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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.

在澳洲大堡礁的深海中，小丑鱼爸爸玛林和儿子尼莫简单幸福的生活着，可是爸爸做事常常畏首畏尾，是个胆小鬼，尼莫觉得爸爸很不勇敢，甚至有点看不起自己的爸爸。小尼莫却天不怕地不怕，跟同伴们去水面玩耍的时候，竟然被渔网捞了起来，辗转被卖到一家牙医诊所。玛林对儿子的生死未卜感到十分的担忧，就算平时不能大胆行事，为了儿子也要勇敢豁出去了。可是在路上遇到了很多艰难与恐惧，令他十分胆怯。幸好他遇到了好心的多瑞，一路与他作伴。父子俩都遇到了很多热心的帮助，最终都能重逢，玛林也从此成为儿子以及大家心中的英雄。

A man of legend and mystery, Wetzel rides to a borderland crawling with outlaws and savages who terrorize settlers. Wetzel vows to rid the frontier once and for all of its ruthless predators and make the territory safe for the bold pioneers of the American West.

弗里西亚群岛位于荷兰和德国所属的北海沿岸。在群岛附近航行有时会有危险，尤其是在恶劣天气下，因为这里有不少沙洲，涨潮时会隐藏在浅水下面。沙洲间的航道很窄，不易察觉，而沙洲本身也会随着海风和潮汐发生改变。年轻的阿瑟·戴维斯是个航海爱好者，他热情勇敢、技术娴熟，喜欢驾着他的“达尔茜贝拉”号游艇穿梭于这片复杂、危险的海域。戴维斯邀请他的朋友卡拉瑟斯从伦敦赶来，二人一起出海度假，可在船上待了几天之后，卡拉瑟斯才弄清此行的真正目的。看来，他们是要去解开一个谜，还要解开一个名叫多尔曼的男人身上的疑团。两个好朋友开始了调查——与此同时，他们也引来了一位德国炮艇艇长的密切关注。故事发生在1902年，因此这段海岸的危险之处不仅仅在于沙洲。第一次世界大战的阴云不断汇聚，年复一年，慢慢地愈来愈暗……

你听过加勒比海的海盗与宝藏吗？这一回，神奇树屋带杰克和安妮回到三百年前的海盗时代。在荒岛上，兄妹俩被邪恶的独眼船长抓上船，和海盗一起出海寻宝！猜猜看，他们能不能找到传说中的宝藏，并且平安的逃离海盗的魔掌？还有，在这一集里，神秘人M的身分即将揭晓，他究竟是谁？又会带给杰克和安妮什么样惊奇的事件？

A Lover's Complaint is a narrative poem published as an appendix to the original edition of Shakespeare's sonnets. It is given the title 'A Lover's Complaint' in the book, which was published by Thomas Thorpe in 1609. Although published in a book of Shakespeare's work, the poem's authorship is a matter of critical debate.

《董贝父子》是狄更斯最重要的作品之一，发表于1848年。小说描写了董贝父子公司的盛衰史。董贝是个贪得无厌的大资本家，妻子儿女都成了他追逐利润的工 具和摆设。公司经理卡克尔是个奸诈小人，骗取了董贝的信任后又一手造成了他的破产。在现实的教训中，董贝的思想发生了转变。最后，虽然他已无法重整家业， 却成全了真正的家庭幸福。

小说以第一人称写作，身为记者的作者随着调查和采访的深入，讲述了宏伟壮丽的巴黎歌剧院里闹鬼的事。歌剧院经理德比埃纳先生和波里尼先生辞去经理之职后，如释重负；他们的继任者蒙沙尔曼先生和里夏尔先生上任伊始，有个亲眼见过歌剧院幽灵的置景工猝然吊死在舞台下面的台仓里，把德比埃纳先生和波里尼先生的告别辞行晚会给搅了；新任经理又受到歌剧院幽灵先后两次敲诈，四万法郎神秘地不翼而飞；著名女歌星卡洛塔竟然在演唱拿手曲目时走调，癞蛤蟆般的鼓噪甚至惊得剧场大厅里的枝形吊灯都掉下来，当场砸死已被里夏尔先生指定去接替幽灵的领座员吉里太太职务的看门妇，卡洛塔含羞结束了自己的艺术生涯；取而代之的歌坛新星克里斯蒂娜，师从所谓的“音乐天使”，亦即歌剧院幽灵，在《浮士德》中，她用自己的全部心灵去演唱玛格丽特一角，演至最后一幕，她用超凡脱俗的歌声呼唤天使，她的身体仿佛腾空而起，拉着全场为之震颤的观众一起展翅高飞，每个观众都以为自己插上了翅膀，这时舞台上突然陷入一片黑暗，观众几乎来不及发出惊叫，灯光又重新照亮舞台，但克里斯蒂娜却在众目睽睽之下消失了，被劫持了；克里斯蒂娜失踪后，她的心上人夏尼子爵也不知去向，子爵的兄长菲利普伯爵又意外身亡；围绕着夏尼子爵和温柔迷人的红歌星之间的爱情故事，骇人听闻的罪恶勾当接踵而至……这一切的一切，随着作者的调查和讲述，谜底终于揭开，原来均系“歌剧院幽灵”，一个有血有肉的丑八怪埃利克所为。埃利克天生一张连亲生母亲见了都害怕的脸，从未得到过女性的爱，历经生活的种种磨难后，因羞于见人，藏身于巴黎歌剧院的地下室里，他使出一切鬼魅伎俩想要获得漂亮动人的克里斯蒂娜的爱，仅仅是为了能过上像常人一样的生活。至此，作者对埃利克的不幸寄予的无限同情已跃然纸上，使这出爱情悲剧具有强烈的艺术感染力，至今仍脍炙人口。