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    　 One of the most famous travel books ever written by an American, here is an irreverent and incisive commentary on the "New Barbarians'" encounter with the Old World. Twain's hilarious satire impales with sharp wit both the chauvinist and the cosmopolitan.     　《流浪汉在海外》，叙述者以第一人称的视角，讲述他在欧洲旅游中所见所闻。有时以真实记述的笔法，有时以讽刺、嘲笑、幽默的口吻，谈古论今，审势评述，潇洒自如。他既着眼于欧洲的时代久远、丰富多彩的人文历史，又着墨于崇山峻岭、清澈流水的自然风光。仔细读来，使我们有身临其境的感觉。

这部小说是昆德拉1975年流亡法国后用捷克语创作的，1984年以法文版首发。改编电影《布拉格之恋》，获得了美国奥斯卡金像奖、美国金球奖提名，1988年美国国家影评人协会奖最佳影片奖和最佳导演奖、英国学院奖最佳改编剧本奖等奖项。内容简介：一九六八年苏联入侵捷克时期，民主改革的气息演变成专横压榨之风潮。托马斯是一个外科医生，因为婚姻失败，既渴望女人又畏惧女人，因此发展出一套外遇守则来应付他众多的情妇。有一天他爱上一个餐厅的女侍——特丽莎，他对她的爱违反了他制定的原则，甚至娶她为妻，但是托马斯灵肉分离的想法丝毫没有改变，依然游移在情妇之间，对全心爱他的特丽莎是一种伤害。特丽莎经常在极度不安的梦魇中醒来，经常猜忌与怀有恐怖想象。 此时捷克政治动乱不安，在苏黎世一位权威医生希望托马斯去那里发展的呼唤下，两人于是决定去那里生活。但是面对陌生环境的不安与丈夫仍然与情妇私通，特丽莎决定离开，回到祖国。但是命运与抉择让托马斯回去找她，此后两人没有再分离。他们意识到在一起是快乐的，是折磨与悲凉里的快乐，彼此是生命中甜美的负担。后来他们死于一场车祸。萨宾娜是一个画家，曾经是托马斯的情妇之一，也是特丽莎妒忌的对象。萨宾娜一生不断选择背叛，选择让自己的人生没有责任而轻盈的生活。她讨厌忠诚与任何讨好大众的媚俗行为，但是这样的背叛让她感到自己人生存在于虚无当中。弗兰兹是被萨宾娜背叛的情夫之一，他因为她而放弃自己坚持的婚姻与忠诚，但是由于萨宾娜的背弃，让弗兰兹发现自己过去对于婚姻的执着是可笑的，纯属多余的假想，他的妻子只是自己对于母亲理想的投射。离婚后，自由自立的单身生活为他生命带来新的契机，并且了解萨宾娜只是他对革命与冒险生活的追随。后来他与他的学生相恋，在实际参与一场虚伪游行活动后，意识到自己真正的幸福是留在他的学生旁边。一场突然抢劫中，弗兰兹因为想展现自己的勇气而蛮力抵抗，却遭到重击，在妻子的陪伴下，无言的死于病榻上。本意：生命中有太多事，看似轻如鸿毛，却让人难以承受。

IN a second gleaning of the fields of Fairy Land we cannot expect to find a second Perrault. But there are good stories enough left, and it is hoped that some in the Red Fairy Book may have the attraction of being less familiar than many of the old friends.

The surprise winner of the 2003 Man Booker Prize, DBC Pierre's debut novel, Vernon God Little, makes few apologies in its darkly comedic portrait of Martirio, Texas, a town reeling in the aftermath of a horrific school shooting. Fifteen-year-old Vernon Little narrates the first-person story with a cynical twang and a four-letter barb for each of his diet-obsessed townsfolk. His mother, endlessly awaiting the delivery of a new refrigerator, seems to exist only to twist an emotional knife in his back; her friend, Palmyra, structures her life around the next meal at the Bar-B-Chew Barn; officer Vaine Gurie has Vernon convicted of the crime before she's begun the investigation; reporter Eulalio Ledesma hovers between a comforting father-figure and a sadistic Bond villain; and Jesus, his best friend in the world, is dead--a victim of the killings. As his life explodes before him, Vernon flees his home in pursuit of a tropical fantasy: a cabin on a beach in Mexico he once saw in the movie Against All Odds. But the police--and TV crews--are in hot pursuit. Vernon God Little is a daring novel and demands a patient reader, not because it is challenging to read--Pierre's prose flows effortlessly, only occasionally slipping from the unmistakable voice of his hero--but because the book skates so precariously between the almost taboo subject of school violence and the literary gamesmanship of postmodern fiction. Yet, as the novel unfolds, Pierre's parodic version of American culture never crosses the line into caricature, even when it climaxes in a death-row reality TV show. And Vernon, whose cynicism and smart-ass "learnings" give way to a poignant curiosity about the meaning of life, becomes a fully human, profoundly sympathetic character.

《金银岛》是以真实的历史背景为题材写的，书中的荒岛即科科斯岛，位于太平洋距哥斯达黎加海岸483千米的海中，曾是17世纪海盗的休息站。海盗们经常将掠夺的财宝在此装卸和埋藏，因此为这个并非鸟语花香、景色宜人的小岛平添了许多神秘色彩。据说岛上至少埋有六处宝藏。

Peter Pan, the book based on J. M. Barrie's famous play, is filled with unforgettable characters: Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up; the fairy, Tinker Bell; the evil pirate, Captain Hook; and the three children-Wendy, John, and Michael-who fly off with Peter Pan to Neverland, where they meet Indians and pirates and a crocodile that ticks. Renowned children's-book artist Michael Hague has brought the amazing adventures of Peter Pan to life. His beautiful illustrations capture the wild, seductive power of this classic book. This newly designed edition will be enjoyed by fans young and old alike.　　小飞侠彼德·潘可以说是迪斯尼的头号偶像，他是迪斯尼最早出现的帅哥型人物，也是家喻户晓的动画人物。更了不起的是，他是所有迪斯尼的动画人物出现在续集里却不会变老的，只因为他永远住在梦幻中“永无乡”。成长的代价是失去了幼年的时期的纯真，然而，彼德·潘就是一位永远捍卫纯真的小飞侠。小飞侠的故事可以说是全世界的儿童都耳熟能详的一个童话，彼德潘更是孩子们心目中英雄的偶像。其中最精彩的部分当属小飞侠与虎克船长势不两立的对抗。这个故事甚至吸引了大导演斯皮尔伯格，小飞侠是大导演斯皮尔伯格惟一选择改编成真人演出电影的童话故事。 　　 小飞侠彼得·潘来自孩子们梦境中的国度“梦幻岛”，他具有所有小男孩共有的特点：害怕上学，热衷冒险，纯洁无邪，勇敢无畏…… 　　 一天夜里，彼得·潘飞进达林先生家，把温迪、约翰和迈克尔带到了“梦幻岛”。那里既有凶猛的动物，又有原始部落的“红人”；既有可怕的强盗，又有温柔的小仙子和美人鱼……孩子们在那里过着无忧无虑而又惊险刺激的生活。一天，几个孩子被凶狠狡诈的海盗头子铁钩船长抓走，他要让他们走跳板淹死。紧急时刻，小飞侠彼得·潘挺身而出，率领孩子们和铁钩船长展开了殊死搏斗…… 　　 后来，回到家中的孩子们渐渐长大，温迪也做了母亲，所有发生过的故事都渐渐被淡忘，他们甚至不相信这些都是真的。不过这一切并没有结束。一个春天的夜晚，那个长着一口乳牙的小飞侠又飞回来了……

A man must be something worse than a simpleton to still ply histrade on the high-roads, exposed to all sorts of annoyances on thepart of the gendarmes, when manufacturing and financial enterprisesoffer such a magnificently fertile field to the activity ofimaginative people.

美国作家玛格丽特·米切尔创作的长篇小说，该作1937年获得普利策文学奖。小说以亚特兰大以及附近的一个种植园为故事场景，描绘了内战前后美国南方人的生活。作品刻画了那个时代的许多南方人的形象，占中心位置的斯嘉丽、瑞德、艾希礼、梅兰妮等人是其中的典型代表。他们的习俗礼仪、言行举止、精神观念、政治态度，通过对斯嘉丽·奥哈拉与白瑞德的爱情纠缠为主线，成功地再现了林肯时期的南北战争以及美国南方地区的社会生活。内容简介：1861年南北战争爆发的前夕，塔拉庄园的千金小姐郝思嘉爱上了另一庄园主的儿子艾希利，但艾希利却选择了郝思嘉的表妹，温柔善良的韩媚兰为终身伴侣。郝思嘉出于妒恨，抢先嫁给了韩媚 兰的弟弟查尔斯。不久，美国南北战争爆发了。艾希利和查尔斯作 为征兵上了前线。查尔斯很快就在战争中死去了。郝思嘉成了寡妇， 但她内心却一直热恋着艾希利。

Novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published serially in the Cornhill Magazine (August 1864-January 1866) and then in book form in 1866; it was unfinished at the time of her death in November 1865. Known as her last, longest, and perhaps finest work, it concerns the interlocking fortunes of several families in the country town of Hollingford. Wives and Daughters chronicles the maturation of Molly Gibson, a sincere young woman whose widowed father, the town doctor, marries Hyacinth Kirkpatrick, a charming but petty widow and former governess in the household of Lord Cumnor. Although Molly resents her stepmother, she befriends her stepsister Cynthia, who is secretly engaged to Lord Cumnor's land agent, Mr. Preston. Molly is warmly received at the home of Squire Hamley and his disabled wife. The Hamleys' two sons are Osborne, a clever but shallow man who marries unwisely and dies young, and Roger, an honest scientist who eventually marries Molly after being engaged to Cynthia, who ultimately weds a London barrister.