁郁寡欢、怨天尤人。

1:1 [hgb]  当 三 十 年 四 月 初 五 日 ， 以 西 结 （ 原 文 作 我 ） 在 迦 巴 鲁 河 边 被 掳 的 人 中 ， 天 就 开 了 ， 得 见 神 的 异 象 。    [kjv]  Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.    [bbe]  Now it came about in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, while I was by the river Chebar among those who had been made prisoners, that the heavens were made open and I saw visions of God.1:2 [hgb]  正 是 约 雅 斤 王 被 掳 去 第 五 年 四 月 初 五 日 ，    [kjv]  In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,    [bbe]  On the fifth day of the month, in the fifth year after King Jehoiachin had been made a prisoner

第七十五届饥饿游戏结束，凯特尼斯的家乡，十二区被无情摧毁。打猎伙伴盖尔逃离了虎口，成为了一名勇敢的战士，“恋人”皮塔被凯匹特抓走。传说中的十三区真的存在，那里出现了反抗和新的领导者，革命的序幕正在缓缓拉开。凯特尼斯卷入了起义暴动的旋涡，她被迫成为没有退路的棋子，被迫为许多人的命运负责，她要肩负起唤醒民众和改变帕姆国未来命运的重任，为了正义、自由和皮塔，她必须抛却愤怒和不信任，她必须要成为反搞者的嘲笑鸟，不管要付出多大的代价。残酷的饥饿游戏并没有停止，仍在吞噬着青春和美好。

A British Mystery Classic! The Fu-Manchu books have enthralled audiences for nearly one hundred years. Sax Rohmer, creator of the legendary super-villain Dr. Fu Manchu, takes the reader on nine treks into the seedy underbelly of Chinatown with this fascinating collection of stories: "The Daughter of Huang Chow," "Kerry's Kid," "The Pigtail of Hi Wing Ho," "The House of Golden Joss," "The White Hat," "Tcheriapin," "The Dance of the Veils," "The Hand of the Mandarin Quong," "The Key of the Temple of Heaven." Go on an exciting journey to a place of mystery and intrigue, where Tong wars rage and insidious criminals plot world domination. A simply wonder book! Select it for your library today!

Mother Angelique’s anxious call rang out over the water, once, twice, many times.

Winner of the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. This third novel in Updike's Rabbit series finds Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, a one-time high school basketball star, has reached a paunchy middle-age without straying from Brewer, Pennsylvania, the downtrodden, fictional city of his birth. Harry and Janice, his wife of twenty-two years, live comfortably, having inherited her late father's Toyota dealership. He is indeed rich, but Harry's persistent problems, including his wife's drinking, his troubled son's schemes, his libido, and spectres from his past, complicate life. Having achieved a lifestyle that would have embarrassed his working-class parents, Harry is not greedy, but neither is he ever quite satisfied. Harry nurses a crush on a country-club friend's young wife, dangerously seeking approval. Nevertheless he is unable to read the warning signs.

The Deerslayer, by James Fenimore Cooper, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. “Live by your own council. Be brave in the face of the unknown. Be always fair.” -Natty Bumppo, The Deerslayer One of the greatest heroes in American literature, Natty Bumppo is the rugged frontiersman of James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels that includes The Last of the Mohicans and The Deerslayer. Although the final volume to be written, The Deerslayer is the first in the chronology of Natty Bumppo’s life, depicting the character as a young man testing himself in the wilderness, and against enemies, for the first time. Set in the 1740’s just as the French and Indian wars have begun, the novel opens as Natty Bumppo—known as Deerslayer—and his friend Hurry Harry travel to Tom Hutter’s house in upstate New York. Hurry plans to marry Tom’s beautiful daughter Judith, while Deerslayer has come to help his close friend Chingachgook save his bride-to-be, Wah-ta-Wah, from the Huron Indians. When war breaks out, and Hurry and Tom are captured by Indians, Deerslayer must go on his first warpath to rescue them. One of the earliest novels to be considered truly “American," The Deerslayer is a masterpiece of suspense, adventure, and romance.   Bruce L. R. Smith is a fellow at the Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University. He is the author or editor of sixteen scholarly books, and he continues to lecture widely in the United States and abroad.

知更鸟（Mockingbird）在字面上与情节没什么联系，但在小说中具有强大象征性。它代表了天真无辜者。而“杀死一只知更鸟”的故事就是一个罪恶毁灭天真无辜者的故事。小说中的杰姆（Jem）、汤姆·鲁滨逊（Tom Robinson）、迪尔（Dill）、布（Boo）、雷蒙德先生（Mr. Raymoud）、梅耶拉·尤厄尔（Mayella Ewell）都是“知更鸟”。